prosperity gospel

This is a clip of John Piper responding to the false doctrine of the prosperity gospel. He shows so clearly how preaching prosperity in the Lord's name is a lie and not the at all the Truth of Christ....it is in fact the opposite of the true Gospel. it is this prosperity gospel that is blinding so many people and turning our american christianity away from true Christianity. Getting rid of this false gospel, this message that tells us God wants us to be rich and content and have all the material things we want, ridding our society of this gospel will help bring about the change we so badly need. The change that will help us live the lives God intended us to live: lives that feed the hungry and clothe the naked and rescue the oppressed. Lives that CARE. Lives that LOVE. We were never created to be content when the world was the way we wanted. We were created to be content when the world was the way God wanted. And clearly it is not there yet. So let's stop believing this false gospel and move toward His world.

http://theologica.blogspot.com/2008/03/piper-on-prosperity-gospel.html#93