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“Freed hostages reunited with families after 471 days in Gaza”

LTRP Note: The following is posted for informational purposes. See video below story. By Akiva Van KoningsveldJewish News Syndicate Released hostages Emily Damari, Doron Steinbrecher and Romi Gonen were reunited with their families at Sheba Tel Hashomer Medical Center in…

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The Final Outcome of Practicing Contemplative Prayer: Interspirituality

LTRP Note: Occasionally, we hear, through the proverbial grapevine, the words, “Why does Lighthouse Trails keep talking about contemplative prayer?” With the majority of the Christian colleges and seminaries introducing students to contemplative spirituality via Spiritual Formation programs, and with…

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Lighthouse Trails to Send Out 24th Mailing to Christian Pastors and Leaders

Since 2016, Lighthouse Trails has been sending out topical booklets (usually two-three times a year) to a growing list of pastors and Christian leaders. On Friday, January 17th, Lighthouse Trails will be sending out our first mailing of 2025 to…

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Forest Fire

On September 1, 1894, in the deep woods of Minnesota, a huge forest fire came raging into a little lumber town named Hinckley. As walls of flame roared towards them, the terrified inhabitants raced in panic toward the railroad tracks,…

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“Los Angeles Fires Push Crews to Limits as Critics Blame Government Policy”

Some local critics have pointed to the council’s $17.6 million fire department budget cut—initially proposed at $23 million by the mayor—as a major concern. By Brad JonesThe Epoch Times As four massive fires engulf Los Angeles, critics are blaming the…

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Lighthouse Trails 2024 YEAR-IN-REVIEW – Top 10 Articles

See Part 1 of Year-in-Review: Top 5 Letters to the Editor.  1.From a Former Nazarene to the Church of the Nazarene: Why Now Do You Practice These Things? (Manny Silva): There are some Christians in the Concerned Nazarenes group who sincerely have asked…

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Lighthouse Trails 2024 YEAR-IN-REVIEW – Part I: Top 5 Letters to the Editor

At the end of each year, Lighthouse Trails presents its Year in Review, divided into different parts. Below is the first part of our 2024 Year in Review. While we receive numerous letters, comments, calls, and e-mails throughout the year,…

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Episcopal Church May Be Dying Out . . . But Evangelical Church Shares Same “Missing” Link

According to various reports, it appears the long-standing Episcopal Church is dying out. A December 27, 2024 Federalist article titled “The Destruction of a Beloved New York Choir School Epitomizes the Fall of the Episcopal Church” states: It is hardly…

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Christmas Eve in a German Labor Camp during WWII

By Anita Dittman (Jewish Holocaust Survivor)Author of Trapped in Hitler’s Hell We prayed that God would miraculously sustain our strength; each day our food rations diminished so the German soldiers on the battlefronts could receive more food. Shortly after all of us…

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“Tucker Carlson, Candace Owens and the Danger of the Woke Right”

LTRP Note: The following is posted for research and informational purposes. By The QuadJewish News Syndicate Israeli innovation envoy Fleur Hassan-Nahoum interviews Karys Rhea of The Epoch Times about the woke right. Rhea points out that although antisemitism on the left poses a…

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End-of-Year Bryce Homes Kenya Report

LTRP Note: Lighthouse Trails began supporting the Understand the Times (Roger Oakland) missions outreach – Bryce Homes of Kenya – in 2011. Since then, many Kenyan Christian families (primarily widows and children) have been assisted. Lighthouse Trails readers have been…

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“Top 20 Fed Education Program ‘Death Wish’ List”

LTRP Note: The following is posted for informational and research purposes. By Linda Harvey As the Trump administration evaluates the Department of Education and hopefully plans to shut the whole thing down, the current thought is to distribute those funds…

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