The New Age Cult [Paperback]

Walter Martin (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1989

From the founder and director of the Christian Research Institute.

Know across the United States as radio's "The Bible Answer Man" and the bestselling author of The Kingdom of the Cults, Dr. Walter Martin is firmly established as a true apologist for the Christian faith. His authority in biblical research and knowledge of cults has been recognized for many years.

Thirty-five years ago Dr. Martin began his investigation and warnings concerning the rise of a new religious movement with roots in Eastern mysticism. He published articles and lectured on the occult and the cults which were spearheads for the current New Age Movement. The impending threat to the Christian Church has now become a reality. Today almost 60 million people dabble in some practices or forms of New Age and occultic thinking.

The New Age Cult is Dr. Martin's militant refutation of what has become a major controversy in Christendom. He defines and answers biblically the key teachings of the New Age, exposes the latent dangers of the movement, gives criteria for identifying New Age groups and leaders, and shows the effective steps for communication Christian truth to New Age adherents.

What every Christian should know about the New Age Movement.

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About the Author

Dr. Walter Martin held four earned degrees, having received his doctorate from California Coast University in the field of Comparative Religions. Author of a dozen books and a half-dozen booklets and many articles, Dr. Martin died in 1989, a few months after completing his last book, The New Age Cult. size : 5.3 x 8.3

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Bethany House Pub (June 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1556610777
• ISBN-13: 978-1556610776
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #233,151 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Filled with objective and factual information for Christians, February 16, 1999

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This review is from: The New Age Cult (Paperback)

Equip yourself with this handbook of New Age facts, doctrines, comparisons, and rebuttals. This manual will help you educate the precious souls that are being blinded by the dangerous New Age movement. Learn the difference between the Jesus they preach, and the Jesus we know.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THE FAMED "CULTS" RESEARCHER'S PERSPECTIVE ON THE "NEW AGE", June 16, 2011

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Steven H. Propp (Sacramento, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The New Age Cult (Paperback)

Walter Ralston Martin (1928-1989) was perhaps the originator of the modern evangelical "countercult" ministry, having founded the Christian Research Institute in 1960, and acting as host of the "Bible Answer Man" radio program.

This was Martin's last book, published shortly before his death on June 26, 1989. He wrote in the Preface, "This is a very difficult book to write ... because so many people, Christian and non-Christian alike, know so little about the evils of New Age thinking... This small volume is obviously not intended to replace a select number of good, in-depth studies of the New Age movement... but it is theology in newspaper language, a popular layman's overview and refutation of a militant and growing problem for Christians everywhere."

Here are some additional quotations from the book:

"However, Krishnamurti declined the honor of Mrs. (Annie) Besant's anointing (as "World Teacher") due largely to the death of his brother and his subsequent disillusionment with the claims of Theosophy." (Pg. 17)
"Often New Age cultists ... persist in quoting scriptures to buttress their own position. Why quote for proof what you say is untrustworthy?" (Pg. 38)
"Very few people are aware that Robert Kennedy's assassin, Sirhan, was deeply involved with New Age thinking through the writings of the Theosophical Society." (Pg. 55)
"C.S. Lovett, while advocating mediation, confirms that the visualization he refers to is the same as that used by cults..." (Pg. 77)
"There is a danger that New Age thought could lead some to make God female, to totally abandon the biblical image of God. The Bible presents God with both feminine and masculine characteristics, but the male imagery is much stronger than the female. Losing sight of this truth would make Him less than He really is..." (Pg. 79)
"Praise the zeal, dedication, and (wherever possible) the goals of the New Age movement, because its basic nature is both messianic and millennial. The New Age cult is seeking the right things, but with the wrong methods and with wrong reasons." (Pg. 102)

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fair and balanced, June 22, 2009

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Victoria Shephard "Newbirth" (San Francisco Bay Area, CA, United States) - See all my reviews
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I approached this book with some trepidation. Having been involved in the New Age movement in my younger years I know there is much that has been written about it that is simply wrong.

This book happily surprised me. Dr. Martin treats the New Age movement is a fair and even manner and tells the truth.

He begins with a quick overview of the New Age movement, then gives one entire chapter to the words of New Age teaches and proponents themselves, without any interpretation. Who better to state what they believe than New Agers themselves? The chapter following this gives the Biblical answers to these teachings and shows how they change and distort what Jesus has said.

He continues on with Jim Jones and Sirhan Sirhan were influenced by the New Age movement. We know the disasters consequences of these people well, but how they got there is a story most people don't hear.

After this Mr. Martin writes about how the New Age is making inroads in the public school system and society in general, and had an entire chapter devoted to reincarnation, what New Agers believe about it, and what the Bible says about it - all the passages dealing with it, not just selective ones that New Agers quote.

There is a chapter on how to approach New Agers to witness to them without turning them off. He than had a chapter on identifying New Age groups and leaders including a veritable glossary of people, organizations, books, and magazines.

He concludes with a glossary of many of the words New Agers use, and what they mean. For example, what is the "Age of Aquarius" or the "Akashic Record"? What are crystals used for and who is "Gaia"?

At the very end of the book is a recommended reading list of other books to read for more information on any aspect of the New Age you would like to know about.

Well written and surprisingly balanced given the strong Christian viewpoint of the author.