Joel Osteen
FALSE PROPHET WARNING!
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Joel Osteen: The Prosperity
Gospel’s Coverboy by Jackie Alnor, June 2003
Move over Robert Schuller, the Church of Laodicea has
a new star on the rise in the world of positive motivational Christianity.
It’s Joel Osteen, pastor of Lakewood Church in Houston, whose motto is
"Discover the Champion in You." He is the son of Pentecostal preacher the late
John Osteen. But where his dad lacked in charm and charisma the 39-year-old
son makes up for it in the style of a Tony Robbins with the looks of a Richard
Gere.
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Joel Osteen: The
Leaven Of Lakewood by Robert Liichow, Inner City Discernment
Ministries, 10/04.
I want to begin this article by giving credit where
credit is due. When it comes to the Lakewood charismatic
mega-church there are aspects of this ministry which
must be cited as worthy. To begin with the church was originally started by
John Osteen, who was originally a Southern Baptist pastor but after receiving
the “baptism” in/with the Holy Spirit he became enamored with the charismatic
renewal movement in its early stage and eventually became associated with the
Word of
Faith (WOF) cult.
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Joel Osteen: Preaching a
False Positive with a Smile
by Mike Oppenheimer, Let Us Reason
Ministries, 2/05
Joel Osteen, positive confession with a smile.
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Apprising Joel
Osteen's Word-Faith Teachings by Ken Silva, Apprising Ministries, 2005
If these “teachers” would just leave it at
self-esteem, perhaps it wouldn’t be as much of a concern. But unfortunately
they don’t, and Osteen and Meyer, et al, then attempt to convey the idea to
the unsuspecting masses that what they “preach” is in line with the historic
orthodox faith which was once for all handed down to the saints (Jude 3,
NASB). However, these false prophets of “Christian” self-esteem, such as Joel
Osteen and Joyce Meyer have been shown clearly to be a part of the cult of the
Word Faith Movement. And as such, they do not represent the Christian Church
and are definitely not worthy of the support of true Christians.
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Osteen's Ignorance by
Discernment Ministries International, 9/05
If there has been one article on our website which
has drawn more criticism is the reprint of
"The Leaven of
Lakewood." DMI has received numerous emails from people who believe Joel
is truly one of God's most anointed servants and a force for good within the
Church and world. Almost all of the complaints and calls for us to take down
that article seem to focus in on my concern over his lack of theological
training. Many people simply cannot see the need to go to seminary in order
to be a pastor of a church. The following comments are taken from an
interview given on Larry King Live, June 20, 2005. I will let Joel speak for
himself and you, the reader, be the judge whether or not a formal biblical
education is of benefit to someone who serves as "pastor" of the largest
congregation in America. My comments will be in Ariel font, King's and
Osteen's in New Times Roman. I have tried to tie the salient points of the
interview together, which at best can be described as a stream of
consciousness on both King's and Osteen's part.
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Joel
Osteen: Smile When You Lie by Ken Silva, Apprising Ministries, 2005
Unless you have been living on another planet you
have no doubt heard of, or even seen America’s smiling pastor Joel Osteen,
head of Lakewood Church, one of the largest professing Evangelical Christian
congregations in the world. What needs to be understood here is that the only
way someone like this could even be considered an Evangelical is due to the
disturbing low ebb of discernment today in the Body of Christ. Here is a man
who at best has such an alarming simplistic message concerning
Christianity–and at worst is yet another of the many Word Faith teachers
currently infesting our Lord’s Church–an alarmingly arrogant breed who are now
fearlessly spouting their doctrines of devils.
