Hope For Sale: The Prosperity Gospel
The messages delivered in prosperity churches and from prosperity preachers fill the listeners with hope - but is this really hope? While biblical scripture mentions God’s intent for humanity to prosper, the context is unclear. Some pastors have convinced parishioners that the prosperity doctrine justifies one’s acquiring money and materialism as a reward for righteousness; or requires one’s giving of money or material as an act that validates faith or causes blessings. But J