Theologian: Most Christians Infected with Prosperity Gospel
Posted by Ingrid Schlueter in Helpful Articles, Religion on February 8th, 2010 | Comments
The Christian Post has an article that addresses the rampant health and wealth prosperity gospel in evangelical churches, and not just the kind found on television either.

Most professing Christians in America are infected with at least some measure of the health and wealth gospel, said one theologian.

That is, believers have no concept of a love and a joy that does not eliminate hardship and heartache, Sam Storms of Bridgeway Church in Oklahoma City said at a pastors conference this week.

“For most professing believers if God is love He must promise to minimize my struggles and maximize my pleasure,” he lamented. Many believe it’s their spiritual birthright to experience comfort and prosperity and that it’s God divine obligation to provide it.

It’s a disease that’s rampant in the culture and in the church. People are inundated with messages from powerbrokers, media, entertainment, TV evangelists and bestselling authors that say joy is inextricably bound up in material prosperity, physical health, relational success and all the comforts and conveniences Western society provides.

For most people, joy and suffering are incompatible, Storms noted.

Thus preachers have a difficult task at hand in communicating to such a culture a genuine joy found in Christ. Read the whole article here.


Theologian: Most Christians Infected with Prosperity Gospel | Christianpost.com


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