Pensees: Joel Osteen - Miserable Failure

Joel Osteen - Miserable Failure

“We must not try to serve the Lord with our own kind of humanism and egoism. . . In this war if Christians win a battle by using worldly means, they have really lost. On the other hand, when we seem to lose a battle while waiting on God, in reality we have won. The world may mistakenly say, ‘They have lost.’ But if God’s people seem to be beaten in a specific battle, not because of sin or lack of commitment or lack of prayer or lack of paying a price, but because they have waited on God and refused to resort to the flesh, then they have won.” - Francis Schaeffer.

Here’s a good review of Osteen’s book by Tim Chailles.

And a blistering criticism by imonk. (HT: Justin Taylor)