There is an article in Time magazine this week entitled "Does God want me to be rich?" Sadly, 10 milllion Americans will tell you yes with great enthusiasm.
In a Time poll, 17 percent of Christians surveyed said they considered themselves part of such a movement, while a full 61 percent believed that God wants people to be prosperous.
I could really go off on this but I will resist. It really makes me sad and frustrated that gospel beleiving people feel that God should bless them in this way. The article mentions Joel Osteen's Lakewood in Houston; T.D. Jakes' Potter's House in south Dallas; and Creflo Dollar's World Changers in Atlanta -- are Prosperity or Prosperity Lite pulpits.
My favorite quote comes from Rick Warren......
Fellow megapastor Rick Warren, whose book The Purpose Driven Life has outsold Osteen's by a ratio of 7 to 1, finds the very basis of Prosperity laughable. "This idea that God wants everybody to be wealthy?" he snorts. "There is a word for that: baloney. It's creating a false idol. You don't measure your self-worth by your net worth. I can show you millions of faithful followers of Christ who live in poverty.
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