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Instead they whittle down the meaning of these Christian words so that Steven Furtick seems aligned with the self-help guru hall of fame Oprah is placing him in. Oprah and Furtick are not trying to propel your attention to Christ crucified.

The bio does have distinct Christian words like 'give their lives to Christ,' 'power of Jesus Christ,' 'God's glory.' But these distinctly Christian words are not the emphasis of Oprah and Furtick. Let's take a look at the wording on Furtick's bio page on Oprah's website: Furtick's Elevation Church draws our attention to those self-help linguistics.

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The typical self-help/leadership book is full of catch phrases like 'inspiring others' and 'live out an authentic life'. Wouldn't it have been so much better if his Facebook announcement celebrated how he called for people to repent of their sins and trust in what Jesus did for them on the cross? But instead of presenting Christianity as a contrast to all the other New Agers on the list, he just gave a 'Christian' version of the same vague 'spirituality.' Of course, if Steven Furtick was preaching a Biblical message of repentance for the forgiveness of sins he probably would have never made Oprah's list to begin with. This mingling of Christianity with totally pagan self-help training and leadership advice is very common-and very confusing. We are sinners in need of a Savior, not students who just need a more effective teacher so we can reach our potential. An authentic life? Isn't that the language of self-help gurus? Our inability to lead an 'authentic life' is one of the problems that Jesus came to solve. Watch this conference promo video and ask yourself: Does this look like an actual Christian conference, or a motivational conference full of shouting, exaggerating and people being told how great they are? Ask yourself: Is this video trying to accurately describe a conference, or is it emotionally manipulating me into wanting to get pumped up and join all the cool people shown here?Ī preacher of the gospel is embracing being celebrated for helping people live an authentic life. OH YEAH, GOD WANTS YOU TO ACHIEVE YOUR DREAM DESTINY THINGY!!!! YOU CAN DO IT!!!!!!!!! (Continue cheering until further notice.) ONCE YOU BECOME A DIAMOND IN AMWAY YOU CAN QUIT YOUR DAY JOB!! (Oh wait, that's a different, but very similar, conference.).

OBLIGATORY FOOTAGE OF DRUMMERS DRUMMING AS PEOPLE DANCE AROUND IN SLOW MOTION!! (Wide aperture on the lens again nice touch).

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NO LOSERS ALLOWED THIS IS WHERE SUPER-CHRISTIANS LEARN HOW TO WIN!!.

OBLIGATORY FOOTAGE OF ATHLETE GETTING READY TO WIN!! WOW-HE'S READY TO KICK SOME BUTT!!! JUST LIKE OUR CHURCH!!!!!.

AND THEN CHEERING SOME MORE!! WHY IS THERE SO MUCH CHEERING? JUST KEEP CHEERING!!!! OBLIGATORY FOOTAGE OF EMOTIONAL WORSHIPPERS WITH HANDS RAISED! (Wide aperture on lens for that shallow depth of field look this says 'spiritual, but not religious' like nothing else).HYPE-O-RAMA OF PASTORAL (& OVERLY DRAMATIC) SHOUTING! BECAUSE SHOUTING PROVES THAT SOMETHING IS TRUE!! Just like using ALL CAPS!!!!.