Joel Osteen’s church might hear the Gospel for the first time this Sunday. That’s the best possible spin we could possibly put on the news that Kanye West will be Lakewood Church over the upcoming weekend. Kanye’s pastoral counselors seem legitimate and have a good theological pedigree. It is unknown exactly how much Kanye is … Read more
Gaga began by asking the crowd, “Are you ready to f____ing party tonight?” In the crowd were Joel and Victoria Osteen, who were indeed ready to party. The event was hosted to celebrate gay pride at the Apollo theater and the pastor of the nation’s largest ‘church’ was in attendance. Gaga calls her fans “little … Read more
It seems like hardly a week of digital life passes in which I’m not electronically alerted to either the fabulous news that I’ve won the lottery from a small African nation I’ve never visited, or with condolences on the loss of a very wealthy, but otherwise kin-less, relative in Nigeria. “We regret your loss but … Read more
I often talk about the Christ-less Gospel of Joel Osteen. Whenever people ask me what I mean by that, I always tell them this; Joel Osteen does not talk about the Christian Gospel. Joel does not follow in the footsteps of Paul and share this message Now, brothers and sisters, I want to remind you … Read more
In a move that should make the theologically sound wail in anguish and gnash their teeth in misery, the travesty known as the “Joel Osteen Inspiration Cube,” an electronic device that plays daily affirmation, inspirations, and brief sermon clips from the prince of positivity, all the low price of $39.99. As the narrator encourages prospective … Read more
Lakewood Megachurch impastor Joel Osteen took to the streets of Houston on Tuesday to join the protest march in support of George Floyd, the man killed by police when an officer knelt on his neck for almost 10 minutes despite pleas that he couldn’t breathe. Osteen joined Floyd’s family at the event and started the … Read more
Of all people, the Roman Catholic pope calls out the heresy of the prosperity gospel movement, condemning it as a “pseudo-gospel” that is “different and dangerous.” Of course, coming from the mother whore of false gospels, the Roman Catholic Church, this seems ironic. Nonetheless, when even Catholics are able to see and point out a … Read more
Facebook users were surprised to see John MacArthur reach out to them in a personal message. They were even more surprised that what he had to say was something like what Joel Osteen would say. We reached out to one of the discerning Facebook users who was thinking: “Wait a minute.” You can tell that … Read more
“Five hundred people, including children, adults and even a man who traveled all the way from Boston were baptized this weekend with their Lakewood Church Family.” That’s the description on the Facebook post by Lakewood Church. Five.Hundred.People. Baptized by a charlatan. Yeah. “Including children.” A 60-second video of the event was posted January 29 … Read more
6 months ago I wrote a post titled Joel Osteen Likes God…He just doesn’t like Jesus [A Twitter Survey of @JoelOsteen] It was a post critical of a particular idiosyncrasy that I discovered about Joel, namely his propensity to talk about God a lot, but essentially never, ever, ever mention Jesus. At the time I wrote this: The … Read more
In an interview reminiscent of Joel Osteen repeatedly saying “I don’t know” to CNN’s Larry King’s questions about the exclusivity of Christ, a visibly uncomfortable Lecrae hemmed and hawed his way through an interview asking about whether he’d go to a gay wedding and ultimately whether or homosexuality is a sin, serving as a damning … Read more
What if the most vociferous critic of the church’s best leaders was in fact an abuser of women, a fornicator, adulterer, and unrepentant hypocrite? Well, it turns out, he is. A controversial Youtube figure and top lieutenant in Jacob Prasch’s multi-national Moriel Ministries, Servus Christi, is known for his lengthy videos critiquing evangelical leaders. The … Read more
Mobile game company Black Glove just released their Android game ‘Church Tycoon’ a church-building simulation that takes you from the hovels of small country bumpkin church, with nary a pastor and only one congregant, to mega-church miracle worker, collecting a fortunate and bilking your congregants for all their worth. From the game’s introduction page: “Do … Read more
Charisma News, safe haven for every spiritual scoundrel out there, released an article on “How You Can Recognize Today’s False Prophets. The article links to a word from Pastor Jim Kibler of Life Church In Melborne, FL, where he explains how to identify false prophets in the church. Rather than pointing to Deuteronomy 18, showing … Read more
Kanye West has been relatively quiet since his “coming out party” six months ago. His new gospel album dropped last October, Jesus is King – and set the Christian world wondering about the depth and solidity of his conversion. Some praised him and declared him a brother, others declared him a heretic, and still others … Read more
