2. “Like most self-help spiritual texts of this type, it is a blend of half-truths and half-fabrications. One easily could save the purchase price of ‘A New Earth’ -- and subsequently avoid its misleading remarks -- by reading the Bible, which gives a much more thorough and accurate picture of life’s purpose and the methods for overcoming its obstacles.” ~ Chuck Norris “Like most self-help spiritual texts of this type, it is a blend of half-truths and half-fabrications. One easily could save the purchase price of ‘A New Earth’ -- and subsequently avoid its misleading remarks -- by reading the Bible, which gives a much more thorough and accurate picture of life’s purpose and the methods for overcoming its obstacles.” ~ Chuck Norris

4. 10.When Chuck Norris jumps in water, Chuck Norris doesn’t get wet. Water gets Chuck Norris. 9.Chuck Norris’ tears cure cancer. Too bad he has never cried… EVER! 7.When Chuck Norris does push-ups he doesn’t push himself up… he pushes the Earth down!!! 8.A rolling stone gathers no moss…unless Chuck Norris wants it to. 6.There are no steroids in baseball… only players Chuck Norris has breathed on.

5. 2.Chuck Norris doesn’t read books. He stares them down until he gets the information he wants. 5.Chuck Norris doesn’t churn butter. He roundhouse kicks the cows and the butter comes straight out. 4.Chuck Norris once shot down a German fighter plane with his finger by yelling, “Bang!” 3.When the Boogeyman goes to sleep every night, he checks his closet for Chuck Norris. 1.Outer space exists because it’s afraid to be on the same planet with Chuck Norris.

6. “The reason Tolle’s psychology and spirituality is marketed so easily is that it is an eclectic mix of conventional and unconventional wisdom, and Western and Eastern beliefs, presented in a tolerant, non- threatening and nonsectarian way. In other words, it’s Religion Light, in which one can be spiritual with little down and no credit.” ~ Chuck Norris “The reason Tolle’s psychology and spirituality is marketed so easily is that it is an eclectic mix of conventional and unconventional wisdom, and Western and Eastern beliefs, presented in a tolerant, non- threatening and nonsectarian way. In other words, it’s Religion Light, in which one can be spiritual with little down and no credit.” ~ Chuck Norris

8. FALSE CLAIM #5: God is consciousness, you are consciousness, so you are God. FALSE CLAIM #5: God is consciousness, you are consciousness, so you are God. EXAMINING THE CLAIMS OF “A NEW EARTH”

9. Genesis 3:5 (NLT) “You won’t die!... God knows that your eyes will be opened as soon as you eat it, and you will be like God…”

10. “The eternal is the essence of every human being.” ~ Eckhart Tolle “The eternal is the essence of every human being.” ~ Eckhart Tolle

11. BIBLICAL RESPONSE: We are the creation of the Living God. BIBLICAL RESPONSE: We are the creation of the Living God. EXAMINING THE CLAIMS OF “A NEW EARTH”

12. Genesis 3:5 (NLT) “Friends, why are you doing this? We are merely human beings— just like you! We have come to bring you the Good News that you should turn from these worthless things and turn to the living God, who made heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them.”

14. FALSE CLAIM #6: God is a feeling experience, not a believing experience. FALSE CLAIM #6: God is a feeling experience, not a believing experience. EXAMINING THE CLAIMS OF “A NEW EARTH”

15. BIBLICAL RESPONSE: What you believe is crucial to connecting with God. BIBLICAL RESPONSE: What you believe is crucial to connecting with God. EXAMINING THE CLAIMS OF “A NEW EARTH”

16. Mark 1:15 (NIV) “Repent and believe the Good News.”

17. Mark 16:16 (NLT) Anyone who believes and is baptized will be saved. But anyone who refuses to believe will be condemned.

18. John 1:12 (NLT) But to all who believed him and accepted him, he gave the right to become children of God.

19. John 3:16 (NLT) For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.

20. 1 Timothy 4:16 (NIV) Watch your life and doctrine closely. Persevere in them, because if you do, you will save both yourself and your hearers.

22. FALSE CLAIM #7: Only the truth of who you are will set you free. FALSE CLAIM #7: Only the truth of who you are will set you free. EXAMINING THE CLAIMS OF “A NEW EARTH”

23. “The Truth is inseparable from who you are. Yes, you are the Truth.” ~ Eckhart Tolle “The Truth is inseparable from who you are. Yes, you are the Truth.” ~ Eckhart Tolle

24. BIBLICAL RESPONSE: Only the truth of who Jesus is will set you free. BIBLICAL RESPONSE: Only the truth of who Jesus is will set you free. EXAMINING THE CLAIMS OF “A NEW EARTH”

25. John 8:32 (NLT) “And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

26. John 14:6 (NLT) “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me.”

27. Romans 7:24-25 (NLT) Oh, what a miserable person I am! Who will free me from this life that is dominated by sin and death? Thank God! The answer is in Jesus Christ our Lord.

28. John 8:36 (NLT) So if the Son sets you free, you are truly free.

30. FALSE CLAIM #8: When we die we either rejoin “consciousness” or go on to another experience of awakening. FALSE CLAIM #8: When we die we either rejoin “consciousness” or go on to another experience of awakening. EXAMINING THE CLAIMS OF “A NEW EARTH”

32. “We need to understand here that heaven is not a location but refers to the inner realm of consciousness.” ~ Eckhart Tolle “We need to understand here that heaven is not a location but refers to the inner realm of consciousness.” ~ Eckhart Tolle

33. BIBLICAL RESPONSE: When we die we will all face judgment and then move on to Heaven or Hell. BIBLICAL RESPONSE: When we die we will all face judgment and then move on to Heaven or Hell. EXAMINING THE CLAIMS OF “A NEW EARTH”

34. Hebrews 9:27 (NLT) And just as each person is destined to die once and after that comes judgment, so also Christ died once for all time as a sacrifice to take away the sins of many people.

35. 2 Corinthians 5:1 (NLT) For we know that when this earthly tent we live in is taken down (that is, when we die and leave this earthly body), we will have a house in heaven, an eternal body made for us by God himself and not by human hands.

36. Revelation 21:8 (NLT) “But cowards, unbelievers, the corrupt, murderers, the immoral, those who practice witchcraft, idol worshipers, and all liars—their fate is in the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.”