New Thought: The Most Influential Heresy You've Never Heard Of, with Melissa Dougherty

Melissa Dougherty joins the show to talk about how a widely practiced but little known movement called "New Thought" has influenced everything from the Word of Faith Movement to the Seeker Sensitive Movement to the Self-Help Industry to Progressive Christianity. Melissa spent years ascribing to various New Thought beliefs and practices such as positive affirmations, the power of positive thinking, manifesting, Christ consciousness, visualization, and believing that the vibrations and frequencies of your mind affect your reality. All the while she thought she was practicing Christianity. In today's episode, she lifts the lid off of what New Thought teaches, and traces the dark history of its influence over everyday Christians.

------------------------------------------------------------------
This video is sponsored by:

GOOD RANCHERS
Good Meat Delivered
Go to www.goodranchers.com/alisa for more information.
Use my code: ALISA

SEVEN WEEKS COFFEE
Taste the Coffee that is Saving Lives.
Go to www.sevenweekscoffee.com for more information.
Use my code: ALISA

FOUNDATION WORLDVIEW
Foundation Worldview creates curriculum series that will empower your child to think
Biblically in a deceptive world.
Go to www.foundationworldview.com for more information!
Use my code: ALISA

A'DEL NATURAL COSMETICS
A family run business providing clean, high-end, natural, handcrafted, toxin free cosmetics.
Go to www.adelnaturalcosmetics.com for more information.
Use my code: ALISA

--------------------------------------------------------------------

To Purchase the new CD, “Beauty from the Ash”, go to www.alisachilders.com/music
There you can get the CD, backing tracks, string charts, rhythm charts and stems.

Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/alisachilders

To order “Another Gospel”: www.alisachilders.com/another-gospel/
To order “Live Your Truth": www.alisachilders.com/live-your-truth-and-other-lies/
To order “The Deconstruction of Christianity”: alisachilders.com/the-deconstruction-of-christiani…

For Alisa's Merch: alisachilders.creator-spring.com

To see what gear Alisa uses to record her podcast, go to:
kit.co/alisachilders

Potential Sponsors: alisachilders.com/sponsor-request-form/

Product links are affiliate links which means if you buy something we'll receive a small commission.

00:00 start
01:49 Our Daily Bread Correction
05:08 Unshaken Conference
07:38 Welcome
14:30 New Age vs. New Thought
22:20 Richard Rohr
27:10 Visiting Progressive Churches
47:32 Self-Help/Biblical Counseling
51:45 Positive Affirmations
52:53 Word of Faith
55:45 New Thought Buzz words
1:00:24 Robert Schuller