Mike Murdock seemed even sleazier than Osteen, but I haven’t seen him in a while. It seemed that Murdock never talked about ANYTHING but money, e.g., “Sow a seed of $40 and I’ll send you my new pamphlet called, ‘God wants you to prosper.’”
I agree. I've always thought of Joel Osteen as more of a motivational speaker than a preacher. People like Mike Murdock and Rod Parsley are at the bottom of the barrel. Their basic pitch is always: "God wants to bless you, but he can't do it until you send me your $300.00 Faith Seed (and the check clears.)" Reminds me of an episode of WKRP in Cincinnati about a preacher named Little Ed who was selling John the Baptist shower curtains and Last Supper steak knives.