“Judged in theological terms, the Osteen message is the latest and slickest version of Prosperity Theology.”

The Osteen Predicament — Mere Happiness Cannot Bear the Weight of the Gospel

“America deserves the Osteens. The consumer culture, the cult of the therapeutic, the marketing impulse, and the sheer superficiality of American cultural Christianity probably made the Osteens inevitable”

Discussion

While the article was theologically important throughout, I was struck most by this line. It is so accurate.

“America deserves the Osteens. The consumer culture, the cult of the therapeutic, the marketing impulse, and the sheer superficiality of American cultural Christianity probably made the Osteens inevitable”

Why is it that my voice always seems to be loudest when I am saying the dumbest things?