Oprah Winfrey’s Course In Miracles Is New Age Spiritism!
Posted by Job on January 9, 2008
2 Peter 2:1, Matthew 24:23-27, Matthew 7:15,16, 2 Timothy 4:3,4
Three lives who influence millions each day. For the last 6 years I have
warned you about 3 different people whose lives influence millions of
people. Amazingly, all 3 of those people are hot in the news today. I wish
I had the thousands of emails I have received over the years from people who
have given me so much grief for simply sharing the truth about these people,
since I have been right about them all along. The purpose today is not to
gloat or say “I told you so,” but to reiterate the warning I have shared
often that those who lead people AWAY from God and His Truth are most
dangerous of all, no matter how rich and popular they may be or how much the
media glorifies them. There is only ONE TRUTH, the Bible, and there is only
ONE HOPE, Jesus!
I began warning people about Britney Spears 7 years ago when she became this
mega pop superstar, shedding her wholesome Mickey Mouse Club image for that
of a stripper singing about sex and rebellion, causing millions of young
girls to want to be just like her. It has been sad to watch her life
continue to spiral downward over the years as she has battled with drugs,
alcohol, and failed marriages, all the result of a life being lived in
complete rebellion to God. Her most recent meltdown, a drug-induced
standoff with police after locking herself in a bathroom with one of her
children because she didn’t want to give them back to their father, landed
her in the psych ward of an LA hospital. Even as her life has slowly
deteriorated over the years, she still has millions of fans and continues to
influence the lives of those who want to be like her.
Another highly influential person I have been warning people about since he
appeared on the scene is Oprah’s creation Dr. Phil. Oprah owns his program
and is the only reason anyone even knows who Dr. Phil is. My concern about
Phil McGraw has always been two-fold. First, the counsel he gives on his
program is NOT Biblical, but the pop-psycho babble of the world. He has
taken stands against God’s Word on issues like sex, marriage and sins like
homosexuality in order to appeal to the masses. His program is not about
helping people but exploiting them for ratings. Again, the danger of Dr.
Phil lies in the fact he is not only leading people AWAY from Biblical
Truth, but millions are tuning in to his program each day looking for
answers and only getting a Band-aid of worldly advice.
The second major concern I have with Dr. Phil is that he claims to be a
Christian. Only God knows his heart, but he routinely goes on Christian
networks and programs to tap into that audience, saying many of the right
things when he appears in those venues, yet continuing to dispense advice in
contradiction to the Bible on his program. Biblically illiterate church
goers are conned by his charisma, and he has built up over the years a huge
following of non-discerning Christians who have bought into the gospel of
Dr. Phil.
If you ever needed an example of what a sick, manipulative, and exploitive
person Dr. Phil is, you need look no further than his involvement in Britney
Spears’ recent meltdown. Just like he has interjected himself in the lives
of other high profile celebrities and cases, people like entertainment
reporter Pat O’Brian who had a recent battle with drugs and alcohol and
Natalie Holloway’s family to name a couple, Dr. Phil raced to “intervene” in
Britney’s case supposedly at the behest of her parents.
I was encouraged, however, when I found out that Britney made the best
choice she has made in many years when she refused to allow Dr. Phil to see
her in the hospital. For context, he will be having Britney’s parents on
his program this week. With one daughter in full meltdown, another 16 and
pregnant, these are parents who really could use some Godly counsel, but
sadly, will only get the typical exploitive advice geared to boost ratings.
How sick to use such a real life tragedy for ratings!
As a side note, Thomas Nelson publishers which was recently sold to a
secular concern, is scheduled to release a book by Britney’s mother on
parenting. Of all the moms walking this planet to be writing about
parenting, the mother of Britney and Jamie Lynn Spears is probably the worst
choice for such a book.
The third person is the most dangerous woman on the planet due to her money
and influence, Oprah. One of my many quotes about Oprah over the years that
the secular press has hammered me on was when I called her a “New Age
witch.” I won’t be holding my breath for their apologies, but that is
EXACTLY what she is, even more so now that on her XM Satellite Radio program
this year there will be a year-long study on the New Age “A Course in
Miracles.”
This course was created by a Jewish atheistic psychologist from Columbia
University who began to write down a 1,000 pages of messages from a spirit
she believed to be Jesus. (My note: Frank Peretti fans will recognize how similar this is to Juleen Langstrat in “This Present Darkness!) As she wrote, she says, the words “This is a course in miracles” appeared. The course promises to “provide a way in
which some people will be able to find their own Internal Teacher,” in other
words, their personal ‘Spirit Guide.’”
The conclusion of the course is: don’t worry about your conduct, since
there is no such thing as sin, believe what you want to believe there is no
absolute truth, it doesn’t matter whether you follow Buddha, Krishna, or
Jesus as your enlightened leader, don’t worry about hell, there is no
punishment, and that salvation comes from yourself. Just like on her TV
program where she gives a forum to every New Age philosophy and cult known
to man, promoting garbage like “The Secret,” it is Oprah once again setting
herself out as the spiritual guru to the nation with her own brand of New
Age lies from the pits of hell.
Of course, she would NEVER have the guts to have someone like myself on her
program who would clearly lay out the fact there is only ONE Truth, the
Bible, and only ONE way to be saved, faith in Jesus Christ, since that would
strip her of her powers to dictate to people what truth is. Because of her
worldwide fame, billions of dollars, and power within the entertainment
community, Oprah is without a doubt the most dangerous woman on this planet
today and the closest thing there is to the anti-Christ!
I love you and care about you so much. You would not believe the number of
lives people like Britney, even in her current state, Dr. Phil, and Oprah
influence. All 3 of these people are dangerous because they are leading
people AWAY from Christ and Biblical Truth. Please take a few minutes today
and pray for Britney. She doesn’t need the exploitive Dr. Phil to intervene
in her life, but a solid man or woman of God who isn’t looking for the
cameras, only the opportunity to help lead this troubled soul to the only
hope and answer she has, Jesus! Pray for Dr. Phil. If he truly is saved,
he needs to start putting Christ before the fame and fortune of this world
and start using his visibility to bring people God’s Truth and letting
people know Christ is the ONLY hope now and for all eternity. Also pray for
Oprah. I still believe that if she got saved and sold out for Christ, she
could become one of the most powerful vessels ever to bring Christ to this
world.
I will be praying for you today. It is so easy to get caught up following
those we see in the media and gravitate to their thoughts and ideas. Never
forget, there is only one truth. It is not what we want it to be or what
someone else says it is, it is what GOD SAYS IT IS IN HIS WORD! That is
what must guide our lives each day. I will pray that you measure all you
see and hear from anyone, even those men and women who represent the Lord,
against the Truth of the Bible. Our lives can be influenced by many
different people. My word for you today is to take a moment and really
think about who is influencing your life today. Make sure it is someone who
is following the Lord and influencing you to follow God’s Word and to serve
and honor Christ with your life each day!
In His love and service,
Your friend and brother in Christ,
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AWaytoTruth said
I really feel saddened that so many people put faith in celebrities who will lead them down the road to Hell in a hand-basket. As for me, I may watch their shows occasionally, but I never let myself be influenced spiritually by any of them and all this “New Age” junk that’s constantly being promoted. I don’t watch programming that’s associated with it if I have any inkling that’s what’s going to be discussed on the show that particular day. I also don’t buy the literature — the only book I need to continue studying up on the Bible. And it’s very scary now there are interactive discussions and classes on-line which promote “New Age” ideals. The discussion boards for these shows are full of people as well who are mixing Christianity up with New Age stuff to suit themselves as well — people making their own ‘false’ realities with regard to Christ, the Kingdom of God, and Heaven and Hell. Anyway, for what it is worth, may God have mercy on all their souls.
A Sister in Christ
Charles D. said
AWaytoTruth
Good and wise words you say. I wish you continued faith and strength in His name.
Only thing about “New age,” is it is not very “new” anymore. That same old substitutionary garbage has been circulating since before I can remember. Thing about Oprah and is common among celebrities as well is that they get this false sense of invinsibility that it is expected of them to come up with something new. They feel the world expect that of them and maybe some do.
You will notice that some comedians, when they reach what they consider their apex, then, they have to bring God and Jesus into their routine, and haven’t a clue has to the cost for having done so. Fairly soon their careers dry up further and they wonder how they fell into that sinful, lost morass. Couldn’t see it coming, but, lo and behold…now they really have no alternative but to seek the same Jesus that they used in their routines, only this time, they have to seek in spirit and in truth.
I am gratified that you can see through all of this stuff.
Be blessed
Charles
Duncan Macmillan said
“God is Love…
If anyone says, “I love God,” but hates his brother, he is a liar; for whoever does not love a brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen.
This is the commandment we have from him: whoever loves God must also love his brother.”
I desire to see, Bill, you as my perfectly loveable brother, not to judge you differently by myself, but to see you as God must see you. As his perfect creation. This must be the truth about you. Bless you.
Lorenzo said
It saddens me for you to be attacking these three people with Christianity. The important word is “attacking” because your arguments, in their rashness and oversimplifications, have the most significant repercussions on an attack. Namely, your words instigate animosity, hatred and all that come with them.
Your arguments work by having a set of rules and ideals to which you compare these three people to. You look at their lives and see how good they measure up to them. If they match up well enough, I predict that you would not attack them so much. But if they fail to match up substantially, as is evident, then you attack them.
The problem with that logic is that you are failing to recognize the depth of the human person. You are developing the perspective that any human person can be judged so rashly just by what is only on the surface. Just consider how much you base your arguments on what you see of these people from the media. Your arguments are fundamentally based only on what you see on TV. You don’t know these people. You don’t know the depth of their persons. Yet you pretend like you do. Jesus is much more dynamic with his love than that.
And you should also note that Jesus is the model of infinite human depth.
You actually sound like someone who would persecute Jesus yourself had you lived during His time. Jesus did break laws. The Phrasiees did say he was blasphemous. They did say he was DANGEROUS.
If you want to be so Biblical, then consider how Adam and Eve ate from the tree of knowledge and your playing God by deciding who is evil and who is not.
The true mark of a Christian is love. Jesus teaches me to be compassionate, to understand, to forgive and to love. Yet what you are doing inspires only hatred and all that comes with it. You may say that you are praying for them, and that is supposedly compassionate, but it serves only as an assertion that you are somehow better than them, that you are holy and that they are damned. So much for being equal in the eyes of God.
You can get into all the details of the Bible as much as you want. But, with your spiteful words, know that you have failed the fundamental goal of Christianity which is to love.
Even the most powerful ideologies like love, hope and peace can be taken over by delusion. I am saddened to witness that happen.
Lorenzo said
read Luke 18:9-14.
Independent Conservative said
Lorenzo, have you read John 14:6?
Do you realize that without Jesus the result is judgment and death? Do you understand that Buddhism, Islam, Hinduism and all “other paths” are FALSE and lead straight to hell?
Lorenzo said
Yes, I have read it. “Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.”
And clearly, your way is not Jesus’ way because you hate while he loved. Jesus was life while you destroy life with animosity.
You can assert that all people of other religions will go straight to hell. Nevertheless, the way you treat others has brought hell to earth.
So if a guy were to alleviate a significant portion of poverty, create peace in his community and love all of his family, but was buddhist, then he would go to hell. Frankly, I wouldn’t mind being that guy because while the fires of hell will torment him, he’d have the sweet, saving memory of all the people he made happy.
Whereas you, in your self-righteousness and hatred for your neighbor and thus for Jesus himself, are supposed to get into heaven because you can “see through” all the world’s conspiracy?
I don’t think God’s instructions for entrance to heaven is a simple as “Christian, in and others out”.
John 14:6 means to get into heaven, you need to be like Jesus. You must LOVE like him.
And after all these words, I must say that you have addressed none of all that I have put forth. You have not answered to your playing God, to your injecting hatred into society, to your self-righteousness, to your neglect of human depth.
Independent Conservative said
Intentionally so, because you are in need of repentance, not a debate.
Plus I know I don’t represent what you have claimed me to be, so I don’t need to concern myself with your assertions.
Charles D. said
?????
Charles D. said
Turn it down a notch! Waaaayyyy! down. What doesn’t attract purity, attracts sludge. More people will tolerate equal standing than they will dicatorial edicts as if they are in an inferior position and the edicts are coming from on high.
Pride cometh before the fall. No is obligated to demonstrate anything to anybody. God has not abdicate His position of Supremecy and there are only twelve Apostles, no thirteen inclusive of Paul.
I remember the day that certain ways of speaking to another would raise my erye, but I have grown; tremendiously I might add. That is not a sign of weakness, as I can still cuss with the best of um and whop some butt if that becomes necessary. Period!
Time out, please!
Charles
Winnie Churchill said
Jesus taught and lived love — “love your neighbor as yourself”, but Jesus also called the Saducees and Pharisees as a “brood of vipers” and drove the money changers from the temple.
Have no doubt that Jesus will judge the hearts of all, but we, too, have a responsibility to “go and teach and baptize”. The Bible is the ONLY authority on Law and Gospel. And make no mistake, the two go hand in hand. Without the law that Jesus came to fulfill, there can be no knowledge of our need for forgiveness. The Law convicts (points our our sin) and the Gospel teaches that Jesus is the ONLY way to salvation. We cannot earn it. He gives it to us, but we must accept it and that means a change in the way we live and relate to other people. The only way to stay on the right track is to study the Bible–alone and with the fellowship of believers. Everything we need to know to live a life of faith and obedience is in the Bible. Too many so called Christians don’t have a very in depth knowledge of what it is they profess and that is when “New Age” teachings can lead us off the narrow path to Heaven.
Winnie
AWaytoTruth said
All these new agers are claiming that we are God and that we are elevated to a higher consciousness because of it—it’s all very scary. And these ‘new age’ folks say don’t worry about anything, just embrace it and go with it and they are trying to undermine everything that Christ stands for. They say that we are God and that there’s no sin in the world. I wonder what God will do about all this with so many people thumbing their noses at Him? For me, I remain steadfast in my belief of what Christ did for us. Thank you blessed Jesus for dying on the cross for me.
John Street said
I have started a ministry againt satin and the course in miracles/new earth classes. The course in miracles is teaching a flat out lie! Oprah Winfrey says she is a Christian, but to support this issue and topic is anti-christ. She is a non-believer. My e-mail is jstreetministries@yahoo.com please e-mail me and join the fight against Oprah and the course in miracles. Its time the Christians stand up for God and do what we have been put on this earth to do, and that is to bring people to the ONE AND ONLY Lord God Almighty! Please help me in stopping this blasphamy from the devistation that ist on the course to do.
God Bless Everyone and God Loves each and everyone of you REGARDLESS!
John R. Street
JStreet Ministries
John Street said
6I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel— 7which is really no gospel at all. Evidently some people are throwing you into confusion and are trying to pervert the gospel of Christ. 8But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let him be eternally condemned! 9As we have already said, so now I say again: If anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than what you accepted, let him be eternally condemned! Galatians 1:6-9
John R. Street said
When e-mailing me, the e-mail in my first entry above is right except you have to capitalize the J & S, JStreetministries@yahoo.com Please e-mail me and join the fight againt Oprah and the course in miracles. Thank you and God bless you.
John R. Street
JStreetministries@yahoo.com