I'm not sure why so many people are upset. He opened his doors and took people in. Just not as fast as everyone wanted.  There is probably a 1000 churches  in Houston that did not open their doors and no one is saying anything about that. All the roads around Lakewood were mostly under water for a day or two after the storm ended so I can understand the delay.  I would be more **** off at God than Joel Osteen because he made the storm in the first place and tried to wipe Houston off the Map. Why is nobody calling God out? Also No one is ever forced to put a dollar in Vickeys money bowl on Sunday so I don't see why everybody is making a big deal about how much money they make. If people can't figure out that big churches only sell smiles these days and not salvation then that is there own  fault.Â
@SwaggyG:
1. Its not God. God wants nothing horrible to happen to us . Its Satan. He is the ruler in this world until Jesus comes back puts Satan in his place. So blame Satan
2. The streets were not flooded around that church there is video.
3. Joel is a wolf in sheep's clothing. A shepherd would not let his flock drown. He got caught lying that is the only reason he opened the church
4. That church is not his. It's the people church who pay their tithes. That church is the biggest church around that could hold 16,000 people
5 many others churches did open up I know about every church in kingwood did
6 did you see Joel ripping out any houses? . I don't think so. But they did pass around a collection plate to the victims that were staying there. 4951