He’s just a motivational speaker.
Charitable. Remarkably charitable. I prefer Peter's description of Osteen in Chapter 2 of his 2nd letter.
And I am not particularly concerned with health, finances, and relationships -- concern about those is "chasing the wind" and worrying about any of that will "not add one day to your life." I am more concerned with Christ's work done for me and what that means for eternity.
We’ve got a mob of fanatics in the Raleigh-Durham area who are
backing an appearance here at the RBC Center by Greg Laurie, who himself says his appearances are 90% entertainment. What’s the big deal? Everyone wants to get the sugar-coated versions these days. Instant gratification, sort of like cotton candy. No substance, just the sweet quick fix.
“At the front of the line was Farzana Patel, who arrived at 7 a.m. - two hours before the store opened and five hours before the signing.
The Santa Clara, Calif., woman is a Muslim, but she’s been so inspired by Osteen that she’s given away 20 copies of his books to friends over the years.”
So, after several years of being familiar with this book, she’s still a Muslim. Seems to me she’s looking at the wrong book!
“To me, we’re about the nitty-gritty of life,” he said. “I don’t call that light, because it’s helping them make it through some real issues in life.”
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Here is a little excerpt from Joel Osteen’s interview on the Larry King show. He could not preach the truth. This man is a false teacher and 30,000 people who listen to him every Sunday should be warned. They need to know he teaches a false doctrine. He can’t call it “light”, as above quoted in this article, because it is not light. It is a false doctrine of darkness that will lead thousands to hell. They will not be entering into heaven because they do not know the Christ of the bible. Flee!!!
KING: That we live in deeds?
OSTEEN: I don’t know. What do you mean by that?
KING: Because we’ve had ministers on who said, your record don’t count. You either believe in Christ or you don’t. If you believe in Christ, you are, you are going to heaven. And if you don’t no matter what you’ve done in your life, you ain’t.
OSTEEN: Yeah, I don’t know. There’s probably a balance between. I believe you have to know Christ. But I think that if you know Christ, if you’re a believer in God, you’re going to have some good works. I think it’s a cop-out to say I’m a Christian but I don’t ever do anything ...
KING: What if you’re Jewish or Muslim, you don’t accept Christ at all?
OSTEEN: You know, I’m very careful about saying who would and wouldn’t go to heaven. I don’t know ...
KING: If you believe you have to believe in Christ? They’re wrong, aren’t they?
OSTEEN: Well, I don’t know if I believe they’re wrong. I believe here’s what the Bible teaches and from the Christian faith this is what I believe. But I just think that only God with judge a person’s heart. I spent a lot of time in India with my father. I don’t know all about their religion. But I know they love God. And I don’t know. I’ve seen their sincerity. So I don’t know. I know for me, and what the Bible teaches, I want to have a relationship with Jesus
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0506/20/lkl.01.html
"The churches I see are growing are the churches people where can walk out and apply what they just heard. It's something to help them live their life."
Sorry, I cannot see a thing wrong with Osteens' remarks.
"If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him. (John 14:23)