Check this out!
Joel Osteen entered into the commercial enterprise a long time ago by turning the gospel into a serve-yourself/life in Christ is all roses/watered down/consumer-oriented message. But when I saw this at the Family Christian Bookstore, I was floored! He has turned his book into a board game! If that doesn't tell you what the baseline of his ministry is (entertainment and shallowly trying to get people to believe in themselves instead of God), then I don't know what would. I could be way off with this, but does this bother anybody else?
So much could be said, but I will restrain myself. I just wanted you all to see this--if for nothing more than a laugh. But it's sad that people probably buy this stuff and watch his "sermons" and are being misled into believing that the gospel is about them more than about Christ and the glory of God.
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This gme has been talked about for along time now. Joel Osteen did not approve the game but the publisher (Hatchett) created and marketed the game anyway. Osteen's staff has been quoted as saying the game sucks.
I agree with you Marc. That man worries me.
Don...I'm not sure I know you..But thanks for your comment....He might not have known about it, but the very facts that his book could be made into a game and that people would actually buy it to be entertained should be cause for concern I think. It reveals an underlying entertainment focus in the book. I'm not basing my perceptions of Osteen only on the game--just saying that it in a small way confirms what I've already observed.
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