Rene (27 Sep 2007)
"Jim Bramlett's post - the 7 Atonement Blessing"


I agree with Mr. Bramlett - from what I am seeing on Christian TV (not all), but many of them are hopping on this bandwagon of totally anti-scriptural ways of trying to squeeze people for more and more money to finance their expensive television air-time. I can't begin to say how many times I hear the pastor or program director say basically send US or send ME a donation and God will bless you. What kind of Christianity is that? I believe in tithing to my local church, but my local church does not uses these bizarre tactics that I am seeing the TV evangelistic programmers using.
 
Everything from "blessing" handkerchiefs and basically SELLING THEM to selling bottles of "holy water". E.g. "prosper me and God will prosper you," ad nauseum!   ENOUGH already! Jesus was humble, his disciples were humble and lived simply. Many of these big TV evangelists live in multi-million-dollar complexes (yes complexes --not homes- I am thinking of ONE in particular out in Texas) and they are constantly flashing an assortment of diamond rings and other jewels and gems before the cameras - or the women speakers literally "talk with their hands" and they look like what they are doing is "talking" with their 3" long sculptured fingernails.
 
I can't imagine what God thinks of all this that is being done in HIS name.
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Rene