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Churches Going Contemplative with Diana Butler Bass’ Book, “Christianity For the Rest of Us”

A Lighthouse Trails reader sent us an article this week from a Pacific Northwest newspaper* describing how members of a local church are changing the way they practice church and view Christianity, doing away with their traditional church methods and…

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Southern Baptist’s Gateway Seminary Added to Contemplative-Promoting College List – A Gateway to Apostasy

After a request by a Lighthouse Trails reader to check into Southern  Baptist Convention’s Gateway Seminary which has locations in five different US cities, Lighthouse Trails has added Gateway Seminary to the Lighthouse Trails Contemplative-Promoting College list. If you are…

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DEATH BY CHURCH – An Example of the “Big” Picture of Deception

Emerging/emergent spirituality continues making serious inroads into Christianity. Churches and Christian colleges, unaware of the subtle undermining of such spirituality, are embracing teachers and leaders of this movement and pointing others to them. Often they are unaware of what these teachers…

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Harding University & School of Theology – Another Christian University Added to Contemplative Colleges List

After a concerned parent contacted us, we researched Harding University in Arkansas and Harding School of Theology in Tennessee (both under the same umbrella) and discovered that Harding needed to be added to our list of Christian schools that are promoting contemplative…

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Lancaster Bible College (PA) Makes Contemplative List

2020 Update: Lancaster Bible College continues down the contemplative/emergent path. For a strong convincing example, their Formational Leadership Master of Arts Degree program is taught largely by contemplative/emergent/Replacement Theology/New Missiology leader Wayne Cordiero. (More information on this program) After receiving…

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Letter from the Editor: Is Mariner’s Church OK for My Daughter?

To Lighthouse Trails: Do you know anything about Kenton Beshore of Mariners Church in Irvine, Ca. It is a mega-church that my daughter likes, but I don’t know too much  about it.  I could not find anything on it from the…

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Northwest Nazarene University President Responds Regarding New Spirituality Speaker

The following pertains to our January 25 article, Buddhist/Universalist Sympathizer Woos Nazarene Students at NNU. NNU’s president, Dr. David Alexander, has issued the following response to an undisclosed number of concerned Nazarenes. We are posting this and also our comments and…

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“Death by Church” – Emergent New Paradigm Pastor to Speak at Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa

Emerging/emergent spirituality is making serious inroads into Christianity. Churches and Christian colleges, unaware of the subtle undermining of such spirituality, are embracing teachers and leaders of this movement and pointing others to them. Often they are unaware of what these…

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Mount Vernon Nazarene University Bringing Contemplative/Emergent Speakers

 On March 4th, Mount Vernon Nazarene University will bring Walter Brueggemann (Professor Emeritus at Columbia Theological Seminary) to speak as part of their year long Lecture/Artist series. (1) Brueggemann is a proponent of contemplative/emergent spirituality as are other speakers that…

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The Inclusive Gospel

by Understand the Times with Roger Oakland   Eddie Gibbs and Ryan K. Bolger have co-authored Emerging Churches: Creating Christian Community in Postmodern Cultures. This book is published by Baker Academic, a division of Baker Publishing Group. A claim posted at…

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2nd Edition Booklet: A Directory of Authors (Three NOT Recommended Lists) – Updated and Expanded Edition!

Lighthouse Trails is very pleased to announce the release of the new updated and expanded 2nd edition of our 2013 booklet A Directory of Authors (Three NOT Recommended Lists) by Chris Lawson. The new edition includes many additional names, still…

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Moody Publishers in 1995 Drops “The Light That Was Dark” by Warren B. Smith – Says New Age Not An Issue Anymore

In 1992, Moody Publishers published Warren B. Smith’s autobiography, The Light That Was Dark. The book chronicled Warren’s years in the New Age movement and then he and his wife (Joy) becoming believers in Jesus Christ. While The Light That…

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