Dear friends:

Many are outraged at the recent exposure of Joyce Meyer's $23,000 antique marble commode, revealed in the news of Senator Charles Grassley's "investigation" of 6 major ministries.

Of the various charges made public, producer and media consultant Phil Cooke says this "is my favorite, hands down. Yes dear readers - I've seen Joyce's commode. It was an antique donated to her ministry specifically to sit in the lobby of her office. Lobby you ask? That's right. Look at these pictures of antique commodes: http://www.faccents.com/commodes.html ."

Cooke says, "In the antiques world, a 'commode' isn't a toilet, it's an antique chest of drawers. I think you'll see that Grassley and Christian media 'critic' Ole Anthony are going to be embarrassed with this one... But you can see how the damage gets done. You accuse someone in the national media, and whether you have your facts correct or not, the damage to their reputation is done."

These "6 major ministries" are written off and denigrated as "prosperity preachers," when the world and most Christians do not have a clue as to what the Word of God really says or means about so-called "prosperity."  If they knew, the world would be in shock, and most critical Christians would be red-faced and humbled.

Be careful about jumping on the world's bandwagons.  They usually lead to a ditch.

Jim

See Phil Cooke's interesting Web site at http://www.philcooke.com/