Pastors like Joel Osteen claim to be called as life-coaches, forsaking the responsibility of teaching and preaching the Holy Bible. These pastors often pepper their sermons with a few Bible verses, but they use scripture to prop up teaching that promotes popular psychology.
In October of 2007, Byron Pitts of CBS News interviewed Joel Osteen for the program, 60 Minutes. Osteen stated that I didn't feel called to explain the Bible to his congregation. When asked why his church, a former basketball arena, does not have a cross, Osteen said he didn't know why.
"I want you to get a bigger vision. There are exciting things in your future. Your future is filled with marked moments of blessing, increase, promotion. God has already ordained before the foundation of the world, the right people, the right opportunity. Time and chance are coming together for you. Why don’t you get your hopes up?" Osteen tells his audience. "Why don't you start believing that no matter what you have or haven't done, that your best days are still out in front of you."
Osteen won't have any crosses in the sports arena that he preaches in. He won't preach about the Lamb of God slain from the foundation of the world (Rev 13:8), but he'll teach about right people and right opportunity for prosperity of the the prosperity-seeker on the earth.
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