Does Eckhart Tolle’s bestselling book A New Earth offer a fresh perspective on Christ’s teachings?

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Overview

Oprah Winfrey called her unprecedented 10-week spirituality class with Eckhart Tolle “the most exciting thing I’ve ever done.” Her endorsement of his book A New Earth has catapulted it to the bestseller lists, and over 27 million people have downloaded their web seminars. Tolle takes his title from God’s biblical promise to create a new heaven and a new earth, and much of Tolle’s book draws on biblical teaching. So is this a Christian book? Does it offer a fresh explanation of Christ’s teachings? How can we discern whether this is a book we should read and absorb?

Table of Contents

LEADER'S GUIDE

    • Identify the Current Issue

    • Discover the Eternal Principles

—Teaching point one: False teaching is often hidden within true and appealing arguments.

—Teaching point two: False teachers often use Jesus and the Bible to give themselves legitimacy and authority.

—Teaching point three: We can identify false teachers as those who don’t acknowledge Jesus as God’s one and only Son, who died to bring us salvation.

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