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Sand Dancer
Crazy Cat Lady
What are we supposed to say about this? Not a fan of the values of this church in general.
King Phenomenon
Well-Known Member
Love Joel
Twilight Hue
Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
Nothing like having a good wet t shirt show.
Sand Dancer
Crazy Cat Lady
Why? His bright, shiny teeth?
King Phenomenon
Well-Known Member
He has false teeth
Sand Dancer
Crazy Cat Lady
Much like the rest of him.
Shadow Wolf
Certified People sTabber
Obviously they aren't using their money to do what Jesus told them to do with it.
It's a news article ..... You are not *SUPPOSED* to say anything if you care not to but apparently you had something to say even if it was what are you supposed to say about it. As far as his values his church helps people in Houston and around the world the thing is they don't advertise it. He doesn't even accept a salary from the church and hasn't since 2008. You don't have to like the values of Lakewood or do you even know them or one of the ones who listen to the propaganda.
Lakewood Church doesn't pay Joel Osteen - people are so quick to listen to negative propaganda and spread it.
Lakewood Church uses much of its money through its ministry helping people not only in Houston but around this country and around the world the difference is they don't advertise it they're not looking for the praise of man.
Lakewood Church hosts first medical missionary conference
[...] beneath the brilliant surgical lights, the embedded soil on her skin, pale from...
Lakewood Church | M3 | Mobilizing Medical Missions
m3missions.com
Dr. Paul Osteen’s latest operation: ‘Elevate the poor out of poverty’
Dr. Paul Osteen, older brother of Pastor Joel Osteen, ministers hands-on, one-to-one, in some of the most remote and poorest parts of the earth.
www.worldvision.org
Shadow Wolf
Certified People sTabber
That's not telling us how much they actually are using. With that gaudy and elaborate of a church I doubt the percentage is very high or generous.Lakewood Church doesn't pay Joel Osteen - people are so quick to listen to negative propaganda and spread it.
Lakewood Church uses much of its money through its ministry helping people not only in Houston but around this country and around the world the difference is they don't advertise it they're not looking for the praise of man.
Lakewood Church hosts first medical missionary conference
[...] beneath the brilliant surgical lights, the embedded soil on her skin, pale from...www.houstonchronicle.com
Lakewood Church | M3 | Mobilizing Medical Missions
Dr. Paul Osteen’s latest operation: ‘Elevate the poor out of poverty’
Dr. Paul Osteen, older brother of Pastor Joel Osteen, ministers hands-on, one-to-one, in some of the most remote and poorest parts of the earth.
Amd who exactly are they spending it on? Churches are notorious for keeping the money within their own group.
If a person truly wants to know the spending habits of a church all they have to do is pull it up Lakewood is posted online look it up. And as always there are compliments - Lakewood ain't doing enough out of all the money they make.
And putting all churches into the same group is definitely a flaw in many people.
All churches are not the same.
And we are so busy looking at what we feel others should do what are you doing?
metis
aged ecumenical anthropologist
If my memory is correct, he owns a $17 [or so] million-dollar mansion, and yet he refused to open the doors of his church when flooding occurred.
As far as baptism is concerned, to each his own, imo.
Twilight Hue
Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
Tell a lie long enough........Lakewood Church doesn't pay Joel Osteen - people are so quick to listen to negative propaganda and spread it.
Lakewood Church uses much of its money through its ministry helping people not only in Houston but around this country and around the world the difference is they don't advertise it they're not looking for the praise of man.
Lakewood Church hosts first medical missionary conference
[...] beneath the brilliant surgical lights, the embedded soil on her skin, pale from...
Lakewood Church | M3 | Mobilizing Medical Missions
Dr. Paul Osteen’s latest operation: ‘Elevate the poor out of poverty’
Dr. Paul Osteen, older brother of Pastor Joel Osteen, ministers hands-on, one-to-one, in some of the most remote and poorest parts of the earth.
Shadow Wolf
Certified People sTabber
When Christians hardcore fail at tending to the splinter in their own eye before pointing out the beam in the eye of another, yes, I will delight in pointing out the hypocrisy.
Shadow Wolf
Certified People sTabber
Jesus told those who follow him they must sell all their possessions and give the money to the poor. Living in a mansion is an obvious and apparent sign of hypocrisy and failure to follow even a simple commandment of the one they call Mesaiah, who also said you can't serve god and mammon at the same time.
Twilight Hue
Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
Shadow Wolf
Certified People sTabber
What I don't get, Conservative Christians are often stingy and speak ill off the poor and utterly terrified of mooches and people getting things they didn't work for. But their Messiah had no job, no money, and he was definitely a mooch living off others. And not only that, he told his followers to dothe same and be like him.
Twilight Hue
Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
Selfless service is easier said for other people to do.
Point being is the adage that God provides, of which of course the reality shows the fact that God dosent provide in any way because it can't.
This of course falls on how well the clergy can extract from its followers and sympathizers through various means and results in the extravagant cottage industry we see today.
I love your mooching reference... can't help it but sing along with this...
Shadow Wolf
Certified People sTabber
Yup. It's easy to want others to work and do the crap, but we're people and why I said I'm not Jesus when a job was passed to me that was minimum wage for a position that was a basically a Medical Assistant in duties but not name, and said I'd rather go make pizz dough down the road if my shoulder wasn't so messed up. And I assume it's why the position is still open. But there will be those complaining of people "not wanting to work."