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Book Review – The New Christians by Tony Jones

 LTRP Note: While some try to insist that the “emerging church” is dead, we say it is alive. That can be proven by all the emergent books pouring off the presses of evangelical publishing houses. While the book below came…

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Emerging Church Tony Jones Says: “Death to Homeschooling!”

A Commentary by Steve Blackwell Indywatchman This article by Tony Jones caught my attention because of the title. Why  would someone write an article entitled Death  to Homeschooling!? The article itself simply states the reason he doesn’t  send his kid…

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Emergent Manifesto: Book by Tony Jones and Doug Pagitt to Be Released Next Spring

Baker Books, another Christian publisher that is getting on the contemplative/emerging bandwagon, will be releasing a book next spring called Emergent Manifesto. Here is a link to a 32 page excerpt of the book (from the publishers website). The book,…

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Pagitt, Jones, Scandrette: “What in the World Are We Doing?”

Emerging church leaders Tony Jones, Doug Pagitt, and Mark Scandrette have gone on a summer road tour across the US as we reported on May 22nd in our article, Emergent Road Show Receives Sponsorship From Major Organizations. In a June…

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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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A Missing (or Ignored) Link: They Like Jesus But Not the Church (or Israel)

In light of the October 7th attack against Israel and the subsequent anti-Israel, antisemitic demonstrations around the world (including within “Christian” circles), it’s important for Bible-believing Christians to understand the role that many popular evangelical figures have played over the…

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Emergent Manifesto of Hope Despair Revisited—How It Has Affected Today’s Church

In 2007, Lighthouse Trails wrote a book review on a book titled Emergent Manifesto of Hope. Today, thirteen years later, we are seeing the “fruit” of the emergent church (that, incidentally, was spawned by leaders like Rick Warren, Bob Buford,…

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Lilly Endowment’s Contemplative-Focused Clergy Renewal Program Updated Lists

In 2013, we posted an article titled “What’s Up with Lilly Endowment – Funding Pastoral Sabbaticals with a Contemplative Agenda.” Below is a copy of that article (with excerpts from a related 2007 article). In it, it provides a link…

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D is for Deception – The Language of the “New” Christianity

By Kevin Reevesand the Editors at Lighthouse TrailsA number of years ago, a book written by emerging-church leaders Brian McLaren and Leonard Sweet was released. The book was called A is for Abductive: the language of the emerging church. Going…

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Christianity Today: “We are theologically conservative . . . committed to the glory of God.”—CT History Shows Differently

On December 19th, 2019, Christianity Today, the magazine that considers itself the “flagship” magazine for Christianity released an article written by the just-retired editor-in-chief, Mark Galli, titled, “Trump Should Be Removed from Office.” According to CT, the article set off…

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Letter to the Editor: My Christian University Professor Graded Harshly for Mentioning Lighthouse Trails

LTRP Note: The following letter to the editor is posted with permission. It is written by a graduate student of a Christian university. We find the professor’s remarks to this student provocative, especially considering what we discovered after reading the…

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Key Players and Buzz Language of the Social-Justice “Gospel”

The following two lists are from Mary Danielsen’s booklet, The Dangerous Truth About the Social-Justice “Gospel,” which we posted earlier this week. It’s good to be aware of both the names and the language. (see video clip below) Some Key…

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