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Joel Osteen

Joel Osteen is the senior pastor of Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas. He is the author of numerous journals, devotionals, and books, including the Hope for Today Bible, and the bestselling It's Your Time. His book, Become a Better You, has sold well over a million copies in hardcover and stayed on the New York Times bestseller list for five months.

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MyFox Houston, June 14, 2010
...AM CDT HOUSTON - Everyone knows Victoria Osteen as the co-pastor of Lakewood Church and wife of pastor Joel Osteen, but she is also organizing an effort to increase literacy among children. The Victoria Osteen's Literacy Program was launched on Sunday at...
1888PressRelease, June 3, 2010
...such distinguished authors and teachers as Deepak Chopra, Thich Nhat Hanh, Barbara Kingsolver, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Joel Osteen, Caroline Myss, and Marianne Williamson. Founder, Marilyn McGuire, has created the "Nautilus Library of Imagination &...
Town Hall, May 31, 2010
...things just to get a rise out of people. So his comments weren’t nearly as objectionable as Joel Osteen’s sidestepping of the “How many paths to heaven?” question on Larry King Live a few years ago. For those who missed it, Joel was asked by...
Herword.com, May 21, 2010
...person whom you can tell the frame of mind from the book she's reading. I'm reading Joel Osteen series [right now], which means I'm really taking time to focus on my spiritual life, changing my mindset, improving the Karen for the start of the new year...
PRLog, May 7, 2010
...D.; Eckhart Tolle; His Holiness the Dalai Lama; Caroline Myss; Barbara Kingsolver; Mariel Hemingway; Judy Collins; Gregg Braden; Joel Osteen, Andrew Weil, M.D.; Gary Zukav; Daniel Pinchbeck; Frances Moore Lappe’; Riane Eisler; Matthew Fox THE REIGN OF...
Christian Post, March 30, 2010
...of Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, Calif., specifically criticized one of America's most well-known pastors – Joel Osteen of Lakewood Church in Houston. He accused Osteen of making Jesus "a footnote in his ministry to satisfy his critics" and for...
MinnPost, March 29, 2010
...preaches a comforting Home Depot theology: You can do it. We can help. Epitomized by popular titles like Joel Osteen's "Your Best Life Now: 7 Steps to Living at Your Full Potential," this message of self-fulfillment through Christian commitment attracts...
Vanity Fair, March 26, 2010
...Imet Joel Osteen, the phenomenally successful televangelist, referred to by his followers as “America’s voice of hope,” in Midtown Manhattan, at the popular restaurant of his choice, the Redeye Grill. Mr...
Vanity Fair, March 26, 2010
...Imet Joel Osteen, the phenomenally successful televangelist, referred to by his followers as “America’s voice of hope,” in Midtown Manhattan, at the popular restaurant of his choice, the Redeye Grill. Mr...
PublishersWeekly.com, March 25, 2010
...843). 7. It's Your Time: Activate Your Faith, Achieve Your Dreams, and Increase in God's Favor. Joel Osteen. Free Press. 8. The Last Lecture. Randy Pausch with Jeffrey Zaslow. Hyperion (610,033). 9. Stones into Schools: Promoting Peace with Books Not...
Newsdurhamregion.com, February 24, 2010
...you hang with matters. Are your goals bigger than the environment that you find yourself in? I love Joel Osteen's quote from his bestselling book, 'Becoming a Better You': "You cannot hang out with negative people and expect to live a positive life."...
TriCities.com, February 21, 2010
...this renewed interest in religion, mega churches have emerged as part of the American landscape. Pastors such as Joel Osteen, T.D. Jakes and Max Lucado have become almost as recognizable as movie stars and sports personalities. Perhaps one of the most...
American Conservative, February 16, 2010
...H. Schuller, who preaches, 'Never verbalize a negative emotion,' while Houston boasts a megachurch led by the oleaginous Joel Osteen, who advises his flock to reprogram their minds with positive images to activate the law of attraction so they can draw...
PRLog, February 12, 2010
...Back Time) and 12 (You Have Comeback Power) of our series book: It’s Your Time by Pastor Joel Osteen available at the Robertainspires Amazon store on the showpage. So tune in!...
Kaizer Chiefs, February 11, 2010
...Ricky Roll AKA The Boss! What are you reading at the moment? I am reading a book by Joel Osteen, “It’s your time”. It is a very inspirational book and I always carry it with me every time I go to camps. I share it a lot with...
Amarillo Globe News, February 10, 2010
...on the library's computers and check out movies to watch at home. Mary Lucero likes to read Joel Osteen books. Mary said she loves going to the North Branch to bring Joshua to do his homework on the computers, checks out movies and to see what's new...
TheTyee.ca, January 22, 2010
...education. 'Blame God' Positive thinking has also reinvigorated the opiate of the masses. The so-called prosperity preachers like Joel Osteen (Your Best Life Now) advise their flocks to embrace a lavish lifestyle because, essentially, God wants you live...
Associated Content, January 19, 2010
...stories of others who have taken their steps to fulfilling their dreams.5. Your Best Life Now - Joel Osteen I do not consider myself a religious person, however I am a spiritual person. So, when a friend of mine gave me this book I was skeptical because...
The Scotsman, January 4, 2010
...sturdy. But it gives way to a smorgasbord of sneering illustrations. The canned optimism of the megachurch minister Joel Osteen actually involves asking God for help in getting seated in a crowded restaurant, and Ehrenreich rightly wonders what this has...
Guardian.co.uk, December 31, 2009
...than your greatest personal, spiritual, and material fulfillment. The middle of the decade saw the publication of televangelist Joel Osteen's Your Best Life Now: 7 Steps to Living at Your Full Potential (2004) and TD Jakes' Reposition Yourself: Living...
In-Store Marketing Institute, December 29, 2009
...$100 on the same day. Simon & Schuster promotes It's Your Time, a new book by televangelist Joel Osteen. Avery Dennison Corp. promotes Avery's Clear and EcoFriendly labels in a holiday-themed spread giving Walmart a mention. Kellogg directs readers...
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, December 25, 2009
...connected and attractive. Among the bestselling advice titles on the market today are 'It's Your Time,' by Joel Osteen, an inspirational TV evangelist, and 'The Last Lecture,' by Randy Pausch, a Carnegie Mellon University professor who died of cancer at...
Washington Post, November 29, 2009
...S YOUR TIME: ACTIVATE YOUR FAITH, ACHIEVEYOUR DREAMS, AND INCREASE IN GOD'S FAVOR(Free Press, $25). By Joel Osteen 38ARGUING WITH IDIOTS: HOW TO STOP SMALLMINDS AND BIG GOVERNMENT(Threshold Editions, $29.99). By Glenn Beck 79THE AUDACITY TO WIN: THE...
Charisma, November 25, 2009
...In , Joel Osteen's follow-up to his 2007 Become a Better You, the best-selling author delivers a message of encouragement for readers struggling in an uncertain economic climate. Osteen, pastor of Lakewood...
Seattle Times, November 22, 2009
...Twisted River, John Irving Hardcover nonfiction 1. Have a Little Faith, Mitch Albom 2. It's Your Time, Joel Osteen 3. SuperFreakonomics, Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner 4. Arguing with Idiots, Glenn Beck 5. What the Dog Saw, Malcolm Gladwell 6....
WalletPop, November 13, 2009
...Pastor Joel Osteen's 2004 book 'Your Best Life Now' has sold more than 4 million copies -- buoyed in part by one uplifting and irresistible message: Positive thinking and faith will...
Earthtimes.org, November 10, 2009
...on the web at www.reubenarmstrongshow.com, focuses on Megapastors such as Bishop T.D. Jake , Eddie Long, Joel Osteen and Bishop Eddie Long. Critics are calling Armstrong's book controversial and an a wake up call to the Body of Christ. Armstrong who held...
Helium, November 7, 2009
...year. Although there are other favorites: these two people are making such an impact in our world. First, Joel Osteen, a young...
FOXNews.com, November 6, 2009
...in Bright-Sided includes taking to task such luminaries of positive thinking as Authentic Happiness author Martin Seligman, mega-minister Joel Osteen, and The Secret writer/producer Rhonda Byrne. She dismantles this camp and its messages: woo-woo,...
New York Post, November 5, 2009
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Time, November 5, 2009
...Joel Osteen made it big in the boom times, wooing millions with the message that, as he says, "God wants you to have a big life," � or, as his...
ABC News, November 3, 2009
...In tough times, says his message is simple: God is good. 'In difficult times, we're not supposed to quit believing, we're not supposed to quit growing,' Osteen said today on '.' 'I want to give every person the hope to believe.' Osteen, the pastor of...
Online La Crosse Tribune, October 27, 2009
...being elbowed out of the way by all the life coaches, self-help books and prosperity gospel preachers like Joel Osteen who tell us that a positive outlook will lead to success, riches and the fulfillment of all of life's desires. These heaping helpings...
Reuters India, October 26, 2009
...services or to rally those employees who remain to 'do more with less.' So-called 'prosperity gospel' preachers like Joel Osteen have been delivering the message that God wants you to be rich to millions of followers -- some of whom have seen their...
Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star, October 22, 2009
...being elbowed out of the way by all the life coaches, self-help books, and prosperity gospel preachers like Joel Osteen who tell us that a positive outlook will lead to success, riches, and the fulfillment of all of life's desires. These heaping helpings...
Columbus Dispatch, October 20, 2009
...is being elbowed out of the way by all the life coaches, self-help books and prosperity-gospel preachers like Joel Osteen who tell us that a positive outlook will lead to success, riches and the fulfillment of all of life's desires. These heaping...
Gazette Extra!, October 19, 2009
...being elbowed out of the way by all the life coaches, self-help books and prosperity gospel preachers like Joel Osteen who tell us that a positive outlook will lead to success, riches and the fulfillment of all of life’s desires. These heaping...
Salt Lake Tribune, October 19, 2009
...being elbowed out of the way by all the life coaches, self-help books and prosperity gospel preachers like Joel Osteen who tell us that a positive outlook will lead to success, riches and the fulfillment of all of life's desires. These heaping helpings...
Salt Lake Tribune, October 18, 2009
...being elbowed out of the way by all the life coaches, self-help books and prosperity gospel preachers like Joel Osteen who tell us that a positive outlook will lead to success, riches and the fulfillment of all of life's desires. These heaping helpings...
Elle, September 16, 2009
...great-grandmother was a convert) through Dale Carnegie and Norman Vincent Peale to today’s prosperity-gospel preachers such as Joel Osteen, the academic “positive psychology” movement led by Martin Seligman, the charismatic cults of corporate...
Blogcritics.org, September 13, 2009
...27 am 0 comments There are likely only a small number of North Americans who wouldn?t find Joel Osteen?s face familiar if shown a photograph of him. Seen beaming at book buyers from the covers of a number of best-selling inspirational/motivational...
Amarillo Globe News, September 12, 2009
...Religion' by John Calvin Like a walk back in time, with nary a book by Rick Warren or Joel Osteen in sight, the library of Bible Chair of the Southwest references readers to bygone eras that influence the world today. The library, with more than 1,100...
Elle, September 10, 2009
...great-grandmother was a convert) through Dale Carnegie and Norman Vincent Peale to today?s prosperity-gospel preachers such as Joel Osteen, the academic ?positive psychology? movement led by Martin Seligman, the charismatic cults of corporate...
Billings Gazette, September 6, 2009
...history of the United States. Angela Cimmino, running in Ward 2, listed a book by another popular preacher, Joel Osteen's 'Become a Better You,' and a self-improvement book, 'Necessary Journeys' by Nancy Snyderman. Other self-help and advice books...
CNBC, August 21, 2009
...atone for the mortal sin of not hitting Amazon's Top 100 within 72 hours, for not kicking Joel Osteen's a**.' Hence, he shot the photo by the pool. Lame? Yes. On the other hand, he's now appeared in Funny Business twice! Even though I'm mocking...
TitusOneNine, March 10, 2010
...effective when she writes journalistically with an eye for the telling detail, such as in this description of Joel Osteen and his wife, Victoria: "In one way, the two of them seem perfectly matched, or at least symmetrical: his mouth is locked into the...
Quintessentially Quilly, March 3, 2010
...three American households with young children. Phil is highly respected by key leaders across the Christian landscape, from Joel Osteen to James Dobson. His company, Jellyfish Labs, provides faith-based daily programming via the Internet at...
Never Give Up by Joan Y. Edwards, February 25, 2010
...abundance for everyone of whatever they need. It leads you to self-empowerment. 4. Your Best Life Now by Joel Osteen This book tells you to focus on using your skills and strengths to reach your goals. Joels’ philosophy is that God wants only the best...
From My Heart, Out Of My Mind, February 23, 2010
...It’s Your Time: Activate Your Faith, Achieve Your Dreams, and Increase in God’s Favor   by Joel Osteen. Don’t you feel your brain dripping out through your nose with another one of these kinds of books? This is not a screed against Olsteen. It’s...
Journal, February 9, 2010
...and give some money and I am thankful. kathy renting too much space in my head. Last night Joel Osteen was saying God will take care of my enemies. I've got to believe that...
Reading to Know, February 9, 2010
...good literature is, would, of course, ultimately be decided by myself. ( heh .) #4 - I wouldn't let Joel Osteen write anymore books either. #5 - I would commission works from really, really good authors so that they wouldn't have to worry about being a...
Dave's Mormon Inquiry, February 8, 2010
...no direct comparison of Evangelical and LDS views. The index offers no entries under Propserity Gospel, Rick Warren, Joel Osteen, Evangelical, or even Protestant. The best I can find is an entry for John Calvin, which leads to a passage on the value of...
SANCTE PATER, January 9, 2010
...the newly-elected happens-to-be-lesbian mayor of Houston was sworn in Monday and the opening prayer was given by ... Rev. Joel Osteen. Is your head spinning? Osteen heads the nation's most mega of evangelical non-denominational megachurches, Lakewood...
Book Patrol, January 7, 2010
...Joel Osteen's Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas is arguable the biggest congregation in the nation. The church is housed in the old Compaq Center which used to be the home...
Josh Schroeder, January 5, 2010
...a Good News Life in a Bad News World . And since it isn't written by Joyce Meyer, Joel Osteen, Bruce Wilkinson, or any other self-help gurus masquerading as Christian evangelists, it's actually going to be both spiritually uplifting and biblically sound!...
Defending. Contending., December 5, 2009
...literature. I suppose this isn’t much of stretch for Wal-Mart, though. They’ve been selling Rick Warren, Joel Osteen, and Joyce Meyer for years. I wonder if the Jehovah’s Witnesses will demand their place on Wal-Mart’s bookshelves next...
soli Deo gloria, December 4, 2009
...second claim I acknowledge that there are some non-charismatics who preach prosperity. One huge example of this is Joel Osteen. Osteen is not necessarily a continuationist charismatic (one who believes the gifts of the spirit are still active), but his...
New @ Moon Library, December 2, 2009
... It’s Your Time: activate your faith, achieve your dreams and increase in god’s favor by Joel Osteen An exciting message about seizing the day from bestselling author Joel Osteen.  Rainwater by Sandra Brown A romantic historical novel from...
Catholic Exchange, November 23, 2009
...easy to succumb to New Age messages. I have a dear friend whose husband got hold of a Joel Osteen book that was dripping with prosperity doctrine. According to my friend, her unemployed husband, after reading Osteen’s message of God’s deliverance...
internetmonk.com, November 21, 2009
...been touched and the theological content is high. But for many other Christians, the Gospel content of a Joel Osteen or the Prosperity preachers seems quite appropriate. Osteen has even said that traditional Gospel content is offensive to what he is...
Dr Jim West, November 14, 2009
...away with the impression, doesn’t one, that the likes of Todd Bentley and Bishop Brian Tamaki, and Joel Osteen and Benny Hinn would come off transparently to the early Church what they are to intelligent people these days- false prophets. Didache 11...
Progressive Values, November 14, 2009
...Pastor Joel Osteen, whose upbeat positive thinking books have been embraced like a success manual by millions of followers, is now preaching a new message tailored for survival through the recession. The...
WalletPop Blog, November 11, 2009
...Joel Osteen serves up recession-themed positive thinking Zac Bissonnette Nov 11th 2009 at 4:30PM More Text Size A A A Filed under: Recession Pastor Joel Osteen's 2004 book "Your...
Positive Thinking to Personal Success, November 4, 2009
...Merle tob discusses Joel Osteen’s latest book Jesus is a fluffy cloud. Read more from the original source: Merle Tob meets Joel Olsteen at a book Signing | kingez.com Blog...
One-Minute Book Reviews, October 26, 2009
...Has Undermined America , which takes aim at the “positive psychology” movement, the “prosperty gospel” of superstar pastors like Joel Osteen, the cult of optimism in breast-cancer treatment, and more. Posted in News Tagged: Barbara Ehrenreich,...
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The Daily Beast - Blogs and Stories, October 15, 2009
...Hustad about our optimism obsession and what it has to do with the mortgage crisis, the media, and Joel Osteen’s parking spot. In June, New York magazine asked the Class of ’09 to characterize their mental outlook. Seven percent identified...
The Daily Beast - Blogs and Stories, October 15, 2009
...about Americans’ obsession with optimism and what it has to do with the mortgage crisis, our media, and Joel Osteen’s parking spot. In June, New York magazine asked the Class of ’09 to characterize their mental outlook. Seven percent identified...
tonymorganlive.com, July 31, 2009
...shouldn’t write a book. Don’t plan on making money. Unless your name is Rick Warren or Joel Osteen, you’re not going to make money writing a book. At best, you may get a platform from writing a book. Of course, the challenge there is that you...