In between fits of judging others, defending marriage so they can divorce and remarry all they want, honing the concept of "secondary virginity" and, here and there, looking for books to ban, evangelicals are debating the godliness of having work done:
And the reigning queen of prosperity gospel preachers, Joyce Meyer, made no apologies for the work this 66-year-old "Bible teacher" has had when she talked to ABC News in April.
"God doesn't love me anymore or less because I had some work done on my face,"Meyer said. "You know, I prayed about it a long, long, long, long, long time, because there again, I wouldn't want to do anything that I felt was going to be offensive to God...But I just felt like he finally just came to my heart, you know, it's your face, do what you want to...It was a really good thing that I did for me. It made me feel good...And you know, when you're in front of millions of people every day, you want to look your best."
She added: "I want to look my best for God. So many people have the attitude that if you're a Christian you've got to dress bad, wear an old color, not do anything to your hair, have nothing. It's no wonder that Christianity is not very attractive."
Not all Christian leaders feel that way. "I admit I'm concerned. If the preacher is plastic, what does that tell us about his preaching?" Grady asked in his 2004 essay.
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