Today, we're sitting down with apologist and author Melissa Dougherty to discuss her new book, "Happy Lies: How a Movement You (Probably) Never Heard Of Shaped Our Self-Obsessed World," and how the New Thought movement has infiltrated the church. She tells us about her upbringing in New Thought and shares her testimony of how she was born again. She explains the difference between New Age and New Thought and how she escaped her New Age thinking. We talk the prosperity gospel, manifestation, and the word of faith movement and leave no stone unturned when it comes to New Thought ideas.

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Timecodes:

(00:45) Melissa Dougherty introduction

(07:35) Melissa’s upbringing

(14:22) Defining the New Age

(18:24) Melissa hearing about the love of God

(28:27) What is New Thought? 

(39:47) How New Thought teaching appears in churches

(46:08) Progressive Christianity and the New Thought

(51:09) Melissa’s past gender identity confusion

(56:21) Prosperity gospel in the black church

(59:17) Takeaways from “Happy Lies” 

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Links:

Melissa Dougherty's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@MelissaDougherty

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