Because Everyone Could Use a Little Ray Stevens Now and Then.....

I first heard this song several years ago. I think it is very applicable to the people featured in this video.

Bold Enough To Preach The Truth, Even Outside of Joel Osteen's Church!!!!

Most people in America are familiar with Joel Osteen and Lakewood church. Some people don't care what he says, others do. Of the ones who do care, there are different opinions. There are those who think he is worth listening to, the people who attend his church, and buy his books. They watch him on TV and blame faulty editing for "making him look bad with what he says" (Uhm, hello that would be his own mouth that makes him look bad. Since the Bible says that what comes out of the mouth originates in the heart, I guess it really his heart that makes him look bad.) Ok, then there are others who care what he says, but in the "he is a false teacher who is leading people by the thousands to hell" way. (Can you guess which camp I am in????) I have sent an e-mail to Lakewood Church, asking questions. Not a mean spirited e-mail full of hateful speech. Meanness doesn't get the point of Christianity across. Anyway, the questions I asked were about sin, mostly. I mean, Osteen admits that he does not call people sinners. He does not do sermons that are heavy on scripture. How does he expect people to see they are sinful? Also, the gospel that he "preaches" is found nowhere in the Bible. The Bible never promises that in this life we will have health, wealth, or prosperity. As a matter of fact I think it more or less says we should expect to persecuted for our faith, be pilgrims in a strange land, stuff along that sort of thinking. We should not expect to have our best life now. Our best life is yet to come, when we get hear, "Well done, my good and faithful servant." (hmm....servant does not bring to mind someone who is all about prosperity, does it?) Anyway, I could talk about Osteen for a long time, but instead I am going to let you watch a video. This guy is standing outside of Osteen's church, preaching repentance. He stood out there for over four hours!! (Don't worry, the video is condensed to under 5 minutes)

**** I forgot to mention at first-I never got a response from Lakewood on my e-mail.****