Joel Osteen, Joyce Meyer, Kenneth Copeland are hugely popular. You can’t flip around on TV without seeing them multiple times a day. Their books are stocked in every Walmart. And they are selling a false message. A message based on the thinking that God is an endless vending machine looking to lavish endless blessings on our lives.
But look what this message is doing in Africa. The Prosperity Gospel from The Global Conversation on Vimeo.
Here is John Piper on the prosperity gospel.
Why does John Piper feel so strongly about the prosperity gospel. See him explain.
The prosperity gospel is another gospel and another Jesus (2 Corinthians 11:4) plain and simple. Enough of what I think, what say you?
Update 11/6: Here is a wikipedia entry that looks at the prosperity gospel and its salesman. (HT: Chris Land)
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