a doctrine taught by mostly evangelical Christian televangelists that wealth and propserity are promised in the Bible for devoting your life to God, or that a life of wealth and health and prosperity are signs of God's favor. Unfortunately, the prosperity gospel is not just unBiblical, but is used by these televangelists to get you to donate your money to their organization. I am a Christian myself and dont buy into the prosperity gospel.
The prosperity gospel unfortunately leads others astray and exploits one's desire to have wealth and health in this life. In a way, the prosperity gospel teaches a person to pursue wealth and not God himself, and could be considered a form of idolatry. If the prsperity gospel is true, then why wasn't Mother Teresa or Jesus rich?? Does being "poor" mean you are being chastised by God? Just a few thoughts.
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by halleloops November 13, 2020
A book by Brennan Manning that speaks about God's amazing grace and His relentless love for us all.
The Ragamuffin Gospel was written for the bedraggled, beat-up, and burnt-out.
The Ragamuffin Gospel was written for the bedraggled, beat-up, and burnt-out.
It is for the sorely burdened who are still shifting the heavy suitcase from one hand to the other.
It is for the wobbly and weak-kneed who know they don't have it altogether and are too proud to accept the handout of God's amazing grace.
It is for inconsistent, unsteady disciples whose cheese is falling off their cracker.
It is for poor, weak, sinful men and women with hereditary faults and limited talents.
It is for earthen vessels who shuffle along on feet of clay.
It is for the bent and the bruised who feel that their lives are a grave disappointment to God.
It is for smart people who know they are stupid and honest disciples who admit they are scalawags.
The Ragamuffin Gospel is a book for anyone who has grown weary and discouraged along the Way.
JESUS LOVES YOU
It is for the wobbly and weak-kneed who know they don't have it altogether and are too proud to accept the handout of God's amazing grace.
It is for inconsistent, unsteady disciples whose cheese is falling off their cracker.
It is for poor, weak, sinful men and women with hereditary faults and limited talents.
It is for earthen vessels who shuffle along on feet of clay.
It is for the bent and the bruised who feel that their lives are a grave disappointment to God.
It is for smart people who know they are stupid and honest disciples who admit they are scalawags.
The Ragamuffin Gospel is a book for anyone who has grown weary and discouraged along the Way.
JESUS LOVES YOU
by theragamuffin May 1, 2012
When you and a friend or group of friends begin to talk about very emotional and deep stuff suddenly because all of you are awake longer than you normally are. This is the result of the late night lowering your inhibitions allowing you to talk more freely even if you are not that close to the person(s) in question.
On our way back from a long night of hanging out, Fred and I began to talk about out views on life. Fred and I had a midnight gospel and I think we are closer cause of it.
by TheMagician4 February 28, 2022
The belief shared by some pot smokers that a blunt is the most enjoyable and efficient way of smoking their drug of choice.
When my friends at college insisted on smoking their chronic out of a pipe, I had to teach them a little something about the Gospel of Blunt.
Father Tom's firey sermons on the Gospel of Blunt could turn even the most heathenous of joint-junkies into a beleiver.
Father Tom's firey sermons on the Gospel of Blunt could turn even the most heathenous of joint-junkies into a beleiver.
by THHHZZZZZZ October 9, 2008
To have gay sex. Termed after George Alan Rekers, a religious conservative and co-founder of the homophobic "Family Research Council", who was spotted returning from a European gaycation with a male prostitute hired from Rentboy.com. When asked to explain his conduct, Rekers said that the rent boy "let me share the gospel of Jesus Christ with him with many Scriptures in three extended sessions".
by OygaBoyga May 16, 2010