Comments on: Osteen’s Secret to Success http://transformatum.com/2007/10/15/osteens-secret-to-success/ Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind Tue, 21 Jun 2011 21:23:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Stephan http://transformatum.com/2007/10/15/osteens-secret-to-success/comment-page-1/#comment-14739 Stephan Tue, 16 Oct 2007 14:48:39 +0000 http://transformatum.com/2007/10/15/osteens-secret-to-success/#comment-14739 I'm not sure I agree wholeheartedly with that assessment by Tim Challies. If you visit Lakewood (being a Houstonian, I have) you can talk to people who believe in Christ as their Saviour without a doubt and do not follow the trail of human wisdom. Joel's father, John, was an amazing teacher of the Word. I think this has changed somewhat with John's passing and Joel's filling of his shoes. Some of what Joel teaches is true. God is always there for us and gives us the strength to prevail through hard times. The strength is in Him but it is given to us. I believe that as long as God is your center and the focus is on Him, the other things will fade into non-issues. The interview on television last night tried to point out what church "should" be. Joel doesn't have a pulpit, he has a podium. So what? I have been to churches around the state and the country and seen some that have rock climbing walls and Starbuck's built-in, to me, that's wrong. Transformation of men can't take place in a vacuum, which is what church becomes if you constrict it to the walls of a building. Sorry for the long comment, just had to get those thoughts off of my mind this morning. I’m not sure I agree wholeheartedly with that assessment by Tim Challies. If you visit Lakewood (being a Houstonian, I have) you can talk to people who believe in Christ as their Saviour without a doubt and do not follow the trail of human wisdom.

Joel’s father, John, was an amazing teacher of the Word. I think this has changed somewhat with John’s passing and Joel’s filling of his shoes.

Some of what Joel teaches is true. God is always there for us and gives us the strength to prevail through hard times. The strength is in Him but it is given to us.

I believe that as long as God is your center and the focus is on Him, the other things will fade into non-issues.

The interview on television last night tried to point out what church “should” be. Joel doesn’t have a pulpit, he has a podium. So what? I have been to churches around the state and the country and seen some that have rock climbing walls and Starbuck’s built-in, to me, that’s wrong. Transformation of men can’t take place in a vacuum, which is what church becomes if you constrict it to the walls of a building.

Sorry for the long comment, just had to get those thoughts off of my mind this morning.

]]> By: Ben http://transformatum.com/2007/10/15/osteens-secret-to-success/comment-page-1/#comment-14738 Ben Tue, 16 Oct 2007 02:40:12 +0000 http://transformatum.com/2007/10/15/osteens-secret-to-success/#comment-14738 Amen. For some odd reason the name "Jim Bakker" comes to mind. ;) Amen. For some odd reason the name “Jim Bakker” comes to mind. ;)

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