Is "The Secret" a Secret? is "New Age" Really New?

Much has been made about "The Secret" by Rhonda Byrne who wrote the book after studying a lot of old books written on the so-called "Law of Attraction". Even a movie has been made based on her book. It is touted as a "new age self-help" book, even on Amazon. It received world-wide notoriety, thanks to Oprah Winfrey as she invited author after author to explore this so-called "new" thing. As a Christian, I know there is nothing new about "The Secret." This is simply smart marketing. Anyone who has studied the Bible and knows Jesus Christ as Personal Savior can take you back to the book of Genesis to prove it is not new!

Let's explore some of the teachings of these new age teachers in this and other new age books.

We are supposed to go through our day affirming that "God is in everything I see."

Really? So the evil in this world that we see displayed so prominently in our media -- God is in that? The human trafficking in Thailand of girls as young as five years old -- God is in that? Not the God I know!

We are told to repeat the affirmation "I am the light of the world."

So Jesus was a liar when He said He was the light of the world in John 8:12? Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, "I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life."

We are to say and believe "My salvation comes from me."

So the death on the cross of Jesus Christ was just some big hoax by God?

There is no such thing as sin. There is no guilt in you. Your calling is to devote yourself to the denial of guilt.

That is not what I John 1:8-10 says: "If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us."

(OR) Romans 3:22-25 "This righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference, for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. God presented Him as a sacrifice of atonement, through faith in His blood."