Beware of Oprah Winfrey?
By Cobblestone Road Ministries
Warning:
The following article has graphic language but God fearing Christians should be aware of what Oprah is promoting. Many teenagers watch her show on a weekly basis. This is a must-read for Parents, Grandparents, Teachers and Pastors:
Would you like your Christian teenage daughter to befriend a 51 year old unmarried woman who would talk to her about sex, homosexuality, the new age movement, secular movies, secular books and how there are many roads to God…not just Jesus? Would you let your Christian daughter sit and listen to a woman who would expose her to "luxury" items which you may not be able to afford? Would you let your daughter be exposed to someone who does not hold true the Christian beliefs and morals that you have so tried to instill in your daughter? Have you
"spiritually child-proof" your homeBy her admission Oprah said on national television that there "couldn't possibly be" just one way to GOD. Listen to her promote the idea of "many ways" to GOD and that Jesus could not possibly be the only way. Click here to watch the video.
According to E! Online News, "Close to 26 million faithful tune in weekly to follow the gospel according to Oprah."
Are you a partaker of the Oprah fellowship? Are your children partaking? Consider for yourself the following links and quotes (found in brown text) and KNOW the person behind the pretty smile. What does she believe? What "New Age" message is she sending? Should true Christians watch her show and give her ratings? Should Christians support a person who believes there are many roads to God? Jesus said, "I am the Way...no man comes to the Father except by Me."
CHRISTIANS...my African American sisters and my fellow sisters in Christ... There is such a thing as "right and wrong" and we should base all things according to Scripture.
1 Corinthians 3:11 - For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
John 14:6 - Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Is your watch set according to the correct time?
A man calls up a train station, "What time is the train departure to San Francisco?" The employee at the station replies, "12:45pm sharp". The man hurries to the station only to find that the train already left. He yells at the ticket window, "I just called you up and asked you what time the train to San Francisco was leaving. You told me, "12:45 sharp." The man behind the window replied, "Yes sir, that is correct and the time is now 12:49." The man, very angry, pulls up his sleeve to reveal that his watch says "12:38". The man behind the window said, "Your watch is not set according to the correct time...with all due respect, your watch is off sir. We operate in accordance with the Official US time."
One may be sincere and believe he is right but his information is only as accurate as the source from which he received it. The man sincerely thought his watch was correct only to find out that he did not set it in accordance with the authorized official time and he missed the train. Are you as this man? Does your watch tick according to YOUR set timing? Is your watch set according to what others have told you? Will you miss the train? The Bible is the ONLY authority on which we can reliably base our viewpoints and our lives. God's Word is truth.
2 Timothy 2:19 - Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.
Colossians 2:8 - Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
2 Timothy 3:5 - Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
What is the power they deny?
The Bible says the power is the Gospel-- that Jesus saves AND HIM ALONE!Romans 1:16 - For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
Christ Jesus said that He is the ONLY WAY to Heaven. Oprah said, quoting an author, that there are "many paths to what you call God..." Should you believe Jesus or Oprah? There is no middle ground.
Even secular E! Online News in their article entitled, "Uprising at the Church of Oprah" by Joal Ryan Oct 17, 1998, 11:00 PM PT
"The show used to be "kind of like having a girlfriend over when you [didn't] have time to have a girlfriend over," says turned-off viewer Katherine Coble. "Now it's like church."
"But a bad church with no God...Instead of God, God is Oprah."
There are approximately 26 million who watch faithfully her show. Are you a partaker of the Oprah fellowship?
1 Timothy 4:1 - Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
Proverbs 14:7 - Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.
1 John 2:22 - Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.
Ephesians 5:6 - Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.
What is a Christian?
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary says that a Christian is:
"1. one who professes belief in the teachings of Jesus Christ..."A True Christian is one who believes God's Word; they believe that Jesus died on the cross for their SINS and that He rose again on the third day. They believe and have received Him as their personal Lord and Savior. They believe Jesus is the ONLY WAY into Heaven. They believe that the Bible is the FINAL AUTHORITY. They believe the words that Jesus said. They believe in Him.
Jesus said, " I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me."
That is a VERY strong statement and either you believe Jesus or you don't. There is no middle ground. Should Christians watch TV programs that contradict the teachings of Jesus?
The bible says in Ephesians 5:11 - And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
2 Corinthians 6:14 - Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
Be not unequally yoked. Is tuning in to a TV show, five days per week, a part of your life? Is it healthy for you spiritually? Pastor David Cloud had the following things to say:
*** BEWARE OF OPRAH'S NEW AGE CHRISTIANITY ***
Oprah Winfrey is one of the most popular entertainers in America, and she has built a near cult-like following among women through her message of self-esteem. In June she went on a four-city tour called "Live Your Best Life." The thousands of tickets, which cost $185, sold out the first day. The price of admission included a workbook journal with subject titles such as "You Are Cocreating Your Life" and "You Become What You Believe." Her message--a combination of Christianity, New Age, mysticism, and self esteem--attracts an apostate generation. She teaches women to believe in themselves and in a vague god of their own imagination. She speaks of the miracle of life and the blessing of salvation, but it is a salvation through self will apart from repentance and faith in the blood of Christ. She speaks of faith, but it is a faith in self not a faith in the Christ of Calvary. She teaches women to follow their hearts, but fails to warn them that "the heart is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked" (Jeremiah 17:9). She preaches moralism, but it is not the absolute divine morality as taught in the Scriptures. Oprah told the crowds, "The universe is speaking to you right now, in the voice of Oprah Winfrey."
Friday Church News Notes, July 27, 2001 (David W. Cloud, Fundamental Baptist Information Service, P.O. Box 610368, Port Huron, MI 48061-0368, Send e-mail)
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When one visits the Oprah website, one finds a wide variety of things to read. Ms. Winfrey also has a section dedicated to some of her favorite books.
"Discover the Power Within You" by Eric Butterworth
Oprah says, "This book changed my perspective on life and religion. Eric Butterworth teaches that God isn't "up there." He exists inside each one of us, and it's up to us to seek the divine within."
Favorite quote: "But the greatest mistake is in believing that we are 'only human… ' We are human in expression but diving in creation and limitless in potentiality." Favorite Book
Another book she features is called:
Reflections on the Art of Living: A Joseph Campbell Companion edited by Diane K. Osborne
Oprah says: "Mythologist Joseph Campbell pulls together threads from various religions and cultures to find a blueprint of how we can find a true sense of self."
Favorite quote: "The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are."
The new religion of this world is "anything goes" as long as "it makes you feel good about yourself." Their motto is that one can take a little from Judaism and Christianity and little from Hinduism and some from Shintoism, etc. "Take what you feel you like from each one..." is what the new "religion of self" is all about. Yet one making up his own philosophy in no way changes God's character. One's belief about God does not change who God is. Your beliefs do not change reality. The earth is round, even though you want to believe it is square. Your belief does not change reality.
Jesus said, "I am the Way..." and so either you believe Jesus or you do not.Oh the Bible is listed among Oprah's favorite books but it is on the very last slide of the slide show at the top of a list among others. At the present time, the Holy Bible is not even featured, as are some of her other “favorites”. From the following link: Favorite Books
More Favorites:
The Bible
The Color Purple by: Alice Walker
The Education of Little Tree by: Forrest Carter, Rennard Strickland
The Grapes of Wrath by: John Steinbeck, anything Steinbeck
Jubilee by: Margaret Walker
The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment by: Eckhart Tolle
Strawberry Girl by: Lois Lenski
Sula and Beloved by Toni Morrison
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by: Betty Smith
White Oleander by: Janet Fitch
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DOES OPRAH PROMOTE MATERIALISM?
One website quotes Oprah as saying, “Though I am grateful for the blessings of wealth, it hasn't changed who I am. My feet are still on the ground. I'm just wearing better shoes.”
Consider the following articles:
Oprah's Favorite Things: Materialism Gone Mad
By ED MARTIN
Send e-mail: Ed Martin *NOVEMBER 26, 2003 - There is no more revolting an hour of television than the annual pre-Christmas edition of "The Oprah Winfrey Show" in which Oprah herself promotes her "favorite things" as must-have, must-buy goods that would also make flashy Christmas gifts. Oprah herself becomes increas- ingly excited as she unveils one item after another — many of them quite expensive, several of them decidedly unremarkable — with the galloping giddiness of a person who could never afford such bounty but had somehow come upon it. "I have one in every color!" the fantastically wealthy Winfrey gushed after showing off a pricey sweater during this year's razzle-dazzle display of materialism gone mad, which aired Monday. Lately, Oprah seems to be championing wealth on her show and in her magazine."
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Anointed by Oprah
By ROB WALKERPublished: December 19, 2004
The Gingerbread Man Hot Salt Scrub:
Picture a crowd, excited and demonstrative to the point of ecstasy. The source of their enthusiasm is not mystical but worldly: they are about to receive a lot of free products. In a post-election poll that aimed to put a different spin on the ''values'' debate, a plurality of voters named ''greed and materialism'' as America's most pressing moral issue, but it is hard to imagine any politician having the courage to challenge the idol presiding over this ceremony, because her name is Oprah Winfrey, and the blissed-out crowd is her studio audience.
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SHOULD YOU LET YOUR CHILDREN WATCH OPRAH?
Does not the Bible teach us to abstain from the very appearance of evil?
Consider what Albert Mohler, Jr. has to say about Ms. Winfrey:FIRST-PERSON: Oprah Winfrey: agent of moral insanity
Tuesday, Aug 31, 2004
By R. Albert Mohler Jr."LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)--Oprah Winfrey, widely cited as one of the most influential and admired women in America, showed herself to be an agent of moral insanity when she featured a program celebrating young children seeking sex-change procedures and transgender identities. In one episode of "The Oprah Winfrey Show," the true nature of our modern sexual confusion was made clear, and the broadcast should long be remembered as one of the most frightening hours in television history...."
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Descriptions from her own website, some of the past Oprah Shows:
Secret Sex in the Suburbs Spouse swapping, swinging…you'll be surprised by who's doing it. Couples come forward and tell all. Plus, it's not just men anymore. Women explain why they cheat. Past Shows
Is Your Sex Life Normal? We're getting mighty personal: Who's doing it? How much? And how does your sex life stack up? Past Shows
Monday November 10, 2003 “Releasing Your Inner Sexpot!" This is no ordinary makeover show! The sexpots are busting out as the "sexperts" teach us how to "work it." Learn a sexy walk, Pole Dancing 101, and tantric sex for beginners! Release your inner sexpot—we know she's in there! Past Shows
Sexpot jackpot!
Our team of experts, Sex and the City's Kim Cattrall, Essence magazine's Mikki Taylor, and top beauty pros got to work. With their help, Heather is sexed up to the max! No more holiday sweaters—it's skin-baring clothes and knee-high boots!
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One "pro-gay" website had this to write (bold type is our emphasis):
Gays Recovering from Trying to Change - Oprah Winfrey show
Joel Payne praised Oprah and her staff for their acceptance when he appeared as a guest. For five years he was part of an "ex-gay" Christian ministry and found it was not valid for himself to change his natural gayness.
The show is about people who thank God for being gay, vs those who think they have to change into something they are not. ...
It was great to see so many homosexual Christians celebrating their sexual orientation as well as their love for Christ.
World Net Daily:
Wednesday, November 5, 2003MEDIA MATTERS
Oprah hails celebrity lesbian 'marriage'
TV host uses M-word inclusively in interview with Melissa Etheridge On her highly rated daytime TV show yesterday, Oprah Winfrey casually asked rocker Melissa Etheridge about her recent "marriage" to actress Tammy Lynn Michaels, failing to mention same-sex marriage is illegal in all 50 states. _________________________________________________________________________FCC Swamped With Oprah Indecency Complaints
Stern, Kimmel fans attack Winfrey teen sex show
MAY 4-- In the wake of an Oprah Winfrey show that included explicit talk about teen sexuality (and addressed topics such as rainbows and getting one's salad tossed), the Federal Communications Commission received more than 1600 letters complaining about the racy March 18 broadcast and demanding that the talk show host be cited for indecency. Tossing SaladA concerned Republican writes regarding Oprah's "Tossing Salad" remark:
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Oxygen darkens its Bad Girl Image Posted: Aug. 2, 2004
"After 4 1/2 years on the air, Oxygen, formerly known as The Women's Cable Channel That Isn't Lifetime, has finally resolved its identity crisis.
While its most famous on-air personality is Oprah Winfrey, who's also one of the channel's owners, its programming philosophy these days owes more to Courtney Love. It's Cable for Bad Girls
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WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE YOUR CHRISTIAN DAUGHTER GET MARRIED TO A MAN SOMEDAY?
This author makes an interesting observation:
Is Marriage Now Extinct?
"...If you follow the “Oprah” philosophy, you will see marriage as extinct, having outgrown its purpose and usefulness..."
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MORE LINKS TO EXTERNAL SITES:
THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO OPRAH
OPRAH WINFREY’S NEW AGE PHILOSOPHY
When Will Oprah Free Her Slaves?
Oprah Winfrey's Religion
Oprah On Jesus Hollywood Unmasked: Oprah Winfrey
Christianity Today: The Church of OBELOW ARE CLIPS OF VARIOUS ARTICLES:
Oprah's Gurus
Four popular New Age voices featured on Winfrey's television show and in her magazine, O. By: LaTonya Taylor - posted 03/22/2002Deepak Chopra
Ministry: The Chopra Center for Well Being in La Jolla, California.
Books include: The Deeper Wound: Recovering the Soul from Fear and Suffering (2001).
Teaching: An enlightened human consciousness can heal the body; based on Hindu principles.Iyanla Vanzant
Ministry: Priestess of the Yoruba religion; founder of Inner Visions Worldwide.
Books include: One Day My Soul Just Opened Up (1998).
Teaching: People should apply "universal principles" in order to "activate the spiritual laws which support the evolution of humanity."Marianne Williamson
Ministry: Leads the Church of Today in Warren, Michigan, one of the largest "New Thought" churches.
Books include: A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of a Course in Miracles (1992).
Teaching: Reinterprets Christian doctrines within a New Age framework. For example, "Christ" refers to the common thread of divine love within every human mind.Gary Zukav
Copyright © 2002 Christianity Today. Click for reprint information.
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One Reader wrote to Christianity Today with their thoughts on the Oprah article: "The gospel according to Oprah offends no one, promises everything, and asks nothing except that devotees earn their way to a nebulous salvation. The story here is the great hunger of the human heart, which persists even in our self-satisfied, postmodern world.
Having tried it all myself, I can say from experience that only Jesus will satisfy and only the Cross can save. But who can say? Oprah may yet repent of her sins and accept Christ and his saving blood. "
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Oprah Winfrey - Friend or Foe
"She has an award winning show that is viewed by millions daily who hang on her every word and eagerly accept her opinions as gospel truth. Her deception is not overt evil that is easily recognized. She is being used by Satan and probably doesn't even know it herself ".... Click here to read
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The New Televangelist
"...Any child of God with the Spirit of God dwelling inside of him can detect from watching only one of these talk shows that they are foolish, profane, and ungodly. Our response as Christians should be to turn them off. We cannot sit and allow Satan to talk to our children and us. We must guard and protect our hearts. Our inner man needs to hear the Word of God to become strong and equipped to war a good warfare.
The book of Romans, exhorts us to not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of our minds.
Romans 12:2, "And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind,..." Click here to read
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Impact Evangelism Bulletin writes:
"Oprah is in the business of interpreting life for people. She is like a contremprary prophet of her generation. From time to time, to be fair, segments of her program contain helpful advice. Yet religion, God, Jesus and the Bible have little or no role to play in her take on how to get through life."
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The Oprah schnook club
"Oprah Winfrey is the most powerful woman in America. She decides what makes the New York Times best-seller lists. Her touchy-feely style sucks in audiences at the rate of 14 million viewers per day. But Oprah is far more than a cultural force -- she's a dangerous political force as well, a woman with unpredictable and mercurial attitudes toward the major issues of the day. Her ignorant views and wacky reasoning shape the views of millions..."click here
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Islam According to Oprah : Is Oprah Winfrey a threat to national security?
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The following snippet below is taken from a transcript of an Oprah show, July 24, 1987, Transcript #W203. We are not sure how reliable the transcript is but it is worth the time to read this interview regarding witchcraft. It is with Bob Larson (...putting aside the fact that we could never endorse his show, he was representing Christianity that day). The bold emphasis is ours and does not appear in the original transcript:
The entire transcript is found on
WINFREY: What did you say about reincarnation?
Mr. LARSON: Reincarnation is a standard tenet of witchcraft.
Mr. STRIEBER: Standard tenet of -
WINFREY: There are a lot of people who believe in reincarnation, however, that are not witches. And I would like to ask you, does she not have the right to practice whatever religion she chooses to practice?
Mr. LARSON: Absolutely. Perfectly.
WINFREY: What is it that you have against her religion? Let me ask you, is it because it's not Christian, because she doesn't believe what you believe, that it's wrong?
Mr. LARSON: It's because there is an eternity, there is a heaven, there is a hell.
WINFREY: That's what you believe, though.
Mr. LARSON: That's what God says. We're either going to believe what God -
WINFREY: That's what the God you serve says.
Mr. LARSON: That's what the Bible says, and that's what the God of the Scrip- tures says, and one either does objectively accept -
WINFREY: Okay, so what about the Hindus and the Buddhists and the Moslems, are they all wrong?
Mr. LARSON: God so loved the world, He gave his only begotten son -
WINFREY: Answer the question.
Mr. LARSON: Jesus Christ - P>WINFREY: Answer the question. [crosstalk]
Mr. STRIEBER: He won't answer it directly.
Mr. LARSON: I'm answering the question. [crosstalk]
Ms. CABOT: Christianity is a minority religion.
Mr. LARSON: If you believe in Jesus Christ, you are saved.
WINFREY: But let me ask you this. Does that mean if you don't believe in Jesus Christ, if you are Jewish and you don't believe in Jesus Christ, or if you are of other religions and you don't believe in Jesus Christ, are they as wrong as the people who practice witchcraft?
Mr. LARSON: The Bible posits where to go in the world and preach the gospel to every creature, and every individual is judged according to their conscience and the like knowledge of God they have according to the revelation of God as they have sought God beholding His wonder in creation. [crosstalk]
WINFREY: But that's your interpretation of the Bible. That's your -
Mr. LARSON: That is historic Christianity.
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Now, notice the wording in the interview above..."That's what the God you serve says...", "That's your interpretation...."
CONCLUSION:
Colossians 2:8 - Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
We can't tell you who to watch on TV but what you put into your mind-- what you watch-- will affect your Christian walk. What you watch on TV will affect your viewpoint and the Bible says, "Evil communications corrupts good manners." How can your mind be renewed in Christ Jesus if you are watching secular TV shows that contradict the Word of God?
Romans 12:2 - And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
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