Awesome video (here) from John Piper at DesiringGod.com, pointed out by Jake Johnson at his own site (here). I live in a pretty nice area, surrounded by some even more wealthy areas, and so on occasion I interact with some pretty wealthy people. And I’ve heard the “prosperity gospel” spoken about, justifying the great wealth that some of my neighbors have “earned”. It’s utterly ridiculous that we should think that God will give us worldly riches for being Christians. Jesus asks us to take up our own Crosses and follow Him – pretty sure he didn’t ask us to do so in our Lexuses. Go watch it for a reasoned and passionate rebuttal of the “Prosperity Gospel”.
The Prosperity Gospel: “Hello, Remax? Yes, God wants me to have a house 4000 square feet or larger…”
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