Some people argue that Christ is the only way to God. Often such people are so disagreeable one fervently hopes they find that way soon.
A YouTube video promoting Carrington Steele’s book, “Don’t Drink the Kool Aid: Oprah, Obama and the Occult” criticized Oprah Winfrey for promoting Eckhart Tolle’s new age book, “A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose.” This infraction earned Oprah the designation of Antichrist.
The Antichrist may well be the oldest urban legend in Christianity. The Book of Revelations never once uses the name. A search on biblegateway.com shows the Apostle John used the lowercase word antichrist a total of four times in his two epistles. In context, the term appears to refer to an early heresy, possibly Gnosticism.
The Bible never uses the capitalized name Antichrist. Period. Never in the context of an individual. Certainly not in the context of end-times prophesy.
And yet, the name is used so frequently in American discourse--right up there with Adolph Hitler and Neville Chamberlain--the Associated Press style book contains a listing for it with the aforementioned capitalization.
Given the Antichrist’s mythical status, it’s a safe bet that Steele’s book has an equally shaky scriptural foundation.
The Steele video included an excerpt of Oprah’s television program in which Oprah stated her belief there was more than one way to God. It’s the classic “Woman Bites God” story, which explains why CNN covered it in yet another YouTube video.
A third video showed George W. Bush in an interview with Charlie Rose, saying essentially the same thing as Oprah. He believed there was more than one way to God, and only God could judge who would enter heaven.
In “Shrub,” Molly Ivins described an argument between George W. Bush and his mother, Barbara Bush. Barbara questioned her son’s Christian beliefs on the grounds they excluded people of other faiths. George countered that it said so right there in the Bible.
Dissatisfied with this response, Barbara picked up the phone and said, “Get me Billy Graham.”
Graham told George that, though technically he was correct, only God could make those judgments.
A YouTube video promoting Carrington Steele’s book, “Don’t Drink the Kool Aid: Oprah, Obama and the Occult” criticized Oprah Winfrey for promoting Eckhart Tolle’s new age book, “A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose.” This infraction earned Oprah the designation of Antichrist.
The Antichrist may well be the oldest urban legend in Christianity. The Book of Revelations never once uses the name. A search on biblegateway.com shows the Apostle John used the lowercase word antichrist a total of four times in his two epistles. In context, the term appears to refer to an early heresy, possibly Gnosticism.
The Bible never uses the capitalized name Antichrist. Period. Never in the context of an individual. Certainly not in the context of end-times prophesy.
And yet, the name is used so frequently in American discourse--right up there with Adolph Hitler and Neville Chamberlain--the Associated Press style book contains a listing for it with the aforementioned capitalization.
Given the Antichrist’s mythical status, it’s a safe bet that Steele’s book has an equally shaky scriptural foundation.
The Steele video included an excerpt of Oprah’s television program in which Oprah stated her belief there was more than one way to God. It’s the classic “Woman Bites God” story, which explains why CNN covered it in yet another YouTube video.
A third video showed George W. Bush in an interview with Charlie Rose, saying essentially the same thing as Oprah. He believed there was more than one way to God, and only God could judge who would enter heaven.
In “Shrub,” Molly Ivins described an argument between George W. Bush and his mother, Barbara Bush. Barbara questioned her son’s Christian beliefs on the grounds they excluded people of other faiths. George countered that it said so right there in the Bible.
Dissatisfied with this response, Barbara picked up the phone and said, “Get me Billy Graham.”
Graham told George that, though technically he was correct, only God could make those judgments.
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