Joel Osteen. FaithWords, $24 (192p) ISBN 978-1-4555-7571-8
Osteen (Your Best Life Now) has his cultural and theological critics even as millions of followers enjoy his television broadcasts and buy his books. The pastor of the 45,000-member Lakewood Community Church in Houston acts as cheerleader and...
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Joel Osteen. FaithWords, $26 (304p) ISBN 978-1-4555-3432-6
Osteen, bestselling author and preacher at Lakewood Church in Houston, Tex., tackles the age-old question of why bad things happen to good people. Everyone experiences dark and depressing times—divorce, the death of a loved one, or financial...
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Joel Osteen. Faithwords, $24 (224p) ISBN 978-0-8929-6967-8
In what reads like a very long version of one of his feel-good sermons, bestselling author and Texas megachurch pastor Osteen (The Power of I Am) preaches a message of positive thinking. He says that thoughts about a recent cancer diagnosis, a...
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Joel Osteen. FaithWords, $26 (300p) ISBN 978-0-89296-996-8
Osteen (Your Best Life Now) offers a more detailed take on his popular message in his latest book. Where previously he followed his televised message closely—God is good, and he wants you to enjoy vibrant health and material abundance—this book...
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Joel Osteen, Author . Free Press $25 (379p) ISBN 978-0-7432-9688-5
Megachurch pastor and bestselling author Osteen follows up Your Best Life Now
with this disappointingly unoriginal Christian self-help book. The seven subtitular steps to improvement include instructions to develop good habits, better relationships
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Joel Osteen, Author Warner Faith $21.99 (310p) ISBN 978-0-446-53275-4
Houston megachurch pastor and inspirational TV host Osteen offers an overblown and redundant self-help debut. Many Christian readers will undoubtedly be put off by the book's shallow name-it-and-claim-it theology; although the first chapter claims...
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Joel Osteen, read by the author. Hachette Audio, unabridged, two CDs, 2 hrs., $23.98 ISBN 978-1-61113-233-5
Joel Osteen’s book is structured as a series of 31 devotionals, each of which describes one of God’s promises to the faithful, focusing on areas as varied as personal finance, health, and decision making. Fundamentally, the theme that runs...
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Joel Osteen. FaithWords, $23.99 (128p) ISBN 978-1-4555-3439-5
Lakewood Church pastor Osteen (Empty Out the Negative) provides guidance to help Christians practice intentional peacefulness in this insightful homily. He advises Christians to not allow disappointments to cause frustration or discouragement, and...
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Joel Osteen. FaithWords, $28 (240p) ISBN 978-1-4555-3441-8
This uplifting if repetitive guide by televangelist Osteen (Stay in the Game) offers advice for enduring hard times with the help of God. Using scriptural analysis and personal anecdotes, Osteen contends that there is a “comeback for every setback”...
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Joel Osteen. Faithwords, $27 (192p) ISBN 978-1-5460-0511-7
“The spirit of faith” is “in your words,” according to this emphatic sermon from pastor Osteen (Your Greatness Is Coming). Writing that “words are like seeds... every time you say them, they’re taking root and growing,” the author posits that...
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Joel Osteen. Faithwords, $29 (224p) ISBN 978-1-54600-515-5
“How you pray determines what kind of life you live,” contends megachurch pastor Osteen (Speak the Blessing) in this impassioned if well-worn prayer guide. Assuring readers that God “knows where your provision is, and He knows how to get it to you,”
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