Paula White

Here we go again, another Word Faith preacher on Larry King preaching the me‑centered gospel of wealth, health, and self-awareness!  Larry loves to have these people on his show; I see them all the time from Paula White to Joel Osteen and Creflo Dollar.  The focus of these shows is usually the amount of money that is made by these “preachers”, their extravagant lifestyles, and the self-centered, man-exalting books that they write! 

Last night on Larry King Live, Paula White was talking about her new book, her divorce, and the investigation by the Senate Finance Committee into possible improper use of church money and 501C3 tax exempt status.  She sure is someone I would turn to if I wanted to make sure I was walking the straight and narrow!  When I watch these Word Faith preachers, I don’t hear the Gospel of Christ but the gospel of greed, envy, and materialism!  I can’t remember the last time that I heard any of them talk about the deadly plague of  all of mankind which is sin, I don’t think they even like to use the word “sin”, they would rather use the words “mistakes”, or “wrong choices” because these words are less offensive. 

So we have Paula White on last night’s show ducking questions about what led up to her divorce, (she never did give a reason), trying to explain why it is okay for her to make millions of dollars as a “preacher”, and pumping her new book called “You’re All That”.  The problem I have with this is that what these people preach is not the Gospel of Christ, but Larry King gives these people a platform to peddle their wares and the world gets a twisted heretical portrayal of God’s plan of salvation.  No wonder one of the excuses that the world uses against church or Christianity is that it is all concerned about money.  These people want to be so liked by the world that they will get bigger congregations, more fame and notoriety, sell more books, and pad their own pocketbooks!! 

Christianity is NOT about becoming rich!!!  Preaching the Gospel is not about becoming rich either,

Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind; (1 Peter 5:2)

Christianity is about having your sin debt paid for and using your life to glorify Christ and not ourselves!  I read something recently by Dr. John Piper, he said, “Why would you want to encourage someone to do something that Jesus said would make it harder for them to get into the Kingdom of Heaven?”  Jesus said that it is harder for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of heaven than it is for a camel to go through the eye of a needle.  The issue is that the rich (some, not all) are self-sufficient and think that they don’t need to depend on God for anything.  God would just interrupt their plans for making more money.  The Psalmist Agur spoke well when he said,

“…give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that is needful for me, lest I be full and deny you and say, “Who is the LORD?” or lest I be poor and steal and profane the name of my God. (Proverbs 30:8-9)

My heart breaks as I see the air time that these false teachers get on shows like Larry King and on networks like TBN.  These people don’t understand what the Gospel is all about; they treasure health, wealth, and prestige and not Christ.  My prayer is that these false teachers would be revealed for the greedy hucksters they are and that they would crumble in broken‑hearted repentance rather than continuing to make their disciples twice the sons of hell as they are.   

Tags: Christianity, Heresy