In a twitter conversation, a friend mentioned to me that the prosperity gospel is simply ancient pagan fertility religion in a modern garb…which got me thinking.  In thinking about the Biblical classification of the Prosperity Gospel, I would have to suggest that it’s not so much Ba’al worship as much as it is a system of very old false religion.

Now, it’s fairly easy to see that the “gospel” of the prosperity gospel isn’t the biblical gospel; the “good news” isn’t the resurrection of Christ resulting in restoration with God, it’s the resurrection of Christ resulting in the restoration of your credit rating.  It’s also fairly easy to get the whole “Balaam” and materialism connection (2 Peter 2:15-16; Jude 1:11), and it’s easy to recognize that those who push the prosperity gospel are false teachers since those who use God as a means to get financial gain are, on the…