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Anyone offended of the health and wealth gospel in Christian churches?

 
Anonymous Coward
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11/19/2012 08:47 AM
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Anyone offended of the health and wealth gospel in Christian churches?
Does anyone remember the old-fashioned Sunday sessions? Does anyone get offended of our churches turning into circus arenas with shouting priests, powerful music and shiny-looking visual experiences?

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Anonymous Coward (OP)
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11/19/2012 08:50 AM
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Re: Anyone offended of the health and wealth gospel in Christian churches?
Prosperity theology is originated in the United States and it is turning our traditional Christian churches into circus. So they think that you can force Holy Spirit to give you free money etc. It does not work this way!!!

Only some small fractions of church are free of this prosperity theology, and stick to the Bible. The others have sold their souls to Satan, to get more visitors to church and more donations to support the poor economy situation of church.
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11/19/2012 08:53 AM
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Re: Anyone offended of the health and wealth gospel in Christian churches?
Does anyone remember the old-fashioned Sunday sessions? Does anyone get offended of our churches turning into circus arenas with shouting priests, powerful music and shiny-looking visual experiences?

[link to en.wikipedia.org]
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Yes, of course.

The National Council of Churches has been subverted by the NWO.


Wake up!
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11/19/2012 09:17 AM
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Re: Anyone offended of the health and wealth gospel in Christian churches?
While it is true of some, you can't paint all with that brush.
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11/19/2012 09:32 AM
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Re: Anyone offended of the health and wealth gospel in Christian churches?
See this thread:

Thread: Christians - are you getting annoyed with your pastors refusing to acknowledge the times?
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11/19/2012 09:34 AM
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Re: Anyone offended of the health and wealth gospel in Christian churches?
Those are not real Christian churches. Christ never emphasized money except to warn about it and he never had any wealth on this earth.
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11/19/2012 09:40 AM
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Re: Anyone offended of the health and wealth gospel in Christian churches?
Those are not real Christian churches. Christ never emphasized money except to warn about it and he never had any wealth on this earth.
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Tell me about the situation in the United States. Any real Christian churches there left?
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11/19/2012 09:43 AM
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Re: Anyone offended of the health and wealth gospel in Christian churches?
Tell me about the situation in the United States. Any real Christian churches there left?
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grizzy I'm sure that there are some that are still preaching the word. But most of them have fallen.

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Re: Anyone offended of the health and wealth gospel in Christian churches?
Those are not real Christian churches. Christ never emphasized money except to warn about it and he never had any wealth on this earth.
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hbird REVEREND WONDERFUL... [link to www.chick.com]
telling it straight

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11/19/2012 09:48 AM

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Re: Anyone offended of the health and wealth gospel in Christian churches?
Yes, OP....I'm sick of all of that. Add to that list the 20-30 minutes for the time for "tithes and offerings" where people are pressured and manipulated to give to those big, shiny churches.

How they will (and are falling!) God is restoring His church and taking us back to what matters TO HIM.
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11/19/2012 09:57 AM

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Re: Anyone offended of the health and wealth gospel in Christian churches?
Tell me about the situation in the United States. Any real Christian churches there left?
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grizzy I'm sure that there are some that are still preaching the word. But most of them have fallen.

WHY NO REVIVAL?... [link to www.chick.com]
 Quoting: Judethz


Yes, there are a few. Times Square Church in NYC is one--a true light in a dark city. They minister to the homeless, the druggies, the outcasts. One of their most anointed pastors was ministered to as he lay homeless and strung out on a park bench. They preach the gospel. The love of God and the truth that we all are bound for hell without Jesus.

They've NEVER been about a distorted gospel or money. They've consistently preached the FULL gospel of the Lord. The church is diverse, welcomes all and is alive in the Spirit. Their sermons are streamed live on the net.

Six weeks before 9/11, they knew spiritually something was coming. In obedience to the Spirit's prompting, they canceled major conferences they'd had planned and held no services but continually prayed and interceded for NYC/USA. The did as the Lord told them to and I really believe that God used them to save lives. 60,000 people could've died.

Maybe if there were more like-minded churches no attack would've happened.

So, to answer your question, yes, there are SOME churches that are in it for the Lord and not themselves. Not many, but some.

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11/19/2012 10:00 AM
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Re: Anyone offended of the health and wealth gospel in Christian churches?
I really do not believe most churches are preaching prosperity gospel. It's definitely out there, but not super common. I haven't been in a TON of churches, but in the ones I have been in it hasn't been preached.
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11/19/2012 10:23 AM
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Re: Anyone offended of the health and wealth gospel in Christian churches?
Nothing wrong with the health part imo. God wants us to treat our bodies as temples and it's our reasonable service to God spiritually to take care of ourselves.

But the wealth gospel is for snakes by snakes. Jesus made it clear we can't serve both money and God.
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11/19/2012 05:45 PM
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Re: Anyone offended of the health and wealth gospel in Christian churches?
Yes, there are a few. Times Square Church in NYC is one--a true light in a dark city. They minister to the homeless, the druggies, the outcasts. One of their most anointed pastors was ministered to as he lay homeless and strung out on a park bench. They preach the gospel. The love of God and the truth that we all are bound for hell without Jesus.
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bee1 That's good to hear. I worked in NYC for 6 months once, it must be hell in the winter time for the homeless. But mostly I lived in California.
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11/19/2012 05:48 PM
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Re: Anyone offended of the health and wealth gospel in Christian churches?
if the 'message' can't work everywhere (whether in US or in an empoverished country), then there is something wrong with it.
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Re: Anyone offended of the health and wealth gospel in Christian churches?
if the 'message' can't work everywhere (whether in US or in an empoverished country), then there is something wrong with it.
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11/19/2012 06:12 PM
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Re: Anyone offended of the health and wealth gospel in Christian churches?
I think that churches should lose their federal exemptions since they are now in bed with the Republican party.

It is like free unlimited donations to the GOP.






I also have no problem whatsoever in saying this, becase any church that gets involved in politics and Zionism does not truly follow Christ's message.
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11/19/2012 06:15 PM
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Re: Anyone offended of the health and wealth gospel in Christian churches?
It is heretical doctrine that promotes self-worship!

Anathema to Christianity!
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11/19/2012 06:21 PM
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Re: Anyone offended of the health and wealth gospel in Christian churches?
I'm offended at the preaching of any two thousand year old superstition.





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