Gospel Living

Confession time. Oprah Winfrey’s much-promoted text in pagan spirituality sat (unread!) on my shelf.  You see, our church holds a garage sale each year, and we have to purge the books shelves of heretical teaching before offering them to the general public.  I thought it would be an interesting read to review, but instead I’m letting my daughter make a pumpkin out of it . My wife and I flipped randomly through the book before the art project began, and through its miry teaching found a few gems: “Revelation is intensely personal and cannot be meaningfully translated.  That is why any attempt to describe it in words is impossible.  Revelation induces only experience.  Miracles, on the other hand, induce action” (7). “If God created you perfect, you are perfect. If you believe you can be sick, you have placed other gods before Him” (187). “The Atonement does not make holy. You were created holy.  It merely brings unholiness to holiness; or what you hav...

Nice title, huh?  Well, stick with me. Understand that I haven't been keeping up-to-date on all of my blog feeds, so imagine my surprise when I saw Joel Osteen welcoming " one of the great voices of our generation " and acknowledging how God is doing in her life... you know what I mean: Oprah was on . Now, Oprah and her network demonstrably teach a false gospel: This means Osteen's greeting is in stark contrast to Paul's sentiments in Galatians 1:6-8 or 2 Corinthians 10:5-6.  I'm not saying he was required to be rude, but he seemed to be praising her for her good works, did he not?  The Apostle John said, " If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your house or give him any greeting, for whoever greets him takes part in his wicked works " (2 Jn 1:10-11). Of course, this is the same pastor who has twice said he can't tell ( or doesn't care about ) the difference between a Mormon and a Chr...