To the surprise of no one, Joel Osteen is on the cover of another
magazine and the author of another book. The life-coach with a million
dollar smile continues to be widely popular. To be clear: I am not
against life-coaches or good smiles. I even have a personal soft-spot
for a mullet and a well fitting suit. However, what I am against is a
guy who continues to use Jesus’ bandwidth to broadcast his message.
Our church building is right next to a high school. Several months
ago we noticed our wi-fi was ridiculously slow. After some investigation
we found out that many of the students were cutting class and sitting
on our stoop watching movies and other network demanding activities. The
ministry of the church was being slowed by the student’s entertainment.
I feel like this is what Joel Osteen does. He just kind of hangs out on
the stoop of Christianity with his God-talk giving hat-tips to Jesus
and a Bible story every now and then. But you know what? He is dragging
down our bandwith. He is convoluting the message. He is hindering
communication.
In the article from Success Magazine Osteen says, “What you focus on, you magnify.” This is adapted from his new book Break Out! This
is actually an extremely perceptive and helpful biblical principle. The
natural inclination of our hearts is to focus on and as a result
magnify ourselves. Continue at Eric Raymond
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