Pep Talks for Successful Living
Yes, but don’t we need something more from our churches? Mark Galli [ posted 10/22/2013 2:21PM ] WIN–INITIATIVE / GETTY IMAGES SINGLE PAGE RELATED TOPICS READ THIS ISSUE I was talking with a fellow evangelical Christian, an older woman whose circumstances required that she live with her aging and abusive father. To say the least, this was a trial, but she said she had recently had a breakthrough. "I was watching Joel Osteen, and he was saying that we should not whine about our circumstances, but accept them as God's way of strengthening us, and use them to love those who make our lives hard. That really helped." This made me curious: Exactly what was Osteen preaching? I had heard mostly scathing critiques of the best-selling author and Houston pastor. So I listened to a few of his sermons. It's been said that even a broken clock is right twice a day. Osteen is right more frequently than that. As I flipped though the channels and caught m...