Houston Matters
Study: Prosperity Gospel Leads To Risky Financial Behavior
Posted on · Psychologists say it’s not just religious people who respond to those kinds of messages.
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Houston Matters
Full Show: Prosperity Gospel, And Project Row Houses Turns 25 (Dec. 14, 2018)
Posted on · On Friday's Houston Matters: We learn about last night's HISD board meeting and about the latest efforts to woo the Democratic National Convention in 2020. Then, we explore how so-called prosperity gospel messages affect people's behavior. We break down The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of the week’s news. And Project Row Houses turns 25.
News
Lakewood Church Receives Mayor’s Proclamation for Harvey Support – After Initial Criticism
Posted on · Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner declared Tuesday “Lakewood Church Day”
Houston Matters
Texas is Home to the Most Megachurches
Posted on · Greater Houston is home to more than forty megachurches – those are Protestant congregations with a sustained attendance of 2,000 or more per week. And among those are some prominent examples: Lakewood Church and Second Baptist Church – two of the ten largest megachurches in the nation, according to a recent study from the Hartford Institute for […]
Good, Bad and Ugly
Another Oil Bankruptcy, Osteen Raps and Jade Helm Begins: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly of Houston News
Posted on · From another Houston-area oil company declaring bankruptcy, to a rap song featuring Pastor Joel Osteen, to the start of the Jade Helm 15 military exercise: we discuss The Good, The Bad and The Ugly of this week’s news. This week’s panel of non-experts is comprised of: Houston Chronicle writer Lisa Falkenberg; Paul Pendergraft, producer of Texas Originals; and Vlad […]