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How is it that I spent a portion of my Christian life believing in New Age and occult beliefs… and not even know it? In fact… I thought they WERE Christian b
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How can we tell if someone subscribes to new age beliefs or if they are a Christian? On the surface the two can sound very similar. However, there are some s
https://www.liberty.edu/champion/2021/04/opinion-christians-should-reject-the-new-age-movement/
It should come as no surprise that after being founded upon biblical principles, the U.S. is, to this day, the country with the largest Christian population. According to research done by the Pew
https://blog.cph.org/teach/teaching-the-differences-between-christianity-and-new-age-teaching
The Differences in View of Higher Power. New Age teaching does not recognize a god or higher power in the sense that Christians do. For those of the New Age, all reality is one. In this way, god is everything and everything is god. Consequently, the New Age god is not personal, nor does this god have a mind, desires, standards, or goals.
https://www.christianpost.com/voices/how-to-engage-new-agers-with-the-gospel.html
2. Hone Your Ability to Communicate the Gospel. After you begin engaging a New Ager with the realities of Jesus' true existence and claims, it is time to center your conversation on Jesus' passion and purpose: to seek and save the lost. Shine the light of God's Word to expose the darkness of their hearts.
https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_councils/interelg/documents/rc_pc_interelg_doc_20030203_new-age_en.html
1.4. The New Age and Catholic Faith. Even if it can be admitted that New Age religiosity in some way responds to the legitimate spiritual longing of human nature, it must be acknowledged that its attempts to do so run counter to Christian revelation. In Western culture in particular, the appeal of "alternative" approaches to spirituality is
https://www.ligonier.org/learn/articles/field-guide-on-false-teaching-new-age-spirituality
What is New Age spirituality? New Age spirituality is an umbrella term that describes a contemporary religious movement, not an organized religion. Proponents of the movement encourage striving to reach one's full potential through an eclectic mixture of concepts and practices drawn from Eastern mysticism, Hinduism, Buddhism, metaphysics
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2018/10/01/new-age-beliefs-common-among-both-religious-and-nonreligious-americans/
Roughly three-quarters of U.S. adults in this category hold one or more New Age beliefs, including six-in-ten who believe spiritual energy can be located in physical things and 54% who believe in psychics. And among those who say they are religious and spiritual, 65% espouse at least one New Age belief. Americans who reject both the religious
https://www.ligonier.org/learn/qas/what-advice-do-you-have-for-christians-surrounded-by-roman-catholic-and-new-age-teaching
As far as New Age goes, it can be slippery and difficult, but there are a couple of things to note. New Age thinking does not make a clear distinction in the doctrine of God. It teaches a kind of pantheism—everything is God. In other words, there are no categories. There are not even categories between human beings, animals, and plants.
https://www.equip.org/perspectives/witnessing-to-those-involved-in-new-age-religion/
With this in mind, you can utilize their subjective tendencies by sharing with New Agers the fact that true and lasting spiritual fulfillment can only be experienced subjectively through a personal relationship with the God of the Bible.Also, recognize that New Agers use many words from the Bible, but redefine them with New Age meanings.
https://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/library/new-age-movement-highway-to-hell-9660
As Christians know, Satan is powerful, but lacks imagination. All of his evil works consist of warping and perverting what God originally created to be entirely good. So Satan has eagerly stepped into our nation's painful spiritual vacuum with a bewildering plethora of "New Age" beliefs and practices: A "counterfeit Christianity."
https://www.christianpost.com/news/christian-meditation-what-practices-are-new-age-and-what-is-biblical.html
The custom has been around for thousands of years and is observed in nearly every religion but not many people know which forms of meditation actually come from the Bible. The Christian Post decided to take a closer look at the practice of Christian meditation and some of the latest apps for it, including Soultime and Abide.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/18-fundamental-christian-beliefs-that-are-frequently-forgotten/ss-BB1p7hQC
Anybody can say they have faith, but belief is not enough without carrying out the actions to back it up. As James 2:18 says, "Show me your faith without the works, and I will show you my faith
https://www.crosswalk.com/faith/spiritual-life/what-is-new-age-religion-and-why-cant-christians-get-on-board-11573681.html
New Agers are Universalists, believing that all paths lead to God. They fault Christians for being intolerant and narrow-minded. But God's word anticipates this: "Enter the narrow gate. For wide
https://academic.oup.com/edited-volume/28304/chapter/215003250
Five areas are singled out for scrutiny: 1) the concept of New Age and a general model of religion; 2) the delimitation of New Age and how it relates to religious processes, secularization and functional differentiation in contemporary societies; 3) the global and the local, especially the historical and contemporary processes of cultural and
https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-3-319-27078-4_10
The New Age movement represents a great concern and a big challenge to established religions, especially the Catholic Church. In the case of Catholic Christianity, the common suspicion of this new form of contemporary religiosity seems to have united the whole ideological spectrum - from the Pope, through the charismatic and the conservative right, to the progressivist left - as they fear
https://www.christianpost.com/news/60-of-young-adults-say-jesus-isnt-the-only-way-to-salvation.html
This means, even born-again Christians "can have a false view of Jesus Christ and embrace a pluralistic worldview," Kerby Anderson, president of Probe Ministries, said. "Pastors and church leaders just can't assume any longer that the members of their church or Christian organization have a biblical worldview."
https://www.christiantoday.com.au/news/a-starting-point-for-christianity-and-new-age.html
Definition of New Age. If you do a quick google search on New Age, here's what you will find: "The New Age is a term applied to a range of spiritual or religious beliefs and practices that developed in Western nations during the 1970s. Precise scholarly definitions of the movement differ in their emphasis, largely as a result of its highly
https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/news/2018/11/nearly-half-american-christians-least-one-new-age-belief
Many of them instead state that they are spiritual or claim to believe in a higher power even though they do not practice a specific religion. That said, New Age beliefs are also being combined
https://www.christianpost.com/news/72-percent-evangelicals-came-to-faith-before-adulthood-study.html
The survey revealed that 72% of respondents came to faith before the age of 18, while the remaining 28% didn't start holding Evangelical beliefs until they were adults. A plurality of those surveyed (26%) first began embracing Evangelical ideas between the ages of 5 and 9, followed by 24% who came to faith between the ages of 10 and 12, while
https://gerald-baron.medium.com/reformation-how-christianity-is-changing-and-how-it-should-change-4f6d3798629d
Things are changing. First, in the "spiritual but not religious" movement aligned with what is called "New Age" beliefs. Second, is the emerging understanding from within Christianity including the more conservative versions, of the solemn obligation to care for and protect nature. We refer to this as "earthcare.".
https://www.crosswalk.com/family/parenting/generation-hex-what-christians-should-know-about-witchcraft-11583032.html
In many contemporary Christian books, you will see [authors] combining Christian and biblical principles with New Age principles, and many of them don't even realize that they are doing that.
https://www.crosswalk.com/faith/spiritual-life/recognize-the-danger-of-the-new-age-movement-1335438.html
The New Age Movement leads people to believe they have this control. So how do we communicate God's truth in a society disillusioned by Satan's. lies? The Christian's response must be