2012-05-16T09:47:44-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/new+age/ http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/8183 2012-05-16T09:47:44-05:00 When people are seeking spiritual answers, why would we not try to listen to them and start engaging in the terms and language they are using, rather than defaulting to some standardized formulaic gospel presentation? http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/1583 2010-08-09T16:31:30-05:00 Having just got back from a web evangelism conference in Lithuania, I thought I'd look up some stats for beliefs in that country, and found this remarkable table of Eurobarometer Poll results for the whole of Europe. http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/392 2010-08-08T17:31:05-05:00 Research in UK by Christian thinktank Theos shows big big changes in religious belief: one in five believes in astrology or horoscopes, one in ten in Tarot or fortune telling and nearly three in ten people believe in reincarnation. These are much higher figures than similar research carried out in 1950 by Gallup. Although not included in the survey, ‘karma’ is also a very common belief here in UK. What this surely demonstrates is that a large percentage of the UK population (and doubtless similar populations elsewhere in the West) are effectively believing most of the tenets of Buddhism though they would be mostly unaware that they are doing so. http://gospel.com/blog/index.php/2010/06/25/todays-devotional-is-environmentalism-based-on-pantheism/ 2010-07-07T09:02:47-05:00 Do you ever find it hard to care for the environment because of who else cares about it? Unfortunately, environmentalism is often packaged alongside New Age and other pantheistic belief systems. But that's not the way it needs to be. http://christiananswersforthenewage.org/Articles_EatPrayLove.html 2008-05-16T10:39:09-05:00 “I was the administrator of my own rescue”. But the message from Jesus is that we cannot rescue ourselves: “Therefore I said to you that you will die in your sins; for unless you believe that I am He, you will die in your sins,” (John 8.24). We cannot magically erase our sins... http://christiananswersforthenewage.org/Articles_NewEarth.html 2008-05-16T10:27:22-05:00 Tolle believes that we are at the edge of a spiritual awakening (5). This has been the mantra for the New Age since the 60’s. The belief that the Age of Aquarius is upon us is part of this teaching. As a former astrologer, I am familiar with this idea: Man is constantly spiritually evolving... http://reviveourhearts.com/topics/series.php?series=234&topic_name=General%20Christian%20Living 2008-05-09T16:49:27-05:00 Nancy Leigh DeMoss, Pastor Erwin Lutzer, and Dr. Don Whitney provide a biblical response to Oprah’s recent endorsement of Eckhart Tolle’s book, A New Earth. http://christiananswersforthenewage.org/AboutCANA_Background.html 2008-01-14T20:35:11-05:00 Marcia practiced as a professional astrologer for eight years. Her formal astrological studies began in 1980 and she took classes for over two years. In 1983, she passed the 7-hour exam given by the Atlanta Board of Astrology Examiners, a Board set up by the City to formulate and grade exams to be g http://christiananswersforthenewage.org/Articles.html 2008-01-14T20:28:59-05:00 Christian Answers for the New Age is a ministry addressing the dangers of the occult. A variety of articles have been written addressing current issues about the influence of the occult in the culture around us.