I am no religious expert, but recently I have studied “false Prophets.” Some things that I took to heart were, False teachers exalt themselves. They do not follow biblical principles and they are deceptive, crafty persuasive, greedy and they engage in trickery.
The gentlemen I was listening to, Mike Gendron said “we are to mark them and avoid them.”
He also said people are following personalities instead of the Bible.
It's all about FEELINGS!
They LIKE the personality.
Christianity is not about FEELINGS.
People are IGNORANT and don't bother to study it.
It's EASIER to have someone else tell them what they LIKE that fits in better with the world than TRUTH.
Willful IGNORANCE leads people astray.
The Bible is CLEAR about FEELINS:
Proverbs 14:12
There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.
Proverbs 28:26
He who trusts in his own heart is a fool, But whoever walks wisely will be delivered.
There are many others but people don't bother to READ it. People are spiritually lazy and prefer to TRUST fallible man than God. This may sound harsh but it is the truth.
Olsteen is making a fortune stressing FEELINGS. Olsten is not even an ordained minister. He has no theological training but he is a marketing genius in making money. Olsteen's father must be spinning in his grave over his son's antics for money.
You are correct once again about the FEELINGS issue.
A recent example of this I witnessed was a good friend of 30 years who has gotten sucked into the New Age Movement. She has lost her morals, values and compassion for her friends and family. When I talked to her about it, her response was “but I like my belief system.”
She has watched the Secret no less than 50 times but doesn’t see it as “new age” or realize she has been brainwashed.
People like Oprah say that the doctrine of the Bible is “narrow minded” but in reality they are “narrow minded” because they are pushing their own doctrine while saying we shouldn’t follow biblical doctrine. I would rather follow God and the Bible than some self-centered New Age garbage.