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		<title>Teresa of Avila Comes to Christian College</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 12:10:04 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Contemplative Colleges]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[LTRP Note: The following is a chapter from Castles in the Sand, the only novel exposing the dangers of contemplative spirituality. The story is about a young Christian college girl who is introduced to mysticism through her spiritual formation professor. In the following chapter, Tessa, troubled by some of the strange symptoms she is experiencing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DANGEROUS PRAYERS</title>
		<link>http://www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com/blog/?p=4645</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 12:56:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>A Ministry in His Service</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Contemplative Practices]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Paul Proctor NewswithViews Writer Mindless mantras are an abomination to God I recently came across a video clip that was taken from a popular television talk show called The View, where liberal co-host, Joy Behar and conservative co-host, Elizabeth Hasselbeck got into a heated on-air argument about prayer that is sure to evoke a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SADDLEBACK PROMOTES “CHRISTIANIZED” MANTRA MEDITATION</title>
		<link>http://www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com/blog/?p=4581</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 01:48:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>A Ministry in His Service</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Contemplative Organizations]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Spiritual Formation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[A Time of Departing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ray Yungen]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[LTRP Note: In 2002, when the first edition of A Time of Departing by Ray Yungen was released, Lighthouse Trails sent a copy of the book to Rick Warren, hoping to warn him of this  mystical spirituality that was fast moving into the evangelical church via Richard Foster and other contemplative pioneers. Rick Warren sent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Turning to Contemplative Mysticism or a Relationship with Jesus Christ? Which Will it Be?</title>
		<link>http://www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com/blog/?p=4579</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 00:53:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lighthouse Trails author</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Contemplative Spirituality]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Ray Yungen If you have read A Time of Departing, the book I wrote about contemplative spirituality, and are left wondering about your relationship with God, remember that knowing Jesus Christ is not merely religion or spirituality but is rather a personal relationship with Him. Romans 10:2 speaks of those who have a “zeal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beyond a Doubt: Contemplative Spirituality = New Age Movement</title>
		<link>http://www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com/blog/?p=4503</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 19:31:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lighthouse Trails author</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Contemplative Spirituality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Age movement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[contemplative prayer]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[the New Age]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[by Ray Yungen Before writing my book, A Time of Departing, I made sure I could prove, beyond a doubt, that contemplative prayer had not only slipped into the Christian faith, but also prove it is an integral part of the New Age movement. In fact, New Agers see contemplative prayer as one of their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Be Still</title>
		<link>http://www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com/blog/?p=4374</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 17:22:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>A Ministry in His Service</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Contemplative Spirituality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spiritual Formation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Larry DeBruyn Contemplative, or Listening Prayer and Psalm 46:10. &#8220;Be still, and know that I am God . . .&#8221; (Psalm 46:10). Those promoting contemplative or &#8220;listening&#8221; prayer refer to this Scripture as a biblical endorsement for pursuing this spiritual discipline. As a precondition for experiencing Soul-to-soul communication from God, contemplative Christians advocate cultivating quietude for the purpose of creating a spiritual tabula rasa (i.e., Latin for blank slate) in which personal communication from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Could This Really Be the End of the Age?</title>
		<link>http://www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com/blog/?p=4096</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 14:59:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lighthouse Trails author</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Eschatology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Age movement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Signs of the Times]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Antichrist]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[end-times]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Ray Yungen Throughout my Christian life I have periodically heard fellow  Christians suggest we are in the last days. Often these comments were initiated from current cases of violent crimes, sexual perversions, war, or natural disasters. Since I knew history had repeatedly encountered these calamities, such predictions of Christ’s imminent return rang hollow. However, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SPIRITUAL DISCIPLINES</title>
		<link>http://www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com/blog/?p=3604</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 19:30:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lighthouse Trails author</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Contemplative Spirituality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christian leaders]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Henri Nouwen]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Roger Oakland Understand the Times Promoters of the emergent conversation say we are on the verge of a new spiritual awareness. New “spiritual disciplines” are being touted as the avenue to spiritual formation that will take Christianity to a new and higher level. Where is this concept in the Bible? ………………………………………………………………………… J.P. Moreland and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mystical Spirituality Paradigm Saw Major Growth in 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com/blog/?p=2600</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 22:52:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lighthouse Trails Editors</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Contemplative Spirituality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christian leaders]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 2009, we witnessed a huge growth in the contemplative/mystical New Spirituality in the Christian church. This is not just some kind of fad or an isolated phenomenon. It is building momemtum month by month, and more and more people are seeing this mystical spirituality as a valid and powerful way to experience the presence of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary Integrating Contemplative/Emerging Spirituality Into Degree Program</title>
		<link>http://www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com/blog/?p=2136</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 04:19:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lighthouse Trails Editors</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Spiritual Formation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[colleges]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 2007, Lighthouse Trails posted an article titled Church, Congregations Increase Focus on &#8220;Spiritual Formation.&#8221; The article, released by Adventist News Network, showed how the emphasis of contemplative/spiritual formation was moving into the Seventh-day Adventist organization. The article stated that &#8220;this subject [spiritual formation] is receiving serious emphasis in Adventist institutions, as well as in local [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Article on Mark Driscoll&#8217;s Site Takes Scripture Out of Context to Defend Contemplative</title>
		<link>http://www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com/blog/?p=1913</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 15:50:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lighthouse Trails Editors</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Contemplative Spirituality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Word of God]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[LTRP Note: The following comment was sent to Lighthouse Trails from a man in Holland regarding our recent article, Mark Driscoll IS a Contemplative Proponent. We have posted it to help people see how contemplative proponents have taken Scripture out of context to erroneously defend mystical-type spirituality. To see another example of this misuse of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dear &#8220;Contemplative Christian&#8221;: Are  you the victim of seducing spirits?</title>
		<link>http://www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com/blog/?p=1652</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 13:39:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lighthouse Trails author</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Contemplative Spirituality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spiritual Deception]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Ray Yungen I once heard a radio interview with Richard Foster that revealed the high regard in which many influential evangelicals hold him. The talk show host made his own admiration obvious with such comments to Foster as, “You have heard from God . . . this is a message of enormous value,” and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Taylor Seminary leading the “lost brethren” home to Rome?</title>
		<link>http://www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com/blog/?p=1221</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 07:07:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>A Ministry in His Service</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Contemplative Colleges]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is this another retreat centre that is turning evangelical Christians into Roman Catholics? Welcome to Urban Sanctuary – Retreat Centre Urban Sanctuary Retreat Centre is located on the campus of Taylor Seminary. Our primary focus is to listen to God’s voice and obey His commands. We minister to the body of Christ as a Center [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rick Warren Upcoming Conference, Radicalis &#8211; Further Along the Contemplative Road</title>
		<link>http://www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com/blog/?p=1216</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 02:19:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>A Ministry in His Service</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Contemplative Spirituality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Purpose Driven Movement]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Christian Research Network (see also: Contemplative Mystic Pete Scazzero Promoted By Rick Warren) Rick Warren has an upcoming conference at his Saddleback Church in February called Radicalis that features Perry Noble and Mark Driscoll, in addition to himself. In the latest email promoting this conference, entitled Chat Live with Radicalis Speaker, Pete Scazzero, Wednesday, December [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Efforts Underway to Train U.S. Military Chaplains and Personnel in Eastern Mysticism</title>
		<link>http://www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com/blog/?p=421</link>
		<comments>http://www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com/blog/?p=421#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 21:13:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lighthouse Trails Editors</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spiritual Formation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Role of Meditation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Henri Nouwen]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a follow up to our recent posting about a new film, The Men Who Stare at Goats, we are issuing this special news report about a project currently underway with US Military Chaplains and other military personnel to receive ongoing training in contemplative mysticism.  Those who understand the serious implications of the contemplative/emerging spirituality will likely be quite troubled by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jan Markell and Bob DeWaay Challenge Bethel University &#8211; &#8220;Christian Mysticism Same as Eastern Mysticism</title>
		<link>http://www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com/blog/?p=273</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:24:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lighthouse Trails author</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Contemplative Colleges]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;More Proof &#8212; The East is Seducing the West&#8221; By Jan Markell www.olivetreeviews.org  RADIO: Catch last weekend&#8217;s (November 14) archived program with a Bethel University professor. This is a spirited debate concerning a potential &#8220;common ground&#8221; Christianity could have with Buddhism. On Saturday I had a spirited on-air discussion with a Bethel University professor who acted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Merton &amp; Nouwen: Sacrificing Truth for Mystical Experiences</title>
		<link>http://www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com/blog/?p=104</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 01:38:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Ray Yungen Contemplative advocates propose that there has been something vital and important missing from the church for centuries. The insinuation is that Christians have been lacking something necessary for their spiritual vitality; but that would mean the Holy Spirit has not been fully effective for hundreds of years and only now the secret [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When a Young Girl Meets a Mystic</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 05:09:37 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Contemplative Colleges]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contemplative Practices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contemplative Spirituality]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Christian colleges]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[contemplative prayer]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[LTRP Note: The following is an excerpt from Carolyn A. Greene&#8217;s novel, Castles in the Sand, the first novel published that addresses the contemplative prayer (spiritual formation) movement. In this excerpt, the young Christian Teresa [Tessa], now attending a Christian college, is in her dorm room, thinking about her new spiritual director, Ms. Jasmine, who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Contemplative Emphasis Continues at Willow Creek &#8230; Stronger Than Ever</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 05:42:09 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Churches in Crisis!]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contemplative Spirituality]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Mike Stanwood Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood. For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SPECIAL ALERT: The Oneness Blessing &#8211; Pathway to Global Awakening</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:44:39 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[The Role of Meditation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[contemplative prayer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[meditation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mystical practices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Age movement]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Reiki]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[While countless people in the Western world are embracing mystical practices such as Yoga, Reiki, and contemplative meditation, most of them have probably not yet heard of the Oneness Movement &#8211; but that is likely going to change. The Oneness Movement is a fast growing effort to bring the Oneness Blessing to millions of people [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Contemplative Proponent J. P. Moreland Says Christians Too Committed to the Bible</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2007 22:21:18 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Contemplative Spirituality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Biola]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brennan Manning]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to a Christianity Today article, Biola University professor J.P. Moreland says evangelical Christians are too committed to the Bible. His talk at a recent Evangelical Theology Society meeting was titled &#8220;How Evangelicals Became Over-Committed to the Bible and What Can Be Done About It.&#8221; Quoting Moreland, the article states: &#8220;In the actual practices of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Shape of Things to Come: Biola University Embraces Contemplative Spirituality</title>
		<link>http://www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com/blog/?p=325</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Aug 2006 04:29:34 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Spiritual Formation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Biola]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Ray Yungen Biola University, the traditional virtual bedrock of conservative Christian higher education, has opened itself to influences that would have its founders turning over in their graves. This Fall, at Biola&#8217;s Christian Spirituality Soul Care series, contemporary Protestant mystic Ruth Haley Barton will be a featured speaker. Ms. Barton is a graduate of [...]]]></description>
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