I realize this video has been circulated around the blogosphere for awhile. However, it's a good reminder for us who are Christians to stay away from people and messages that pollute the Gospel of Christ. Thank you John Piper for having a backbone to speak out against the damnable lie of the 'prosperity gospel'.Prepare to take some strong medicine.

ht John Piper Time Magazine has spoken to scholars who trace at least part of the current financial crisis to the so-called prosperity gospel.God caused the bank to ignore my credit score and blessed me with my first house.”Prosperity theology works up worshippers into an irrational optimism that is supposed to translate eventually to material goods.  In other words, a believer’s faith and donations are a divine contract for upward mobility.  The article says that magical thinking is what made many homeowners vulnerable to predatory lenders.Posted in Economy, Haves/HaveNots, Human Rights, Media, news, News Headlines, Politics, Religion, Religious Nutjobs, video Tagged: Poor Credit Ratings, Predatory Lenders, Prosperity Gospel, Subprime Mortgage

Straightup!

This is straight up!

more about "John Piper on the prosperity gospel", posted with vodpod HERE is only one Gospel, only one true message of good news from heaven. But there are many substitutes offered in place of the Gospel. It was so in the beginning. It is so now. The apostle Paul wrote to the Galatians: “I marvel that ye are so soon removed from Him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel; which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ. But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.” (Galatians1:6-9) THESE are intensely solemn words. They come bubbling up from the steaming heart of the indignant apostle in righteous wrath as he learns of pretentious carnal legalists deliberately seeking to mislead eternally-bound souls with a false message which could only, like a will-o-the-wisp, lead to ruin and destruction at last. He would have us know it is a fearfully wicked thing to trifle with the sacred heaven - sent message that has come to a needy world declaring the grace of God to poor lost sinners.WHAT then is this Gospel of which the apostle was so jealous? He tells us plainly in 1st Corinthians 15:1-4,“… I declare unto you the gospel… how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; and that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures.” Note carefully: The Gospel is God’s wonderful story of His beloved Son. It is a message of grace to be received in faith. It is not a code of laws to be obeyed or good advice to be followed. It is not a system of ritual observances or a call to submit to certain ordinances. It does not set forth the claims of any human church organization, however venerable, nor does it exhort men to seek after experiences, however remarkable, though a ble

John Piper at UCF in Birmingham on Nov 2, 2005.

The full sermon is available at http://ucfbirmingham.blogspot.com/200...

It Is God That Pursues Us

http://www.archive.org/download/GodPu...

copy of the video in avi format is
http://www.filefactory.com/file/77b95f/


Another Video with the same messege made by
Bryan Siceloff
http://www.virb.com/swoutfitters/vide...