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The New Missiology

Wycliffe, YWAM, & Other Evangelical Groups to Take Part in Roman Catholic-Endorsed Global Event in 2020

September 20, 2019 by Lighthouse Trails Editors 16 Comments

This week, we received a letter to the editor that alerted us to plans for a “2020 Global Year of the Bible.” As you read the information below, please keep in mind, Lighthouse Trails does not oppose the idea that “billions” of people in the world could potentially read the Bible. Of course not! The … [Read more…]

Posted in: A Global Spirituality, Churches in Crisis!, Ecumenism, Interspirituality, LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, Missions, One-World Religion, Road to Rome, Signs of the Times, The New (False) Spirituality, The New Evangelization, The New Missiology, The New Spirituality Tagged: contemplative prayer, Ecumenism, Missions, one-world religion, pope francis, revival, wea, wycliffe, year of the bible, YWAM

Letter to the Editor: Former YWAM Staff Member Issues Warning to Young People

April 11, 2019 by Lighthouse Trails Editors 7 Comments

To Lighthouse Trails: Please make it very clear that Youth With A Mission (YWAM) was helping to head up The Send. In fact, YWAMers went to Lou Engle, and together they formed the idea for The Send. As a very recent former YWAM staff who was naive to all things NAR and contemplative, I am … [Read more…]

Posted in: A Global Spirituality, Contemplative Organizations, Contemplative Spirituality, Ecumenism, FOR MILLENNIALS, LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, New Evangelicalism, The Emerging Church, The New Missiology, The New Spirituality Tagged: benny hinn, bethel church, ihop, letter to the editor, lou engle, Missions, NAR, new missiology, the send, youth with a mission, YWAM

The Death of John Chau – A Missionary’s Attempt to Bring Light Into Darkness

December 4, 2018 by Lighthouse Trails Editors 3 Comments

  Two weeks ago,  a 26-year-old Christian man named John Allen Chau was killed when he attempted to make contact with a remote tribe on North Sentinel Island, one of the Andaman Islands of India According to reports, Chau had spent several years preparing for the trip, saying that he wanted to tell these isolated … [Read more…]

Posted in: Defending the Faith, Missions, The New Missiology Tagged: chief shoefoot, cree people, egerton ryerson young, john chau, missionaries, Missions, nanci desgerlaise, new missiology, Roger Oakland, yanomamo

Can Cultures Be Redeemed? – Emerging Church Says “Yes” – Bible Says “No”

May 10, 2017 by Lighthouse Trails author

By Nanci Des Gerlaise [Indigenous People’s Movement] leaders teach that God has been redeeming cultures and that He placed in all cultures a way for men to have a relationship with God outside of the Gospel.1 DID GOD CREATE CULTURES? A growing trend in the evangelical church is what is referred to as “redeeming the … [Read more…]

Posted in: Book/Music Excerpts, Defending the Faith, Interspirituality, Native Spirituality, One-World Religion, RESOURCES, The Emerging Church, The New Missiology, The Preaching of the Cross Tagged: first nations, indigeneous people's movement, mike oppenheimer, missiology, nanci des gerlaise, native spirituality, sandy simpson, world christian gathering

Letter to the Editor From a Former Young Life Leader: Watered-Down Gospel, Contemplative Authors, & Emergent Leanings

September 14, 2015 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

In 2012, Lighthouse Trails posted an article titled “Young Life’s History of Embracing Contemplative Authors Continues,” showing that the Christian youth organization, Young Life, was introducing Young Life leaders and kids to contemplative/emergent authors and speakers. The article we wrote talked about a meeting we had in 2002 with the Young Life director of training … [Read more…]

Posted in: CHILDREN AT RISK!, Christian Organizations, Contemplative Organizations, LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, The Emerging Church, The New Missiology Tagged: contemplative prayer, emerging church, letter to the editor, new missiology, young life, youth, youth groups, youth leaders

“Churchless” Christianity – The New Way of Doing Missions

August 29, 2015 by Lighthouse Trails author

By Roger Oakland In an article titled “Christ-Followers in India Flourishing Outside the Church,” the following statement is made regarding the research of Herbert Hoefer, author of Churchless Christianity: In striking research undertaken in the mid-eighties and published in 1991, Herbert E. Hoefer found that the people of Madras City are far closer to historic … [Read more…]

Posted in: Missions, One-World Religion, The Emerging Church, The New Missiology Tagged: churchless christianity, emerging church, Herbert Hoefer, Hinduism, india, Missions, new missiology, Roger Oakland

Letter to the Editor: Please Add William Jessup University to the Contemplative Colleges List—Introducing Students to Emerging Figures

May 27, 2015 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

Hello Lighthouse Trails: Our daughter is a junior in high school and has been receiving college flyers in the mail from secular as well as “Christian” universities. She received the following flyer in a packet.William Jessup University flyer and have attached it as it mentioned “Spiritual Formation Groups” that are used to “reconcile issues surrounding … [Read more…]

Posted in: Contemplative Colleges, Contemplative Spirituality, LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, The Emerging Church, The New Missiology Tagged: bridgers, carl medearis, francis chan, J.P. Moreland, muslims, n.t. wright, new missiology, Roger Oakland, Shane Claiborne, tony campolo, william jessup university, wju

NEW BOOKLET – Are the “Supreme Beings” of the Nations the True God?

March 29, 2015 by Lighthouse Trails author

Are the “Supreme Beings” of the Nations the True God? by  Sandy Simpson is our newest Lighthouse Trails Booklet. The Booklet is 16 pages long and sells for $1.95 for single copies. Quantity discounts are as much as 50% off retail. Our Booklets are designed to give away to others or for your own personal use.  Below … [Read more…]

Posted in: A Global Spirituality, Interspirituality, Missions, New Evangelicalism, RESOURCES, The New Missiology, The New Spirituality Tagged: abraham, Brian McLaren, daniel kikawa, deception in the church, emerging church, golden calf, Henri Nouwen, Hinduism, indigenous people's movement, Interspirituality, Islam, joseph, joshua, Leonard Sweet, Missions, moses, Mother teresa, new missiology, richard twiss, Rick Warren, Robert Schuller, sandy simpson, Victor Kazaniian, wcgip, YWAM

Questions for Those Who Claim the “Supreme Beings” Of the Nations Are the True God

March 24, 2015 by A Ministry in His Service

By Sandy Simpson Deception in the Church Ministries I have some questions for those of the World Christian Gathering of Indigenous People (WCGIP) adherents such as Don Richardson, Daniel Kikawa, Richard Twiss (deceased), Terry LeBlanc, Danny Lehman, Aloha Ke Akua, YWAM as well as many in the Emergent Church (EC). The questions arise from their … [Read more…]

Posted in: Missions, New Evangelicalism, Paganism, The Emerging Church, The New Missiology Tagged: Aloha Ke Akua, daniel kikawa, Danny Lehman, deception in the church, don richardson, golden calf, idolatry in their hearts, mike oppenheimer, Missions, new missiology, Richard Twiss (deceased), sandy simpson, terry leblanc, YWAM

2010 Film “With God on Our Side” – Championed by Jim Wallis, Tony Campolo, Brian McLaren & Steve Haas (World Vision) – Has Changed the Minds of Evangelicals

October 9, 2014 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

By Jan Markell Olive Tree Ministries Today, one of the greatest seductions is that there could be world peace if only the Palestinians had a homeland. The film that came out in 2010 titled With God On Our Side is aimed at changing the end-time views of evangelicals and the theology that says the Jews … [Read more…]

Posted in: Book/Film Reviews, Eschatology, Islam, Israel, Politics, Remembering the Holocaust, Signs of the Times, The New Missiology Tagged: America, barack obama, Brian McLaren, Israel, Jan Markell, Jim Wallis, Obama, olive tree ministries, palestine, palestinianism, replacement theology, steve haas, the Jews, tony campolo, wheaton college, with god on our side, world vision

Letter to the Editor: Concerns About Compassion International Mount

June 21, 2014 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

To Lighthouse Trails: I just came across your site in search of some background information concerning the emergent church movement (which I was aware of, but had no idea of it’s size or that it was labeled as such). I was concerned about a particular speaker at Compassion Intl. and after finding the post at … [Read more…]

Posted in: CHILDREN AT RISK!, Christian Organizations, Churches in Crisis!, Ecumenism, LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, Missions, The Emerging Church, The New Missiology, Willow Creek/Hybels Tagged: compassion international, Contemplative Spirituality, emerging church, jimmy mellado, lynn hybels, Missions, poverty, santiago mellado, Willow Creek, willow creek association

When Churches Use and Abuse Missions

March 31, 2014 by Lighthouse Trails author

By Roger Oakland Understand the Times, International I thank God for pastors and churches that see missions as a means of spreading the gospel. They and their board of directors promote missions for the purpose of establishing gospel lighthouses located in dark places all over the planet. Individual missionaries are assisted and at least partially … [Read more…]

Posted in: Churches in Crisis!, The Emerging Church, The New Missiology Tagged: churches in crisis, missionaries, Missions, new missiology, Roger Oakland, spiritual deception, Understand the Times

Letter to the Editor: What To Do When Christian Charities, Such as Compassion, Turn Contemplative/Emergent

March 26, 2014 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

Hi Lighthouse Trails! Thank you so much for your ministry! My family has been learning about apostasy for a little while now, and we stumbled across your website recently. . . We read your article about VOM and Michael Wurmbrand and were deeply saddened by it.  We have supported VOM for many years so it … [Read more…]

Posted in: CHILDREN AT RISK!, Christian Organizations, Contemplative Organizations, Contemplative Spirituality, LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, Missions, The Emerging Church, The New Missiology Tagged: A Time of Departing, ann voskamp, cana initiative, christian palestinianism, compassion international, doug pagitt, emerging church, Gary Thomas, Missions, poverty, Ray Yungen, tony campolo, VOM, world vision

Jesus Christ Presented as the Son of Allah – A “New” Way of Doing Missions?

January 23, 2014 by A Ministry in His Service

by Paul Proctor Used with permission. I have addressed, on numerous occasions, the Church’s ongoing efforts to reinvent Christianity into a global religion of Results & Relationships by using the powers of pragmatism and consensus to artificially grow itself into something more widely accepted by the world instead of faithfully proclaiming the Word of God … [Read more…]

Posted in: The Emerging Church, The New Missiology Tagged: Missions, Paul Proctor, proctor, The Emerging Church, the new missiology

Letter to the Editor: Church of 43 Years Builds Labyrinth, Promotes Mystical Rituals and Social Gospel

December 5, 2013 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

Dear Lighthouse Trails, I left my church of 43 years, because they were promoting books like Ruth Haley Barton’s “Solitude and Silence”; they had built a Labyrinth next to the Memorial garden where my parents ashes lay and were performing mystic rituals along with contemplative prayer and Spiritual Formation. Before I left my church, I … [Read more…]

Posted in: LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, The Emerging Church, The New Missiology, Willow Creek/Hybels Tagged: Contemplative Spirituality, emerging church, labyrinth, missional, new spirituality, Paul Proctor, proctor, ruth haley barton, silence, spiritual formation, The Emerging Church

A Jewish Believer’s Response to the New Mythology of Daniel Kikawa Calling “Io” God

October 1, 2013 by A Ministry in His Service

By Mike Oppenheimer Let Us Reason Ministries I was brought up Jewish and went to Hebrew school twice a week learning under the Rabbi and cantor. Though this is many years later, I have retained some of what I learned, still knowing the basics. In 1994, I came across the claims of Daniel Kikawa in … [Read more…]

Posted in: Ecumenism, The Emerging Church, The New Missiology Tagged: cultures, daniel kikawa, mike oppenheimer, new missiology, perpetuated in righteousnes

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

September 27, 2013 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

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 really believe and teach. Mike Erre (pastor of the First Evangelical Free Church of Fullerton … [Read more…]

Posted in: A Global Spirituality, Book/Film Reviews, Dominionism, Eschatology, Interspirituality, Israel, The Emerging Church, The New Missiology, Universalism Tagged: Bible prophecy, Brian McLaren, emerging church, end-times, Interspirituality, Israel, last days, New Age, new spirituality, Ray Yungen, Roger Oakland, Warren B. Smith

Understanding Paul’s Appeal at Mars Hill and Why the Emerging Interpretation Just Doesn’t Work

September 2, 2013 by Lighthouse Trails author

LTRP Note: Today, it is common to hear the argument that since Paul quoted pagan poets in Acts 17, it’s OK for Christians to quote those who teach false doctrine. Adherents of the emerging church and contemplative spirituality have basically turned Acts 17 into a license for a free-for-all kind of “I can quote anybody … [Read more…]

Posted in: Interspirituality, New Evangelicalism, The Emerging Church, The New Missiology, The New Spirituality Tagged: discernment, emerging church, Mars Hill, mike oppenheimer, paul, progressive Christianity, Word of God

Missionary or Missional – The Emerging Church “On a Mission from God”

August 20, 2013 by A Ministry in His Service

by Bob DeWaay Missionary or Missional? For hundreds, if not thousands, of years Christians have used the term “missionary” to describe one who goes out to preach the gospel to an unsaved world headed toward judgment—repentance for the forgiveness of sin found in the death and resurrection of Christ. The mission of the missionary was … [Read more…]

Posted in: Spiritual Formation, The Emerging Church, The New Missiology Tagged: bob dewaay, emerging church, emerging spirituality, missional, new missiology, The Emerging Church

Did God Put “Eternity In Their Hearts” or “The World In Their Hearts”?

July 30, 2013 by A Ministry in His Service

By Sandy Simpson Deception in the Church Ministries In the introduction to Mike Oppenheimer’s and my book Idolatry In Their Hearts, I exposed the fact that Don Richardson pulled the phrase “Eternity In Their Hearts” to use as his book title from its context in Ecc. 3:11. He did this to support his thesis, which actually … [Read more…]

Posted in: Missions, The New Missiology Tagged: don richardson, emerging church, eternity in their hearts, mike oppenheimer, Missions, sandy simpson, wcgip, YWAM

NEW BOOKLET: The New Missiology – Doing Missions Without the Gospel

April 27, 2013 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

The New Missiology –  Doing Missions Without the Gospel written by Roger Oakland is our newest Lighthouse Trails Booklet. The booklet is 14 pages long and sells for $1.95 for single copies. Quantity discounts are as much as 50% off retail.  Below is the content of the booklet. To order copies of The New Missiology … [Read more…]

Posted in: Contemplative Organizations, Contemplative Spirituality, Interspirituality, Missions, RESOURCES, Rick Warren, The Emerging Church, The New Missiology, The Preaching of the Cross Tagged: Bible prophecy, Brian McLaren, Contemplative Spirituality, Interspirituality, Rick Warren, Roger Oakland, The Emerging Church

NEW BOOKLET: Can Cultures Be Redeemed? (Some Things You Should Know About the Indigenous People’s Movement)

March 25, 2013 by Lighthouse Trails author

Can Cultures Be Redeemed? (Some Things You Should Know About the Indigenous People’s Movement) written by Nanci Des Gerlaise is our newest Lighthouse Trails Booklet. The booklet is 18 pages long and sells for $1.85 for single copies. Quantity discounts are as much as 50% off retail.  Below is the content of the booklet. To order … [Read more…]

Posted in: Book/Music Excerpts, Native Spirituality, New Evangelicalism, RESOURCES, The Emerging Church, The New Missiology Tagged: emerging church, first nations, indigenous people's movement, Missions, muddy waters, nanci des gerlaise, native americans, native spirituality, new missiology, new spirituality, richard twiss, terry leblanc, tracts

NEW BOOKLET TRACT: Native Spirituality “Renewal” & the Emerging Church

March 23, 2013 by Lighthouse Trails author

Native Spirituality “Renewal” & the Emerging Church written by Nanci Des Gerlaise is our newest Lighthouse Trails Print Booklet Tract. The booklet tract is 18 pages long and sells for $1.85 for single copies. Quantity discounts are as much as 50% off retail.  Below is the content of the booklet. To order copies of Native … [Read more…]

Posted in: Book/Music Excerpts, Contemplative Spirituality, Native Spirituality, RESOURCES, The Emerging Church, The New Missiology Tagged: booklet tracts, cree, emerging church, first nations, nanci des gerlaise, native american religion, native americans, native spirituality, new missiology, print booklet tracts, richard twiss, tracts

Letter to the Editor: Family Member Attending a “Missional” Church

July 14, 2012 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

Dear Lighthouse Trails: Yesterday several of my family were talking, and one member mentioned they were involved in “A missional church.” I don’t know anything about this terminology “missional” but I don’t think I like it. Your thoughts please? ___________________ Dear _________________, We are quite familiar with that term, and in virtually every case we have seen … [Read more…]

Posted in: The Emerging Church, The New Missiology Tagged: bob dewaay, emerging church, larry debruyn, missional, new missiology, Roger Oakland

Video Preview with Sandy Simpson: the First Nations Movement

June 8, 2012 by A Ministry in His Service

The following is a preview video clip of Sandy Simpson in the First Nations Movement DVD Series: For more information on this DVD series, click here.

Posted in: A Global Spirituality, Book/Music Excerpts, Native Spirituality, The New Missiology Tagged: cultures, first nations movement, new missiology, richard twiss, sandy simpson, sin

Video Previews: Perpetuated in Righteousness? Did God Redeem Cultures?

June 5, 2012 by A Ministry in His Service

The following is the first of four previews of the First Nations Movement DVD lecture series with Mike Oppenheimer (Let Us Reason Ministries) and Sandy Simpson (Deception in the Church). This is a powerful series that no Christian should miss. If you would like to order the DVD set, click here. We’ll be posting the other … [Read more…]

Posted in: Native Spirituality, The Emerging Church, The New Missiology Tagged: cultures, first nations movement, mike oppenheimer, new missiology, sandy simpson

Question to LT: What about the “Voice Bible”?

May 14, 2012 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

Dear Lighthouse Trails: What is your view of this new translation [the Voice]? Thank for all you do. Looking up. Bob Our answer (from a 2007 LT article): According to a February 11th article in Christian Today, “New Bible Project for Young Generation Launched”, Thomas Nelson’s 2006 “Bible” project called The Voice is going full … [Read more…]

Posted in: Book/Film Reviews, LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, The Emerging Church, The New Missiology, The Word of God Tagged: bible translations, Bible versions, blue like jazz, Brian McLaren, chris seay, donald miller, emerging church, Erwin McManus, lauren winner, Leonard Sweet, the voice, the voice bible, thomas nelson

Wycliffe Bible Translators to “Re-evaluate” Methodology to Removing “Son of God” and “Father” from Bible Translations

February 8, 2012 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

In a growing controversy where Wycliffe Bible Translators is removing “familial terms” such as Son of God and Father in their Bible translations in order to accommodate Muslim readers, the organization posted a statement on February 7th, saying: While we have never intentionally sponsored a translation that neglects to properly communicate the divine familial terms, … [Read more…]

Posted in: Defending the Faith, Missions, The New Missiology Tagged: Buddhism, carl medearis, Herbert Hoefer, Hinduism, Islam, missionaries, Missions, muslims, new missiology, new spirituality, Paul Proctor, proctor, Roger Oakland, The Emerging Church, world magazine, wycliffe bible translators, YWAM

‘Father’ and ‘Son’ Ousted from the Trinity in New Bible Translations by Wycliffe and 2 Other Groups

January 30, 2012 by A Ministry in His Service

By Hussein Hajji Wario Yahoo! Contributor Network (courtesy True Discernment blog) A controversy is brewing over three reputable Christian organizations, which are based in North America, whose efforts have ousted the words “Father” and “Son” from new Bibles. Wycliffe Bible Translators, Summer Institute of Linguistics (SIL) and Frontiers are under fire for “producing Bibles that … [Read more…]

Posted in: Defending the Faith, Missions, The New Missiology, The Word of God Tagged: bible translations, frontiers, Islam, Missions, muslims, new missiology, the bible, The Emerging Church, the Word of God, wycliffe

John MacArthur Says Emerging Church in “Disarray and Decline” – Evidence Shows Differently

August 22, 2011 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

In a July 2011 article titled “Grow Up. Settle Down. Keep Reforming. Advice for the Young, Restless, Reformed” written by John MacArthur, he stated the following: Five years later, the so-called Emergent Church is now in a state of serious disarray and decline. Some have suggested it’s totally dead. Virtually every offshoot of evangelicalism that consciously embraced … [Read more…]

Posted in: Calvinist/Reformed, Churches in Crisis!, Contemplative Spirituality, The Emerging Church, The New Missiology Tagged: Bible prophecy, Brian McLaren, calvinism, contemplative, driscoll, emerging church, end-times, Henri Nouwen, Homosexuality, john macarthur, last days, Leonard Sweet, Mark Driscoll, reformed theology, Rick Warren, Rob Bell, second coming, spiritual deception, Thomas Merton
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  • A Biblical Perspective on Salvation Vs. Calvinism
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on December 15, 2019 at 1:29 pm

    A Biblical Perspective on Salvation Vs. Calvinism By the Editors at Lighthouse Trails From the Appendix from Bob Kirkland’s book, Calvinism: None Dare Call It Heresy No subject ever discussed can be more important and crucial in this life than the subject of salvation. This is what the citizens of Berea were discussing where it says in Acts 17:11, “they received the ... [Read more...] The post A Biblical Perspective on Salvation Vs. Calvinism appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Inc.

  • Pope Francis/Vatican Launch eRosary to Help Bring About “World Peace”
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on December 14, 2019 at 4:52 am

    Pope Francis/Vatican Launch eRosary to Help Bring About “World Peace” In October of this year, Pope Francis and the Vatican launched the “eRosary” app with the hopes of drawing in more young people to pray the rosary. A BBC article, “Vatican launches new ‘eRosary’ bracelet,” states: The Vatican is hoping to pull in tech-savvy youngsters with the launch of an “eRosary” bracelet. The gadget, which ... [Read more...] The post Pope Francis/Vatican Launch eRosary to Help Bring About “World Peace” appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Inc.

  • The New Evangelization From Rome
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on December 11, 2019 at 2:05 pm

    The New Evangelization From Rome LTRP Note: The following is an extract from Roger Oakland’s booklet, The New Evangelization From Rome—Or Finding the True Jesus Christ. By Roger Oakland When Christians speak of evangelism, they are usually referring to efforts to fulfill the Great Commission. Just before ascending to heaven, Jesus commissioned every believer to proclaim the good news when ... [Read more...] The post The New Evangelization From Rome appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Inc.

  • Ouija Angel Boards
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on December 11, 2019 at 3:21 am

    <strike>Ouija</strike> Angel Boards “While most children in the seventies knew enough truth to place divination in the forbidden realm of the occult, today’s children—who often feel more comfortable with occult games than biblical truth—see nothing wrong with pagan practices.”—Berit Kjos By Lynn Lusby Pratt “Well, would you try to Christianize a Ouija board?” When I’ve asked that question, ... [Read more...] The post <strike>Ouija</strike> Angel Boards appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Inc.

  • The New Gnostics in Today’s Church
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on December 9, 2019 at 1:29 pm

    The New Gnostics in Today’s Church By Bill Randles(Author of the new release, War Against the Saints) I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth. (1 John 2:21) The church is undergoing perhaps her final assault from within, as she has been beset with ... [Read more...] The post The New Gnostics in Today’s Church appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Inc.

  • “Despite Common Core Promises, U.S. Kids Repeat Poor Performance On Latest Global Test”
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on December 5, 2019 at 1:51 pm

    “Despite Common Core Promises, U.S. Kids Repeat Poor Performance On Latest Global Test” LTRP Note: The following news story is posted for informational and research purposes. If you would like to read more about Common Core, see Berit Kjos’ article, “A ‘Common Core’ For a Global Community.” If you know a family whose children are in public school, please consider sharing a copy of Kjos’ article with them. ... [Read more...] The post “Despite Common Core Promises, U.S. Kids Repeat Poor Performance On Latest Global Test” appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Inc.

  • Southern Baptist Convention Adopts “Critical Race Theory”—A Dangerous Marxist “Solution” That Will Not Work
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on December 2, 2019 at 8:43 pm

    Southern Baptist Convention Adopts “Critical Race Theory”—A Dangerous Marxist “Solution” That Will Not Work On November 25th, Lighthouse Trails received a link to a YouTube documentary titled “The Stain of Albert Mohler”(1) that documents how the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) passed a resolution (Resolution 9) this past summer (2019) which adopts “Critical Race Theory” (a theory that claims to be a solution to ending racism but according to critics ... [Read more...] The post Southern Baptist Convention Adopts “Critical Race Theory”—A Dangerous Marxist “Solution” That Will Not Work appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Inc.

  • Letter to the Editor: Reminder About Study Showing Adverse Effects of Meditation
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on December 2, 2019 at 2:13 pm

    Letter to the Editor: Reminder About Study Showing Adverse Effects of Meditation Dear Lighthouse Trails: This article came up in a feed, and I thought it might be a useful reminder to your readers. It’s a 2017 shallow academic re-run of what LHT has devotedly and thoroughly covered in depth for years! I imagine a title like: “Study Names 59 Categories of Unexpected and Unwanted Side Effects ... [Read more...] The post Letter to the Editor: Reminder About Study Showing Adverse Effects of Meditation appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Inc.

  • World Leader of Salvation Army Meets With Pope Francis/Vatican to Discuss Ecumenical Plans
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on December 2, 2019 at 1:50 pm

    World Leader of Salvation Army Meets With Pope Francis/Vatican to Discuss Ecumenical Plans According to a November 2019 posting on the Salvation Army website titled, “World Leader of The Salvation Army General Brian Peddle meets His Holiness Pope Francis,” it appears that the Salvation Army is part of the growing ranks of evangelical organizations in the race toward unity at all costs. The post from the Salvation Army ... [Read more...] The post World Leader of Salvation Army Meets With Pope Francis/Vatican to Discuss Ecumenical Plans appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Inc.

  • A Word About Salvation Versus “the Contemplative Way”
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on December 1, 2019 at 1:18 pm

    A Word About Salvation Versus “the Contemplative Way” By Ray Yungen Knowing Jesus Christ is not merely religion or spirituality but is rather a personal relationship with Him. Romans 10:2 speaks of those who have a “zeal for God but not according to knowledge.” Many contemplative writers describe a spiritual despondency they suffer before turning to mystical prayer as a remedy, and consequently ... [Read more...] The post A Word About Salvation Versus “the Contemplative Way” appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Inc.

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