Snake Oil
SNAKE OIL. Joseph Smith, a trader in fraud and fake cures, leaves his life as a second-hand car dealer to start his own church. He runs a slick operation, preaching health and prosperity. Can he have it all – gold, girls and glory, or will money laundering through the mob and dealing with blackmail bring…
WRITTEN BY
Neil Evans
About This Book
SNAKE OIL. Joseph Smith, a trader in fraud and fake cures, leaves his life as a second-hand car dealer to start his own church. He runs a slick operation, preaching health and prosperity. Can he have it all – gold, girls and glory, or will money laundering through the mob and dealing with blackmail bring him down? Will his marriage and life survive as the web of evil spreads? ‘Snake Oil’ not only demonstrates the heresy of the prosperity gospel but interwoven in the story is a contrast between Joseph Smith’s mega church and the small faithful gospel preaching church nearby. A unique story with an important message for those who might be deceived in a money hungry church but are unaware. $25 plus courier cost.
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Writer: Neil Evans
About The Writer
Neil Evans
NEIL EVANS is a lawyer, mediator, Sports chaplain and writer. He lives in Whangamata with his wife Jan. At one point in his career he worked as Assistant Attorney General in Tarawa, the capital of the Republic of Kiribati. It was during this period of two years that Neil developed some ideas for writing. His first book ‘A Dangerous Legacy’ - search for the wakazashi which was published in 2014 and includes a fictional account that took place during the battle of Tarawa in November 1943. Neil followed this story with ‘Greed’ published 2019 which is a crime/thriller set in a fictional Pacific Island country. His latest book is a unique story that pulls down the heresy which is the prosperity gospel. He considers ‘Snake Oil’ his best yet with an important message warning of the dangers in following a false teacher who is in it for the gold, glory and girls.
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