New Earth Begins

The bulk of the posts moving forward will be in response to Eckhart Tolle and Oprah Winfrey's new "web event" regarding his book, New Earth: Awakening to your life's purpose. Let me preface all posts with I have not actually read this book. However, I have been listening to the webcasts, and the responses here will be based on those.

We all face the question of "What is the purpose of life?". I think this is an especially important question. We go go through life merely eking out an existence, just living the monotonous one day to the next. Or, as I think most of us would prefer, we would rather have a greater purpose we all strive for.

In his teaching, Tolle says that we need to ask Life what would purpose is. The problem here is that your asking for a purpose from something you don't know what it is. Like Paul in Athens (Acts 17:22-31), Tolle is worshiping what he does not know. Let's introduce him to the Living God. You see, God wants to be involved in your life. However, there is only one way to God, and that is through Jesus Christ.

The thing that all other religions outside of Christianity teach is that you can be good enough. The truth is that we can't. The standard is perfection, and we will never achieve it. That is where the grace of God comes into play. It's not about living good enough, but about living in relationship with the Know God, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and letting him have control over your life.