Posted on 12/23/2005 4:39:24 AM PST by truthandlife
Victoria Osteen, the wife of Lakewood Church pastor Joel Osteen, said an incident that delayed a Continental Airlines flight for two hours earlier this week was "a minor misunderstanding."
Osteen posted a "Letter from Victoria" on the church's official Web site Wednesday, saying the Monday incident resulted from her choice "to remove myself from the situation."
Osteen left the plane, Continental Flight 1602, with her husband and their two children. The family took another flight to Vail, Colo., where they are taking a ski vacation.
A church spokesman said the family left the plane voluntarily.
However, FBI Special Agent Luz Garcia has said that the Osteens were asked to leave the jetliner after "an altercation."
Garcia also said that Victoria Osteen "failed to comply" with instructions from a flight attendant.
The FBI said the airline contacted the agency about the incident. The agency decided not to investigate.
Continental Airlines spokeswoman Julie King declined any further comment about the incident Thursday.
"There have been various accounts of an incident that occurred on one of our flights, and I have issued earlier statements about that," King said. "We can confirm that there are no remaining issues between Continental and those passengers. ... Both parties feel no further comment is necessary."
King declined to comment on Victoria Osteen's explanation of the incident.
In her letter, which can be read at at www.lakewood.cc, Osteen stated:
"Regardless of how some have portrayed the situation, please know that it was truly a minor misunderstanding and did not escalate into what you saw or read in the news. Contrary to those reports, it was my choice to remove myself from the situation. Nonetheless, it was a most unfortunate event and I truly regret that it happened."
Osteen's letter continued, "The last thing I would ever want to do is let any of you down. And I promise you that I did not act in any way that would cast a bad light on you, my family, Lakewood Church or our Lord Jesus Christ. I value the position that God has placed me in and I can assure you that I will always walk in love and integrity. While I am not perfect, I will always seek to be a peacemaker and seek the high road."
The incident apparently stemmed from a spilled liquid on Osteen's seat in the first class section of the airplane. A church spokesman said the spill was not cleaned up to Osteen's satisfaction, and the family left the plane voluntarily.
Joel Osteen is a nationally known author of self-help books, including the best-selling Your Best Life Now. He became pastor of Lakewood Church in 1999. The church, in the former Compaq Center, is one of the nation's largest with more than 30,000 weekly participants in church services.
As far as Victoria is concerned...I could care less about her. I went to LW Church yrs ago when John Osteen was pastor. I've got a boat load of criticism for that church, along with what I know regarding the donations taken in.
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instructions. Proverb 1:7
And he said unto them, why are ye troubled? and why do thoughts arise in your hearts? Behold my hands and my free, that it is myself: handle me and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones as ye see me have. (Lk.24:38-39)
And do check out the "Presidential Seal" on the "Greek" (or is it "Roman") podium!
"I did not pour that alleged double vodka down her throat."
It was heroin, with a lude chaser.
Read my post again......why don't you study the Bible?
I will not stoop to your gutter level and call you a "moron." I reserve that insult for people whose actions I am aware of and despise - like your queen/heroine, Mrs. Osteen.
Is this "team" this generations Tammy Fae & Jim Baker Inc fleecing the sheep ?
Just a question....
"And do check out the "Presidential Seal" on the "Greek" (or is it "Roman") podium!"
Yeah, I saw that. I think the eagle symbolizes money, though, as when "the eagle s...s," though. This ministry does seem to be a "get all you can through the power of God" sort of ministry, from what I've read on the church's site and elsewhere.
This is an old style of evangelism. "Love God and give me as much money as you possibly can and it will be returned tenfold!" There have been many of these phonies out there over the years.
Who'da thunk it...
"Your a moron....so you've read the bible...try studying it..."
Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth (Eph.4:9)
By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison (1Pe.3:19)
Christ went into the part of hell known as 'Abraham's Bosom' to release those OT saints who went there while waiting for Christ to pay for their sins (Lk.16)
Actually...I've never liked Victoria Osteen one little bit. Joel I've always had a great deal of respect for...not Victoria.
Shhhh....don't tell that loudly. The Victoria Osteen fan club members will be here any moment to call you a "moron" or other choice words. In other words, they'll exhibit their non-existent argumentation and reasoning skills.
changing=chanting
Combine a spill on the seat and a steward or stewardess with attitude (I don't clean up no steenkin spill) and you have the ingredients for a media event. I'm on Victoria's side on this one, having encountered seriously rude behavior from airline employees myself. She didn't want to sit in or have her kid sit in a sticky puddle of pepsi...would you?
"Combine a spill on the seat and a steward or stewardess with attitude (I don't clean up no steenkin spill) and you have the ingredients for a media event. I'm on Victoria's side on this one, having encountered seriously rude behavior from airline employees myself."
You mis-read all those verses.
Ephesians 4:9 refers to the grave.
1 Peter 3:19 a) is not chronologically lined up within the 3 days that Christ was in the grave. b) "prison" in this verse does NOT mean hell.
Luke chapter 16: I don't find Christ's journey to hell as you've described it, nor do I find the Bible describe "Abraham's bosom" as hell. What is your source?
Many who preach Christ went to hell claim that's where He paid the penalty for our sins. And THAT is the HUGE heresy - that I should have mentioned in my previous post.
Christ paid for all our sin on the cross - not anything that may have happened after He died.
It sounds like Continental Airlines, whose HQ is in Houston, is afraid to take on the Osteens and their huge Houston following for fear of a boycott or something.
From my understanding, Joel made his money through real-estate, not preaching.
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