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on giving/stewardship and "the Prosperity Gospel"

Saturday, January 15, 2022 11:02

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I see “the Prosperity Gospel” (PG) as a spectrum rather than a 0/1. I’m “in the middle”, seeing important errors on both sides. Hard-core PG treats God like a vending machine who is mostly interested in our material well-being. Unacceptable. But there’s another side that is gnostic, imagining that what we do (in this case, what we give of our time/talent/treasure) is irrelevant to our bodies, souls, and well-being. Aside from being a form of cheap grace, this view errs in assuming away the impact of our thinking and our decisions on our well-being.

To me, a Proverbs-like view and an understanding of giving as a “spiritual discipline” are best: there is a general relationship between giving and well-being (giving and stewardship make us better people which results in spiritual well-being and often, material well-being too), rather than a gnostic non-relationship or the mechanistic/materialist view of the hard-core PG’ers. 

Related posts: -My all-in-one post with all previous Joel Osteen posts (including a lengthy review of Your Best Life Now). 
-A FB-discussion-turned-blog-post on Robert Morris’ sermon at SE and related topics. 

Source: http://schansblog.blogspot.com/2022/01/on-givingstewardship-and-prosperity.html

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