Posted on 03/16/2015 6:54:51 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Mr Dollar has a net worth of more then $27 million dollars. The name certainly fits him.
From the musical "Barnum"...
There is a sucker born every minute Each time the second hand sweeps to the top Like dandelions up they pop, Their ears so big, their eyes so wide. And though I feed ‘em bonafide baloney With no truth in it Why you can bet I’ll find some rube to buy my corn. ‘Cause there’s a sure-as-shooting sucker born a minute, And I’m referrin’ to the minute you were born.
Each blessed hour brings sixty of ‘em Each time the wooden cuckoo shows his face Another sucker takes his place, And plunks his quarter on the line To buy my brand of genuine malarkey. God bless and love ‘em! But don’t feel sad or hoppin’ mad or cause a scene ‘Cause there’s a sure-as-shooting sucker born a minute, But Ma’am you mighta been the minute in between.
If I allow that right here in my hands The smallest living human man The sight of that is surely worth a dime If I present an educated pooch Who’s trained to dance the hoochie cooch What better way to waste a bit of time If I imported monumental cost A lady, fair, who’s head was lost While crossing railroad tracks to pick some zinnias Who eats farina through a hose And wares pink tights instead of clothes If that ain’t worth a buck my name ain’t Phineas
Aw you say that’s hog wash well who cares You’ll buy my hog wash long as
There’s a sucker born every minute Each time the second hand sweeps to the top Like dandelions up they pop, Their ears so big, their eyes so wide. And though my tale is bonafide baloney, Just let me spin it, And ain’t no man who can resist me wait and see ‘Cause there’s a sure-as-shooting sucker born a minute, And friends the biggest one excluding none is me!
Osteen does not taken a salary from his Houston megachurch. He owns one house — the same one he and his wife, Victoria, have lived in for 13 years — and until recently he drove a 9-year-old car he inherited from his late father. Osteen pays his own hotel bills, and there is no private jet.
Although the upbeat minister does take collections at services, netting an estimated $43 million a year, Osteen does not ask for money on his broadcasts, which reach an estimated 7 million viewers weekly in the U.S. and 100 other countries. Nonetheless, an additional $30 million comes through the mail. His most recent book deal earned him a $13 million advance.
“We make plenty of money from our books,” said Osteen, 44. “But we just live normal lives. We try to be conservative and honor God with our life and with our example.”
The success of these books raises questions about how religious figures should handle the millions of dollars in royalties and contributions.
Osteen is not the only prominent religious figure who tries to navigate these issues and, by doing so, differentiate himself from such controversies.
Warren, for example, has repaid every dollar he has earned in the pulpit of Saddleback Church in Orange County, Calif., and pledged to give away 90 percent of his book royalties. He accepts no speaking fees and is not as reluctant as Osteen to criticize those who are less altruistic.
“The opulent lifestyles of televangelists make me sick,” said Warren, of those ministries now under investigation. The scandals, he said, flow from the “prosperity gospel” that many televangelists preach.
“Success in any area often creates a spirit of entitlement — ‘I deserve this’ — that is the exact opposite of servant leadership,” Warren said.
Osteen agrees, offering his own definition of the prosperity gospel: “I never preach a message on money,” he said. “I do believe that God wants us to be blessed, to have good marriages, to have peace in our minds, to have health, to have money to pay our bills. I think God wants us to excel. But everyone isn’t going to be rich — if we’re talking about money.”
....reminds me of an “aspiring rapper” who was just turning his life around.
As much as you can living in a $10,000,000 mansion and throwing hissy fits on airplanes goes.
I looked it up. Jesus walked everywhere. He only rode a donkey once.
Is there a “Rev Dollar’s Renovation” show in the works?
Looks like he might get a tad upset once the “esteemed” Reverund Run and wife are finished with their mansion renovation.
wow, that’s it? I knew it was right here in my town or area but didn’t know it was a gated palace! (although i suspected it, given the lifestyle he leads)
So many of the Church’s critics demand that she sell off her artistic and architectural treasures to feed the poor, without realizing that they are a net cost to the Church, and the value comes in making these treasures available to all, for the greater glory of God and for the advancement of civilization and culture.
Sell them off and the poor will not be fed for more than a few days, but those treasures will fall into private hands that might not such high regard for them other than as baubles and trinkets to flaunt their wealth.
Yet many of the same critics of the Church’s presumed great material wealth will not bat an eye at funding Creflo Dollar’s luxurious lifestyle, although it is difficult to tell who benefits from the jet and the mansion other than Creflo Dollar.
How unusual...another holy roller fraud.
My mom came to the same decision 30 yrs. ago after seeing video footage of the solid gold bathroom fixtures in Pat Robertson’s new home.
Pimp Pastor Creflo Dollar Ask His Church For $65 Million Dollars For A Jet In Online Fundraiser! (Video)(Language Warning)
TNN Raw 2 - Tommy Sotomayor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LntxY_2m-lg
How many precious children can I support with 65 million dollars?
2,600,000
i do not begrudge anybody an expensive mansion... the building, maintaining and filling of the mansion contributes to employment... as far as the airplane hissy fit, not fits, nobody is perfect... i do not believe this is a common occurrence...
Well, the point is the Osteen quote: But we just live normal lives. We try to be conservative and honor God with our life and with our example.”
indeed... people try... they do not always succeed... we are not perfect...
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