Total Page : 639
Publisher : GALE GROUP
Publication Date : 2009 12 24
>> The bad aspects outshadow the rare points of substance
There are a few points adopt better habits focus on your passion I liked but the author beats around the bush too much This book could be compressed to one page and still have redundancy in it There is no sense of direction because Osteen tries to connect every little idea with God and rambles too much in an uncoordinated dialog with the reader I cannot give this book more than one star
>> 7 Keys to Improving Your Life Every Day REALLY
Joel Osteen is a good looking guy and a decent preacher has a nice smile and a big church but his message in this book is not that special Here s the outline
1 Keep Pressing Forward
2 Be Positive Toward Yourself
3 Develop Better Relationships
4 Form Better Habits
5 Embrace The Place Where You Are
6 Develop Your Inner Life
7 Stay Passionate About Life
Nothing inherently wrong with the book It has some interesting stories and makes some good points but lacks originality or much solid Christian doctine Like any of Donald Trump s books I read this and had the constant feeling that the book was simply part of a larger marketing plan which I had paid into While not a waste of time I enjoyed Rick Warren s The Purpose Driven Life and Covey s The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People more and believe them both to be more powerful and more significant to the field of self improvement
>> nothing but the crud
The kind of victory God has promised is an eschatological victory that is we will be victorious over the powers of hell as we find the completion of God s work in us on the renewed earth
God does not promise us victory during this life at least not the kind that Osteen preaches There is no promise of good relationships No promise of being well liked No promise of financial certainty But there is the privilege of service Christ and
This is a man who never finished college never attended seminary and has no other formal training in Scripture theology exegesis hermeneutics Church history or anything else that a pastor needs to have this kind of authority His preaching is as shallow as a kiddie pool and about as theological He is quite simply a fraud He doesn t know it but that s what he is
I would suggest reading Bonhoeffer s The Cost of Discipleship where he discusses cheap grace as opposed to costly grace Osteen pales in comparison
Joel Osteen is the worst kind of example from the contemporary church He preaches a shallow faith with no substantial connection to historical orthodoxy
This book is pure and simple not a Christian book even in the self help category It is vapid devoid of sound exegesis Essentially Osteen doesn t end up affirming anything distinctive about Christianity
God forgive us
