{"id":3618,"date":"2007-10-19T10:52:00","date_gmt":"2007-10-19T10:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/10\/joel-osteen-on-jesus-christ.html"},"modified":"2007-10-19T10:52:00","modified_gmt":"2007-10-19T10:52:00","slug":"joel-osteen-on-jesus-christ","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/10\/joel-osteen-on-jesus-christ.html","title":{"rendered":"Joel Osteen on Jesus Christ"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Obviously Joel Osteen is out promoting his new book because the other night I happened to catch him on the <a href=\"http:\/\/transcripts.cnn.com\/TRANSCRIPTS\/0710\/17\/gb.01.html\">Glenn Beck show<\/a>.<br \/>\nI suppose it is a good thing for him to be on other channels besides TBN because it exposes his false teaching to a wider audience. Hopefully people will see that what he preaches is not Christ but self.<br \/>\nHere is what he said to Glenn about Jesus Christ:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>BECK: People say you are the most influential Christian pastor in the country. Does that amaze you?<br \/>\nOSTEEN: It amazes me.<br \/>\nBECK: OK, yet there`s not a lot of Jesus talk. You`re very open. You`re very welcoming to other faiths, et cetera, et cetera. If you`re a Christian leader, is it important for you to talk about Christ?<br \/>\nOSTEEN: I think it is. And I think that`s the core of my message, is that <span style=\"font-weight: bold\">we believe that Christ came down on the cross, rose again for our forgiveness, and we have to receive him. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">But once you get past that<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">, <\/span>Glenn, being a pastor, every week I try to teach people how to live the Christian life.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Get past that?!! If Christ is his core message then how can he ever get past that? Excuse me, but isn&#8217;t the gospel of Jesus Christ supposed to be the core message of Christianity? I don&#8217;t see how you can ever get past that.<br \/>\nNot only that, but you can clearly see that Joel has a superficial understanding of the gospel according to how he defines his core message, &#8220;Christ came down on the cross, rose again for our forgiveness&#8230;&#8221; WHAT!? There are a million things wrong with this statement. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.monergism.com\/thethreshold\/articles\/onsite\/preachChristalone.html\">This alone should be preached.<br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\nI think this interview sums up the gospel according to Joel Osteen, it&#8217;s not about Christ it&#8217;s about you. How sad that millions are mislead by his nice demeanor and brilliant smile.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Obviously Joel Osteen is out promoting his new book because the other night I happened to catch him on the Glenn Beck show. I suppose it is a good thing for him to be on other channels besides TBN because it exposes his false teaching to a wider audience. 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