Comments on: Why My Parents Love Joel Osteen http://waynepark.com/2009/09/03/why-my-parents-love-joel-osteen/ WAYNEPARK.COM: meditations on faith | place | race Sun, 29 Aug 2010 07:59:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Wayne http://waynepark.com/2009/09/03/why-my-parents-love-joel-osteen/comment-page-1/#comment-393 Wayne Thu, 10 Sep 2009 05:44:45 +0000 http://waynepark.com/?p=1234#comment-393 I would think so... He def doesn't come across as arrogant, or polemical, or critical, or anti-anything... he just seems really really nice, and bright, and positive. And that attitude (and also that smile) is what seems to win over most Koreans... I would think so…
He def doesn’t come across as arrogant, or polemical, or critical, or anti-anything… he just seems really really nice, and bright, and positive.
And that attitude (and also that smile) is what seems to win over most Koreans…

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In any event, there are worse examples out there than Joel Osteen. At least, he doesn’t necessarily seem arrogant. Maybe that’s part of his appeal?

]]> By: Cameron http://waynepark.com/2009/09/03/why-my-parents-love-joel-osteen/comment-page-1/#comment-390 Cameron Mon, 07 Sep 2009 16:39:21 +0000 http://waynepark.com/?p=1234#comment-390 Wayne, I appreciate your willingness to look into this issue without being critical of JO. I personally find it way to easy to be critical of the "big time TV" preacher dudes, hard for me to see the legitimacy from a strictly community standpoint. However, I do find it interesting and even a little refreshing that Koreans are really into JO, God uses different people FOR different people I guess. Wayne, I appreciate your willingness to look into this issue without being critical of JO. I personally find it way to easy to be critical of the “big time TV” preacher dudes, hard for me to see the legitimacy from a strictly community standpoint. However, I do find it interesting and even a little refreshing that Koreans are really into JO, God uses different people FOR different people I guess.

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