Television preachers extract money from the poor to live in a style and to indulge in shameful acts which equal or outdo the worst of the Renaissance Popes.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Now, I don't mind making fun of those preachers who steal money from people, they kind of deserve it.
If there is no hell, a good many preachers are obtaining money under false pretenses.
The hired preachers of all sects, creeds, and religions, never do, and never can, teach any thing but what is in conformity with the opinions of those who pay them.
Since the Church is to be servant to the poor, it is our fault if that wealth is not channeled to help the poor in our world.
The Pope loves everyone, rich and poor alike, but the Pope has the duty, in Christ's name, to remind the rich to help the poor, to respect them, to promote them.
I've never preached one sermon on money, on just finances. I want to stay away from it.
When pastors don't have rich spiritual lives with Christ, they become victimized by other models of success - models conveyed to them by their training, by their experience in the church, or just by our culture.
I purposely don't talk about money, because people are already skeptical about TV preachers. But I do say that I want you to be blessed. To me, prosperity is having health, having great children, having peace, good relationships. It's not about the money.
The people of God want pastors, not clergy acting like bureaucrats or government officials.
Oh, how I would like a poor Church, and for the poor.
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