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To: wallcrawlr

Ah yes, the latest character in the Health & Wealth movement.

I watched one of his 30 minute sermons on TBN on the subject of "Emotional Bank Accounts". 22 minutes into it, he finally mentions God, and quotes ONE piece of scripture (taken entirely out of context) to back up his point.

His sermons are largely on the power of the individual, and not on the power of the Almighty. "Me-ology" and not Theology. Osteen apparently glossed over "Apart from me, you can do nothing", and "My strength is made perfect in weakness" during his Bible readings, assuming he does any at all.


7 posted on 06/23/2005 7:46:34 AM PDT by ItsOurTimeNow ("Para espanol, marque el dos.")
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To: ItsOurTimeNow

If you look at his Easter sermon that was posted on his website, he doesn't even believe that the death of Jesus on the cross was sufficient. He thinks Jesus had to go down to hell and drag the devil around and humiliate him like a WWE Smackdown before our salvation was complete. I'm from Houston where his church is, and there is a lot of churches that find conflict with his teachings that hint at positive confession.


8 posted on 06/23/2005 8:32:10 AM PDT by milquetoastdog
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To: ItsOurTimeNow

I like the TBN game. Turn it on and start your timer, see how long it takes to hear heresy. Sometimes we even get up to a minute or two!

Or I suppose you could call it the TBN 'drinking' game and take a shot every time you hear heresy. Doesn't take long to get plastered, if you do it that way.


64 posted on 06/29/2005 11:30:03 PM PDT by Terriergal (What is the meaning of life?? Man's chief end is to glorify God and to enjoy him for ever.)
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