Joel Osteen - The Smile of Deception

What are Joel Osteen’s beliefs based on? What has made him one of the most watched and popular TV preachers? Because of people’s lack of discernment, they are unable to recognize what is obviously wrong. The teachings of Joel Osteen are not only biblically light, they are often out of context. Joel Osteen’s open-ended spiritual inclusiveness is misleading many. Osteen’s teaching combines positive thinking with Kenneth Hagin’s positive confession. The things he speaks or writes are based on the word-faith teaching that he learned from his father. His positive thinking and confession/visualization techniques are aligned with The Secret that Oprah promotes. He is promoting decreeing, creating by words, and word-faith declarations with visualization.

All this amounts to a perilous mix that departs from biblical teaching into New Age mysticism. With numerous video clips and a Power Point presentation, this DVD make it clear what has made Lakewood the largest church in America and perhaps one of the most dangerous.|