The Lakewood Church
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The Lakewood church service this morning was terrific.
I could talk about a lot because there was a lot of good to talk about.
The praise and worship of Jesus was terrific.
The African missionaries was a delight.
Joel's sermon was excellent.
It certainly gives me something to think about in my own life.
Conviction.
And his 2 altar calls are always a delight to see.
Sometimes I was smiling, a couple of times I was almost crying with joy.
I do hope some of you chose to watch it, even if just out of curiosity.
I know you would come away from it feeling better about yourself and life itself.
I could talk about a lot because there was a lot of good to talk about.
The praise and worship of Jesus was terrific.
The African missionaries was a delight.
Joel's sermon was excellent.
It certainly gives me something to think about in my own life.
Conviction.
And his 2 altar calls are always a delight to see.
Sometimes I was smiling, a couple of times I was almost crying with joy.
I do hope some of you chose to watch it, even if just out of curiosity.
I know you would come away from it feeling better about yourself and life itself.
There is a big difference between Osteen & the other WOF preachers.
Osteen is very positive. His book he wrote is Your Best Life Now: The Power of Positive Thinking
Positive thinking is a false doctrine made popular by Norman Vincent Peale. False teachers such as Robert Schuller teach it.
Positive thinking teaches that you have to change your way of thinking to be what you want to be. The individual has to do it all. It's a neatly wrapped up box of self righteous works doctrine.
Wow, I'm blown away at you hypergracers in here loving on the guy when you spout off about being against works & self righteousness all the time..... especially you, G777.
Osteen is very positive. His book he wrote is Your Best Life Now: The Power of Positive Thinking
Positive thinking is a false doctrine made popular by Norman Vincent Peale. False teachers such as Robert Schuller teach it.
Positive thinking teaches that you have to change your way of thinking to be what you want to be. The individual has to do it all. It's a neatly wrapped up box of self righteous works doctrine.
Wow, I'm blown away at you hypergracers in here loving on the guy when you spout off about being against works & self righteousness all the time..... especially you, G777.
S
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Well, it turns out they have all kinds of ministries going on and seem to really want to reach people for Christ.
I did read their faith statement, what they believe and nothing there I would disagree with but we all say what we believe but living it might be different, but you have to start somewhere
The Bible
We believe the entire Bible is inspired by God, without error and the authority on which we base our faith, conduct and doctrine.
The Trinity
We believe in one God who exists in three distinct persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. We believe Jesus Christ is the Son of God who came to this earth as Savior of the world.
Salvation
We believe Jesus died on the cross and shed His blood for our sins. We believe that salvation is found by placing our faith in what Jesus did for us on the cross. We believe Jesus rose from the dead and is coming again.
We believe water baptism is a symbol of the cleansing power of the blood of Christ and a testimony to our faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.
Communion
We believe in the regular taking of Communion as an act of remembering what the Lord Jesus did for us on the cross.
Growing Relationship
We believe every believer should be in a growing relationship with Jesus by obeying God's Word, yielding to the Holy Spirit and by being conformed to the image of Christ.
Hi Willie
I used to watch JO more some years ago.
Here I only see one hour of it.
Some praise music.
Then Victoria speaks for about 10 minutes.
She's very good too.
JO speaks for about 30 minutes and then gives an altar call with the persons standing at their place.
I think new Christians would tend to like him. He's not condeming and radiates the love of God.
Maybe more mature Christians could listen to more different types of preaching because they can take pretty much anything,
But it could be a real turn-off to some to hear about hell fire and brimstone.
I believe that when Jesus told the Apostles to preach and baptize in Mathew 28:19, He meant to preach the good news.
That man's sin and sins have been paid for and He opened the gates of heaven for us.
That He came to give us an abundant life because it's far better when we follow His ways.
He also said to go and sin no more but we know we shouldn't sin and it's not necessary to hear this every week.
I like Philippians 4:8.
I believe his preaching follows this concept.
Not at home.
Maybe you could post it if you agree with me?
Fran
I used to watch JO more some years ago.
Here I only see one hour of it.
Some praise music.
Then Victoria speaks for about 10 minutes.
She's very good too.
JO speaks for about 30 minutes and then gives an altar call with the persons standing at their place.
I think new Christians would tend to like him. He's not condeming and radiates the love of God.
Maybe more mature Christians could listen to more different types of preaching because they can take pretty much anything,
But it could be a real turn-off to some to hear about hell fire and brimstone.
I believe that when Jesus told the Apostles to preach and baptize in Mathew 28:19, He meant to preach the good news.
That man's sin and sins have been paid for and He opened the gates of heaven for us.
That He came to give us an abundant life because it's far better when we follow His ways.
He also said to go and sin no more but we know we shouldn't sin and it's not necessary to hear this every week.
I like Philippians 4:8.
I believe his preaching follows this concept.
Not at home.
Maybe you could post it if you agree with me?
Fran
S
They also have all kinds of different speakers. Seems they offer something for eveyone like they say they do.
I'm disappointed in the personal attacks that seem to be occurring in this thread and in others here.
It makes discussion difficult when people are acting like brats when they should be adults.
I'm disappointed in the personal attacks that seem to be occurring in this thread and in others here.
It makes discussion difficult when people are acting like brats when they should be adults.
The more you post, the more you come outta the closet with your true self.
Your fruit betrays you. We see right thru your mask.
Most of us know Desertrose well enough to know she's not some kind of self-proclaimed judge. But you didn't have a problem painting her & judging her as such, did you?
Again, your fruit betrays you.
Your fruit betrays you. We see right thru your mask.
Most of us know Desertrose well enough to know she's not some kind of self-proclaimed judge. But you didn't have a problem painting her & judging her as such, did you?
Again, your fruit betrays you.
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