New Thought: The Most Influential Heresy You’ve Never Heard Of

January 12, 2025

Alisa Childers

Melissa Doughery

Alisa Chgilders Podcast

VIDEO

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.

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