Joel Osteen urges believers to rise above gossip, slander, and busybody behavior by choosing to «turn off the flow» of negative talk, drawing from Proverbs 10:18–19 and the story of Noah’s sons in Genesis, emphasizing that covering faults and [...]

"Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me". That childhood chant probably ranks as the greatest all-time lie only surpassed by our parent's speech: this is going to hurt me more than it hurts you. Before they [...]

Before we start giving everybody else lessons, we have to think about what we're not so good at. And everybody's good at a bunch of stuff and everybody is not good at a bunch of stuff. These are, in case you're wondering what this [...]

In this message, Joel Osteen warns against fueling gossip and rumors by repeating negative or unflattering information, even if true, using the metaphor of carrying gasoline or water and the story of Noah’s sons in Genesis to show that covering [...]