Ol' "good news " Joel has a lot of fans

[Ranger99]

I've been seeing some step up
to speak about Mr. good news osteen
and his prosperity "church "
Seems to me that about 50% share the
opinion that God wants a select group of
people to be wealthy and that you can do
whatever you feel like doing without the
prospect of an eternity of damnation.
And those people sure get indignant if
anybody comments anything contrary to
that lifestyle

I guess the thought of being condemned
to hell is too much for some people and
it's easier to pretend it doesn't exist

[ironglow]

...And surely, they deserve millions more than this man/God. (pun intended)

   "
   And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head.” (Matt 8:20)

[scattershot]

“Would Jesus Wear a Rolex?”

[Ranger99]

“Would Jesus Wear a Rolex?”

I imagine that Christ would have
had people laying on every pew
similar to the church scene in
the original "War of the worlds "
movie when Gene Barry was
searching for Anne Robinson

[Dee]

I've been seeing some step up
to speak about Mr. good news osteen
and his prosperity "church "
Seems to me that about 50% share the
opinion that God wants a select group of
people to be wealthy and that you can do
whatever you feel like doing without the
prospect of an eternity of damnation.
And those people sure get indignant if
anybody comments anything contrary to
that lifestyle

I guess the thought of being condemned
to hell is too much for some people and
it's easier to pretend it doesn't exist

I've never seen a poor TV preacher, or evangelist. The offering plate pays very well, with no percentage restrictions.

[nanuk-O-dah-Nort]

I guess the thought of being condemned
to hell is too much for some people and
it's easier to pretend it doesn't exist

Wasn't it the Anglican Church that changed their tenets to say Hell does NOT exist?

[Ranger99]

Couldn't say myself
I don't know anything about them.
There's not one around here local

[ironglow]

I guess the thought of being condemned
to hell is too much for some people and
it's easier to pretend it doesn't exist

Wasn't it the Anglican Church that changed their tenets to say Hell does NOT exist?

  Satan every day, tries to convince us  of the same thing..   "Surely you will not die" (Gen 3:4)

[gypsyman]

 I think it was Hank Williams Jr. that once said, all the TV evangelists say, send your money to God, but, it's always their address!

[DDZ]

I guess the thought of being condemned
to hell is too much for some people and
it's easier to pretend it doesn't exist

Wasn't it the Anglican Church that changed their tenets to say Hell does NOT exist?

Lots of people considered to be christians don't believe there is hell. Just like many pastors, something like 62% don't hold a biblical worldview. Then of course don't teach and preach a biblical worldview.   Its evidence that the ciulture is influencing the church instead of the church influencing the culture.  Anyone that has a pastor that isn't preaching from the bible should run the other way.

[Dee]

I guess the thought of being condemned
to hell is too much for some people and
it's easier to pretend it doesn't exist

Wasn't it the Anglican Church that changed their tenets to say Hell does NOT exist?

Lots of people considered to be christians don't believe there is hell. Just like many pastors, something like 62% don't hold a biblical worldview. Then of course don't teach and preach a biblical worldview.   Its evidence that the ciulture is influencing the church instead of the church influencing the culture.  Anyone that has a pastor that isn't preaching from the bible should run the other way.

It also depends on which Bible he uses, and whether he actually understands it.