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TechnoratiThe Pentecostal pastor said he does not believe there is anything wrong with a minister prospering as long as they do it properly, legally and morally. Jakes is a bestselling author and his church in Dallas is home to 18,500 attendants on average, according to Hartford Institute for Religion Research. The megachurch has its own record label and a daily talk show.
While a prosperous man himself, Jakes stressed "a balanced Gospel." And a ministry that focuses totally on prosperity or any one aspect of Scripture "does it to the demise of the greater truth of a balanced Gospel."
"We shouldn't be preaching for money, but we should not allow money to stop us from preaching," he said.
Warren, who has called the idea of God wanting everybody to be wealthy "baloney," said "fundamentally, all of us are all selfish people.
"The point that I was simply making is that when Jesus said I've come to give you life in all its abundance, he wasn't talking about material possessions, because the same time Jesus also said a man's life consists not in the abundance of things he possesses."
While Warren does not say it is a sin to be rich, he believes it is a sin to die rich.
"I think God intends you to use it. Money is to be used and not loved. It is a tool," he stressed. "The Bible tells us over and over and over, don't store up for yourselves. Rich is in heaven.
"We're to love people and we're to use money. Now, what happens is if we start loving money, we end up using people to get it and we get the priorities reversed."
