Joel OsteenPaid | iTunes
Length: 02:13:19
Aired: 10/14/2007
Joel Osteen has become America's most popular preacher. 16,000 people fill his church every Sunday and his TV services are the most-watched in the country. Yet some theologians say Osteen's sermons lack substance. Byron Pitts reports. watch
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