The only television preacher I watch is Joel Osteen, author of the mega-seller, Your Best Life Now, which I once mentioned in an Easter sermon.
Joel Osteen went into the fiery furnace of CBS's Sixty Minutes last night and, to me, seem to have come off well. He presents an attractive optimistic Gospel. The sneering [base "]liberal theologian[per thou] who said Osteen doesn't present the whole Gospel makes an obvious point that Osteen himself agreed with.
The real question is whether you can have enduring hopeful Christianity without theology, Christology, bible study, liturgy, art, disciplined prayer and all the other things that make up traditional faith.
In the meantime, though, what could be wrong with focusing on abundant life? As Joel says, this is what he can do, and he sure does it well. --J. Douglas Ousley
4:55:26 PM 
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