Godawful
I was about to delete this seemingly unremarkable bit of religious spam from my last post, but decided, on a whim, to have a look at the site first. It turned out to be a page of rather unusual testimonies from the Church of the Righteous Rich New Creation Church. Here's a sampling of headlines:
And here's the best testimonial of all:
My first thought was that this was a parody site, but my church-going mum has heard of New Creation and assures me it's genuine. There's more here if you really want it.
Property sold at reasonable price
A job that came with a promotion!
Pay increased by five per cent!
God heard my sighs and blessed my business
And here's the best testimonial of all:
From rock bottom to million-dollar round table!
Dear Pastor Prince,
I would like to share with you about the abundant grace that God poured upon my family and me in 2004.
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At the end of July 2004, my sales hit rock bottom. I was listed last in the whole branch and around 320th out of 420 advisers in the company. I was devastated and cried in my heart. I started to sigh and I told the Lord that I give up totally, and that He has to take over and come true for me.
At that time, you preached the sermon, A Groan Will Reach His Throne. After looking at the board which listed me at the bottom, I walked away, but the words, “the last shall be the first”, rose up and came out of my mouth. It was like the Lord was telling me that He was in control and that He will turn things around.
From August to December 2004, the favour of God was so strong on me when I dealt with millionaire businessmen and doctors in their estate planning (even though the initial meetings were so tensed). His favour descended upon me while I presented and it turned the situation around. Truly, a moment of God’s favour can do much more than what years of fleshly efforts can achieve.
At the end of 2004, for the first time in 12 years, I qualified for the MDRT (million dollar round table). Only the top 6 per cent of advisers in the industry qualify for this international award.
I finished the year as the 2nd top adviser in the branch and 10th in the whole company. I qualified for a trip for two to Barcelona, Spain. It was a business-class flight plus suite-stay all fully paid for by the company! The holiday was worth about $20,000!
Also, I was totally healed of the allergy without me realising it until later!
Hallelujah, all glory to Jesus!
My first thought was that this was a parody site, but my church-going mum has heard of New Creation and assures me it's genuine. There's more here if you really want it.
posted by Nicholas at 10:22 AM
16 Comments:
I prefer the lucky draw
they're one of those really powerful groups of loonies you don't wanna mess with. chances are a future boss or camp commander will be one of them.
Chinese people - when they get religion - can become absolutely looney. Witness the Ming cult, the White Lotus Society, the Boxers, the Kingdom of Heavenly Peace, Falungong, and the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Capitalists.
That being said, historical record shows these powerful groups of loonies are washed-out also-rans, has-beens, and losers at the end of the day.
God bless my yong tau foo! =D
A Groan Will Reach His Throne? That sounds so NC-16! Is that for real or just a comedy bit thrown in to keep me reading?
*groan & moan*
I don't know if it sounds more blasphemous or if it's faith/blessing of the highest order. All I know is that I went there once and I got really really freaked out by its charismatic nature, never went back ever again! :/
new creation are the ones tht celebrate their services at suntec city's the rock auditorium. been there once. left after 10 minutes.
unsavoury comments curbed, but let's just say it's one step short of cladding your church in titanium.
No matter what you must credit them for their excellent choice of targets to convert. They only convert the rich and the wanna be like the rich people and if you go to their website, you can donate via all major credit cards!
So they are moaning their way to the bank!
Finally someone has written something about rich churches like New Creation. It may be the little green-eyed monster in me since my own church is a small and humble community. I listened to one of their sermons and was really shocked at what the pastor preaches about.
The underlying meaning "Be a Christian, pray to Him and He will bless you with lotsa wealth!"
When I was a Christian, I once went to a church with a well-to-do congregation where the pastor preached a message on "not being too kind to the poor."
"a groan will reach his throne." !!!!
Actually, no one ever said "believe in God and He will bless you with lotsa wealth". The underlying foundation in the church's sermons are always about believing that Jesus took His place on the cross for you and that you are one of His. Salvation includes everything including wealth which does NOT necessarily mean MONEY. It could be health and CAN INCLUDE WEALTH. And it has been stressed many times in NCC's sermons that HEALTH is preferred to WEALTH. I know which one I'd rather have. Did God say it was terribly awful of us to ask for money? Obsession with money is one thing, but asking for money for your needs is another. Rather many sermons hinge on the verse "Seek yee first the righteousness of God, and all these things shall be added unto you". "All these things" include health, wealth, salvation
Listen to the entire context of a sermon before commenting. This is the consequence of walking out after 10 mins.
This is a bit late, but I'm proudly from City Harvest, yes, the one clad in Titanium.
Say what you like, but we didn't sprout out overnight. I started in this church 16 yrs ago when we were small and unheard of. Life goes on whether the church is big or small, famous or unheard of.
And I don't think things have changed that much either. The last I checked, it is still the same God that we worship.
Isn't it amazing how much trouble...a church with rich and healthy people or one that preaches for it's people to believe in such things gets in :) I mean it must be a cult right? Cause it's soooo rich...and rich people attend?
I mean, we all know how poor the Roman Catholic Church is, with Vatican City, but we'll forgive that...cause they're soft and wear acceptable robes; ...OR when a religion with 1/3 of the world's population highly encourages ALL it's believers to visit a holy place...nah...that's obedience...and faith...
OR when you have to pay thousands of dollars to place the ashes of a loved one in a sacred place, no...that's filial piety....
But God forbid...there may truly be someone up there looking out for us...and hoping for the best for us....no...they must be a cult...
come on...just like what you eat, you are what you believe. and you're sooo entitled to what you want to believe...but isn't it so sad, being so smart. and yet being so scared of both God and Death?
City harvest is a materialistic church..how much of their funds actually go to the poor and needy?
Must a church be so extravagant and flambouyant in everything they do?
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