Extortion in religious circles

Building your house on the word from God · Dec 9, 2025 · 29m

(This podcast was previously published on December 3, 2020) Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney ... Often ministers will say things like this to their congregations: "Please pray that God will help me to get a new car so I can do ministry work." When he prayed like that, he is often hoping that someone in the congregation will give him the car or that the congregation will give him a car, otherwise he would pray to God in secret rather than praying openly before his congregation. In such cases, he is praying to man, hoping man will give to him. Concerning prayer, Jesus says: Matthew 6:5-8 Jesus…