JOEL OSTEEN: SMILE WHEN YOU LIE

From Pastor-Teacher Ken Silva at Apprising Ministries:

"Unless you have been living on another planet you have no doubt heard of or have seen America’s smiling pastor Joel Osteen of Lakewood Church, which also happens to be 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 because of the disturbingly low ebb of discernment today in the Body of Christ. For here we have a man who at best has a very simplistic message concerning the Christian faith. And at worst, as I show you in Apprising Joel Osteen’s Word Faith Teachings, Osteen 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..."

"...one can already see Joel Osteen's derailment from the function of the pastoral office. While it is certainly noble that he “has committed his life to serving and helping every person achieve their fullest potential,” this is not exactly what Christ has sent His pastors to do. Our role for the Lord is to proclaim His Gospel and to feed and nurture His sheep as God the Holy Spirit brings them to the Great Shepherd when the Father draws them. It is our Lord Who must decide whatever their “fullest potential” may be, and this will not always lead to success as measured by the corrupt standards of this evil world system."

Read the rest here at Apprising Ministries.