I guess I wasn’t too off with this stuff. This entry pretty much describes what I heard:

Wikipedia: Prosperity Gospel

The interesting thing – someone on the staff at the church I visited is a close relative of Joel Osteen.

Something that also came to mind. When God offered young King Solomon anything he wanted, Solomon choose wisdom to rightly judge what God had placed in his care (the kingdom). God said that it was good that he choose that over riches or the heads of his enemy. I think too many people focus on what God did specifically for Solomon after he chose rightly, and not on what God said was good in that scripture. Just a thought.