You are a good dude and contributor, but we aren't judging Joel Osteen.
We are discerning.
The Prosperity Gospel he teaches is not Biblical. It completely ignores the reality of following Jesus and "take up your CROSS and follow me." It ignores all of Jesus' teaching to the Pharisees. Now that doesn't mean God won't use that in very powerful ways. Other shepherds who failed, including Swaggart, Baker, MacDonald, Noble, to Driscoll, are very flawed men who God used to lead people to Christ. Just as he did with Noah, Abraham, Moses, David, Peter, and Paul.
Believers should expect and will be persecuted. God will bless that in ways we wont' understand. Suffering and persecution go hand-in-hand with being a Christian. Yes, small groups, fellowship, time in the Word are the bread, but a shepherd that is not preaching the entire Word of God is misleading his sheep. One might say, a wolf in sheep's clothing.
I believe Matthew 7:15 refers to that explicitly.