I really do not like any Christian person to be put down. It is okay to take a sentence they have said and give a scriptural critique on that alone - but leave the person alone.
I don't care if they are billionaires or sitting on the curb. It is only the message that I look at, and I've seen some people's one little sentence blown waaaay out of proportion and taken out of context. Especially by the media.
For instance, I really do not know Joyce Meyers full teachings and might not even agree with them, but one thing I do know. She was raped by her father from a very young age until she was 15 or so. Her mother knew and did nothing out of fear. This woman gives a testimony of Christ's power to restore damaged souls. She helps many women who have carried this shame with them for years. God really uses her for this ministry.
No matter whose teachings you follow, there will always be something to glean from them if they are a Christian, and I truly believe she is. She acknowledges Christ as her savior and His blood redeeming work on the cross.
Look don't get me wrong as I don't mind people listening to them on TV as long as they realize what they say aligns with bible or not.
If you know and test what they say with the word of God so you know when they are correct and when they are not then that is good. But to sit back and think everything these people teach or do is proper is not correct, as I have seen some falsehoods taught by them and I have mentioned a few that they have said.
This goes with money as well because if they bring in say $80,000 that month but only give $5,000 to the needy that does not show the signs of a cheerful giver. It should be the other way around keep enough just to live on and give the majority to the needy.
I see to many empty buildings that could easily be turned into homeless shelters for these needy people, instead I see to many still under bridges, living in tents by the river, and starving. Then on top of that I see some churches who turn these people away from assistance just because another church helped them a little. Plain crazy !!!
Like for example talk to somebody who has needed assistance and have tried to go to the Salvation Army and Catholic charities both. You will find out that if they got help from the one the other will not help them !!!