*In his Sunday sermon, multimillionaire pastor Joel Osteen addressed the criticism against his decision to initially close the doors to his 16,000-seat Houston megachurch during Hurricane Harvey, in ...

If Joel Osteen has said it once, he’s said it 999 times: “I’d like to talk to you today about” a Bible verse or Christian subject. On Sunday, Mr. Osteen will deliver his 1,000th sermon in the pulpit ...

To sit through consecutive services is to glimpse Joel's aw-shucks, family-man persona and witness his abilities to write, rewrite and present in real time. After 1,000 sermons, it's still difficult ...

HOUSTON — Joel Osteen preached about living without fear in the first Sunday service at his Lakewood Church since a shooting last week that left a child in critical condition and a man injured. The ...

(CNN) — Services at Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church in Houston resumed Sunday morning with a large security presence, one week after a woman accompanied by her 7-year-old son walked into the megachurch ...