I like to watch Joel Osteen the same way I like to watch any other interesting inspirational program on television. I think he's very sincere in his desire to help people. I'm not making excuses but just giving my opinion.
I don't find much problem with Osteen, as far as he goes. But he doesn't go far enough.
As I think I told you in person, he reminds me of a "churched-up" Tony Robbins.
I don't mind watching the show, he seems to have a positive message that's biblically based. But he's too glittery for me, and he only seems to do positive motivational stuff. I've never heard him speak about what God says we should NOT do, or where we have gone wrong (except as a brief aside on the way to telling us how good things are).
"I like to watch Joel Osteen the same way I like to watch any other interesting inspirational program on television. I think he's very sincere in his desire to help people. I'm not making excuses but just giving my opinion."
I think he's sincere and (from what I've seen) he is not a wealth/success theologian. More "the power of positive thinking" type.