Is Joel Osteen a man of God or a charlaton?

[AllieOops]

charlatan
NOUN
a person falsely claiming to have a special knowledge or skill; a fraud.

I'm not sure, but it seems to me that a person that had this size house is not into something for God, but for money. You can't serve both God and Mammon.

Joel Osteen's House - all 17,000 sq. ft. and $10.5 million of it.

[BeRealU]

Although I disagreed with his prosperity doctrine as Jesus suffered and thought not if material blessings; Osteen receives no pay from his ministry. He only earns money through selling his books which he writes.. so he’s basically rich from being an author, not a pastor. In that light, he’s just a best selling author. I do feel that he lacks a huge portion of the message which revolves around self sacrifice and suffering well, but that’s just my opinion

[AllieOops]

Well his church makes him enough money that he was able to hire an associate pastor for a salary on over $10 Million.

[nailu]

He says nice stuff and is charismatic, but only God can see into his heart. For him to live so lavishly could make one wonder if serving the lord is his top priority

[itsy_b1tchy]

Definitely not a man of God. He closed his doors when people needed help after hurricane Harvey. he's nothing but a big joke.

[Clickmore]

There was that one quote about rich guys who teach camels needle point not visiting Havana. Maybe only worry if it touches someone you love. Let someone else judge the other.

[docster]

I don't know what the proper word is for him, but I'm a bible-believing Christian and I would advise everyone to avoid that guy.

[Madhatter920]

I don't know if I've ever met a "man of God" who wasn't.

[AllieOops]

I went to a church that had over 5,000 members and the pastor drove an older Oldsmobile and a normal house. Now he was not into it for money. His name was Chuck Smith of Calvary Chapel in Costa Mesa, Calif.

[Madhatter920]

I worked for a pastor who owned businesses on the side. His family had weekly bible readings and decorated all their stores with bible verses and Christian imagery. They also treated their employees like garbage. The pastor would scream in the faces of girls he didn't like, his wife would talk shit about people when they weren't around and look for excuses to fire them or make their job harder, and their son literally bullied a girl to tears and dumped garbage on another employee's new shoes. I'm not saying there aren't good, religious people out there. I'm just saying they're rare enough that I've never met one.

[AllieOops]

Well you have heard of wolves in sheep's clothing? Sounds like you know of one.

[Anonymous]

He makes me sick! He's a complete fv<k! ng fraud and a self-serving piece of sh!+!!! What's worse are the people who support his fv<k! ng bvllsh!+!!!

[Hispanic-Cool-Guy]

Mostly all preachers are charlatans and 99.9% of TV preachers are charlatans and after money.

[zagor]

He seems as much a positive thinking guru as a preacher.

[zagor]

But he's getting none of my money so I don't much care.

[888theGreat]

I think God will tell him to get behind him worker of inequity.

[EnglundUberAlles]

I don't know the guy but pretty much anyone who makes money from religion is a con man.

[Richard-Tilburg]

All people who explain religions are charlatons.

[AllieOops]

I wouldn't go as far as to say that.

[Rodismus]

You forgot the word Scammer

[call_me_scar]

A fake