Sometimes there really is a case for careful irreverance. One might say that the only justification for such is when a case is being made for a recognition of the irreverance and irrelevance of an idea or individual.
The proper poking of fun is, or may be, just that, and nothing more. It would certainly cross the line into, for example, unjust judgmentalism if I were to assert that a person who is espousing this idea, is hell-bound - as if I were able to make such an assessment. That may be strongly apparent, based on a proper interpretation of the Bible, but, in the final analysis, I'm sure that a person's eternal destiny will be contingent on his, or her, final disposition toward the person and work of Jesus Christ. He, that is, Jesus Christ, will be the final judge and I am quite willing for that to be true. I couldn't make it otherwise, so I won't try. Meanwhile, moods, modes, and methods can be discerned. Hopefully, I share in the recognition that not everything that is 'touted as truth' is, indeed, truth. There is truth.
I hope to say more, later, on the reason the Holy Bible, both Old and New Testaments, are referred to, as the "canon of scripture".
Enjoy this 'dual expression of nonsense'. Probably the more rational one is the one that is not within Joel's sphere of influence!
Based on this video, Joel's Best Advice (to date): "Mark my word, salad dressing will kill you dead as a door-nail".
Joel Osteen Teaches Us - What St. Joel really said!
Well, I 'kinda' had to interject this post from another blog:
Watching Joel Osteen (from Reformation 21)
I told you Reformation 21 was a blog to watch.
Just had to make reference to a post made recently on Joel Osteen. I, too, had a chance to watch him, and I, too, found it very interesting.
I sat there and listened to him talk about how his wife told him that one day they were going to live in a big house, and he didn't believe her. Until one day, he let that seed take root, and after that, God just started blessing the socks off of him.
As he continued on like this, my six year old walked in, and asked me what I was watching. I said I was watching a man who wasn't telling the truth about God, and was saying that if you believe God, he'll give you what you want.
She replied, "That's not true. If you believe in God, he'll give you eternal life."
I followed up with "Will God give you what you want, or what you need?"
"Need," she replied. Then she said,"I don't want to watch him anymore. Let's turn him off."
That's my girl.
Okay, let's juxtapose Joel's self-help narcissism against this:
Christ The Only Way-R.C. Sproul
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