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Joel Osteen Talks Preaching Sin, Materialism, and Gay Marriage
By Nicola Menzie, Christian Post Reporter
Joel Osteen, megachurch pastor and Modern York Times best-selling author, was pressed during a recent interview about his stance on homosexuality and asked if he would ever come out in aid of same-sex marriage. The Texas minister, who leads America's largest congregation, explained that he refuses to "harp" on such issues and was "for everybody."
In his appearance on "Katie" this week, the Break Out! author was asked to state his core word in a nugget, which the Lakewood Church pastor said was that "God is good, He's for you, He's on your side."
"When you put your depend on in Him, even when you have difficult times, you can rise higher. You can succeed, you can be leaders. It's an empowering message, not one that pushes people down," he added.
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Host Katie Couric suggested that the popular minister does not "spend
Dragged Kicking and Screaming into the Up-to-date Age? Lessons from Piers Morgan&#;s Interview with Joel Osteen
An interview that begins with a statement enjoy, &#;Well, Piers, to me, faith is all about knowledge to be content where you are,&#; is probably not going to complete well. Piers Morgan&#;s interview with Joel and Victoria Osteen Tuesday night was very revealing about the Osteens &#; but little Christian truth was revealed. At the similar time, the interview deserves closer attention than you might expect.
After introducing the Osteens, Morgan allow Joel talk about his latest publication, Every Day A Friday, How To Be Happier 7 Days a Week. Like the novel itself, Joel&#;s presentation could be reduced to his control brand of highly therapeutic prosperity theology. For Joel Osteen, it&#;s not a theology that is reducible to capital alone. Instead, his focus is more on individual happiness and self-fulfillment. In his rendering, God might not crave everyone to be rich, but he does want his creatures to life every day as . . . a Friday?
Then, the conversation shifted to issues in the news, suc
&#;Staying in His Lane&#; &#; Joel Osteen&#;s Gospel of Affirmation Without Salvation
Joel Osteen was back on CNN this week, appearing Thursday morning on &#;Starting Indicate with Soledad O&#;Brien.&#; Osteen&#;s new book, I Declare: 31 Promises to Communicate Over Your Life, recently hit the nation&#;s bookstores.
Osteen&#;s positive thinking theology was on full display in the interview, as in the book. O&#;Brien asked if he really believes that speaking declarations out loud can make them come true. Osteen assured her that he does, promising that speaking positive words can bring positive results and warning that speaking negativity will transport negative results. &#;I don&#;t think there&#;s anything magic about it, but those words go out and come right back in and affect your hold self-image.&#;
In the book itself, Osteen asserts, &#;You&#;ve got to send your words out in the route you want your being to go.&#; The theme of his book is simple: &#;With our words we can either approve our futures or we can curse our futures.&#;
The most enthusiastic response to Osteen&#;s message ca
Gay Marriage and Homosexuality: What Have Joel Osteen, Billy and Franklin Graham, Joyce Meyer, TD Jakes and Other Top Pastors Said on the Subjects
Good Talks|April 29, EDT By Jeannie Law
Evangelist, Reverend Franklin Graham recently participated in a news panel discussion in which he answered questions on homosexuality. Some of the world's most accepted evangelicals in America hold shared a similar biblical position as Graham in past interviews.
Joel Osteen, Joyce Meyers, T.D. Jakes and more, like Graham, contain openly shared their thoughts on the divisive subject, and they have used their knowledge of scripture to shed a beam on what God thinks and how the Bible guides us with regards to sin and homosexuality.
During the ABC segment with Russell Moore, Ralph Reed and Cokie Roberts, last week, Graham was questioned on whether his position on homosexuality remained the same from past interviews.
"Franklin Graham is a sinner," the son of Billy Graham said, "and I'm no better than a gay person. I'm a sinner. But I've been forgiven, and I've turned from my sins. For any person tha