Letter: The true gospel directs church to serve poor, not seek prosperity

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Letter: The true gospel directs church to serve poor, not seek prosperity

Letter to the editor

Published: Nov 1, 2017, 4:00 AM

I question the prosperity gospel. The words prosper, prosperity and prosperous all occur in the Old Testament, never in the New Testament. The concept of a prosperity gospel doesn’t come from the lips of Jesus.

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