But even worse, I have seen how droves of people have been misled into thinking that they are getting provided the Bread of Life; i.e. the unadulterated gospel of Jesus Christ, unsure that they are being offered inspirational speeches on a plate, spiced with scriptures.
But I am much less worried about these motivational speakers in pulpits, as I'm concerned with the religious wellness of the thousands of people joining their churches; and the several million world wide tv readers whose lives are now being impacted by their teachings.
It's this concern for the spiritually weak that has led me to expose some of these preachers for who they really are; to warn you, the supporters and would-be followers of those preachers. I create to alert the Body of Christ relating to this proliferation in the Church; the danger of motivational talking packaged since the gospel; and to teach you how to identify a motivational speaker in the pulpit once you run into one; which I say, unfortunately, that there are many out there.
Therefore, let's start by identifying the 2 primary motivational speakers in pulpits or what I call, “inspirational preachers.” The two primary inspirational preachers of our time are Pastor Joel Osteen of the New Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas and Bishop T.D. Jakes of the Potter's House, Houston, Texas!
Astonished? Maybe! Perhaps not! However, if you should be astonished to learn that these two are motivational preachers, perhaps it's as they are your chosen preachers. Possibly, it's because you've generally believed them to be “O Great Ones.” Or possibly it's for their achievement, reputation, ministry measurement, followership, etc. as well as because of the great they have done in society. For example, Jakes'Woman Thou Art Loosed guide or jail outreach ministry. Or Osteen's guide, Your Best Living Now.
As individuals, we have a tendency to feature worldly accomplishment, great performs, ministry measurement, recognition, followership, etc. with godly success. Thus, greater a church, the more popular or effective a preacher, the more success we believe a person or business has. We even credit these accomplishments to God's blessings. But worldly accomplishment, great performs, ministry size as well as big followership is not necessarily the way of measuring godly success. An individual may have each one of these, yet not be godly. As an example, Oprah Winfrey has each one of these features, yet somehow she's not just a preacher; neither can her success be viewed godly; as a result of what she espouses.
So we can not pass worldly accomplishment, good operates, reputation, ministry measurement or even followership. In fact, T.D. Jakes in a CNN/TIME article was referred to as “Oprah-in-a-pulpit. But for Winfrey's generic spirituality, Jakes replacements God.” That is to express that, if Oprah were to become a preacher, she'd probably have one of many greatest churches on earth! But luckily, she has enough sense in which to stay her lane (at least for now). Therefore, every one of these attributes have nothing to do with godly Stephen Pierce!
But prior to we search at why Joel Osteen and T.D. Jakes are inspirational preachers, let's first understand what inspirational talking is, the benefits of motivational talking and the risk of packaging inspirational speaking since the gospel.
Only, motivational talking is an encouraging, beneficial presentation; designed to stimulate the fans to accomplish better and be better in unique areas of their lives. In a sense, the motivational speaker is an encourager – i.e. the people's cheer leader. He or she motivates people into action. Inspirational speaking is based mostly on mental or human strength and maybe not God's strength. It's what a individual can do in his / her possess strength, as opposed to what God can perform through the person in His strength.
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