As we learned last week, Kanye West’s religious delusions and political conservatism have attracted the attention of many preachers, pastors and con men. If anything, Kanye is stealing their con, but they don’t seem to mind because they can just work with Kanye to fleece even more people. Joel Osteen is the prosperity-gospel-wielding pastor of Lakewood Church in Houston. Osteen invited Kanye to speak at Lakewood this weekend, and Kanye did it. It was a success in that a lot of people came out. I guess it was a success in that Kanye calmly said some truly bonkers f–king bullsh-t too.

Kanye West is opening up about his faith. The Jesus Is King rapper, 42, stopped by pastor Joel Osteen‘s Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas, on Sunday, where he spoke a little about his spiritual journey.

“I know that God’s been calling me for a long time and the devil’s been distracting me for a long time,” he said while standing with the pastor in Osteen’s megachurch. “When I was in my lowest points, God was there with me and sending me visions and inspiring me, and I remember sitting in the hospital at UCLA after having a mental breakdown and there’s documentation of me drawing a church and [wanting to] start a church in the middle of Calabasas,” he added, referring to his 2016 hospitalization during his Saint Pablo tour.

West, who has spoken at length in recent months about his faith, went on to share despite “all of that arrogance and cockiness that y’all have seen from me” in the past, “God is now using him.”

“Because every time I stand up, I feel that I’m standing up and drawing a line in the sand and saying, ‘I’m here in service to God and no weapon formed against me shall prosper,’ ” he said. “Jesus has won the victory. I told you about my arrogance and cockiness already. Now the greatest artist that God has ever created is now working for him,” he added, with a smile on his face. Towards the end of his time onstage, Osteen encouraged the crowd to welcome the rapper’s wife Kim Kardashian West as well as their daughter North, both of whom were sitting in the front row.

[From People]

When do we say enough is enough? Like, it’s easy for me to simply shake my head and shrug at this point, because it’s not my church and not my money and I canceled Kanye years ago. I’m sure many people are like “well, it’s harmless.” But when does it get truly disturbing? When he starts baptizing people in Yeezus water? When he gets his own Yeezus religious channel? “Now the greatest artist that God has ever created is now working for him.” BEYONCE HAS ALWAYS BEEN WORKING FOR GOD, YOU MONSTER.

What a monumental moment with our pastor, @JoelOsteen, and @KanyeWest!

We are getting ready for tonight and expecting big things! Who are you watching Sunday Service with tonight?#SundayServiceAtLakewood#LakewoodChurch pic.twitter.com/wEq6gRvc5s

— Lakewood Church (@lakewoodchurch) November 17, 2019

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