YOU CAN DO IT!

You know one of Joel Osteen's statements in HIS CREED is that we are what the Bible says we are. Yet his preaching and ministry and self help books do not live up to this wonderful statement of truth. I have had the privilege of watching Mr. Osteen the past few days as the "evangelical" consumer gets ready for the launch of his second book "Becoming a Better You". Once again, he has continued to deny the Gospel of Jesus Christ by not taking a stand on a world wide stage. I don't want to get into the questions of Osteen's salvation. After all God is the final judge. I don't even want to get into his motives. After all God is the final judge. But I would like to address his actual message regardless of what his heart tells him or what he may or may not say in an interview.

I have posted a video below that a website had put together with some of Joel's preaching. There is one fundamental that is completely missing from all of Joel's preaching. He does not understand the message of the Bible as fulfilled in Jesus Christ. Dr. Michael Horton says it perfectly when he refers to Osteen as a cotton candy gospel who preaches the Bible as if it were a fortune cookie.

Why should we even comment on these kinds of preachers? Because the world has been fooled into a gospel that is no Gospel at all. Christian consumerism (which is questionable in an of itself) thrives on preaching such as this. We are talking about millions of dollars that are spent to bring a false gospel to a needy and broken world.

When preachers remove Jesus and Christology from their preaching, there is nothing left. Even if 95% of what they say is "good stuff" without Christ-centered preaching, the message is 100% bogus.

Anyway, judge for yourself what you think....