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HYPERASHEL
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 Posted: 07/15/05 - 11:19 Post subject: Saving lots of souls in Houston
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/4726626/detail.html
Mega-Church Moving Into Ex-Houston Sports Arena
POSTED: 6:35 am EDT July 15, 2005
HOUSTON -- An arena that basketball fans once packed to see the NBA's Houston Rockets has been converted into a 16,000-seat sanctuary for the nation's largest Christian congregation.
Lakewood Church, led by 42-year-old televangelist and author Joel Osteen, will hold its first service Saturday at the former Compaq Center, with Texas Gov. Rick Perry among the guests.
Lakewood recently became the first church in the country with an average weekly attendance of more than 30,000 at its services.
The renovated facility features two waterfalls, but no cross or image of Jesus Christ. Instead, there's a large globe that will rotate slowly behind Osteen as he preaches.
Critics have accused Osteen of downplaying sin and repentance to promote a gospel of positive thinking. His mother, Dodie Osteen, responds, "We don't preach the gospel sad; we preach it glad."
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Pug
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Posted: 07/15/05 - 11:30 Post subject:
No cross?
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Ms. Jenn
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Posted: 07/15/05 - 11:37 Post subject:
This creeps me out.
| Quote: | The renovated facility features two waterfalls, but no cross or image of Jesus Christ. Instead, there's a large globe that will rotate slowly behind Osteen as he preaches.
Critics have accused Osteen of downplaying sin and repentance to promote a gospel of positive thinking. His mother, Dodie Osteen, responds, "We don't preach the gospel sad; we preach it glad." |
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bburgoyne26
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Posted: 07/15/05 - 14:56 Post subject:
me too.....me too..... 
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wanttorun100
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Posted: 07/15/05 - 15:18 Post subject:
well maybe look at t as sort of a beginners Church - get them moving in the right direction ...
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airehead
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Posted: 07/15/05 - 15:28 Post subject:
| wanttorun100 wrote: | | well maybe look at t as sort of a beginners Church - get them moving in the right direction ... |
Good way to look at it. I like the positive attitude, J. Osteen's sermons are really good and uplifting. In a negative world, they are a bright spot. I still wish they had a cross, though.
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kristin31
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Posted: 07/15/05 - 17:16 Post subject:
I still think it would be really coolk, if, during one of those big televangelist shows, Jesus decided to pay one of these "ministers" a visit and ask for all of his money. Never trust anyone who is very wealthy and purports to be religious.
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MW
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Posted: 07/15/05 - 17:19 Post subject:
I think I'll forego the fruit punch at concessions, thankyouverymuch.
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cherylpf
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Posted: 07/15/05 - 17:19 Post subject:
| kristin31 wrote: | | I still think it would be really coolk, if, during one of those big televangelist shows, Jesus decided to pay one of these "ministers" a visit and ask for all of his money. Never trust anyone who is very wealthy and purports to be religious. |
TV funhouse on SNL several years ago did sort of a play on the Charlie Brown Christmas special one year showing Jesus watching several tv evangelists...it was pretty cool....
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TOsteve
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Posted: 07/15/05 - 17:52 Post subject:
Well the God I believe in ain't short of cash, mister.
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