When we are young children, we are taught by our parents to share with others because spreading kindness can only enrich our lives. Habitus helps people believe that being positive will benefit them in prosperity in the long run. This essay will discuss what the Times article “Does God Want You To Be Rich” was missing in their article and what was not missing and this will be done by using Simon Coleman’s article “The globalization of charismatic Christianity” as a comparison.
The Times article discusses some positive and negative opinions that certain pastors may have about giving a prosperity sermon and if they believe it is legitimate or not, but I believe that it would have been more powerful if the text actually had only one position in proving if God wants us to be rich or not. In the Simon Coleman article, his position is obvious because he gives many clear examples of how paying it forward and being a positive person results in prosperity, especially when he talks about how a lady was sitting next to a …show more content…
Coleman would possibly respond to that by saying that just because the individual has not received their prosperity gift from God just yet, it does not mean that it will never happen and it is not fair to completely disregard this idea when it can happen at any time that we least expect it and also in the most subtle ways that we do not realize. In his text it says, “If you stand sufficiently long in faith the invisible will become visible”. (Coleman, 193). This shows us that remaining positive and patient will soon bring us what we truly
The Times article discusses some positive and negative opinions that certain pastors may have about giving a prosperity sermon and if they believe it is legitimate or not, but I believe that it would have been more powerful if the text actually had only one position in proving if God wants us to be rich or not. In the Simon Coleman article, his position is obvious because he gives many clear examples of how paying it forward and being a positive person results in prosperity, especially when he talks about how a lady was sitting next to a …show more content…
Coleman would possibly respond to that by saying that just because the individual has not received their prosperity gift from God just yet, it does not mean that it will never happen and it is not fair to completely disregard this idea when it can happen at any time that we least expect it and also in the most subtle ways that we do not realize. In his text it says, “If you stand sufficiently long in faith the invisible will become visible”. (Coleman, 193). This shows us that remaining positive and patient will soon bring us what we truly