Deceived No More Quotes

“New Age glorifies the self; Christianity glorifies God.”
― Doreen Virtue, Deceived No More: How Jesus Led Me out of the New Age and into His Word

“One of the reasons I didn't trust God is because I didn't know Him until I started studying the Bible, which is where He reveals Himself to humanity.”
― Doreen Virtue, Deceived No More: How Jesus Led Me out of the New Age and into His Word

“My life in the New Age is a testimony to the disasters that occur when you follow your own will instead of God's will.”
― Doreen Virtue, Deceived No More: How Jesus Led Me out of the New Age and into His Word

“Jesus quenches our thirst for love, because He offers a love that fills our hearts in a way no mortal relationship can.”
― Doreen Virtue, Deceived No More: How Jesus Led Me out of the New Age and into His Word

“yoga: the Hindu practice of bowing to pagan deities through poses called 'asanas', a practice made popular in the West by New Agers. Even if a Christian were to use Scripture or hymns, each of these postures is still designed to worship pagan deities. Many yoga studios are filled with pagan statues and the use of blasphemous Sanskrit chanting.”
― Doreen Virtue, Deceived No More: How Jesus Led Me out of the New Age and into His Word

“New Age says there are many paths to God. Christianity quotes Jesus' own words: 'I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.' (John 14:6)”
― Doreen Virtue, Deceived No More: How Jesus Led Me out of the New Age and into His Word

“New Age says you get into heaven by 'being a good person'; Christianity says it's not your works that save you --- it's God's grace through your faith in the life, death, and resurrection of our Savior Jesus (who was the only sinless and truly good person to walk the earth). God's love doesn't give us a license to do whatever we please.”
― Doreen Virtue, Deceived No More: How Jesus Led Me out of the New Age and into His Word

“New Age says 'Follow your heart and do whatever makes you happy.' Christianity says 'Follow and obey Jesus, for the heart is deceitful.”
― Doreen Virtue, Deceived No More: How Jesus Led Me out of the New Age and into His Word

“I also had this disconnect of believing that I was a Christian, but not like 'those' Christians'. I referred to myself as an 'open-minded Christian'. I thought that true Christians were always peaceful, gentle and accepting. If someone spoke up about a false teaching, I judged that person as not being a true Christian. It's so ironic that before I was saved I used to judge Christians as being judgmental. The irony was lost on me until the first time I was called a 'judgmental Christian', when I was only trying to help someone.”
― Doreen Virtue, Deceived No More: How Jesus Led Me out of the New Age and into His Word