OPRAH Winfrey is such a big star that we know her by one name, like Elvis, Madonna or Bono. She rules an entertainment empire worth nearly $1 billion. More than 20 million viewers -- many of them Christians -- tune into The Oprah Winfrey Show daily.
Lately, her favoured spiritual teacher has been Vancouver-based Eckhart Tolle, author of A New Earth -- a major bestseller which mixes Christian and non-Christian views.
Christianity Today writer LaTonya Taylor said: "To her audience of more than 22 million mostly female viewers, she has become a postmodern priestess -- an icon of church-free spirituality."
Oprah speaks less about salvation through Christ than she does 'Christ-consciousness.' Likewise, she describes heaven not as an eternal destination, but an inner realm of consciousness. And she dismisses the idea that there is "one way" to God, when she says, "There couldn't possibly be just...
