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Melissa Dougherty: Addressing Happy Lies in the Culture with the True Gospel

Melissa Dougherty: Addressing Happy Lies in the Culture with the True Gospel

Update: 2025-07-28

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Melissa Dougherty exposes "New Thought" in the culture which has crept into mainstream Christian circles. Faithful to scripture, she shares compassionately about how some believers have been seduced by feel-good ideologies and how we can live with faithful truth and genuine love in these self-obsessed times to reach others with the true gospel.

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Melissa Dougherty: Addressing Happy Lies in the Culture with the True Gospel

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