The prosperity gospel
by Cathleen Falsani
In the Gospel of Saint Matthew, we are told that Jesus said, "You cannot serve both God and money" and, "It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God."
The "prosperity gospel," an insipid heresy whose popularity among American Christians has boomed in recent years, teaches that God blesses those God favors most with material wealth.
The Prosperity Gospel is one of the contenders for the Worst Idea of the Decade in a poll from the Washington Times.
Cathleen Falsani writes, "Told that wealth is a sign of God's grace and favor, followers strive for trappings of luxury they can little afford in an effort to prove that they are blessed spiritually."
She goes on to point out that Jesus was born in poverty, and was buried in a borrowed tomb. What a life, which brought God to man so that in death Jesus could bring man to God!
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