TEXAS: Joel Osteen's Prosperity Gospel Church Robbed Of One Week's Prosperity

But don't worry, they are insured. From the church:

We were heartbroken to learn today that funds were stolen from the church over the weekend. This includes cash, checks and envelopes containing written credit card information, and it is limited only to those funds contributed in the church services on Saturday, March 8 and Sunday, March 9, 2014. If you made a contribution during these weekend services, we would encourage you to pay close attention to your accounts over the next several days and weeks and report any suspicious activity to your financial institution or credit card company immediately. It is important to note this was not an electronic data breach, but was instead limited to donations made in the services on March 8 and 9, 2014. You were not affected if you put your offering in a drop box, you gave online or through other electronic means, or you made a bookstore purchase. We are working with the police to fully investigate the incident. The funds were fully insured, and we are working with our insurance company to restore the stolen funds to the church.

Below: Joel Osteen's 17,000sf mansion.

Jesus Comes First

After Monday's tweet about about rubbing one out, some folks on Facebook think Osteen "is just trolling us now." Source. (Via JMG reader Ian)

UPDATE: I meant to ask if anybody can find the original source on this and prove it's not a photoshop.

Tweeted & Deleted

Deleted just minutes later when somebody hipped the pastor to its meaning.

"Ex-Gay" Advocate Pastor Joel Osteen: I Didn't Choose To Be Heterosexual

Quote Of The Day - Joel Osteen

"I believe the Scripture says that being gay is a sin. But, you know, every time I say that, Chris, I get people say, ‘Well, you are a gay hater and you’re a gay basher.’ I’m not. I don’t dislike anybody. Gays are some of the nicest, kindest, most loving people in the world. But my faith is based on what I believe the Scripture says and that’s the way I read the Scripture. I think we shouldn’t discriminate against anybody. So, I think — yes, I don’t think there is an issue where somebody couldn’t go visit a gay loved one in the hospital. I don’t think that’s right. They love each other. So, I think there should be some. I’m not for gay marriage, but I’m not for discriminating against people." - Megachurch Pastor Joel Osteen, speaking on Fox News Sunday.

Joel Osteen: Love The Gay Away

"Somebody that maybe had this certain difficulty now, maybe in five years they’re not if we will love them. You know, I think one of the messages I speak on sometimes is, you know, we can love people back into wholeness. But sometimes we want to beat them down — you got this addiction and you shouldn’t have that, or you did this — I just don’t think that’s the best way." - Pastor Joel Osteen, speaking to the Washington Post.

Joel Osteen: I'm Still Anti-Gay

Joel Olsteen: Homosexuality Is A Sin

More bigotry from the smiling zillionaire "prosperity gospel" scam artist, who says that being gay is not "God's best way" to be a human.

THE VIEW: Joy Behar Confronts Joel Osteen Over Position On Gays

Behar: "You know it's NOT a choice, Pastor." Osteen: "We don't have a sign on our church saying, 'No Gays, No Drunkards, No People On Drugs'...but there are scripture that we just can't change."

Joel Osteen On Marriage

Soft-spoken mega-preacher Joel Osteen allows that gay people can be good people, but when it comes to marriage, he'd prefer "we shoot for God's best."