The preacher urged his television congregation to tithe.

"Give 10¼ of your income to the Lord," he said.

"But why should I tithe?" someone asked him.

"To get," the preacher replied. "We tithe in order to get. I want to get healed, I want to get well, I want to get money, I want to get prosperous."

This popular form of Christianity was recently written up in Time magazine. The "prosperity Gospel." That is what it is called. There are many who peddle its wares. You might have heard some of them on radio or television. "Name it and claim it." That is what it is about. Just name what blessing you want in life. Then claim it. Claim that the Lord has given it to you. If you name it and claim it in true faith, it will be yours. If you fail to get what you ask for, then your faith is obviously we…