Joel Osteen

Joel Osteen once said " we live in a culture that relishes tearing others down. It's ultimately more fulfilling, though, to help people reach their goals. Instead of feeling jealous, remember if God did it for them, he can do for you." he's saying we live in a culture where people always try to put you down and make you feel better about yourself. Helping people achieve their goal is better than being jealous and hating on others. Maya Angelou has similar thoughts as Joel Osteen and her poem…

use of technology to reach millions of people every day, it seems that the church and the ministers are both benefiting from the arrangement. When preachers like Joel Osteen come to the determination that God wants them to be wealthy, then it places him on a pedestal and creates a divide between him and his congregants. Some view Osteen as a crook, devoid of a moral compass, while others blindly follow his teachings and donate when they…

Lakewood Church, the Houston megachurch led by Pastor Joel Osteen, has opened its doors to more than 400 victims of Hurricane Harvey this week and started operating as a donation center after the nearby American Red Cross shelter had reached its limit. Speaking to The Christian Post on Aug. 30, Lakewood Church spokesperson Don Iloff announced that they are already housing around 400 people and are receiving relief items that will be distributed to shelters. The announcement comes after the…

Christian singer Cee Lo Green has released a new song titled “God is a Woman” this week on SoundCloud. The controversial Christian singer’s new song was released on Tuesday to join the celebration of International Women’s Day. In “God is a Woman,” Cee Lo Green describes God as the “mother” of heavenly bodies and land forms, The Christian Post reports. “Manifesto of thought and intention, master of plan, light in every direction encouraged by affection, mother of the moon and stars, matter, and…

Joel Osteen once wrote , “I believe if you keep your faith, you keep your trust, you keep the right attitude, if you're grateful, you'll see God open up new doors.”Charlotte Doyle’s actions lead her to not knowing who she can trust and letting other people not trust her. In the story Charlotte Doyle, by Avi, the theme of the novel is trusting others. The first reason why the theme trusting others fits the book Charlotte Doyle is when Charlotte first meets Zachariah in chapter 2 on page 24. In…

Relevancy of Christianity Christianity can maintain relevance in the modern world in light of a history, science, authority, etc. through everyday structure and demands to those in authority by processing the challenge of the world and society, and then understanding the process too other things we already know can help us to envision the modern world reality. In Transformed Thinking: Loving God With All Your Mind, Dr. Edward M. Curtis Ph.D. explains the thinking process in a Christian…

It is nothing new to stand in line at the grocery store checkout and overhear a fellow shopper complain about celebrities and their New Age religions as they peruse the headlines of People or US Weekly. While it is easy for them to judge Tom Cruise and his dedication to the Church of Scientology, or harrumph Madonna and the red string that adorns her wrist as she walks into The Kabbalah Centre, some of the people passing judgment may be overlooking a religion that hits a little closer to home…

can cover a broad area of subjects and the possibilities of what one could learn are ultimately endless. There are religious and spiritually uplifting books fantastically written by Joel Osteen, which are, “Break Out”, “Wake Up to Hope Devotional”, and “Your Best Life Now”, just to name a few. A historic quote “Osteen” reads: “If you are to have unshakable faith and become everything God created you to be, then learn to ignore the negative report, choose to believe the report of the Lord”.…

overpowered countless misfortunes, and through all of her tribulations stayed strong for those she loved. “you're going to go through hard times- that’s life. But I say ‘Nothing happens to you, it happens for you.’ See the positive in Negative events” Joel Osteen. The Other Side Of The Sky: A Memoir was written by Farah Almedi, her book TOSOTS shows the world the troubles she had in Afghanistan, and the painstaking process of leaving the world she knew and moving to America. Farah Almedi’s past…

What matters the most to me is happiness! “Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and gratitude.” -- Denis Waitley This quote states it all. Happiness transcends our past, present and future. We all have the ability to control our own happiness. This is dependent upon the person, and the way they live life. Some people I have personally met in the world believe that happiness is simply a…