Pastor Joel Osteen

(A tanglei cabia hi Rungcin biathang 13th August, 2006 i rak chuah cia mi asi. Laimi Krihfa hruaitu hna lak ah upatnak nganpi an pek cio mi Rev. Dr. Sikhia nih a ttial. Hi cabia ka thlah tthannak cu cabia tthing hna hi rel ti loin an liam thai sual lo nak caah le carel tu hna caah theihtlei santlai an si nak hnga caah asi. Hi cabia hi Rungcin biathang thlah tu le Cattial tu hna sin ah nawl ka la ta lo. Pingpang le relrem lo nak a um sual ah cun ka hnawh tthan lai. Nawl laak ta a hauh si ah cun, nawl laak kaa tim cia. Lian)

America i Khrihfabu Nganbik Hruaitu Pastor Joel Osteen

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(Cherhchan lakmi: Frank E. Lockwood, McClatchy–Tribune News Service)

TV ah Joel Osteen muihmai ka hmuhnak hi a sau cang nain a konglam tthatein ka hlat hlai manh bal lo. Nihin (August 5, 2006) chuahmi thawngca pakhat ah a kong tawi fiang tein an ttialmi cabia ka rel i a huammi caah ka lehmi a si. Joel Osteen cu Texas State, Houston “Lakewood Church” pastor a si. Hi church hi a tu lio America ah member tamcem a si tiah an ti. Zarhpi zing aa pummi hi 30,000 lengmang an si. An i pumhnak hmun hi Houston Rocket Basketball Team nih cu hlan an rak icelhnak Stadium “Compag Center” ah a si.

Joel Osteen hi Baibal sianginn a kai balmi a si lo. Oral Roberts University a cawn tanttim ah degree ngah lo in aa phuah i TV Evangelist a simi a pa John Osteen rian a bomh. Apa phungchimmi TV in chuah rian a ttuan. Apa i tuahmi TV in Pathian thawngttha phuan rianttuanak hi vawlei cung ram 100 nih an zoh, an ngaihmi a si. 1999 kum ah John Osteen cu ruah lo pi in a thih tikah Lakewood Church upa pawl nih Joel Osteen cu a pa rian chan dingah an fial. Upa cheukhat cu hi ti a pa rianchawn an fialmi hi an thin a phang. Zeicahtiah mah tiang ah hin Joel Osteen cu voikhat te lawng phung a chim bal rih caah zarh khat ah 6,000 a pummi Khrihfabu hruai dingah cun an zenh piak ngai.

Asinain caan a rauh hlan ah minung 10,000 ah an karh colh. Cun 20,000. 30,000 tiang chungtel an karh i kum nga lawng a si ah chungtel 40,000 tiang an hung si. Church Growth Today dirhtu John N. Vaughan nih cun Joel i a Khrihfabu “Lakewood Church” hi America ah chungtel tambik a simi Khrihfabu an si ee tiah nai ah thawng a thanh hi a rauh hlan ah 50,000 an si colh te lai tiah a chim chih fawn.

Nihin ahcun Joel Osteen cu America ah TV phungchim minthangbik a si ko cang. A cauk, “Your Best Life Now: 7 Steps to Living at Your Full Potential,” hi uk million 5 an zuar cang. Joel cu miholh ka nem a si. Mirh siammam bu tein thawngttha a phuan. Hell kongnak in Vancung kong deuh a chim. Ttihphan thlalaunak kong si loin ruahchannak kong deuh a phuan. (He stresses the positive). Joel Osteen cu kum 43 minung a si. Pumh a dih tik paoh ah a duhmi hna kha hmai ah a auh hna i pumpeknak (alter call) a tuah. Mitampi cu hmai ah an chuak i mipi hmai ah Jesuh Khrih an zumhnak kha an langhter. Asinain micheukhat nih cun a phungchimmi hi positive deuh lawng a si caah mitampi kha a hman lomi lam ah a pialter hna ee tiah an ti ve.

TV Evangelist pawl ngiathlai rian le mi kan damh ee tiah biaknak in mi a hlengtu (faith healers and religious con-artist) pawl an konglam mipi sinah a phuang tawntu Ole Anthony (The Trinity Foundation) nih cun, “Joel Osteen nih mipi kha cotton-candy theology a pek hna,” tiah a si. Cotton-candy cu zoh ah lachawn bantuk in porh ngai in a um i tampi i sum in kaa chung i tuh ahcun hmakhat tein a ti in a zut i a ziam colhmi a thlummi ei ding phunkhat khi a si. “Atthatnak pakhat belte cu thil ningcang lo in a tuahmi (fraud) a um rih lo,” tiah Ole Anthony nih cun a ti.

Asinain Osteen hi Khrihfabu sin lahkhah a la ti lo ti a si. Amah bawmhchanhtu pawl nih an chimmi cu, “Osteen cu Pathian bia mipi nih fawi tein an theih fian khawhnak hnga Pathian nih chimthiamnak pahrang a pekmi pa a si,” an ti. An nunnak ah harnak le lungrehteihnak phunphun (crises) nih a ttemttawnmi hna a Khrihfa chungtel hna caah caan pek in biatak tein thla a cam piak hna. Hi rian hi zei dang nak in papek in a ttuan. Roja Teresa nih cun, “Hi church ah ka pumh ah hin Pathian he ka naih deuh tiah ka thlarau nih a hngalh. Cu cu nuamhnak, daihnak … hna an si,” tiah a ti.

Osteen hi minthang ngai a si ko nain a pa bantuk in mipi kha pumh dih hnu tual ah a dir i saupi a chonh hna, an kut a tlaih hna. Mitampi a mah kut tlaih dingah an i tlang i an hngah. Micheu nih a minthut (autograph) an hal. Acheu nih amah he hman an i thlak. Cun a cheu nih cun thlacampiaknak an hal. Cu ti cun pumh chuah hnu ah suimilam pakhat paoh cu inntual ah caan a hman lengmang. Cu hnu ah a dam lomi ngakchia tete a pom hna i thla a cam piak rih hna. Cun mising pipi (strangers) sin zong in greeting cards hna a hlan rih hna. Acawngtu (bodyguard) pawl nih tikik thawl put in a pawng in an cawngh peng.

Scotth Thumma (Sociologist of Religion at Hartford Seminary) nih cun, “Osteen i a Khrihfabu a tthanning hi a ran tuk, thil si tawnning kel lawnh (extraordinary) in a um caah fianter awk ah a fawi hrim hrim lo,” tiah a ti. “Joel Osteen hi Baibal sianginn kai balmi cu a si lo nain a hnuzul pawl nih cun Pathian thluachuah bak a co tiah an zumh. Cun a minung sining (personality) bak hi mi tampi nih an uar. Aminung sining hrimhrim ah mittha, mi zawn a ruahtu le mi a dawtu a si (He comes across as a good guy, as one of us, as someone who’s caring and sincerely interested in everybody),” tiah Thumma nih cun a chim rih.