In their greed these teachers will exploit you with stories they have made up. (2 Peter 2:3)
Lust For Numbers Makes Strange Spiritual Bedfellows
A while back Apprising Ministries brought out that sadly today there are so many in the apostatizing evangelical community who are burying their heads within the spiritual sand of whatever offshoot—rooted in the semi-pelagian Church Growth Movement—it is that highjacked their particular brand of Christian [...]

Tonight Steven Furtick, one of the Popes of the Carolinas, gushes:
stevenfurtick Great night w a great man of God. Thx Pastor Joel 4 your humility & msg of hope. Love & honor! http://yfrog.com/0rto4j (Online source)

Chris Rosebrough, captain of internet based Pirate Christian Radio and host of the Fighting for the Faith Radio program announced on Monday that Joel Osteen is the winner of the “Worst Easter Sermon Award” for 2009.
“Every Christmas Christians whine and complain about secular and atheistic efforts designed to take Christ out of Christmas yet more [...]

We had to search high and low to find it; ok, so actually Apprising Ministries happened to stumble upon this over at Slaughter of the Sheep.
But below you will actually see Word Faith pretending pastor Joel Osteen doing some solid exegesis. Unfortunately however, it’s not exegesis of the Bible.
Ah no, here we witness pastor Osteen as he shares his puerile pig [...]

A man-centered gospel is the belief that the determining factor in whether or not a man is eternally saved, in the end, relies (at some level) upon an act of his own will i.e. human decision. This is often called synergism because it is thought to be a cooperative effort between God and man. While [...]

In her post Joel Osteen Hits Milwaukee at Slice of Laodicea Ingrid Schlueter tells us:
Joel Osteen brought his show to our city last night. The reporter from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel talked to me longer than I expected, getting a handle on why I and others didn’t support America’s smiling preacher and his happy-talk message.
She [...]

They are from the world and therefore speak from the viewpoint of the world, and the world listens to them. (1 John 4:5)
Withholding The Truth And Leaving People In Their Sin
“Joel Osteen’s Still the Name Leaders Know“, a September 5, 2008 puff piece on Joel Osteen from The Washington Times (TWT) we are reminded that he’s:
pastor of America’s largest church, [...]

Unquestionably America’s “smiling pastor” Joel Osteen appears to be a very nice and sincere man. In the introduction to his latest book Become A Better You Osteen writes, “while I can’t guarantee that you will become rich and famous, I can assure you that if you follow [the seven keys within this book], you will [...]

Apprising Ministries brings to your attention a piece by Bob Liichow called The Leaven of Lakewood. Liichow is himself a former Word Faith pastor and is also co-founder of Inner City Discernment Ministry. Concerning the late John Osteen, who is the father of Joel Osteen, Liichow writes:
I am under no illusions regarding the WOF [Word [...]

In the Apprising Ministries article Joel Osteen: Apprising His Word Faith Teachings I have clearly showed those who are looking for the truth that Osteen teaches the exact same positive confession Word Faith theology and prosperity gospel as did his late father John, Kenneth “Dad” Hagin (1917-2003), and which is also currently being preached by [...]