The Other Deepest Thing

Your Best Life Now? Part 1

Joel Osteen, Charles Taylor and what it is we all want

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John Ray
Apr 19, 2023
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Joel Osteen isn’t wrong, at least not totally. The uber-popular and immaculately-coiffed preacher of a particular form of “prosperity gospel” understands the questions better than most, even if his answers and applications are suspect at best. Brother Joel knows well the often-unarticulated longing of every person to find meaning, purpose, something sub…

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