Thursday, March 16, 2006

Prosperity Gospel Pays?

Name it and claim it pastor, Joel Osteen just received the big payday:

Joel Osteen, the pastor of Lakewood Church in Houston and the author of the best-seller Your Best Life Now, has signed what could be one of the richest nonfiction book deals ever.

I know his books make money, but why would they think they would make that much? This is very bad news and it's a shame that this kind of perversion of the gospel will be even more widely spread.

Read more about it and comments at World Magazine's blog.

(Link via Espresso Roast blog)

BTW, you might want to go over and check out David Price's "Espresso Roast" blog -- I think you'll find it interesting and informative. He looks at the news from a Christian point of view (sort of like here, that's probably why I liked it) and he is much more current than I am :-). He had a prayer request that I'll pass on to you in case you decide not to check out his blog, please pray for his wife who is in her sixth week of pregnancy (they just found out) and is experiencing some problems.