Joel Osteen has big, white teeth and a mostly white church. His books sell in bulk at Costco and, every Sunday, he stands in front of his congregation of 43,500 and preaches the â??Prosperity Gospel.â? Rather than get mired in doctrine or parse the syntax of the word of God, Osteen tells the Lakewood Church in Houston that their faithfulness will have material rewards.
For Osteen, markets are an instrument of divine intervention. His sermons are available to view as videos through the Lakewood Church website â??for a gift of any amount.â? His voice, to put it mildly, carries. And when it carried my way, I was fascinated. I listened to an episode of The Joel Osteen Podcast titled â??Your Words Become Your Reality.â?
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