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    Will Jesus Buy Me a Double-Wide?: ('Cause I Need More Room for My Plasma TV)
    Will Jesus Buy Me a Double-Wide?: ('Cause I Need More Room for My Plasma TV)
    Will Jesus Buy Me a Double-Wide?: ('Cause I Need More Room for My Plasma TV)
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    Will Jesus Buy Me a Double-Wide?: ('Cause I Need More Room for My Plasma TV)

    By Karen Spears Zacharias

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    What does it really mean to be blessed by God? With Southern charm and razor-sharp wit in this Will Jesus Buy Me a Double-Wide? Ebook, author Karen Spears Zacharias shows how the “prosperity” gospel has led us astray from true Christianity and helped create people and churches focused on greed. Zacharias unpacks story after story of families and individuals using the name of God as a means to living their own “good life.” You’ll hear shocking tales of those who exploit the gospel for their own gain, and mega-evangelists who live in million-dollar mansions with children groomed from the cradle to sell the message of Christ while their parents rake in the cash. Discover churches that have modeled themselves on Wall Street and unbridled materialism, and see what is happening to them now. Is this the good life? You’ll also meet some unlikely folks who live with genuine biblical integrity. People who know that God is more than some cosmic genie who gives them an easy life, a fat bank account, and a second home in an exotic location. Come discover stories about authentic Christianity and the true “good life” in Will Jesus Buy Me a Double-Wide?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherZondervan
    Release dateFeb 23, 2010
    ISBN9780310565222
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    Karen Spears Zacharias

    Karen Spears Zacharias had her first kiss in a trailer, smoked her first and last cigarette in a trailer, asked Jesus into her heart on bended knee in a trailer, fell madly in love in a trailer (a couple of different times), and gave birth to her firstborn child in a trailer. While writing this book, she became unemployed and bought a flat-screen plasma TV. She and her husband, Tim, plan to retire to a double-wide with a firm foundation and a sturdy pier at Point Clear, Alabama.

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    • 4/5
      Karen’s new book is a collection of short introductions, mostly anonymous personas such as “The Bookseller” or “The Grill Man.” Some are inspirational in the way they spread kindness with their lives and/or money, while others are downright sickening in their greed or coercion through a prosperity gospel. Think TV evangelists who promise that if you send your $100 now, today, God will bless you by returning far more. The book is sometimes heartwarming, sometimes disturbing.Karen writes with wit and passion. She’s opinionated and direct, and she gets on her high horse a bit as she exposes The Secret as utter hogwash, money-grubbing TV evangelism as downright fraud, and Bernie Madoff as the embodiment of evil. But she’s serious about learning from the example of Jesus, and I dare say she has Jesus on her side. That is, if Jesus' teachings about money and its use are to be taken seriously.Worth reading!
    • 2/5
      This was an interesting book. Each chapter was a story about a person and their views of God and money. Zacharias uses caricature names for each of the people, "The Mayor", "The Redhead", "The Marine" and I found it really bothered me. I mean these are real people and real stories and the labels deterred from the reading. I would have been fine if she'd made up names and had a footnote mentioning the names were changed for privacy or something. Odd sidenote, but really it affected the way the book read.

      The reading otherwise was decent, potentially interesting stories if there was more detail given.

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