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Talk show host and activist Tavis Smiley is set to confront the issue of poverty head on Thursday (tonight) as he moderates “Remaking America: From Poverty to Prosperity.” BCNN1
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Tavis Smiley Hosts ‘Remaking America: From Poverty to Prosperity’ Tonight On C-SPAN from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. ET
January 12th, 2012 
gospelnewswire Dr. Boyce Watkins Asks: Does the Prosperity Gospel Actually Work?
October 30th, 2011 gospelnewswire Nearly every African American knows just how important the black church is to our community. We also know about “prosperity gospel,” the act of preaching about God within the context of wealth building. BCNN1
Has the Prosperity Gospel Overshadowed the True Gospel of Christ?
September 23rd, 2011 gospelnewswire A dangerous “egocentric gospel” that omits Jesus, neglects the cross, and instead promises health and wealth is being promoted by some of America’s most well-known preachers today, and their teachings are readily available on cable TV and in local bookstores. BCNN1
Q&A: The prosperity gospel – ‘pagan teaching with a Christian face,’ prof says
September 22nd, 2011 gospelnewswire In this Q&A, seminary professor David Jones discusses the dangers of the prosperity gospel, which, according to one study, is promoted by 50 of America’s largest 260 churches. Jones, who has co-written a book on the subject, says the prosperity gospel is dangerous because it contains just enough truth to make it appear biblical but [...]
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No Comments »Despite Hard Economic Times, Some Blacks Still Flocking to Hear False Prosperity Gospel Preaching
July 29th, 2011 gospelnewswire Travis Cross, a 43-year-old unemployed hairdresser, was among the 200 or so people, most of them black and sharply dressed, filling the pews of Mount Pleasant Baptist Church in Norfolk, Va., late last month. They had come to see visiting preacher Dr. Leroy Thompson — “the man of God, himself,” Cross called him — hold [...]
Posted in News Tags: 'Preaching, Blacks, Despite, Economic, False, Flocking, Gospel, Hard, Hear, Prosperity, Some, Still, Times No Comments »Joel Osteen and Other Prosperity Preachers Skewered in New Book “Will Jesus Buy Me a Double-Wide?”
November 20th, 2010 gospelnewswire In her new book, Will Jesus Buy Me A Double-Wide? (‘Cause I Need More Room For My Plasma TV), veteran journalist Karen Spears Zacharias takes on prosperity gospel hucksters. BCNN1
Posted in News Tags: Book, DoubleWide, Jesus, Joel, Osteen, Preachers, Prosperity, Skewered No Comments »The False Gospel of Prosperity Promises Far Too Little
November 15th, 2010 gospelnewswire “God knows where the money is, and he knows how to get the money to you.” That was the message of Gloria Copeland as she was speaking at the Southwest Believers’ Convention. The event drew the attention of The New York Times and reporter Laurie Goodstein contributed a compelling report about the meeting and its [...]
African Theologians Say a Clear Distinction Between True Biblical Prosperity and the Gospel of Materialism Needs to Be Made
October 31st, 2010 gospelnewswire There needs to be a clear distinction between true biblical prosperity and the gospel of materialism, two African theologians have said. BCNN1
Posted in News Tags: African, between, Biblical, Clear, Distinction, Gospel, Made, Materialism, Needs, Prosperity, Theologians, True No Comments »The Black Church and the Danger of the Prosperity Gospel
October 1st, 2010 gospelnewswire Depending On Miracles As a Financial Strategy Is a Dangerous Way to Live. BCNN1
There Is a Bad Young White Boy Down in Alabama Who Is Shaking the Gates of the Church and the Gates of Hell regarding the Prosperity Gospel and the American Dream
September 7th, 2010 gospelnewswire Maybe the first decade of the 21st century will come to be known as the great age of headroom. During those years, new houses had great rooms with 20-foot ceilings and entire new art forms had to be invented to fill the acres of empty overhead wall space. David Platt, author of “Radical: Taking Back [...]
