Joel Osteen has been the center of popularity and criticism for some time now. I, myself have even thrown a couple of elbows his way for some of his statements.
In the last couple of days the Texas pastor has been somewhat exposed
for his inconsistent understanding and application of theology (see Dr
Mohler’s article).
The result is a bit of commotion (conveniently coinciding with the release of his new book Every Day’s a Friday).
At the same time, I have to call a timeout. CNN featured a story on the smiling mega-church pastor today and indicated that Osteen is being criticized by many for preaching “a gospel-lite.”
This is just unfair and uncalled for. There is enough fodder from the
preaching file of Joel Osteen to confirm that this is simply not true.
Osteen does not preach a gospel-lite because he doesn’t preach
anything near the gospel. To call what he does anything like gospel is
not fair to the gospel. When I want a soda I grab a “Diet Coke” because I
still want a Coke without the calories. What he does is more like
drinking Mello-Yello. It is not a Coke product. To say he is preaching a
gospel-lite is simply not true. He is not preaching a Christian
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