I wanted to look up what the LCMS had most recently stated publicly about the Prosperity Gospel; and while this is a good, strong condemnation of a rank heresy, I feel that it dreadfully fails as an education of how widely spread this heresy has become in popular culture. At a time when it has reached a cultural and political zenith, and Paula White sells modern day Indulgences from the White House; I think it says something about the state of the Church when few are willing to speak out of fear that the politics of its members may cause a controversy.