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...Here's how it works. A colleague and I just did a story about something called prosperity theology based partly on John 10:10, so I key that in, and up pops the appropriate chapter of John in the New King James translation, with the verse hilighted in yellow: "The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly." This is already an improvement over BibleGateway, which needs to be told to provide the verse in context. Better still...
Clearly, Rosso has been thinking about the next chapter. "We contributed to making jeans part of the luxury universe," explains Rosso. "If we could do that with denim, maybe we could do it in other ways. My intention is to be part of a new, upcoming version of prêt-à-porter." Investment bankers are skeptical that Rosso could transform Diesel into a multibrand conglomerate, but smaller designers have long hoped for a private concern to find a third way between big business and the financial pitfalls of independence...
Prosperity's defenders claim to be able to match their critics chapter and verse. They caution against broad-brushing a wide spectrum that ranges from pastors who crassly solicit sky's-the-limit financial offerings from their congregations to those whose services tend more toward God-fueled self-help. Advocates note Prosperity's racial diversity--a welcome exception to the American norm--and point out that some Prosperity churches engage in significant charity. And they see in it a happy corrective for Christians who are more used to being chastened for their sins than celebrated as God's children...
...best life now," it opens, to see "your business taking off. See your marriage restored. See your family prospering. See your dreams come to pass ..." you must "start looking at life through eyes of faith." Jesus is front and center but not his Crucifixion, Resurrection or Atonement. There are chapters on overcoming trauma and a late chapter on emulating God's generosity. (And indeed, Osteen's church gave more than $1 million in relief money after Hurricane Katrina.) But there are many more illustrations of how the Prosperity doctrine has produced personal gain, most memorably, perhaps, for the Osteen family...
...earlier version of this story was incorrect in saying that the parent company Entergy was bankrupt. One of five utility companies owned by Entergy, Entergy New Orleans, Inc. filed for reorganization under Chapter 11 in September, 2005, weeks after Hurricane Katrina...