Christians and atheists what are your thoughts on this minister?

Question

Creflow A. Dollar. http://worldchangers.org/

"Money is NOT the root of all evil! It's the love of money—or having a wrong relationship with money—that's wrong. God wants you prosperous!" - quote from Creflow Dollar

Answer 1

All i can say is....A fool and his money are easily parted
He even has the cheek to call himself Dollar

Answer 2

Where I have a problem is Mr Dollar linking the words of the Bible to his own interpretation of them. The fact that the verse is often misquoted does not necessarily mean that "God wants you to be prosperous." Remember, he's talking to everyone who will ever hear that sermon, and how can he know unequivocally that prosperity is God's desire for everyone? I get the strong impression from these prosperity preachers that they have found a way to get filthy rich off of their flocks and still appear to be seeking and serving Christ in all things. Remember, you asked for thoughts!

Answer 3

He is correct. That is the correct actual quotation. It has been mis-quoted for so long that it is accepted as fact.

Basically what he is saying is that *greed* is wrong, not money in and of itself.


1 Timothy 6:10 (Whole Chapter)
For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
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Answer 4

It is the want of more money that is the root of all evil. Greed creates ever more greed. I don't agree with any minister who has the audacity to decry money, then practically insists that to be truly Christian you must give money to the church. Any organized agency has the potential for corruption, and since humans are involved, innate greed will lead to corruption. Too much is placed on what it costs instead of whether or not it is needed or necessary. If it is truly needed or necessary then cost should be secondary. But as long as we must survive instead of live, we will have these problems.

Answer 5

Creflow Dollar is a charlatan
just like: Benny Hinn, Paul and Jan Crouch, Ken Copeland, Jessie Duplantis, T D Jakes, Jessie Jackson, Al Sharpton, Louis Farrahkan, Elijah Mohammad, Joyce Meyers, Oral Roberts, Kenneth Hagin, and on and on.

All of these do the same thing---they suck money off of real dumb people.

Answer 6

Religion is the ultimate con, it is government protected, tax free and the product they sell doesn't have to be delivered until you reach a place that doesn't exist. No wonder so many people jump on this manured money wagon. If you think Creflo is bad, try listening to Rev. Robert Tilton on BET at 4 in the morning. He makes the crook, Creflo, look like a saint.

Answer 7

i think it is the root to all evil. people that don't have money have to rob and steal to get money to eat. where as if there was no money and people weren't out for self gratification then it would all be plentiful. see this is my thing. everyone should have the basics food, water, shelter. everything pleasurable they should work for. that way we don't lose the precious class system you'll still have rich and poor. only problem with that is somebody would have to give up some cash. go figure.

Answer 8

If we could only define prosperous. God does want the best for us. The only problem is that people have decided what that means and have strayed away from the great plans God has for them. God Bless

Answer 9

YHVH God The Father's ways are not our ways and He never promised any of us a rose garden. Jesus said take up His cross and follow Him and that cross wasn't easy to carry.;....and I'm pretty sure that it didn't involve riches as to money and things of this world. Jesus said we are to live in this world ,..NOT of this world. I believe that God considers His riches His truth and WORD that He through The Holy Spirit can only give us. False prophets that spew false doctrine are some of the first to be judged to go into the lake of fire.

Answer 10

The modern message of the gospel is "God loves you and has a wonderful plan for your life." However, our idea of "wonderful" and the world’s may be a little different. Take a sinner through the pages of the Book of Acts and show him the terrifying scene of boulders breaking the bones of Stephen. Then smile and whisper, "Wonderful..." Listen together to the sound of a cat-o’-nine-tails as it rips the flesh off the back of the apostle Paul. Follow together the word "suffering" through the Epistles, and see if you can get the world to whisper, "Wonderful!"

After such a ride down Honesty Road, they may think the pleasures of sin are a little more attractive than the call to "suffer affliction with the people of God." John MacArthur said, "We need to adjust our presentation of the gospel. We cannot dismiss the fact that God hates sin and punishes sinners with eternal torment. How can we begin a gospel presentation by telling people on their way to hell that God has a wonderful plan for their lives?"

Who in the world is going to listen if we are so blatantly honest about the Christian life? Perhaps not as many as are attracted by the talk of a wonderful plan. However, the answer to our dilemma is to make the issue one of righteousness, rather than happiness. This is what Jesus did. He used the Ten Commandments to show sinners the righteous standard of God (Luke 10:25,26; 18:18– 0). Once the world sees the perfect standard by which they will be judged, they will begin to fear God, and through the fear of the Lord, men depart from sin (Proverbs 16:6). They will begin to hunger and thirst after the righteousness that is in Jesus Christ alone.

If you study the New Testament you will see that God’s love is almost always given in direct correlation to the cross: herein is love, for God so loved, God commended His love, etc. (See John 3:16; Romans 5:5,6,8; Galatians 2:20; Ephesians 2:4,5; 5:2,25; 1 John 3:16; 4:10; and Revelation 1:5, among others.) The cross is the focal point of God’s love for the world. How can we point to the cross without making reference to sin? How can we refer to sin without the Law (Romans 7:7)?

The biblical way to express God’s love to a sinner is to show him how great his sin is (using the Law—see Romans 7:13; Galatians 3:24), and then give him the incredible grace of God in Christ. This was the key to reaching so many on the Day of Pentecost. They were "devout" Jews who knew the Law and its holy demands, and therefore readily accepted the mercy of God in Christ to escape its fearful wrath. When you use the Law to show the world their true state, get ready for sinners to thank you. For the first time in their lives, they will see the Christian message as an expression of love and concern for their eternal welfare, rather than of merely proselytizing for a better lifestyle while on this earth.