I only reblog exceptional blog posts – and this is one of those.
Posted on August 27, 2014 on Youtube was an upbeat little clip from Pastor Osteen in Houston. But not the pastor you are probably thinking of. No, this is not Joel Osteen but his wife and co-pastor, Victoria.
She said with a big smile on her face and with husband Joel standing next to her in nodding approval:
“When we obey God, we’re not doing it for God. I mean, that’s one way to look at it. We’re doing it for ourselves, because God takes pleasure when we’re happy. That’s the thing that gives him the greatest joy this morning. So I want you to know this morning, just do good—for your own self. Do good ’cause God wants you to be happy.
When you come to church, when you worship him, you’re not doing it for God really! You’re doing it for yourself, because that’s what makes God…
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Words Matter: Refining the Conversation 
Frightening. We are living in the age of the apostate “Church.” You have to wonder how it is even possible to evangelize when our culture (even inside the church) has taught us that we can make up our own rules. I suppose that this was always the attendant danger of American individualism. Makes me all the more grateful that some of us still perceive truth. That isn’t an accident, and it’s pure grace. Thank you, Lord!