“Is Oprah starting her own cult? Oprah Winfrey may have gone too far in exploiting and distributing the teachings of a questionable New Age writer.” ~ Fox News “Is Oprah starting her own cult? Oprah Winfrey may have gone too far in exploiting and distributing the teachings of a questionable New Age writer.” ~ Fox News

“For all his fame, many details of Mr. Tolle’s personal history are murky.” ~ New York Times “For all his fame, many details of Mr. Tolle’s personal history are murky.” ~ New York Times

FALSE CLAIM #1: Truth is subjective. If you don’t like it, change it. FALSE CLAIM #1: Truth is subjective. If you don’t like it, change it. EXAMINING THE CLAIMS OF “A NEW EARTH”

2 Timothy 4:3-4 (NLT) For a time is coming when people will no longer listen to sound and wholesome teaching. They will follow their own desires and will look for teachers who will tell them whatever their itching ears want to hear. They will reject the truth and chase after myths.

BIBLICAL RESPONSE: Truth is eternal. It does not change with the wind. BIBLICAL RESPONSE: Truth is eternal. It does not change with the wind. EXAMINING THE CLAIMS OF “A NEW EARTH”

Hebrews 13:8-9 (NLT) Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. So do not be attracted by strange, new ideas.

FALSE CLAIM #2: Jesus came primarily to show us how to live. FALSE CLAIM #2: Jesus came primarily to show us how to live. EXAMINING THE CLAIMS OF “A NEW EARTH”

“Jesus, came to show us Christ-consciousness… Jesus came to show us the way of the heart…Jesus came to say, ‘Look I’m going to live in the body, in the human body and I’m going to show you how it’s done.’” ~ Oprah Winfrey “Jesus, came to show us Christ-consciousness… Jesus came to show us the way of the heart…Jesus came to say, ‘Look I’m going to live in the body, in the human body and I’m going to show you how it’s done.’” ~ Oprah Winfrey

BIBLICAL RESPONSE: Jesus came primarily to rescue us from sin and death. BIBLICAL RESPONSE: Jesus came primarily to rescue us from sin and death. EXAMINING THE CLAIMS OF “A NEW EARTH”

Matthew 20:28 (NLT) “For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve others and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

Luke 19:10 (NLT) “For the Son of Man came to seek and save those who are lost.”

FALSE CLAIM #3: We are all part of a universal consciousness or energy. FALSE CLAIM #3: We are all part of a universal consciousness or energy. EXAMINING THE CLAIMS OF “A NEW EARTH”

BIBLICAL RESPONSE: We are individual creations of an all-powerful God. BIBLICAL RESPONSE: We are individual creations of an all-powerful God. EXAMINING THE CLAIMS OF “A NEW EARTH”

Psalm 139:13-16 (NLT) You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother’s womb. Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it. You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion, as I was woven together in the dark of the womb. You saw me before I was born.

FALSE CLAIM #4: Christianity is just one of many paths to God. FALSE CLAIM #4: Christianity is just one of many paths to God. EXAMINING THE CLAIMS OF “A NEW EARTH”

BIBLICAL RESPONSE: Jesus is the one and only path to God. BIBLICAL RESPONSE: Jesus is the one and only path to God. EXAMINING THE CLAIMS OF “A NEW EARTH”

John 14:6 (NLT) Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me.”

Ephesians 4:14 (NLT) Then we will no longer be immature like children. We won’t be tossed and blown about by every wind of new teaching. We will not be influenced when people try to trick us with lies so clever they sound like the truth.