At the end of each year, Lighthouse Trails presents its Year in Review, divided into different parts. Below is the first part of our 2024 Year in Review. While we receive numerous letters, comments, calls, and e-mails throughout the year, and consider them all important and of value, we believe the 5 below illustrate very well what many of our readers are concerned about in these difficult days.
- Letter to the Editor: I Was in a Dark and Dangerous Spiritual Deception: I used to be a Clinical Psychologist. I had a humanistic view and understanding of life, quite liberal and “politically correct” with that “good person” kind of idea. I also went into New Age, eastern ideas, esoteric, although I grew up in a traditional Protestant church.
2. Letter to the Editor: Churchless in the Church: A while back, I sent either links or material to those who, in increasing numbers, find themselves in churches where they are no longer welcome, be they founding or sustaining members, or new arrivals seeking a place to worship and share with likeminded believers.
3. Letter to the Editor Warning: Craig Groeschel’s Life Church Introducing New Age/Contemplative Practices to Tens of Millions Through Its YouVersion Bible App: I attend Life Church with Pastor Craig Groeshcel. I have loved my church and the YouVersion Bible app for years. Life Church is the creator of the YouVersion Bible app, which was created in 2008. But in the last couple of years, I have seen error creep into both my church and the app.
4. Letter to the Editor: My Pastor Left and Joined the Eastern Orthodox Church!: Our church’s pastor recently resigned and turned to Eastern Orthodoxy, leaving our Chinese speaking congregation without a pastor. He and his family have been attending an EO church since then.
5. Letter to the Editor: Being Caught Off Guard by “Jesus Calling” Led to Dangerous Spiritual Encounter: My husband passed away in 2016 after some very difficult years. I was distracted and not as spiritually aware as I should have been. A friend recommended Jesus Calling by Sarah Young. I had never heard of this book, and for the first time, I did not investigate a book before reading it.
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