Joel olsteen on homosexuality
&#;Staying in His Lane&#; &#; Joel Osteen&#;s Gospel of Affirmation Without Salvation
Joel Osteen was back on CNN this week, appearing Thursday morning on &#;Starting Signal with Soledad O&#;Brien.&#; Osteen&#;s new book, I Declare: 31 Promises to Express Over Your Life, recently hit the nation&#;s bookstores.
Osteen&#;s positive thinking theology was on full display in the interview, as in the book. O&#;Brien asked if he really believes that speaking declarations out loud can make them come true. Osteen assured her that he does, promising that speaking positive words can bring positive results and warning that speaking negativity will transport negative results. &#;I don&#;t think there&#;s anything magic about it, but those words go out and come right back in and affect your possess self-image.&#;
In the book itself, Osteen asserts, &#;You&#;ve got to send your words out in the guide you want your animation to go.&#; The theme of his book is simple: &#;With our words we can either thank our futures or we can curse our futures.&#;
The most enthusiastic response to Osteen&#;s message ca
By Becky Garrison
When Oprah Winfrey questioned megachurch pastor and best-selling author Joel Osteen on the topic of “homosexuality,” he stated that “homosexuality is a sin.” To Osteen’s credit, he didn’t travel as far as purpose-driven megachurch pastor Rick Warren by equating homosexuality with incest or reiterate the Family Study Council’s incorrect claim that homosexuality breeds pedophilia. Apparently in Osteen’s happy-happy-joy-joy worldview, homosexuality doesn’t illustrate a bigger sin than say lying or anger. Also, he believes that gays who try forgiveness can go in heaven.
Fallen megachurch pastor Ted Haggard adopts a slightly more merciful stance. Even though he doesn’t call homosexuality a sin, Haggard still upholds the view that marriage should be between a man and a woman. Hipster best-selling author and former pastor Rob Bell skirts the interrogate altogether, noting that only those with gay friends are positioned to decide homosexuality. In tackling this topic, Haggard and Bell adopt the position launch in progressive evangelical circles where one might profess to
Dragged Kicking and Screaming into the Modern Age? Lessons from Piers Morgan&#;s Interview with Joel Osteen
An interview that begins with a statement like, &#;Well, Piers, to me, faith is all about learning to be happy where you are,&#; is probably not going to end well. Piers Morgan&#;s interview with Joel and Victoria Osteen Tuesday night was very revealing about the Osteens &#; but little Christian reality was revealed. At the equal time, the interview deserves closer attention than you might expect.
After introducing the Osteens, Morgan authorize Joel talk about his latest book, Every Day A Friday, How To Be Happier 7 Days a Week. Like the book itself, Joel&#;s presentation could be reduced to his have brand of highly therapeutic prosperity theology. For Joel Osteen, it&#;s not a theology that is reducible to money alone. Instead, his focus is more on individual happiness and self-fulfillment. In his rendering, God might not want everyone to be affluent, but he does want his creatures to experience every time as . . . a Friday?
Then, the conversation shifted to issues in the news, suc
Joel Osteen Talks Preaching Sin, Materialism, and Gay Marriage
By Nicola Menzie, Christian Post Reporter
Joel Osteen, megachurch pastor and Recent York Times best-selling storyteller, was pressed during a recent interview about his stance on homosexuality and asked if he would ever come out in support of same-sex marriage. The Texas minister, who leads America's largest congregation, explained that he refuses to "harp" on such issues and was "for everybody."
In his appearance on "Katie" this week, the Break Out! author was asked to state his core message in a nugget, which the Lakewood Church pastor said was that "God is good, He's for you, He's on your side."
"When you set your trust in Him, even when you own difficult times, you can rise higher. You can excel, you can be leaders. It's an empowering message, not one that pushes people down," he added.
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Host Katie Couric suggested that the trendy minister does not "spend