The Prosperity Gospel is alive and well.

It seeps into American churches.

It's been called America's Theological Export to Africa, and it has seeped into the American

prison system of all places, even in Angola.

Angola is the largest maximum security prison in the U.S., an 18,000 acre complex comprised

of five former plantations now home to 6,300 prisoners, limited to only murderers, rapists,

arm robbers, and habitual felons.

The average sentence here is 88 years, with 3,200 people in one place serving life sentences,

90% of the inmates will die here.

Yes, the Prosperity Gospel even reaches into a place like that.

On Piper Travel to Louisiana and preached in Angola's Chapel on November 20, 2009, about

800 prisoners packed in to hear a message on John 6 on Jesus' feeding of the 5,000

and his walk on water.

I preached with all my heart to those who could fit in the chapel.

Piper recounted later, I pulled no punches.

Hundreds of other prisoners heard the sermon through closed circuit television, including

those on death row.

Like Gerald Bordeland, a convicted rapist and child murderer we met in episode 1445.

Piper pulled no punches, and the result is one of my favorite all-time sermons.

Pastor John, it is most urgent.

Here's a clip from that Angola sermon.

I want very much to say the best news in all the world for Christians is on the other

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