How about kissing a Cardinal's $25,000 to $35,000 ruby ring?

Wealth and power have always been a part of almost all long established priesthoods. Why else did Constantine convene the Council of Nicaea?

Reminds me of the paradigm which catapulted Horatio Alger's writing career.

Hang onto the coattails of a rich man and you will share in his wealth.

And so the intermediary between God's beneficence must be the ultimate symbol of such fiscal potentiality.

Can't have a preacher wearing a ratty threadbare suit, with no makeup and no gelled luminous backlit halo hair, can we?

It's also why so many flocked to the Billionaire's presidency. He'll make a whole lot more of us rich! Just you wait and see.

It never ceases to amaze me.

I mean, really, why aren't Joel Osteen's flock all watching Elmer Gantry? Especially after his refusal to open up his church to the 'great unwashed yet wet' after Hurricane Harvey.

Silly me! The movie's 2 hours and 26 minutes long.

Because our critical thinking skills have gone the way of our attention spans, preachers like MacArthur and Chandler will continue to 'build monuments to their wealth'.