Blessed: A History of the American Prosperity Gospel
YOUR PATH TO PROSPERITY
Rabbi Daniel Lapin • Thou Shall Prosper: Ten Commandments for Making Money
YOUR PATH TO PROSPERITY
Rabbi Daniel Lapin • Thou Shall Prosper: Ten Commandments for Making Money
Jesus had replaced money as Zacchaeus’s savior, and so money went back to being merely that, just money. It was now a tool for doing good, for serving people. Now that his identity and security were rooted in Christ, he had more money than he needed. The grace of God had transformed his attitude toward his wealth.
Timothy Keller • Counterfeit Gods: The Empty Promises of Money, Sex, and Power, and the Only Hope that Matters
“Managed” Religion, which somehow needs to create co-dependency (“learned
helplessness”) among its members, preferred to emphasize “original sin” instead.
This has kept us united but disempowered in inferiority instead of empowered and
united by dignity—which is our only real future. The negative result, however, has
been the immense self doubt, guilt