Osteen's joke book not authorized, church says

Houston Chronicle ^ | 25 September 2013 | Craig Hlavaty

[Gamecock]

If you've ever wanted to spice up your PTA meetings or work retreats with some clean jokes, a recently published collection of quips by Lakewood Church pastor Joel Osteen should help you out.

According to Andrea Davis, a spokeswoman for Lakewood, the church did not sign off on "Joel Osteen Jokes" or publish the book.

Davis said the church is reviewing the book to see if it is infringing on any of Lakewood's copyrights.

[Gamecock]

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[humblegunner]

Davis said the church is reviewing the book to see if... to see if Osteen can milk a few bucks out of it.

[illiac]

I have seen him on fox & Friends (Osteen)....his whole schlemiel seems fake to me....

[Alex Murphy]

Joel Osteen Heresy Gauge

[Alex Murphy]

I believe the book was published back in 2008:

[Rashputin]

For such folks it's like Big Dan Teague said, "It's all about the money, boys".

[Vendome]

Whatever.

They should take it with a sense of humor and a grain of salt.

Chuck Norris ain’t running around suing everyone about all the Chuck Norris jokes.

He doesn’t have to.

He can but, consumes himself with more important things.

[CharlesWayneCT]

I know my pastor and our church do not seek to copyright his sermons.

[CommerceComet]

I’m not sure that I’ve heard anything from Joel that isn’t a joke. The only thing about him that isn’t funny is that some people actually take him seriously.

[HiTech RedNeck]

I think a lot of folks in this brouhaha are full of themselves. It’s a pridefight (no misspelling).