I haven't read this book. I love Oprah. But I don't watch her that much.
And I have watched a bit of the contraversy between her & Christians. Oprah believes in many ways to God. In one sense I agree with her. In another sense, this is misleading.
But it is true that getting on the wrong path that leads to destruction is actually a path to God. Because eventually (if we don't die too soon) we will recognize we are on the wrong path. There are many people in different religions who are still on this wide path that leads to destruction. Because to us, there are ways that seem right, but they actually lead to destruction.
Oprah is a generous person. So she has given & it has been given back to her. This is a Godly principle. She grew up in Church & has some Godly principles in her.
But Jesus shed His blood in the Garden & then on the cross, when He bore our sins. He did this, so He could die for us & then overcome the curse of sin & death. Like Jonah was in the belly of the whale for 3days & 3nights (Nineveh repented & were saved), so also Jesus must be in the heart of the earth for 3 days & nights (so we can be saved).
Jesus was one with the Father always. Because He wasn't born with sin nature & didn't sin when tempted by the serpent. He was a man anointed by the Holy Spirit. Jesus said, "The Father & I are One.". There was never any heart separation between Jesus & His Father. He was continually walking in the Light & communing with His Father. He said what the Father wanted Him to say, because they agreed in everything.
But this all changed when He bore our sins on the cross. And ours sins were put on Him. Our sins killed Him. Our sins separated Him from the Father's heart. Jesus cried out, "My God, My God, why has thou forsaken me?!". And Jesus died of a broken heart.
But since He was without personal sin, sin couldn't keep Jesus in the grave. He raised from the dead.
But Jesus first went down to Paradise (Abrahams Bosom) & then to hell to take back the keys from death & hell. He descended to the lowest parts of the earth. His soul did.
So in Him, Jesus Christ the Son of God, we also can raise up like He did. He overcame the beginning curse of sin & death for us.
Jesus said at the Last Supper that we are to remember what He did for us. This is the New Testament between Him & His Church (to take communion). For this is His blood that is shed for 'many' for remission of sins. And this is His body that is broken for us.
See? It is a sin to get on the wrong path. But Jesus shed His blood for the 'many' who do get on the wrong path.
Jesus said that He Is the Way, the Truth & the Life. There is no way to the Father except through Him. Without the Father & the Son there isn't eternal life.
1Jn5:20 And we know that the Son of God has come & has given us an understanding, in order that we might know Him who is true & we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God & eternal life. 1Jn5:11,12 And the witness is this, that God has given us eternal life, & this life is in His Son. He who has the Son has the Life; He who doesn't have the Son of God does not have the Life.
So the only way to receive Gods gift of eternal life is to receive Jesus atonement for your sins & He is Lord of your life. This is eternal life. Because then we are born of His Spirit, cleansed by His blood, joint heirs with King Jesus & made part of the Family of God.