tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742197792330011721.post1831715576504040469..comments2023-06-06T08:53:44.584-07:00Comments on Waluk's World: Prosperity GospelChrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07622907914241925558noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742197792330011721.post-47382531653166609392009-06-24T12:59:48.274-07:002009-06-24T12:59:48.274-07:00I saw that when it was broadcast the other day as ...I saw that when it was broadcast the other day as well and had the same reaction.<br /><br />I think the word "gospel" should be taken out of the term "Prosperity Gospel". It should be called "Prosperity Sham".Bill Cummingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00518154035860264416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742197792330011721.post-60901555343235704492009-06-23T16:53:21.240-07:002009-06-23T16:53:21.240-07:00hey bro im outta phoenix arizona and kurt warner/l...hey bro im outta phoenix arizona and kurt warner/larry fitzgerald and 20 other no named arziona go to a christian homeless shelter every thanksgiving and feed turkey to the men since when did they support WOF/prosperityAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742197792330011721.post-54334102290561482822009-06-23T16:45:42.768-07:002009-06-23T16:45:42.768-07:00I'll give my not-so-humble opinion, the prospe...I'll give my not-so-humble opinion, the prosperity gospel is complete trash, and calling it a gospel is just plain out wrong.<br /><br />Creflo Dollar is a conman, as is Benny Hinn, Joyce Meyer, Joel Osteen, and most of the other televangelists out there. They all go against the basic idea that you can't serve both God and money. Prosperity doesn't mean monetary gain.<br /><br />However, I'm not so sure that I'm ready to blame the celebrities that these people are targeting, they're no different from you and I (except they're rich and famous and are under different types of temptation than we are).Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15974189170604989954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742197792330011721.post-4000454597055080022009-06-23T12:46:04.780-07:002009-06-23T12:46:04.780-07:00I'm pretty appalled at the BS in that video. ...I'm pretty appalled at the BS in that video. The stuff that those pastors and athletes were saying was so self incriminating. It kind of reminded me of the Frost/Nixon interviews, except that ESPN didn't really ramp it up when they could have.Alan Wilserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10952686374778236311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742197792330011721.post-17633679372139166562009-06-23T10:48:39.056-07:002009-06-23T10:48:39.056-07:00I looked up "prosperity Theology" on Wik...I looked up "prosperity Theology" on Wikipedia, but it only proved to be more fuel to my fire as the "arguments against" seem to be much more convincing than the "arguments for". Wikipedia does provide a thorough list of prosperity teachers, although curiously leaving off Bruce Wilkinson. <br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosperity_theologyChrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07622907914241925558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742197792330011721.post-16921722872712502632009-06-23T10:43:05.937-07:002009-06-23T10:43:05.937-07:00@shannon - also Jeremiah 19:11, where God says, &q...@shannon - also Jeremiah 19:11, where God says, "I know the plans I have for you... plans to prosper you and not to harm you... to give you a future and a hope."<br /><br />The trouble is when you take that scripture and disregard the fact that God came to earth to model the perfect life by being a poor social reject who was tortured and killed.Zackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01538827596471963271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742197792330011721.post-17562713623343078042009-06-23T10:42:28.496-07:002009-06-23T10:42:28.496-07:00of course it's pretty easy to support any beha...of course it's pretty easy to support any behavior you want if you take scripture out of context. I'm pretty sure Christ didn't mean for those verses to support the "name it, claim it" attitude . . .Emily Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11342676939626828407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742197792330011721.post-80750199976266209082009-06-23T10:33:54.084-07:002009-06-23T10:33:54.084-07:00Here are some they use:
*Malachi 3:10 — “And prove...Here are some they use:<br />*Malachi 3:10 — “And prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.”<br /><br />*Mark 11:24 - “Therefore I say unto you, what things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.”<br /><br />* John 14:14 — “If you ask anything in my name, I will do it.”Emily Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11342676939626828407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742197792330011721.post-41301822213305392272009-06-23T10:26:54.413-07:002009-06-23T10:26:54.413-07:00Great post.
It's hard to listen to the church...Great post.<br /><br />It's hard to listen to the church leaders in that video. Once I went looking for scripture that backed the prosperity gospel, but I was not very successful in finding it.<br /><br />Do you know what scripture they use as the basis of their teaching?Shannon Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14463580754549737450noreply@blogger.com