tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914026.post178827828437765594..comments2023-10-10T11:18:58.072-05:00Comments on The Krum Church: Christy Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16264749319255974812noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914026.post-25181090039902845842008-08-27T21:08:00.000-05:002008-08-27T21:08:00.000-05:00Well said, Angie. Those preachers offer a guilt b...Well said, Angie. Those preachers offer a guilt based theology--if things aren't going out way, it is because we have not been faithful enough in our giving. Such a load of lies. And they most definitely don't show up when things go bad. Obviously, I am finding this more and more distasteful.Christy Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16264749319255974812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914026.post-50090299421555962692008-08-27T21:04:00.000-05:002008-08-27T21:04:00.000-05:00A tirade you say. Well OK if you must call speaki...A tirade you say. Well OK if you must call speaking the truth a tirade. Thanks for being free enough to speak your mind and the truth.<BR/>One note, it is not just the TV preachers that prey upon the vulnerable. There are plenty of preachers that don't make the TV that preach the prosperity gospel and take from those whose checkbooks are empty. Some even go so far as to tell the people that God will not bless them unless they give what they do not have for the cause. They go on to say that if they give what they can't afford then God will send someone to give them what they gave up. So, I say again What tirade? When all you said was the truth. One that I'm sad to say I experienced first hand in a church where the preacher was not on TV, but never the less was living the high life of a large house, fancy car and all of the clothes. While my friends who could barely get by each month went home to write out a check to give their money to his church because they thought it would make them rich. Of course when my friend was pregnant and had complications, did anyone come to visit her in the hospital or at home? No. Did the church offer to help? No. And yet, my friends continued to attend this church because they believed that they had just not been living the right way and that things would change if they just continued to give. Sad to say nothing ever changed for them and our friendship grew farther and farther apart after they started attending this church. So Christy, thanks for the tirade and a lesson in truths and blessings.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com