1517: "Back in the Bible days" by Joel Osteen

Monday, August 2, 2010

"Back in the Bible days" by Joel Osteen

Once again Joel Osteen embarrasses himself and leads thousands into error because he is not qualified to preach God's Word.

9 comments:

Jase and Melissa said...: Maybe someone should tell him about the New Covenant and recount that whole "roof-top Peter scenario" since pepperoni is no longer explicitly prohibited as it was in ...wait, there wasn't pepperoni "back in the Bible days."

Thank you- this clip was highly entertaining but for different reasons than his charmed congregation found.; August 2, 2010 at 3:43 PM
Todd Pruitt said...: One would have to explain to pastor Joel the difference between the two covenants.; August 2, 2010 at 4:00 PM
Matt McMains said...: Wait what!? He's wrong..! I just made a vowel to never consume pork again...turkey bacon from here on out.....wait..nah; August 3, 2010 at 1:04 PM
JFREEMAN said...: It might be good if Pastor Joel actually read the whole Bible and let scripture interpret scripture...just a thought :-); August 3, 2010 at 2:28 PM
Todd Pruitt said...: Joel Osteen is a sad example of what happens when a man unqualified to shepherd God's flock is thrust into church leadership. Osteen's knowlege of the Scriptures is clearly slight. He has erased the line between the law and the Gospel. And yet people flock to him by the tens of thousands. He has, by far, the most viewed religious broadcast in the world. A clear indictment of contemporary evangelicalism.

Osteen clearly errs in teaching that eating pork and shell fish is against the law of God. But notice his tone. He jokes about it. It's all very light. If Osteen truly believes that the Old Covenant dietary laws are still active then shouldn't he be warning his people not to violate God's law? Isn't God's law more than just good advice?; August 3, 2010 at 4:00 PM
threegirldad said...: There was a time when I also referred to Joel Osteen as "Pastor Osteen" in the spirit of giving the benefit of the doubt. I've decided to stop doing that. He's just another self-designated "life coach" (re: his interview on 60 Minutes) who sprinkles his "pep rally" speeches with Pop Psychology gibberish and Christianoid language.; August 3, 2010 at 11:43 PM
Somebody said...: Buffalo?!? The Bible says it's OK to eat Buffalo? Maybe he's thinking of the Book of Mormon!; August 6, 2010 at 11:16 PM
Todd Pruitt said...: I had the same thought. I've missed the biblical injunction to consume buffalo meat. Maybe Joel is studying the TNIV.; August 7, 2010 at 11:03 AM
threegirldad said...: Not even the TNIV deserves that kind of slam, Todd. ;-)

Joel is probably reading from this version.; August 7, 2010 at 12:40 PM

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