There’s Nothing Wrong With Trump Calling Prosperity Gospel Peddlers ‘Hustlers’
How out of touch with actual conservative Christians does the media have to be to think mocking televangelists is a bad thing?
As Kanye Takes The Stage With Joel Osteen, Let’s Encourage His Growth In Faith
New believers often have a zeal for telling their story to everyone who will listen, unrestrained by the pushback from the culture. That’s refreshing.
The Jury Is Still Out On ‘Righteous Gemstones’
If ‘Righteous Gemstones’ fails to offer a ‘searing commentary’ on the nitty-gritty of bad theology or evangelical politics, it’ll be just fine—so long as it actually brings the laughs.
How Christian Science Became A Dying Religion
Mainstream Christians can learn from Christian Science’s rise and steep decline, and see its new incarnation in ‘Moralistic Therapeutic Deism.’
Rachel Hollis Is The Joel Osteen Of Mommy Bloggers
In her new book, Hollis writes that ‘Embracing the idea that you can want things for yourself even if nobody else understands the whys behind them is the most freeing and powerful feeling in the world.’
How This Rock Star And His Televangelist Wife Influence The White House
Journey keyboardist Jonathan Cain met controversial pastor Paula White by chance. Now the rock star applauds his wife’s role as chaplain to President Trump.
The Gospel According To Trump
Donald Trump’s most theological statement to date has been hiding in plain sight all along.
3 Ways Joel Osteen And Donald Trump Are the Same Person
Joel Osteen praising Donald Trump is like Elmo telling you that his favorite fellow Muppets are Statler and Waldorf. What gives?
Pope Francis Doesn’t Get The Gospel
By telling people their spirituality is measured by what they do, Pope Francis in his recent encyclical rejects the central message of the gospel: grace.
Creflo Dollar Embodies American Evangelicalism’s Excess
Televangelist Creflo Dollar’s demand for a new private jet may be the last we hear much of the prosperity gospel. At least, for a while.
The Osteens’ Prosperity Gospel Is As American As Apple Pie
If Osteen prosperity gospel is heresy, it is a very American heresy.
Five Celebrity Preachers Who Ignored Osteen’s Advice And Lived Their Best Lives Later
Not all celebrity preachers ride Joel Osteen’s warm fuzzy religious rainbow train.
The Osteens’ Donald Sterling Moment
The flap over Victoria Osteen’s recent comments is anticlimactic, given the Osteens have said a thousand even more theologically indefensible things.