Is the teaching that sending $50 or $100 to a ministry will make you debt-free and a half-millionaire biblical?
No. Such claims are called prosperity salvation and are not according to the book. Although God rewarded Old Testament obedience with material blessings in that economy, guaranteeing that sending $50 or $100 removes debt and makes someone a half-millionaire is not biblical.
Les explains that under the Old Testament economy God rewarded obedience with material blessings, which is why many patriarchs were wealthy. But he warns that today's prosperity salvation—the idea that if you just get saved God will pour out all kinds of wealth—is a different matter. He points to brochures from some outfits that guarantee if you send them $50 or $100, your debt will be gone tomorrow morning and within a week or two you will be a half-millionaire. Les says that is not according to the book. They can preach it, scream it, or yell it, but it is still not according to the book.