Such triumphalist teaching has its modern counterpart in the ‘prosperity-churches’ now burgeoning in many countries (i.e. ‘trust God and you will be prosperous, healthy and successful’). In such circles there is no theology of suffering remotely linked to the New Testament. Their teaching appeals to those who want a comfortable life with a clear conscience; enslaves many who find the theory never fits the facts of their experience and are then made to feel guilty for not having ‘enough faith’; and