I can't stand to watch the guy. Like every other televangelist I have seen, this guy preys on people's weaknesses.
On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 8:04 AM, Erika L. Walker <[email protected]>wrote: > > I cant help but be fascinated by this man. He is charming. He is > optimistic. > He is good looking. And he doesn't really preach. If I had to go to church, > I'd want to go to his church. I can't help it. He may not have gone the > traditional route, but I like his stuff. It's more "Tony Robbins" than > church, but it's definitely "feel good". > > He was just on Fox promoting his shindig at Yankees Stadium. The very first > non sport event. (they have to pay for that stadium somehow ...) > > from http://www.lohud.com/article/2009904220354 > > "Considering that he is fast becoming the most popular preacher in the > country, Joel Osteen doesn't act or sound like a preacher at all. > > He has no seminary training and can hardly talk about any religion other > than his own brand of creamy, fat-free Christianity (all the hope, none of > the sin). > > He prefers telling endearing domestic stories about himself and his > 21st-century friends and relatives to rehashing the dusty tales of > Scripture. > > When he preaches at the new Yankee Stadium on Saturday, becoming the first > nonbaseball attraction there, he will be his humble, likable, wavy-haired > self and nothing more. > > "I feel like I don't need to preach. I just want to talk to the people," he > said. "My gift is to help encourage people. I'm more than happy to leave > other things, other areas, to other pastors, who have different gifts."" > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:295775 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
