“SAY THIS AFTER ME,” Reverend Ike urged his flock: “I have no fear of money.”
“I have no fear of money,” the congregation repeated.
“Money is not against my religion,” Reverend Ike said.“Money is not against my religion,” the crowd echoed.
Money certainly didn’t violate the gospel of Reverend Ike. He loved money with a religious zeal, and he urged his followers to love lucre, too. “If thy religion cannot stand money, thy religion is bad, not money,” he said. “I never understood preachers who get up and talk about how terrible money is, then, before they sit down, they ask for some.”
The audience laughed, and Reverend Ike proclaimed
