October 12, 2025
Holy Unraveling 2 – Prosperity Gospel
In part two of the Holy Unraveling series, Ryan continued exploring the ways faith can be distorted and reclaimed, focusing this message on unraveling the prosperity gospel. Speaking from personal experience within that movement, he traced its American origins through figures like E.W. Kenyon, Oral Roberts, and Kenneth Hagin, and described how its “give to get” message has shaped much of modern evangelical culture. Ryan exposed how the prosperity gospel manipulates fear and promises certainty in exchange for faith, turning generosity into a transaction rather than an act of trust. In contrast, he emphasized that the gospel of Jesus invites us to live from abundance, not scarcity—to give freely out of love, community, and grace. The prosperity gospel is transactional, he concluded, but the gospel of Jesus is transformational, leading us toward a life marked by mercy, justice, and shared care.