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A Special Note
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Lighthouse
Trails is a Christian publishing company. While we hope you will read the
books we have published, we also provide extensive free research,
documentation, and news on our Research site, blog, and newsletter.
We pray that the books as well as the
online research will be a blessing to the body of Christ and a witness to
those who have not yet accepted Jesus Christ as their Savior and Lord.
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What is Contemplative
Spirituality?
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definition: contemplative spirituality: a
belief system that uses ancient mystical practices to induce altered states
of consciousness (the silence) and is rooted in mysticism and the occult
but often wrapped in Christian terminology; the premise of contemplative
spirituality is pantheistic (God is all) and panentheistic (God is in all).
spiritual formation: a
movement that has provided a platform and a channel through which
contemplative prayer is entering the church. Find spiritual formation being
used, and in nearly every case you will find contemplative spirituality. In
fact, contemplative spirituality is the heartbeat of the spiritual
formation movement.
How Widespread Has Spiritual Formation Become?
Read our list of ministries
that are promoting it. Please pray for the leaders of these groups
that their eyes may be opened.
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Announcement: A Time of Departing Ministries
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In
the fall of 2000, David and Deborah Dombrowski met Ray Yungen, who at the
time had written two books, For
Many Shall Come in My Name (published in 1991) and A Time of Departing (not
published at that time). In reading his unpublished manuscript, Dave
and Deborah learned about a mantra-style meditation known as
contemplative prayer. This mystical spirituality had been introduced to the
evangelical, Christian church and was infiltrating youth groups, churches,
seminaries, and Bible studies at an alarming rate.
Thus, in the spring of
2001, Lighthouse Trails Publishing was birthed with the hope of
exposing this dangerous and pervasive mystical paradigm-six months later
Lighthouse Trails released its first book, A Time of Departing.
Since then, a second
edition has been released and over 25,000 copies of the book have been
either given away or sold. A new edition of For Many Shall Come in My Name was released
by Lighthouse Trails in 2007.
With the fast spread of
contemplative/emerging spirituality taking place today, Ray Yungen has
recently decided to enter full-time ministry. We are pleased to
announce the beginning of A Time of Departing Ministries.
Because of the wealth of information Ray has, after nearly 25 years of
research and writing, Ray is compelled to get this information to as many
as he can.
This
summer, Ray will be going on a two month road tour through the United
States and Canada. If you would like to have him speak to your group,
please call us at 503/873-9092 to arrange the details. Ray will speak to
both large and small groups, college and high school students, at seminars
and conferences and in people's homes. He charges no fee, but we ask each
group to pay for his lodging and food during his stay, and honorarium
offerings can be given to his ministry for his support.
Ray's
exuberance for life and his love for Jesus Christ and for people are
evident in both his writing and his speaking.
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"I
Just Had a Vision"
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LTRP Note: In 2007, Lighthouse Trails published the apologetic
biography, The Other Side of the River by Kevin Reeves. For
twelve years, Reeves was part of a River church, one in which visions,
signs and wonders, and other mystical manifestations occurred. His story
tells what happened during those years in a church that was so influenced
by the Toronto Blessing, holy
laughter, the Kansas City Prophets, the Word-Faith movement, and the
spiritual hysteria and manipulation that these hyper-charismatic movements encourage. Because
of the recent stories coming out of Florida with Todd Bentley's revival, we hope you
will read Reeves account. Below is an excerpt from his chapter on visions.
"I Just Had a Vision!"
by Kevin Reeves
There is perhaps nothing so powerful as a vision. When the heavens open and
our eyes look upon fantastic things once hidden, it can alter the course of
our lives:
In
the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the LORD sitting upon a throne,
high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple. Above it stood the
seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with
twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly. And one cried unto
another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth
is full of his glory. And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him
that cried, and the house was filled with smoke. Then said I, Woe is me!
for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the
midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the
LORD of hosts. (Isaiah 6:1-5)
A glimpse
into heaven itself to behold the God of all flesh made Isaiah panic with
self-loathing. His innermost heart was revealed in the light of the Lord's
glory, and there was no place to hide.
Who wouldn't want to have a vision of this magnitude? And why shouldn't we?
On the day of Pentecost, the Christians present experienced the outpouring
of the Holy Spirit: "[A]nd your young men shall see visions, and your
old men shall dream dreams"(Acts 2:17).
Never in the history of our planet have so many who call themselves
Christian claimed visions from God. Encounters with Christ, angels, demons,
even saints long departed have begun to appear in book form, crowding the
charismatic section of our local Christian bookstores. The popularity of
visions never seems to wane, and the more a person has and the greater the
scope, the quicker he is skyrocketed to Christian stardom. People with
virtually no genuine theological training are suddenly propelled into the
teaching arena, regaling vast audiences with tremendous accounts of their
own spiritual derring-do. And while the stories continue to scale the
heights of plausibility, an amazed public looks on, vicariously a part of
the panoramic excitement and often with hands folded atop a closed Bible in
their laps.
Sadly and without exaggeration, the above account is an apt description of
the spiritual maelstrom that always characterized [my former church].
Sunday services were routinely stopped to give opportunity to report a vision
that occurred during worship. Many in the congregation would listen with
rapt attention as one person after another would share what had transpired
"in the spirit." Sometimes demons would make an appearance;
sometimes it was the Lord Jesus Himself.
Angels were a particular favorite. I can't tell you how many times angels
made an impromptu appearance at our services.... No one halted the
festivities to suggest examining the claim in the light of God's Word. It
was merely taken at face value and used to bolster our self-image as the
church on the cutting-edge of God's worldwide movement....
The cries of "I saw!" reverberated throughout my church my whole
tenure there. Sometimes the visions were two-dimensional, sometimes 3-D,
and sometimes the person was actually caught up into them, in the same way
the apostle John was translated into the heavenly realms in the book of
Revelation. They moved as participants in the vision itself, walking,
feeling, etc. As our pastor consistently reminded the congregation of its
prophetic calling, dreams and visions grew to paramount importance. They
were used to chart our congregation's very course, and any resistance or
verbal doubt was severely frowned upon or openly dismissed....
Many people cannot appreciate the gravity with which visions are accepted
in many charismatic circles, and consequently cannot understand the bondage
that results. If someone has a vision of "the Lord Jesus" and is
given a message to convey to you, for you to treat it lightly is to despise
the very words of God. You are bound to carry out the instructions of this
visionary or face the consequences. The ensuing fear can be devastating,
especially if the message contradicts your own conscience or understanding
of the Scriptures.
The new believer is especially vulnerable because he is led to believe that
all these visions are from God. Furthermore, any hindrance to, or lack of
visions on his own part is due, he is told, to lack of maturity and failure
to fully trust the leadership....
At my best count, there are less than thirty visions or dreams recorded in
the entire New Testament, and of these only about fifteen took place in the
book of Acts. And this in a period, from the birth of Christ to the last
chapter of Acts, encompassing about sixty years.
I have come to the conclusion that visions are not the norm for a believer,
but a rare occurrence. Of those saints in the Bible described as having
bona fide visions from God, a mere handful had more than one recorded
vision in their entire lifetime. Furthermore, none of these occurrences
were initiated by the individual, but were the result of a divine act of
God. In explaining mystical experiences, which is the category visions fall
into, I like this explanation by research analyst Ray Yungen:
While
certain instances in the Bible describe mystical experiences, I see no
evidence anywhere of God sanctioning man-initiated mysticism. Legitimate
mystical experiences were always initiated by God to certain individuals
for certain revelations and were never based on a method for the altering
of consciousness. In Acts 11:5, Peter fell into a trance while in prayer.
But it was God, not Peter, who initiated the trance and facilitated it.(ATOD, p. 34)
Compared with
the frequency of modern visions by many charismatic churchgoers, these past
biblical heroes seem almost deficient in their relationship to the Lord....
I believe that most of what are reported as visions are not such at all,
but could be more appropriately termed mental pictures. The two are
certainly not synonymous. Mental pictures occur constantly during our
waking hours but don't necessarily have anything to do with the spiritual,
whereas visions always have their origin in the supernatural realm. As we
speak in conversation, we see mental images, memories, etc., to correspond
with the dialogue; reading gives us the same experience. Even television
viewing offers the same scenario, as the images dancing across the screen
click on our own past experiences or connections with our present
situations. This can transpose into our times of prayer, giving us mental
pictures that may or may not be of God....
The practice itself can be dangerous, actually maneuvering an innocent
Christian in the wrong direction. In many cults, and, unfortunately in much
of the Pentecostal arm of the church, it has already done just that....
According to the Bible, there are three sources of visions--God, the devil,
and the flesh. Of these, only one can be trusted as to motive and
authenticity. As for the other spiritual experiences originating with the
kingdom of darkness or human sensuality, they must be discarded, and
immediately. They are not impotent fantasies, but are corrupt from the word
go and will quickly lead astray anyone whose attraction they capture.
(seeEzekiel 13:3-8)...
I cannot stress this enough--contrary to popular fallacy, there is no such
thing as a harmless false vision. Its fraudulent nature alone is enough to
condemn it in the eyes of God; those who give ear to it will eventually
have their faith in Christ contaminated, perhaps shipwrecked. Attendees of
the Peoples Temple were regaled with stories of angelic visitations and
"revelation knowledge." The reverend Jim Jones capitalized on his
self-proclaimed intimacy with heaven to lead a group of followers into mass
suicide in the Guyana bush.1 Don't think that the average believer in
Christ is immune to this kind of deception. In the wake of gold teeth and
gold dust miracles showing up in various River congregations worldwide, stories
of angel feather sightings have set a portion of the charismatic church
wild with jubilee. One West Coast church said that "tiny white
feathers and gold flakes" appeared during the service.2 Such
occurrences were the next logical step in an already deception-heavy system
of super-spirituality, rationalization, and the frenzied pursuit of
illusion....
Any spirit, vision, dream, prophet, experience, whatever, that does not
agree with the revelation of Jesus Christ as set down in the Scriptures is
not of God. Water may look pure, but unless we know the source from which
it is drawn we may drink to our own ill health. A close examination with a
magnifying glass may betray bits and pieces of debris, or worse yet,
organisms roaming its depths that, taken internally, would cause
debilitating disease.
Am I suggesting we carry around a magnifier to inspect anything coming our
way? Perhaps that is just what is needed. For too long, we've covered our
eyes with blinders instead and accepted a testimony to our detriment,
simply because the person giving it named Christ and seemed sincere. Paul
said even deceivers within the church would attempt to pass themselves off
as the real article (II Corinthians 11: 3-4, 13). We can judge without
being judgmental. Peripheral issues we can overlook, knowing full well the
sole reservoir of truth does not rest with us.
But in the presentation of Christ, there can be no leeway. A false image of
the Savior--His character, words, or deeds--will lead us away from the
truth, and consequently, away from God. And eventually, that is what every
fraudulent vision will do--take away from the person of Christ and demand
our attention and adherence to its personalized message. I have seen it
happen, as one vision after another proclaimed in my former congregation
boosted our elitism and remolded Jesus just a bit more into the
user-friendly image we preferred. With virtually no accountability, fear of
redefining Christ's biblically revealed character faded bit by bit into
obscurity....
This current state of things within the church is just the outgrowth of an
inner movement attempting to differentiate between truth and revelation. It
is being stated by popular authors that truth is where God has been, but
revelation is where He is at the moment. This dichotomy is a contrived one.
The Word of God is truth and revelation both, and the timeless truth of
God's Word applies to all saints throughout all ages. Again, the
implication of this kind of compartmentalized thinking is that the
Scriptures fall embarrassingly short when it comes to equipping the saints
for life in today's world.
In a mad dash to embrace the new thing, many Christians have run right past
the only place of refuge, God's Promise, that can keep us from hurtling
down the face of an impossibly steep cliff. I can testify to the broken
lives and empty spirituality that remains when the initial high wears off.
We had congregation members regularly spending their cash to jet to this or
that prophetic conference. They just had to keep up with the latest move of
God, and bring it back with them to our church. Running after other gods,
ancient Israel attained to this spiritual bankruptcy on a regular basis.
But we can take heart, for their failures can be our lessons:
For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning,
that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.
(Romans 15:4)
For those former seers willing to swallow a large helping of humble pie,
there is most certainly hope. For those willing to repent, the grace of our
Lord will lead past every soulish and narcissistic revelation, helping us
to walk in humility and the simple freedom of Christ Jesus.
For the rest, the road can only lead further into deception and confusion,
compounding itself with every new revelation that adds to, subtracts from,
or contradicts Scripture.
I have heard what the prophets said, that prophesy lies in my name, saying,
I have dreamed, I have dreamed. How long shall this be in the heart of the
prophets that prophesy lies? yea, they are prophets of the deceit of their
own heart; Which think to cause my people to forget my name. Jeremiah 23:
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Myanmar Update - A Note from Roger Oakland
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from Understand the
Times
Understand
The Times supports over 100 children
and adults who have been devastated by the disastrous cyclone that struck
Yangon and the surrounding area. While all of these dear people survived
the storm, they are in desperate need of assistance for food and other
necessary items. UTT has established a Myanmar Relief Fund where concerned
people can donate to this cause. One hundred percent of the funds received
will go to the victims of the Myanmar disaster - to the people we care for
and others who our representatives will reach out to in the surrounding
area. The Myanmar Relief Fund is located at the top of our web page understandthetimes.org Thank
you for you support at this critical time.
Note from Roger Oakland: I have been in touch with Philip
[from the orphan home in Yangon, Myanmar] on a regular basis - only Myanmar
citizens are allowed into the severely damaged areas to assist. Many people
are trying to get out of the devastated areas and are coming into Yangon.
The junta (mob) are taking the supplies that come for humanitarian
assistance from countries and organizations and packaging them as gifts
from the Myanmar army.
The degree of injustice
there is deplorable. It causes me great sorrow and grief - I have been
there, I have seen the people and their need before this event - now, they are being put through such torment
- it is easy to shut one's eyes and ears and do nothing. I know we must do
what we can at this time.
T. W. is scheduled to go
to Yangon by May 22 - he will take cash. There are others who are applying
for visas who can do the same. We are organizing P., M., E., I. and others
to assess what they can do with their people as we provide the cash for
them to purchase needed supplies. We will use our Bible school facilities
for an outreach center.
There have been many
generous donations coming into the web site - close to $15,000 now. Others
have promised to help.
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Kay Warren Joins Heavy-Weight Emergents at Envision 08
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Kay
Warren, wife of Purpose Driven pastor Rick Warren, will join several
heavy-weight emergent leaders at the upcoming Envision 08 event this June. Kay Warren will share a
platform with Brian McLaren, Jim Wallis (Sojourners magazine), Shane Claiborne, Jay Bakker (son of PTL Jim Bakker), Doug Pagitt, and
several other speakers who share emerging church proclivities.
In saying "heavy-weight," we mean those whose theologies
incorporate the essence of the emerging church: mysticism, ecumenism,
panentheism, interspirituality, down-playing the authority of Scripture, a
non-biblical view of the atonement, and a kingdom-now eschatology. Kay
Warren promotes contemplative mystic Henri Nouwen, while her husband has
been a major promoter of both contemplative spirituality (i.e., spiritual
formation) and the emerging church for some time. Recently, Kay Warren
participated at Robert Schuller's Rethink Conference.
One of the speakers at the Envision 08 is Samir Selmanovic, a Seventh-Day
Adventist pastor-turned- emergent leader and director of Faith House
Manhattan, an interfaith organization in New York. Selmanovic is one of the
co-authors of An Emergent Manifesto of Hope. Roger Oakland
discusses Selmanovic's beliefs in his book, Faith Undone:
Samir
Selmanovic ... has some interesting and alarming views on Christianity. He
states:
The
emerging church movement has come to believe that the ultimate context of
the spiritual aspirations of a follower of Jesus Christ is not Christianity
but rather the kingdom of God.... to believe that God is limited to it
[Christianity] would be an attempt to manage God. If one holds that Christ
is confined to Christianity, one has chosen a god that is not sovereign.
Soren Kierkegaard argued that the moment one decides to become a Christian,
one is liable to idolatry.1
On
Selmanovic's website, Faith House project, he presents an interfaith vision
that will "...seek to bring progressive Jews, Christians, Muslims, and
spiritual seekers of no faith to become an interfaith community for the
good of the world. We have one world and one God."2
While Selmanovic says he includes Christians in this interspiritual dream
for the world, he makes it clear that while they might be included, they
are in no way beholders of an exclusive truth. He states:
Is
our religion [Christianity] the only one that understands the true meaning
of life? Or does God place his truth in others too? Well, God decides, and
not us. The gospel is not our gospel, but the gospel of the kingdom of God,
and what belongs to the kingdom of God cannot be hijacked by Christianity.3
While
it is true that God is the One who decides where He is going to place
truth, He has already made that decision. And the answer to that is found
in the Bible. When Selmanovic asks if Christianity is the only religion
that understands the true meaning of life, the answer is yes. How can a
Buddhist or a Hindu or a Muslim fully understand truth when their religions
omit a Savior who died for their sins?
Though world religions may share some moral precepts (don't lie, steal,
etc), the core essence of Christianity (redemption) is radically different
from all of them. Interspirituality may sound noble on the surface, but in
actuality, Selmanovic and the other emerging church leaders are
facilitating occultist Alice Bailey's rejuvenation of the churches. In her
rejuvenation, everyone remains diverse (staying in their own religion), yet
united in perspective, with no one religion claiming a unique corner on the
truth. In other words all religions lead to the same destination and
emanate from the same source. And of course, Bailey believed that a
"coming one" whom she called Christ would appear on the scene in
order to lead united humanity into an era of global peace. However, you can
be sure that if such a scenario were to take place as Bailey predicted,
there would be no room for those who cling to biblical truth.
As is the case with so many emergent leaders, Selmanovic's confusing
language dances obscurely around his theology, whether he realizes it or
not. Sadly, for those who are lost and who are trying to find the way, the
emerging church movement offers confusion in place of clarity. It blurs if
not obliterates the walls of distinction between good and evil, truth and
falsehood, leaving people to stumble along a broken path, hoping to find
light. (from Faith Undone, pp. 187-189)
What
Selmanovic has expressed is emerging spirituality. And McLaren, Claiborne,
Pagitt, and the other emerging speakers at Envision 08 resonate with him.
This global, universal, mystical, interspiritual paradigm shift that
Selmanovic and the others are propagating lines up with the same
spirituality that Oprah, Eckhart Tolle, Marianne Williamson, and a myriad
of other New Age leaders are presenting to the world today. The emerging
church should really be called the merging church, for it is a
merging together of all beliefs, all faiths, and all gods.
The question must be asked, why are Rick and Kay Warren continually
promoting this emerging church and its New Age type gurus rather than
warning others about it? The answer to that can be partly found in the
Warrens' admiration and promotion of Henri Nouwen, for you see, Nouwen, if
he were alive today, would align himself with the emerging church. We can
say that because of so many statements Nouwen made to that effect, such as
when he said that Christian leaders must move from the "moral to the
mystical" (In the Name of Jesus). And when he said, in the last
book he ever wrote: "Today I personally believe that while Jesus came
to open the door to God's house, all human beings can walk through that
door, whether they know about Jesus or not. Today I see it as my call to
help every person claim his or her own way to God" (Sabbatical
Journey, hardcover edition, p. 51).
Notes:
1. Doug Pagitt and Tony Jones, An Emergent Manifesto of Hope, Samir
Selmanovic section, "The Sweet Problem of Inclusiveness," pp.
192-193.
2. From Faith House Project website: http://samirselmanovic.
typepad.com/faith_house/2.WhatisFaithHouseProject.pdf.
3. Doug Pagitt and Tony Jones, An Emergent Manifesto of Hope, p.
194.
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"An Evangelical Manifesto" Released - Many Signers
Contemplative Proponents
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LTRP Note:
Lighthouse Trails is posting this section of "An Evangelical
Manifesto" with a link to the document itself, not as an endorsement
but rather for research purposes.
An Introduction
"An Evangelical Manifesto is an open declaration of who Evangelicals
are and what they stand for. It has been drafted and published by a
representative group of Evangelical leaders who do not claim to speak for
all Evangelicals, but who invite all other Evangelicals to stand with them
and help clarify what Evangelical means in light of 'confusions within and
the consternation without' the movement. As the Manifesto states, the
signers are not out to attack or exclude anyone, but to rally and to call
for reform.
"As an open declaration, An Evangelical Manifesto addresses not only
Evangelicals and other Christians but other American citizens and people of
all other faiths in America, including those who say they have no
faith." Click here to read the rest of the introduction and see a
list of people in the "Steering Comittee."
Click here to read the "Evangelical Manifesto."
Some of the signers include:
* The signers we have listed below are from organizations that promote
contemplative spirituality to one degree or another. Kay Arthur is the
exception.
Leith Anderson
Don Argue
Chancellor, Northwest University
Kay Arthur
Founder, Precept Ministries
Mark Bailey
President, Dallas Theological Seminary
Mark Batterson
Pastor, National Community Church, Washington, D.C.
Doug Birdsall
Executive Chair, The Lausanne Movement
Darrell Bock
Research Professor of New Testament, Dallas Theological Seminary
George Brushaber
President, Bethel University
Bob Buford
Businessman/Founder, Leadership Network
Ergun Caner (Note: Ergun Caner has informed Lighthouse Trails that his name was added to the Evangelical Manifesto without his consent or knowledge. He has issued a public statement regarding this, and his name has now been removed from the list.
M. Daniel Carroll R.
Distinguished Professor of Old Testament, Denver Seminary
Loren Cunningham Co-Founder, Youth With A Mission
Jack Hayford
Founding Pastor, The Church on The Way, President, International Church of
the Foursquare Gospel
Dean Hirsch
President, World Vision International
Kelly Monroe Kullberg
The Veritas Forum
Duane Litfin
President, Wheaton College
Max Lucado
Senior Pastor, Oak Hills Church, San Antonio, Texas, Author
Erwin Lutzer
Pastor, Moody Church, Chicago, Illinois, Gordon MacDonald Author/Pastor
J. P. Moreland
Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, Biola University
Shirley Mullen
President, Houghton College
Mark Noll
Professor of History, University of Notre Dame
John Ortberg
Pastor, Menlo Park Presbyterian Church, Menlo Park, California
William Pannell
Senior Professor of Preaching, Fuller Theological Seminary
Mel Robeck
Professor of Ecumenics, Fuller Seminary
Marguerite Shuster
Professor Preaching, Fuller Theological Seminary
Ronald J. Sider
President, Evangelicals for Social Action
Harold Smith
Editor in Chief and CEO, Christianity Today International
Rich Stearns
President, World Vision U.S. Joe Stowell President, Cornerstone University
Stephen Strang
Founder, Charisma Magazine
Jim Wallis
Founder and Editor, Sojourners Magazine
Amos Yong
Professor of Theology, Regent University
Rick Warren's name does not appear on the list of signers that is posted at
the Evangelical Manifesto website at this time. According to reports, such
as this one from World Magazine, he is one of the signers: "Evangelical Manifesto" calls for reform
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Evangelical Manifesto Criticizes
Politics of Faith
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LTRP Note: The
following article is from CNN, reporting on a document that was released
this past Wednesday and signed by several "evangelical" leaders.
CNN
Associated Press
'An Evangelical Manifesto' criticizes politics of faith
AP - Conservative Christian leaders who believe the word
"evangelical" has lost its religious meaning plan to release a
starkly self-critical document saying the movement has become too political
and has diminished the Gospel through its approach to the culture wars.
The statement, called "An Evangelical Manifesto," condemns
Christians on the right and left for using faith to express political views
without regard to the truth of the Bible, according to a draft of the
document obtained Friday by The Associated Press.
"That way faith loses its independence, Christians become 'useful
idiots' for one political party or another, and the Christian faith becomes
an ideology," according to the draft.Click here to read this entire article.
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GUINNESS DRAFT CREATES WASHINGTON BUZZ
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Event
Name: An Evangelical Manifesto
Event Date: May 7, 2008
Event Type: News Conference
Time: 9:30 AM
from National Press Club
Sponsored by: Evangelical Manifesto
Event Location: First Amendment Lounge
Details: GUINNESS DRAFT CREATES WASHINGTON BUZZ:
'An Evangelical Manifesto' To Be Publicly Launched at National Press Club
by Prominent Christian Leaders, Encouraging Other Adopters
WHAT: Press conference to unveil the contents of "An Evangelical
Manifesto," drafted by Dr. Os Guinness, vetted by a nine-person
steering committee and supported in charter signature by more than 80 of
the nation's leading Evangelical Christians. Join a representative group of
prominent Christian leaders as they unveil an important declaration that
seeks to clarify the confusions and corruptions surrounding the term
"Evangelical" that have grown so deep that the character of what
it means has been obscured and its importance lost. WHO: Dr. Os Guinness,
Author Dr. John Huffman, St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, CA Dr. Richard
Mouw, Fuller Theological Seminary David Neff, Christianity Today Richard
Ohman, Businessman Larry Ross, A. Larry Ross Communications Click here to read more.
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Warren Smith, Ray Yungen Speaking at Calvary Chapel
Conferences this Summer
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#1
Warren Smith, author of Deceived on Purpose and The Light That Was Dark,
will be a featured speaker at the 2008 Senior Pastors Conference in
Murietta, California this coming June. This conference is the annual
pastors conference for Calvary Chapel Senior pastors.
Both Smith and Yungen have written
extensively on the New Age/New Spirituality, documenting how it is
coming into the church through various avenues such as Purpose Driven, the
emerging church, spiritual formation, and more.
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Lighthouse Trails Publishing now has
sample chapters available online for most of the books we publish. We
believe you will find each of these books to be well-written, carefully
documented, and worthwhile. Click here to read some of the chapters.
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Newsletter in Print - Coming Soon
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If
you would like to receive the Coming
from the Lighthouse newsletter in print form by mail, please
send an email to newsletters@lighthousetrails.com.
Be sure and include your mailing address in the email. We will be issuing a
printed newsletter several times a year for those who prefer that over the
email edition or for some reason need both.
Both email and printed editions
will be free.
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Book Spotlights
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Book Spotlights
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These two
important books expose the truth about contemplative spirituality,
spiritual formation, and the new age.
A Time of Departing
and For Many Shall Come in My
Name
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 HOLOCAUST: LEST WE FORGET
A true story that will change your life and challenge your faith ..
"Will
sweep you into 1930s Germany and back with your faith intact ... [Trapped
in Hitler's Hell] carries a stark message for today's Western Christian
... will refocus your priorities and recharge your spiritual
life."-Leo Hohmann, Read entire review at The Messianic Times
Trapped in Hitler's Hell
See all books and DVDs on the
Holocaust
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 The Other Side of the River
by Alaskan Kevin Reeves
When mystical experiences and strange doctrines overtake his church,
one man risks all to find the truth ... a true story. Read more about this
important book.
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 Find out the truth about the emerging church
and the avenues through which it is entering Christianity.
Faith Undone by Roger Oakland
Find out more about the book that tells it like it
is.
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