By Corrie Ten Boom Can a piece of furniture be important? The oval table in our dining room was the gathering place for hopes and dreams, the listening place for prayers and petitions, and the loving place for joy and laughter. But Sunday, it was something more—it was the special place for family and friends. Sunday … [Read more…]
On October 13th, Lighthouse Trails author (and friend) and Holocaust survivor Anita Dittman passed into glory. She was 93 years old. Anita was twelve years old in 1939, living in Germany with her sister and Jewish mother. Her Aryan father had by then abandoned them to avoid the cost of being married to a Jew. … [Read more…]
LTRP Note: As our editors and authors have expressed clearly for 18 years, Lighthouse Trails loves the Jewish people and believes that the nation of Israel has significance in Bible prophecy. We are grateful for The Berean Call’s answer below. Over the last six years, four different sets of people (Lighthouse Trails Readers) have shown … [Read more…]
By Maria KneasThe following is an extract of How to Prepare for Hard Times and Persecution. If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their … [Read more…]
LTRP Note: Over the weekend, Lighthouse Trails editors watched a very compelling and informative interview (see below) with civil rights veteran and founder of the Woodsen Center, Bob Woodson. In light of the violence, rioting, and now the talk of defunding the police that has taken place over the last couple weeks in America, this … [Read more…]
Upheaval: “a violent or sudden change or disruption to something.” LTRP Note: The following comments are from Lighthouse Trails readers over the past several days. ____________________ I heard from a friend in California last night. Her home is near an area where businesses are boarding up their windows and doors because of riots and that’s … [Read more…]
LTRP Note: The following article is posted for informational and research purposes. To learn more about “Replacement Theology,” please read Mike Oppenheimer’s booklet/article Israel: Replacing What God Has Not. By Steve Herzig I witnessed an attempt to reframe theology during our Canadian Friends of Israel Prophecy Conference in Winnipeg, Manitoba, last year when a colleague … [Read more…]
By Cedric Fisher Orthodox Bible-believing Christians do not fit in our world nor will they be tolerated.1—From an eye-witness account of the 2015 Parliament of the World Religions There is a war against Bible-believing Christians on the horizon. And until we acknowledge it, we are not going to fully grasp how essential it is to … [Read more…]
“When the war ended we all said, ‘This can never happen again.’ But now polls show that 22 percent of the U.S. population does not believe there was a Holocaust. The story has to be retold so that history does not repeat itself.”1—Diet Eman Diet Eman, a Christian resistance worker in Holland during WWII, has … [Read more…]
LTRP Note: The following news story is posted for informational and research purposes. By Jordan SekulowACLJ It’s stunning to think a state university would allow an anti-Israel, anti-Semitic conference. But it’s unconscionable that it would use tax dollars to do so, promoting the spirit of anti-Semitism at the expense of its Jewish students. The ACLJ … [Read more…]
By Alex WinstonThe Jerusalem Post (see photo below) [Shoshona Ovitz] celebrated her 104th birthday this week, surrounded by approximately 400 of her descendants at the Western Wall in Jerusalem. Ovitz wished that her birthday celebration would be with all of her family together at the holy site. Ovitz survived Auschwitz after witnessing her mother being … [Read more…]
“Not everyone believes the Holocaust happened, and you have your thoughts, but we are a public school and not all of our parents have the same beliefs so they will react differently.” – Florida High School Principal By Jerusalem Post Staff “I can’t say the Holocaust is a factual, historical event because I am not … [Read more…]
By Tony Pearce Sadly for millions of Jewish people the idea that Jesus could be the one to bring peace and reconciliation seems ridiculous and offensive. I used to visit a Jewish lady who was born around the beginning of the 20th century and brought up in a small town in Poland. Her first memory … [Read more…]
Today is Holocaust Remembrance Day. Sadly, many people don’t even think about it, and sadder still, many children in public schools are not being taught about it (and in some instances, they are being taught that the Holocaust was exaggerated or didn’t even happen at all!). As we watch anti-Semitism increasing worldwide, even among many … [Read more…]
LTRP Note: The following news story is posted for informational and research purposes. By Art MooreWND News In a resolution passed Thursday originally meant to rebuke Muslim Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., for anti-Semitic remarks, House Democrats omitted the congresswoman’s name and added condemnations of “Islamophobia” and white supremacism. The resolution, approved by a 407-23 vote, … [Read more…]
We had hoped and prayed that the war would end without an invasion of Bautzen, for we continued to be afraid of the Russians, not knowing how they would treat us. Would they pillage, burn, and rape, or would they liberate and restore? We had been fed horrible propaganda about the Reds. According to Hitler, they were as despicable as the Jews.
LTRP Note: In September of this year, a book publisher in Germany (under contract with Lighthouse Trails Publishing) released a German translation of Trapped in Hitler’s Hell by Anita Dittman and Jan Markell. Anita, 91, grew up in Germany and was 13 years old in 1939 when Hitler invaded Poland. From the time she was … [Read more…]
LTRP Note: The following news story is posted for informational and research purposes. By JTA Jerusalem Post Ilhan Omar, the newly elected congresswoman from Minnesota, said after being elected that she supported the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement targeting Israel, after saying during her campaign that it was “counteractive” and prevents dialogue. Omar’s comment came … [Read more…]
While major media voices such as Newsweek and groups such as Poland’s Auschwitz Memorial are speaking up this week about a group of Wisconsin high school boys who allegedly gave a Nazi salute in a group photo, media and Jewish advocacy groups seem unaware that one of the most popular well-admired New Age authors states … [Read more…]
By Mary Danielsen Many Christian believers are expressing concern today, and rightly so, over something called “social justice” or the “social-justice gospel.” Jim Wallis, founder of Sojourners magazine, is one of the top “change agents” in the social-justice movement within the evangelical/Protestant church, and the timing of his surge in popularity cannot be ignored, considering: … [Read more…]
By Kevin Reeves History is filled with stories of those who have stood for truth, many of whom gave their lives to defend the faith God had put in their hearts. History is also filled with those who tried to squelch that truth. In his riveting account of the Nazi empire, historian William L. Shirer … [Read more…]
By Tony Pearce During the 1970s, my wife, Nikki, and I used to go and talk to people involved in left-wing political groups about our faith. We made friends with some Jewish socialists who invited us along to a meeting of Young Mapam, a socialist Zionist group. The speaker was a man called Hyam Maccoby … [Read more…]
The following is from Holocaust survivor Anita Dittman’s book Trapped in Hitler’s Hell. Anita was a young Christian Jew in Germany when World War II began. It was her faith in Christ, and the Lord’s mercy, that sustained her during the war years, but she (along with all other Jews in Germany at that time) … [Read more…]
LTRJ Note: During this week, Holocaust Remembrance week, we sadly learned about a study conducted showing that Americans are increasingly becoming more and more ignorant of the reality of the Holocaust, especially among the younger generations. As the article below points out, it won’t be too long before there are no more first-hand witnesses who … [Read more…]
By Anita Dittman (Holocaust Survivor) December 25th in a German Labor Camp during WWII: We prayed that God would miraculously sustain our strength; each day our food rations diminished so the German soldiers on the battlefronts could receive more food. Shortly after all of us Christians had prayed for physical strength, the neighboring farmers again … [Read more…]
By Bill Randles In view of last week’s UN Vote on the day the UN designates “Palestinian day,” in which 151 nations voted that Israel has no claim on Jerusalem and of last week’s six UN anti-Israel resolutions, and in view of today’s historic declaration by President Trump that Jerusalem is the Capitol of Israel, I thought it fitting to re-run this … [Read more…]
Also see Part 1: “Commentary: Assembly of God (AOG) General Council to Vote on Resolution Against Israel ” and Part 2: “Dr. George Wood Responds to Lighthouse Trails Article on AoG Resolution 3 and Israel” See concluding part. By Cedric Fisher Truth Keepers When I wrote my commentary on July 28th about the Assemblies of … [Read more…]
Also see Part 1: “Commentary: Assembly of God (AOG) General Council to Vote on Resolution Against Israel ” and Part 3: “A Further Unveiling of Assemblies of God Resolution 3 & the Serious Implications” By the Editors at Lighthouse Trails On July 28th, Lighthouse Trails posted a commentary by Lighthouse Trails author Cedric Fisher titled … [Read more…]
2017 marks the 500th year anniversary of the Reformation period in history. This year, orthodox, ecumenical, emergent, liberal, and even secular groups will be “honoring” the Reformation. In this new booklet by Roger Oakland, certain aspects of the Reformation will be discussed, aspects you won’t find in these other circles. THE REFORMATION: A Brief But … [Read more…]
By Tony Pearce (excerpt from The Messiah Factor) Those who blame God for the Nazi Holocaust should note that the roots of the Nazi ideology lay in a definite rejection, indeed a bitter hatred of not just Judaism, but the God of the Bible and authentic Christianity. In this connection it is interesting to note … [Read more…]
