Joel Osteen the prosperity preacher from Houston has just moved up from his $2m mansion to a $10m mansion. Here’s the news.Posted on 08/28/2013 11:39:15 AM PDT by Brian Kopp DPM
Joel Osteen the prosperity preacher from Houston has just moved up from his $2m mansion to a $10m mansion. Here’s the news.
This is one of the things that tickle me about American Protestantism. These are the folks who have traditionally beat the Catholics with a big stick about the Pope living in a palace surrounded by rich art works.
The other thing is the way Protestants will beat up on Catholics for having a highly exalted infallible leader who is treated like a celebrity. Duh. The problem with them is not that they don’t have a Pope, but that they have 30,000 popes. Every pastor a pope, and Pope Osteen is just one among many.
So Pope Francis lives in a modest suite in a functional hostel while Pope Joel lives in a palace in Houston. Even when the popes lived in the apostolic palace they only lived in a comparatively modest apartment in the palace, and all that art? It’s history and heritage. He doesn’t own it. It belongs to the world–witness the crowds who come and go talking of Michelangelo.
But who am I to judge? They say Joel Osteen makes all his loot from sale of his books and calendars and self help T-shirts. He’s welcome to it I guess, and who knows, he might live like a prince of the Church on a fraction of his takings. He might give 90% of his wealth to the poor. So live and let live and let God be the judge.
But when it comes to appearances, when it comes to the one who seems to live the life of apostolic simplicity– Pope Francis wins.
For that matter, he wins with the gospel he’s preaching too. The American prosperity gospel is a false gospel. It’s no surprise that Osteen’s church doesn’t have a cross in it. Neither does the gospel he’s preaching.
Just thought…are there any photoshoppers out there who can send me a pic of Osteen being carried around in the sedia gestatoria?
longer than the President has lived in the White House, Queen Elizabeth in Buckingham Palace, your Governor in his state mansion.....but none of these people OWN the property....they just live there while they hold office....big difference
you must be a very lonely person....how sad....no sinners near you!!!
if you were the caretaker at the Smithsonian and they gave you an apartment there to live in.....would all that stuff be yours????
the Pope owns virtually NOTHING
Oh my - a 5,000 increase since the thread was posted this morning!
Just as Protestant leaders don’t own their churches. Perhaps your issue is with personal wealth then?
Did I saw they were?
I prefer my spiritual leaders to be against sin instead of condoning it.
I thought that’s what you meant. My apologies.
I have no isues with anything...true, the minister does not USUALLY own the church (sometimes does)....but he does own his ten million dollar mansion, and his plane, and his yacht, and his whatever.....the Pope owns virtually NOTHING.
Yeah ok, every single minister has a 10 million dollar mansion, a plane, a yacht. yep every single one
or you’re a liar.
hmmmm
not every one of course....what an asinine thing to say.....but far more ministers own ten million dollar mansions, of five million dollar mansions, or $250,000 houses, or $10,000 houses, than Popes own anything of consequence. and that's what the discussion was about....the opulance of the Pope.....sad
Look out, another ‘devotional’ Joel Osteen thread has just been posted. Remember - no discussion of any kind is allowed. You gotta be ‘devoted’ to Joel!
Which one has a toilet with a gold flusher?
oh yeah the pope
“I guess you’re the second perfect person to be born on the earth.”
Nope; the best I could be is third. There’s already been two: Jesus Christ and His Mother.
who is the more opulent....a person who OWNS a stainless steel toilet flusher or a person who merely uses someone elses gold toilet flusher???????
Jesus mother was not sinless and neither are you or I.
So you have more respect for people who takes money from the poor to buy a gold toilet then someone who purchased a regular old crapper with their own money?
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