Introduction
One favorite TV Evangelist is Joel Osteen, Pastors Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas engaging over 7million people weekly. He and his wife Victoria are known to have the largest and greatest Protestant church in the United States, feeding the hungry and healing the sick while motivating all.
Worship Service
After viewing footage of a church service where Pastor Osteen is attempting to provide a worship experience for a postmodern congregation. One would explain that this church is adapting to its culture by preaching prosperity. He is what some call a master motivator, while others would say He is an evangelist in every sense of the word. Evangelist in the Bible Expand. a "publisher of glad tidings;" a missionary preacher of the gospel (Eph. 4:11). This title is applied to Philip (Acts 21:8), who appears to have gone from city to city preaching the word (8:4, 40). In 1 Corinthians 15:1-4, uplifts this gift.
His Prosperity Theology is sometimes criticized in that He tends to steer clear of con-troversial and political topics which are centered from sin. And that makes religion more about the people and than God. Focusing on …show more content…
Joel tells a story of an athlete whose coach asks him to lose 5 lbs. The athlete does and reports back to the coach who pats him on the back and then He asks him to lose another 5 pounds, and so on until the athlete has lost 50 lbs. The athlete asks the coach at the end, why He didn’t just ask him to lose 50 lbs and the coach replies that He would have thought it harder and may not have succeeded. When life is put into prospective like this, one can adopt the yes I can attitude. That is the type of Evangelist Joel Osteen is, an encourager toward whatever and wherever the listener or viewer is in life. And from there empowered to move
One favorite TV Evangelist is Joel Osteen, Pastors Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas engaging over 7million people weekly. He and his wife Victoria are known to have the largest and greatest Protestant church in the United States, feeding the hungry and healing the sick while motivating all.
Worship Service
After viewing footage of a church service where Pastor Osteen is attempting to provide a worship experience for a postmodern congregation. One would explain that this church is adapting to its culture by preaching prosperity. He is what some call a master motivator, while others would say He is an evangelist in every sense of the word. Evangelist in the Bible Expand. a "publisher of glad tidings;" a missionary preacher of the gospel (Eph. 4:11). This title is applied to Philip (Acts 21:8), who appears to have gone from city to city preaching the word (8:4, 40). In 1 Corinthians 15:1-4, uplifts this gift.
His Prosperity Theology is sometimes criticized in that He tends to steer clear of con-troversial and political topics which are centered from sin. And that makes religion more about the people and than God. Focusing on …show more content…
Joel tells a story of an athlete whose coach asks him to lose 5 lbs. The athlete does and reports back to the coach who pats him on the back and then He asks him to lose another 5 pounds, and so on until the athlete has lost 50 lbs. The athlete asks the coach at the end, why He didn’t just ask him to lose 50 lbs and the coach replies that He would have thought it harder and may not have succeeded. When life is put into prospective like this, one can adopt the yes I can attitude. That is the type of Evangelist Joel Osteen is, an encourager toward whatever and wherever the listener or viewer is in life. And from there empowered to move