{"id":2045,"date":"2014-10-05T15:40:58","date_gmt":"2014-10-05T13:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/w3.sonofcarey.com\/?p=2045"},"modified":"2014-10-05T15:42:03","modified_gmt":"2014-10-05T13:42:03","slug":"selling-salvation-and-the-blood-of-jesus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sonofcarey.com\/?p=2045","title":{"rendered":"Selling Salvation and the Blood of Jesus"},"content":{"rendered":"

A few weeks back, I attended a pastors’ conference in South Africa where one of the speakers described Africa’s Christianity with the words “vital” and “explosion.” May I present just one of many examples of Africa’s vital explosion?<\/p>\n

T. B. Joshua’s “Anointing Water.” <\/a><\/p>\n

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Notice the copy on the packaging: “For the salvation of your soul.” But salvation is such a weak word these days in prosperity circles. Can’t we ratchet up the marketing power with some real godtalk? So, the enhanced packaging reads, “THE BLOOD OF JESUS.”<\/p>\n

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Joshua peddles his water like a modern African witchdoctor looking for a quick buck. This is the “Christianity” that is taking over sub-Saharan Africa. Blasphemy is not too strong a word. But “vital” most certainly is.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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