Joel Olsteen

[panza70]

OK...if no one ELSE will say it, I will. Mr. Osteen is a heretic. He preaches another Gospel, if he preaches any at all. We all know what Paul has to say about those who preach another Gospel: Let them be accursed.

Seeing i'm new here, i won't jump into the hot pan. I do however think the word [ heretic ] was a little "strong". There's many false teachers out there. The only thing we can do is ask Jesus to show them His Way, Not their way... Amen????

[OneLight]

OK...if no one ELSE will say it, I will. Mr. Osteen is a heretic. He preaches another Gospel, if he preaches any at all. We all know what Paul has to say about those who preach another Gospel: Let them be accursed.

Seeing i'm new here, i won't jump into the hot pan. I do however think the word [ heretic ] was a little "strong". There's many false teachers out there. The only thing we can do is ask Jesus to show them His Way, Not their way... Amen????

Welcome Panza. No worries about being in the hot pan here. We all seem to take a stand now and then that sets us apart from the rest. Stand up for what you believe and if He shows you your error, then be thankful and change. If He supports you, then your foundation becomes stronger. No need to fear. There is not one person that has all the answers.

[panza70]

OK...if no one ELSE will say it, I will. Mr. Osteen is a heretic. He preaches another Gospel, if he preaches any at all. We all know what Paul has to say about those who preach another Gospel: Let them be accursed.

Seeing i'm new here, i won't jump into the hot pan. I do however think the word [ heretic ] was a little "strong". There's many false teachers out there. The only thing we can do is ask Jesus to show them His Way, Not their way... Amen????

Welcome Panza. No worries about being in the hot pan here. We all seem to take a stand now and then that sets us apart from the rest. Stand up for what you believe and if He shows you your error, then be thankful and change. If He supports you, then your foundation becomes stronger. No need to fear. There is not one person that has all the answers.

Thank you for the edification. I know He will support me...Amen??

[OneLight]

OK...if no one ELSE will say it, I will. Mr. Osteen is a heretic. He preaches another Gospel, if he preaches any at all. We all know what Paul has to say about those who preach another Gospel: Let them be accursed.

Seeing i'm new here, i won't jump into the hot pan. I do however think the word [ heretic ] was a little "strong". There's many false teachers out there. The only thing we can do is ask Jesus to show them His Way, Not their way... Amen????

Welcome Panza. No worries about being in the hot pan here. We all seem to take a stand now and then that sets us apart from the rest. Stand up for what you believe and if He shows you your error, then be thankful and change. If He supports you, then your foundation becomes stronger. No need to fear. There is not one person that has all the answers.

Thank you for the edification. I know He will support me...Amen??

I know He both corrects and supports me. Otherwise, if it were all support, then I would be prefect, and no man is perfect.

[Miss Elly]

I have turned on Joel Osteen's ministry many times and been uplifted when I was down. Yes, he does encourage people and that's a fact. I feel kindness and love radiating from him. Perhaps he is yet a baby christian and it makes him uncomfortable to get into deep discussions about personal salvation. All i know to do is to pray for the man. He needs to grow a spine and stand up for Jesus, no matter what, it seems he is so hesitant to do so on television, etc.

[ayin jade]

Perhaps he is yet a baby christian

Then he shouldnt be called a pastor or attempt to lead.

[winsomebulldog]

I don't mean to sound harsh, but my feeling about Osteen (and others of his ilk) is that they are leading thousands to hell in a hand basket. He's out there, professing to be a Christian minister, a leader, and he's teaching a bunch of feel-good fluff and thousands are eating it up and jumping on the bandwagon with him. They're joining his church, or another one like it, telling themselves and everyone else that they're Christians, too, when they really don't have any idea what the word means. They know nothing of Jesus, heaven or hell, salvation, or any other meaningful part of God's Word. They're just going to church so they can participate in a big sing along and come out feeling happy and content. Osteen recently brought his traveling show to my area and they ran commercials for it on the local stations. I'll never forget the snippet of some woman talking about how uplifting and encouraging it was. While there's certainly nothing wrong with coming out of a church service feeling uplifted or encouraged, there needs to be a balance of coming out feeling convicted and repentant, too. But that doesn't happen much anymore. At least not with people like Osteen and many of the other more popular psuedo-preachers. Because they're out there giving people what they want, just like the Bible said they would be.

For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires; and will turn away their ears from the truth, and will turn aside to myths. 2 Tim 4:3-4 (NASB77)

It's pretty tragic that so many people are choosing to turn away from the truth, though.

[winsomebulldog]

Perhaps he is yet a baby christian

Then he shouldnt be called a pastor or attempt to lead.

[Guest]

I have turned on Joel Osteen's ministry many times and been uplifted when I was down. Yes, he does encourage people and that's a fact. I feel kindness and love radiating from him. Perhaps he is yet a baby christian and it makes him uncomfortable to get into deep discussions about personal salvation. All i know to do is to pray for the man. He needs to grow a spine and stand up for Jesus, no matter what, it seems he is so hesitant to do so on television, etc.

Joel Osteen said during a Larry King Live interview that he doesn't deal with sin or other "downer" issues. (Paraphrasing mine.) That being case I have no choice to conclude the man is preaching another gospel, not that of Christ crucified. If he is a "baby" in the faith, then he should not be in a leadership position as Paul made quite clear.

[oldzimm]

I never seen Joel Olsteen in person, so I can't say yea or nay on the matter. However I did meet one person that did attend one of Joel's services and he was impressed. I will have to ask this person how much scripture did Joel use in his message. I do agree that a message that isn't backed by scripture, isn't really "The Word" message at all.

Did anyone ever see Joel Olsteen live?