The “prosperity gospel” is notorious for multi-million dollar mansions, extravagant clothing, expensive automobiles, and personal jets for charismatic evangelists. Reverend Ike, the forerunner of prosperity preachers, proclaimed, “I don’t want my pie in the sky, I want it now!” Creflo Dollar has exhorted, “What’s good news to a poor man? You don’t have to be poor anymore!” The goal of the prosperity gospel is personal enrichment and the sanctification of greed.
Tithing is Child’s Play
Is tithing a biblical practice? Is tithing a practice of the apostolic church? Should we practice tithing today? Some teachers suggest that tithing is a practice that was limited to the Old Testament and was not a practice of the New Testament church. Others insist that the tithe is required.