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23 August, 2005   comments: (0) Today's Methods   The School Of Prosperity, Costs You Only $20 It almost seems too far out of the Christian mainstream to comment on. That is, until you consider the fact that it's coming from (what Forbes 2003 called) the second-largest mega-church in America. For $20, you can take an online course from the "School of Prosperity" based on Creflo Dollar's "ground-breaking revelation on prosperity". The course promises to teach you: Why God wants you rich How to use biblical principles to make natural principles work on your behalf The keys to debt reduction How to increase for kingdom advancement Read more on their website: http://worldchangers.org/soponline/soplanding.html?site=WCM This is a more brazen version of the prosperity theology being preached by America's largest church (Lakewood). How does this pursuit of riches match-up with the words of scripture? Proverbs 30:8-9 for example, says: "give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that is needful for me, lest I be full and deny you and say, 'Who is the Lord?' or lest I be poor and steal and profane the name of my God." Going back in Christian history, to a time when there may have been more "balance" on this issue: One historian notes that, the Puritans (who were not necessarily opposed to wealth) saw three potential dangers in prosperity: (i) In prosperous people there is a tendency for wealth to replace God as the object of ultimate devotion. (ii) Prosperity leads people to rely on themselves instead of on God. (iii) Prosperity is lethal because addictive: prosperity generates an appetite that prosperity can never satisfy. In other words, prosperity, so far from satisfying people, leaves them profoundly discontented. At the same time it fosters a mood of self-sufficiency and invulnerability. Exclaimed the psalmist, "I said in my prosperity, 'I shall never be moved.'" Read more: http://www.oldtruth.com/SeePuritanProsperity.cfm For a biblically-reliable modern view on "riches", read John MacArthur's sermon: "The Poverty of Riches--The Riches of Poverty": http://www.biblebb.com/files/MAC/sg2344.htm Posted by: Jim B.   Link: http://www.oldtruth.com/blog.cfm/id.2.pid.31   Be the first to post a comment about this article        Home  |   About  |  Videos   |  Calvinism