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This entire issue is devoted to the "new" sexuality and child sexual abuse in both the world and in the evangelical/ Protestant church. If you have children, grandchildren, nieces, nephews,or friends with children, or if you work with children, this issue is for you. With Lighthouse Trails' motto, "bringing light to areas of darkness," we have been reporting on these sensitive areas since the beginning of Lighthouse Trails. Some may feel that sex abuse and the "new" sexuality do not fall within the parameters of exposing spiritual deception, but we believe it does. Why are we doing this? It's quite simple, really. What is sown today will bear fruit tomorrow. In other words, what we do for or against the younger generation (children, teens, and young adults) today will be evident in how they function as Christians tomorrow. If we give them sexual abuse, deceit, sensuality, mysticism, pride, arrogance, carnality, lust, surely we must realize what this will reap in the future. There are many facets of child sexual abuse in the church that we won't be covering in this issue, such as predators who claim to be Christian but are not and who infiltrate churches for the mere purpose of abusing children. But even that is still ultimately the responsibility of the local church wherein they should be screening children's workers and by all means, not covering up abuse and then allowing perpetrators to continue working with children, either in their church or in another associated church. The "new" sexuality that has been brought into the church through emerging contemplative advocates has paved the way for even more abuse to take place because of the carnal, sensual nature of the "new" sexuality and the "new" spirituality. One of the things that is very troubling about that is while the emerging church movement says they are wanting to reach out to the young people of this culture (blaming fundamentalist Christians for not doing that satisfactorily), many of these young people have been sexually abused as children, then they come into an emerging church where homosexuality is becoming more widely embraced, and they come into a contemplative church where things like tantric sex are being subtly introduced. And they come into a carnal church that abuses children and then covers it up. While the "new" evangelicals boast that they are helping young people far more than the previous generation did, with their updated methods and ideas, the opposite is true. What young people need today is the Word of God AND a pure church. Now we know that the church can only be pure as it submits itself to Jesus Christ and allows His purity and His life to dwell within us as believers in Christ. We cannot have this purity apart from Him.
By turning to false "gods," so to speak - contemplative mysticism, spiritual disciplines, new sexuality, social justice, purpose-driven, etc. - the church is doing more harm than good to these wounded young people. God cannot and will not use a church that is arrogant, prideful, lustful, and deceptive. We call upon Christian pastors and leaders who have allowed these vices into their own lives and into their churches to repent, allow God to cleanse, and be truly used of God to help young people.
In the past several days, since our story about Calvary Chapel was released, we have heard from many people, a number who have shared their own or their children's personal accounts of abuse and cover up (not all are within Calvary Chapel). Why weren't these stories reported to authorities, some may ask. Anyone who knows anything about child molestation knows that the victim often feels too ashamed to tell about his or her abuse. And in the case where abuse takes place in a church, there is often coercion to "deal" with the matter privately within the confines of the local church. But sadly, often the abuse is NOT dealt with and the molester is moved to a new location. We saw this tragedy happen in the Catholic church. But it is happening in the Christian church as well. We know there are many churches who do protect their children - for this you are commended. But there are too many that don't. The majority of people who contacted us after our article last week were extremely supportive of this story coming out. But a few were angry and upset. Some of those felt that the story should not have been released as this is a "private" matter for the church, not for the world to see. New believers will stumble, they say, by this coming out. This is nothing but gossip and so on. Basically, what they are saying is that this shouldn't be talked about publically. But that poses a problem because it isn't being dealt with within the church. Children are being abused, and adult leaders are covering it up. Today, a lot of Christian figures talk about "revival" and a "new" reformation taking place. However, we should note that whenever true revival has taken place in the past, it was a revival of repentance. People would be humbly confessing their sins. This is a sharp contrast to today's "revival" mentality where sins are pushed under the rug, never dealt with - or worse yet, they are no longer called sin. A "new" reformation or revival that is fleshly, devilish, and sensual is not a reformation from God at all. ENOUGH May kids be brave enough to tell [If you are someone who has in the past sexually abused a child, the "new" evangelicalism cannot help you. Only by repenting and putting your full trust and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ can you be helped. Wash yourself in the Word of God daily, make restitution to those you have harmed, be accountable to a godly person, and do not put yourself in temptation's way. And remember sexual abuse against a child is a crime.] Note of Apology: We apologize that some of the material you read in this week's newsletter will be difficult to read and view and perhaps feel offensive. But these things need to be brought out of the secret corners, and in so doing perhaps some children will be saved from abuse. With statistics showing that a very high percentage of boys and girls are molested by the time they are 18, we cannot ignore what is happening in the church, as painful as it may be to all of us. |
| Obama Administration Declares Children as ‘Sexual Beings’ |
By Richard Swier Indiana University Zoologist Dr. Alfred C. Kinsey shocked the nation in 1948 with the publication of Sexual Behavior in the Human Male, followed in 1953 by Sexual Behavior in the Human Female. Since the publication of these two reports Dr. Kinsey and his research have been scientifically debunked. However, he lives on in the hearts and minds of the gay, lesbian, bi-sexual and transgender movement as a sage. Gays, when confronted with their behaviors, always say the person confronting them is gay also. This has most recently been used against Republican presidential candidate and Texas Governor Rick Perry who has been called gay. According to Robert H. Knight, “[T]his comes from Kinsey stating that 95 percent of men committed sexual crimes such as rape, sodomy, incest, homosexuality, adultery, public exposure, fornication or other offenses. If most men were sexual criminals of one sort or another, Kinsey reasoned, then society should redefine what is ‘normal’ and reduce penalties for sex offenses.” It appears that the Obama administration and the U.S. Department of Health and Human services agree with Dr. Kinsey. Time to redefine “normal”, especially in children. Click here to continue reading.
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| Feedback on Article about Calvary Chapel and Child Sex Abuse Case |
Regarding our article from 8/25/11, Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa named in Child Sexual Abuse Lawsuit, Lighthouse Trails received many responses. We have decided to post some of them as we think it is important for our readers to see what is being said by others. We have included the negative comments we received also.
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| Mental Health Group Looks to Remove Stigma From Pedophilia – American Psychological Association’s Role in These Efforts |
LTRP Note: Last week, Fox News released an article titled ”Mental Health Group Looks to Remove Stigma from Pedophilia” [child sex abuse]. The article reports on a group of professionals who are making efforts to take the stigma out of pedophilia. While this group of people does not directly reflect the views of the APA, the American Psychological Association, we emphasize the word directly. What many readers may not know is that in 1998, the APA released a “research” report in their publication, Psychological Bulletin, which stated that sexual relations with children is not necessarily harmful to them. The report was nicknamed “The Rind Report.” Because of efforts by Dr. Laura Schlessinger and other child advocates, a bill was created and submitted to the House of Representatives, which in turn passed the bill and rejected and condemned The Rind Report. Dr. Schlessinger stated: “This study is the first step on the road to normalizing pedophilia – just as homosexuality has been mainstreamed to the point where tolerance is no longer sufficient: we have to “embrace” it.” Now, thirteen years later, and now that homosexuality is so accepted that even many evangelical and Protestant mainstream groups have either embraced the homosexual lifestyle as being “normal” or at the least changed their views that it is sinful, we can see that efforts to normalize the sexual abuse of children is still underway. We find it tragically coincidental that on the same week we wrote our article about the alleged cover up of sexual abuse at Calvary Chapel, we learn of this mental health group hoping to change the public’s view on pedophilia. In a 2002 WorldNetDaily article written by Dr. Schlessinger, she reiterates the efforts being made to normalize pedophilia. In that article, she states:
Thus, we salute those young men in the Calvary Chapel abuse case for being brave enough to come forth. And we pray other children and young people who have been abused as children will come forth as well. Remember, the power of sin lies in its secrecy. If indeed child sex abuse (pedophilia) is “normalized” in our society, you can be sure that there will be no possible hope for any country that has given in to this atrocity. Throughout history, once a nation or society lowered itself to that level, that nation or society was no more. Those who have been abused know full and all too well that the sexual molestations committed against them did harm them; and thus those who have abused must be judged and kept from children. As for Calvary Chapel, we pray that those who are truly guilty for any sexual crimes against children or for the cover ups of sexual crimes against children will humble themselves, come forth willingly, repent for either their abuse or the cover up of such, and in so doing receive forgiveness from God and contribute to the healing of the victims. Yes, those guilty who come forth may go to prison; but they can be set free from the guilt and reprobate direction they are going in and be made clean as snow because of Christ’s forgiveness. “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness” (1 John 1:9). God’s view of child abuse can be capsulated in the words of our Lord Jesus Christ: “It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones” (Luke 17:2). And now the Fox News article: FoxNews.com A group of psychiatrists and other mental health professionals say it’s time to change the way society views individuals who have physical attractions to children. The organization, which calls itself B4U-Act, is lobbying for changes to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, or DSM, the guideline of standards on mental health that’s put together by the American Psychiatric Association. The group says its mission is to help pedophiles before they create a crisis, and to do so by offering a less critical view of the disorder. “Stigmatizing and stereotyping minor-attracted people inflames the fears of minor-attracted people, mental health professionals and the public, without contributing to an understanding of minor-attracted people or the issue of child sexual abuse,” reads the organization’s website. Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/health/2011/08/24/mental-health-group-looks-to-remove-stigma-from-pedophilia/#ixzz1WKeE1gqQ If you haven’t watched The Kinsey Syndrome, we recommend you do. Here below is a YouTube preview clip of it. You can watch other clips of it there too or get the entire 3 hour DVD from us. If you can't see the video below, click here.
Related: Efforts to Eliminate “Stigma” Against Pedophilia and Call it “Normal” Are Underway Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa named in Child Sexual Abuse Lawsuit Former Child Star Says Pedophilia No. 1 Problem for Children in Hollywood
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| Where Predators Hunt |
By Greg Reid Predators looking for [children] and teens to molest want to be in situations of access or trust to the target kids. These are some of the most likely places predators find that access: Schools as teachers, coaches, librarians, custodians, etc. Beaches & lakes (from chapter 4 of The Color of Pain) |
| ‘Gay’ pedophilia and Obama |
From our 2008 archives, still a relevant article LTRP Note: Lighthouse Trails is posting the following WorldNet Daily article by Linda Harvey because we believe the rise in pedophilia and the acceptance of the homosexual lifestyle are two inter-related issues that need to be brought to light in our spiritually darkened society. These are signs of the times and indirectly connected to occultism. “‘Gay’ pedophilia and Obama” By Linda Harvey I’d been wondering what Kevin Jennings was doing these days. Jennings is the founder and long-time head of the radical homosexual group GLSEN, the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network. GLSEN’s mission has been to plant “gay” clubs and training programs in as many schools as possible. GLSEN now claims 4,000 “gay-straight alliances” exist, although this number is doubtful. Certainly, there are way too many. The group’s target has been to place these clubs in all U.S. schools, K through 12. If you think a kindergartner signing up for a “gay” club is ludicrous, you are not alone. But Jennings has moved on to better things. He’s now the Obama campaign fundraising co-chair for the “LGBT” community - that’s “lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered.” You can listen to Jennings lay out the rights-oriented rhetoric in two interviews with Joe Solmonese of the Human Rights Campaign, on the website “LGBT for Obama.” Their conversation, reviewing Jennings’ record, dwells on preventing bullying of “gay” kids. Jennings constructed this Trojan horse for access to schools despite the ability of every community to punish school bullying without accommodating the “gay” agenda. This smokescreen hides the pornographic reality of GLSEN’s “support” for kids under Jennings’ leadership. Click here to read this entire article. Related Stories: Ted Haggard Story Will Raise Serious Questions For All Baptist Press Reports: Obama: If elected I will use the bully pulpit for gay causes |
| Deaf victim of sex abuse is suing pope, and going public with his story for the first time |
From our 2010 archives By Scott Bronstein MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin – Terry Kohut has kept a dark secret for nearly 50 years. Now he is breaking his silence, becoming a key figure in the sex-abuse crisis in the Catholic Church and the growing controversy over what Pope Benedict XVI did about it. When Kohut was barely a teen, and for years afterward, he says, he was sexually molested and assaulted by the headmaster and priest of the school where he lived, St. John’s School for the Deaf, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. What occurred there is one of the most notorious cases of sex abuse in the Catholic Church.
Kohut was not alone. From 1950 to 1974 the headmaster of St. Johns, Father Lawrence C. Murphy, raped and molested as many as 200 deaf boys, according to court and church documents. Kohut has now filed the first sex-abuse lawsuit against the Vatican actually naming Pope Benedict, previously known as Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, as a defendant. The Vatican’s “policy of secrecy” in abuse cases, and its “directives to conceal the sexual abuse of children” by priests, the lawsuit says, helped bring about the abuse of Kohut and others by Father Murphy. Kohut has never before gone public or spoken about what Father Murphy did to him. He has remained anonymous in the suit, listed only as “John Doe 16,” one of dozens of men alleging abuse. In an exclusive interview with CNN, Kohut, 60, spoke with his hands and through an interpreter, describing how the abuse by Father Murphy started.
“I went into his office, the door was closed,” he said. “And Father Murphy said, ‘Take your pants down. And so I did… you know, he was always in his black attire with a white collar, and you know … I was questioning why he would ask me to do that. Here he is, a priest, and – I have to obey him. And he proceeded to touch me.” What happened to Kohut and the other deaf boys -– and the handling of the Murphy case by Ratzinger’s office – are central issues in a widening examination of the church’s role in covering up sexual abuse by priests. Did that approach reach as high as the man who would become the pope? Click here to continue reading.
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| Myths about Abused Boys |
By Gregory Reid Myth: It is not a widespread problem. Myth: Most molesters are dirty old men. Myth: Most predators are stranger to the child. Myth: Abuse must be forced or violent to be called rape. Myth: Most victims become abusers. Myth: Non forced abuse makes the boy responsible. Myth: It happens to other people’s kids. (From The Color of Pain by Gregory Reid) |
| Is This America? |
By Mary Ann Collins We live in a world where multiculturalism, secular humanism, and occultism are rising like a monstrous tsunami in opposition to God’s ways and moral guidelines. Compromise has become the norm, and God’s unchanging Truth is dismissed as an obstacle to solidarity. Rarely has it been more difficult for Christian parents to pass their faith and values on to their children. Public schools have long been undermining the Biblical faith and morality of Christian children. Through sex education using manipulative techniques such as “values clarification”[1] and facilitated dialogue, they expose children to sexual lifestyles that God’s people were warned never to imagine or experience. The same mind-changing techniques are used to promote all kinds of spiritual alternatives to Christianity. Classroom projects making Hindu gods, New Age rituals to a mystical Mother Earth, interpretations of Tarot cards, and “worry dolls” that supposedly ward off evil spirits are merely four examples of today’s promotional blitz of popular occultism.[2] In addition, today’s children live in a world that is filled with movies, music, toys, and video games that promote a worldview that is diametrically opposed to Christianity. Click here to continue. |
By Gregory Reid The cost to a kid who gets molested is higher than most people know. It’s too easy to minimize the damage by saying, “It’s just one of those things,” or “Get over it.” Sexual violation is a violent thing even when it’s not violent. It takes so much inside. After many years, I’ve taken notice of the losses (much of which has been healed and restored), and I want to tell you about it so you’ll know. (chapter 14, The Color of Pain)
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| Presbyterians in Mexico to break with apostate PCUSA on homosexuality |
By Gay Christian Watch The church’s sexual civil war is going global. Thankfully, there’s good news to report from the Mexican front via the Washington Post as the Presbyterian Church (USA) suffers another loss because of their ungodly support of homosexuality.
Presbyterian leadership in the US (like several other mainline US denominations) have been steadily bleeding memberships after capitulating to homosexual religious activists entrenched in the organizations. Click here to continue reading.
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| The Unforgotten Face of Eva |
Note: The following is a short excerpt from Laughter Calls Me by Catherine Brown. In this section, Catherine is in the office of the Child Exploitation Division of the Los Angeles Police Department. She is sitting at a table looking through confiscated photos to find pictures of her own children. One photo she came across remained implanted in her mind forever:
There are millions and millions of children and teens who are exploited by child pornographers. Child pornography is a multi-billion dollar industry. If you don't believe that, just call the Child Exploitation Division of any major city.
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| What’s Sex Got To Do With It? |
The Bible says we live in a “crooked and perverse” world and that as believers we are to “shine as lights in the world” (Philippians 2:15). The closer we move toward the “end of the age” (Matthew 24), the darker and more perverse the world becomes. Global peace plans, inter-faith movements, emergent spiritualities, and other carnal-induced plots will not help the world’s woes. Jesus said, “I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.” (John 12:46). As the world moves further away from Jesus Christ, the darkness only grows. A person can never escape that darkness without Jesus Christ living in him or her … all these other attempts are futile. The New Age movement has now permeated all areas of our society: the business world, healthcare, education, religion, and entertainment. Virtually nothing has been untouched by the tentacles of this occultic, meditation-driven spirituality, and it has entered the Christian church through contemplative prayer (i.e., spiritual formation). But there is another area that mysticism has united with … and that is the sexual realm. The marriage of the two is referred to as tantra (or tantric sex), and before you stop reading this article, thinking “What has sex got to do with exposing contemplative and the New Age?” we must tell you will all soberness, this mystical sexuality is growing faster by the day, and it may ultimately affect the lives of countless Christians. Why? Because Christianity at large is going in a mystical direction, thanks to countless Christian leaders, and within the realms of these mystical states, many will be introduced to tantra. We decided to write this article on tantra after a Christian woman contacted us and told us (after seeing tantra mentioned in a description of For Many Shall Come in My Name) that her Christian husband (who is in leadership in a large Christian movement) was being enticed with tantric sex. Ray Yungen explains about tantra and its relevance today:
If Christians begin to incorporate their contemplative proclivities with their sexual lives (a Christian version of tantric sex), the results will be devastating to the church, and we predict sexual perversion will be more rampant than ever. Why? Because if the altered states of consciousness are truly demonic realms (as we believe they are) then tantric sex is another venue of the hidden darkness that Jesus spoke of. These assertions may sound absurd and far-fetched to some readers, but evidence of the truth of this does exist. For instance, Henri Nouwen (who along with Thomas Merton is one of the top icons of the contemplative prayer movement), in his last book The Sabbatical Journey, favorably revealed how he listened to audio tapes on the seven chakras which is the basis for tantric sex (p. 20). Also in Nouwen’s book, he makes mention of his encounter with a homosexual mystic named Andrew Harvey, whom Nouwen referred to as his soul friend (spiritual mentor) and how much Harvey’s mysticism had touched him (p. 149). And yet Harvey’s mysticism includes the tantric element. In a 2007 conference (The International Conference on Sacred Sexuality), Harvey led a workshop called “Sexual Liberation, Tantra, and Sacred Activism” in which Harvey:
As believers who are to “shine as lights in the world,” we must flee the deeds of darkness and “become blameless and harmless, children of God without fault in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation.” We cannot do this in our own strength, but Jesus Christ living inside us will enable us through His mercy and grace: “For it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure” (Philippians 2:13). (this article originally from our 2007 newsletter archive) Further information on this topic: Hindus critical & dismayed of “Hollywood types” describing Tantra as just sex |
GLSEN and the Hitler Youth by Dr. Judith Reisman (WND) A Pastor Speaks Up: Mark Driscoll and the New “Sexual Spirituality” Sexuality in the New Reformation by Roger Oakland “Sexpert Pastor Mark Driscoll is Told, ‘Enough is Enough’”
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