Megachurch pastor Joel Osteen (that is how Times Picayune columnist Tim Morris described him in his article of Sept.3) has been catching flack from the social media and others who accused him of not opening his church to the victims of Hurricane Harvey in Houston, Texas. Joel's church was reported taken in victims of the storm during the middle of last week and were taken in donated supplies also.
Morris reports that televangelist Osteen is worth $50 million, owns a $10.5 million Houston home with six bedrooms, six baths, three elevators, five fireplaces, a guest house and a pool house. That is a long way from what Jesus told his followers when he said "give up your possessions and follow me." Of course, wealthy televangelist is nothing new, it has been a part of the God and Jesus culture for a long time and now also involves itself in politics which some politicians love, especially conservative republicans.
Because of the social medias role concerning their reporting on the Osteen matter, Morris ends his article with this sentence. THE INTERNET COULD USE LESS SELF RIGHTEOUSNESS AND MORE HUMILITY. PolitiDose believes that should apply also to opinion writers who during the 2016 Presidential campaign regularly reported Trump's lies and fake news he tweeted over the internet and others use of social media to spread their hate.
But the real story that is missing is the oldest story of them all. That is how Jesus when on earth, ran the money changers out of the Temple. This writer believes that if Jesus walked the earth today, he would run the televangelist money makers out of their studios and arenas and would expose their lavish possessions.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
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