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I agree. I like John McArthur as he teaches straight out of the Bible. James 2 is straight forward. I believe Romans Romans 8.28 speaks volumes.
Honest to God I cannot see the reason for such vitriol flung at her. And I’m not an Osteen fan! I just wish Christians could just get a life and QUIT attacking each other! C.S. Lewis (that blasphemous idiotic fool) if you remember, said, “Prayer doesn’t change God, it changes us”, why he sounds absolutely narcissistic! Quit picking each other apart for gosh sakes! Use your power of context and think before you whine and complain. There are bigger fish to fry than the Osteen woman.
BTW, the Osteen ministry is a ministry of restoring joy to God’s people, many of whom desperately need joy in their lives.
the osteeens could have written “Jesus is on The Mainline “
a song which unashamedly declares:
“Jesus is on the mainline...Call him Up and Tell Him What You Want”
real CORE VALUES there alright.....
Great post!
I used to spend hours on the theological boards (mostly Carm)
discussing error and defending truth.
What comes across as Christianity today is sad.
Perhaps that is why people like Phil Robertson gets so much attention. He tells it like it is in love and does not apologize for his beliefs.
I have little use for Joel Osteen. However, I at one time had a boatload of his father’s books.
NOWHERE in scripture can it be found that God wants us to be “happy”!
He does want us to find all our joy and satisfaction in Him, in knowing Him, having a relationship with him.
That may end in my death - not my happiness! John the Baptist nailed it when he said, “May He increase and may I decrease...” - not knowing that his decrease would be the ultimate decrease - death.
To see a proper perspective on the joy of knowing Christ I think of two great books: John Piper’s “Desiring God” and Chuck Colson’s “Loving God”. Both solid, scripture-based perspectives of what God is after including what was done on the cross in our the death, burial and resurrection of our Lord Jesus.
The Olsteen gospel is truly a false gospel........with bits of truth mixed in........
My fav is Dr. Charles Stanley - Atlanta, GA
I used to think and still do to a certain extent that megachurchs (sp?) and TV evangelists etc were just in it for the bucks.
Today, I may still feel that way to some extent but I also believe if they bring people to Jesus and Christianity then I guess we will find out on the final day how He feels about it.
Right now, with all that is going on with ISIS and Boko Haram and others, I just think all Christians (Catholics, Lutherans, Methodists, Presbyterians, fundamentalists, Baptists and everything in between), Jews (all sects), Hindi (yep, even the cow worshipers, never heard of them beheading anyone) etc all need to stick together and stand up for each other. We can disagree over doctrine and interpretation and this little bit and that little bit and I know sometimes those little bits seem to be giant mountains, but one thing we need to agree on is that ISLAM is the devil.
“A great example of this is this emergence of the idea that someone can be a “gay Christian”; a person who claims to worship Jesus Christ but refuses to actually worship Him by surrendering all that they are — like their fallen sexual impulses”
I know a person that has many of the gay mannerisms and is a committed Christian. The person is also single. And has also stated that “we all have to deny ourselves things if it gets in the way of worshiping God.” The person has never come out and said they were gay, but....
Their people seem pretty joyful, and joy is essential to their teachings.
Good article. Thanks!
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The poisoned fruit of the protestant rebellion against God’s Church.
At least, He should be, right?