Sky Ch. 585 - Sowing seeds

Danye

I posted in here before about this topic..

I'm bored and I'm flicking through the channels and I'm up to Ch.585 on Sky. It's a Christian channel called "Inspiration". There's a chap talking about sowing seeds for financial gain. What do people think of this?

Has anybody ever fallen into this trap of sowing a seed (i.e. donating money to these people) in the hope of financial improvement?

Mancomb Seepgood

Danye wrote: »

I posted in here before about this topic..

I'm bored and I'm flicking through the channels and I'm up to Ch.585 on Sky. It's a Christian channel called "Inspiration". There's a chap talking about sowing seeds for financial gain. What do people think of this?

Has anybody ever fallen into this trap of sowing a seed (i.e. donating money to these people) in the hope of financial improvement?

It's called the "Prosperity Gospel" and it's pretty messed up. These guys are scam artists through and through. For the best possible take on this, look up the bits that John Oliver did on his "Last Week Tonight" show - he exposed them to the ridicule they deserve.

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As a Christian of over 30 years, I've a serious problem with the "prosperity gospel" as its being peddled.

I was watching a sales pitch in a call centre last night. I could have been watching the shopping channel.

The Apostle Paul spoke of being in want, Jesus spoke of having nowhere to sleep...this Gospel isnt a gospel of prosperity.

As Paul said, if they come peddling another gospel or another Jesus, let them be accursed.

Of course there are those on the other side of the coin saying we should give up everything and have nothing in this world to be truly blessed by God. Its just another sales pitch.
The truth lies in the middle.
In Philipians 4 it says " I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. I can do all this through him who gives me strength."

lazybones32

Danye wrote: »

I posted in here before about this topic..

I'm bored and I'm flicking through the channels and I'm up to Ch.585 on Sky. It's a Christian channel called "Inspiration". There's a chap talking about sowing seeds for financial gain. What do people think of this?

Has anybody ever fallen into this trap of sowing a seed (i.e. donating money to these people) in the hope of financial improvement?

We sometimes watch the Indian channels to see their sitcoms (with lashings of canned laughter), so the next time you're bored flick up around the 780 mark - after the pay to view films - and see if anything entertaining comes on.

This happens a lot of these tv stations. They don't have advertising revenue so they have to fund it somehow. I've seen preachers appearing on stations they weren't on before as part of a fundraising drive and mostly they encourage people to sow a seed of $50, $500 or $1,000. The implied or explicitly mentioned 'reward' for sowing one of these seeds is that doing so will activate God's blessing and return the gift to you multiplied.

There definitely is a biblical basis for aspects of what they say but treating God's word as a pyramid scheme of sorts is wrong. Ask for money by all means but don't go saying that giving me $50 will see you get at least $500. Even some of the penny boxes in shops have a line that reads "Give to God, He will repay a hundredfold"

If people gave money to the Nigerian Lottery and Nigerian Princes, you can be sure televangelists get paid by someone. It's a donation of their own freewill and people can use their money as they see fit.