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HARRY PUNCEC Lakewood, Colo...
...Does God want you to be rich?" delivered a one-dimensional view of Lakewood Church and Joel Osteen. He leads his congregation toward a better life by focusing on positive thinking, helping others and improving physical well-being while keeping God and Christianity central. Osteen is a caring and driven man of God who inspires those around him. He's the reason I have developed a close relationship with God, for which I will be forever grateful...
...Ohio tile factory last October, the most practical thing he did, he thinks, was go to a new church, even though he had to move his wife and four preteen boys to Conroe, a suburb of Houston, to do it. Conroe, you see, is not far from Lakewood, the home church of megapastor and best-selling author Joel Osteen...
...1980s televangelism and faded from mainstream view with the Jim Bakker and Jimmy Swaggart scandals. But now, after some key modifications (which have inspired some to redub it Prosperity Lite), it has not only recovered but is booming. Of the four biggest megachurches in the country, three--Osteen's Lakewood in Houston; T.D. Jakes' Potter's House in south Dallas; and Creflo Dollar's World Changers near Atlanta--are Prosperity or Prosperity Lite pulpits (although Jakes' ministry has many more facets). While they don't exclusively teach that God's riches want to be in believers' wallets...
...same thing for five straight months. And as a minor leaguer, a good portion of your routine inevitably rests atop eight big wheels. As I write this article I am sitting through one of our four bus rides this week. Our bus pulled out of the stadium in Lakewood, N.J. at about 10:30 p.m., and we are scheduled to arrive back in Ohio at around 6 a.m. Pulling an all-nighter on a tiny coach bus is nothing out of the ordinary in the minors.Bus rides from city to city can last upwards of ten hours at times...