Steven Furtick Says Jesus Wasn't Sure if God Was Listening

Steven Furtick doesn’t preach sermons, he performs theological illusion acts. One minute, he’s quoting Scripture. The next, he’s pulling a rabbit out of a trapdoor named “This might be your God moment.” And like any skilled magician, he relies on distraction, crowd noise, and emotional fog to make you miss what’s really happening.

And what happened this Easter Sunday wasn’t resurrection power. It was resurrection plagiarism—with the actual gospel buried under a landslide of sentimental sludge.

Furtick didn’t give us the Christ of Scripture. He gave us a Christ who wasn’t sure if God was listening. The word he used was “wondered”—as in, didn’t know. As in, maybe God isn’t listening. As in, even Jesus once felt unsure, so it’s okay if you do too. But if your Jesus doesn’t know whether the Father is listening, then congratulations—you’ve just constructed a glorified motivational speaker with a carpenter’s tan and divine amnesia.

Jesus didn’t wonder. Jesus wasn’t confused. Jesus didn’t spiral into existential angst while hanging on the cross like some melodramatic protagonist in a Hallmark Easter special.

Furtick, however, is far more concerned with your "God moment" than God's glory. Here, the congregation didn’t get a sermon. They got a scripted therapy session disguised as a message, where the gospel plays second fiddle to your personal narrative arc. And to make that work, Furtick had to shave the divinity off Jesus like a deli slicer trims fat from ham. Just a little off the top—until you’re left with a Christ who eavesdrops like your iPhone and doubts like your therapist.

This is kenotic heresy in skinny jeans. I’ll explain why.