2007-05-07 12:24:08 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Intro,
That is what makes me a little nervous and uneasy about His ministry. God does want to prosper us but there are times of pain hurt and suffering as well. If you are a christian and you do not repent of your sins you are phony and not genuine.
It is easy to preach a milk of the word gospel that everyone wants to hear but I feel that there needs to be conviction as well God is love I totally agree but there are consequences when you deliberately do wrong.
Thank you for posting this E4G
2007-05-07 15:17:00 · answer #1 · answered by encourager4God 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
LOL! That's a hilarious question but seriously of all the times I have heard and seen joel Osteen preach I've never heard him talk about repentance. I think at has to do with the cult he's involved in: Word of Faith and they don't tend to preach much on repentance. Also, Joel Osteen has been nicknamed the "smiling Preacher" b/c of this fact. Joel's preaching is part of this modern "feel-good" preaching which has lead many astray.
2007-05-07 19:34:29 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Joel Osteen's of the world and their “Word of Faith” prosperity gospel is moving people away from the biblical messages in favor of "feel-good, junk-food" doctrine. The whole “Word of Faith”, a.k.a.“Health and Wealth”, movement is classified as a cult by those who have studied the doctrines.
From a Jamie Gangel MSNBC interview with Osteen:
"A college dropout who has never been to seminary school, there is no fire and brimstone in his church. If the message sounds simple and upbeat, that's just the way he wants it.
The Christian-based, non-denominational congregation draws a remarkable mix of races, and his televised self-help sermons are number one in Nielsen ratings and broadcast all over the world. And if that's not enough, his book, "Your Best Life Now: 7 Steps to Living at Your Full Potential," has topped the New York Times best-seller list, selling 1.5 million copies.
[Osteen has] developed his own style - sermons are strictly optimistic and address practical, everyday issues, like time management. His critics say it is all too simplistic, that Joel is part of a new trend called prosperity gospel. "
See: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6894347/
From Osteen's own mouth:
"You've got to speak it out. Your words have creative power. One of the primary ways we release our faith is through our words. There is a divine connection between you declaring God's favor and seeing God's favor manifested in your life. And some of you are doing your best to please the Lord. You are living a holy consecrated life, but you're not really experiencing God's supernatural favor. And it's simply because you're not declaring it. You've got to give life to your faith by speaking it out."
(Audio clip from Bible Answer-Man Broadcast, April 26, 2004, ).
"Early in our marriage, Victoria and I were out walking through our neighborhood one day when we came upon a beautiful new home in the final stages of construction… Victoria was excited. She turned around, looked back at the home, and said, 'Joel, one day we're going to live in a beautiful home just like that!…' Over the next several months, she kept speaking words of faith and victory, and she finally talked me into it. She convinced me that we could live in an elegant home like the one we saw. I got rid of my limited thinking and I started agreeing with her. I started believing that somehow, some way, God could bring it to pass. We kept on believing it, seeing it, and speaking it."
(Osteen, Your Best Life Now: 7 Steps to Living at Your Full Potential, Chapter One, )."
Just telling your flock something to make them feel good and ignoring the rest of God's revelations turns God into a puppet and the bible a collection of fortune-cookie messages. Joel is perpetuating the same cult gospel his father, John Osteen, began.
For example, see:
http://www.apprising.org/archives/2005/08/apprising_joel_1.html
2007-05-07 20:06:59 · answer #3 · answered by Ask Mr. Religion 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not that I'm aware of, he's a sunshine preacher, never preaches about sin.
2007-05-07 19:48:45 · answer #4 · answered by the pink baker 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Like every other televangelist he just wants your money....can you imagine the taxes on that stadium sized building?
2007-05-07 19:34:29 · answer #5 · answered by thirdeyeeagle 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yeah, at the end of every sermon. Don't you listen?
2007-05-07 19:33:34 · answer #6 · answered by Dirk Johnson 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes, he never ends a service without persuading people to give their lives to God...
2007-05-07 19:35:54 · answer #7 · answered by Redeemed 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no. he is a nice Christian even Muslims like him.
2007-05-07 19:54:49 · answer #8 · answered by amal 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
IDK, but he sure does smile alot.
2007-05-07 19:33:49 · answer #9 · answered by Mega 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋