This message by former New Age follower Warren B. Smith was delivered at the Wide Is the Gate Conference at Calvary Chapel East, Albuquerque, New Mexico (2014). You may watch it below or go to Warren’s YouTube channel. His YouTube channel was created and is managed by Chris Lawson of Spiritual Research Network. Chris has … [Read more…]
Pagan Christianity, written by George Barna and Frank Viola, was released in 2008. Fourteen years later, it remains a bestseller, showing up as #6 on Amazon’s “Ecclesiology Christian Theology” category. In 2011, Lighthouse Trails posted a review of the book because we saw how it would deceive Christians and lead them closer to an emergent … [Read more…]
Dear Lighthouse Trails: I am a Westmont grad from the early 70s, and, with my husband, a Multnomah University alum as well. I grew up in a church closely associated with Multnomah when its slogan was: “If you want Bible, you want Multnomah.” But no longer. We live near the school and have seen the … [Read more…]
In December of 2021, Lighthouse Trails posted a YouTube video by an outside source that documented numerous unbiblical aspects of the highly popular series, The Chosen. In January of 2022, Lighthouse Trails released its own documentation in a booklet titled The Chosen Series: 10 Critical Concerns. Prior to and after the release of our booklet, … [Read more…]
LTRP Note: The following report by Cedric Fisher highlights the significant influence of New Age sympathizer Leonard Sweet in the Global Church Network (which involves huge numbers of denominations and ministries – perhaps even yours). By Cedric FisherTruth Keepers This article is about the largest pastor’s network, also called a church, that appears to have … [Read more…]
THE CHOSEN Series—10 Critical Concerns is our newest Lighthouse Trails Booklet. The booklet is 18 pages long and sells for $1.95 for single copies. Quantity discounts are available. Our Booklets are designed to give away to others or for your own personal use. Below is the content of this new booklet. To order copies of … [Read more…]
LTRP Note: Last week, Lighthouse Trails began posting information about the series, The Chosen, because evidence shows that this series and the story behind its creation are lacking biblical integrity though the creators say the contrary is true. Director Dallas Jenkins says that God told him The Chosen would be the “definitive portrayal of God’s … [Read more…]
By L.B.S.Guest writer from Canada By now many of us have heard of “the Great Reset” that the globalists intend to impose on the citizens of Earth, where they say, “You will own nothing, and you will be happy.” I contend that it is a proposition based on the assumption that the populace will consent … [Read more…]
Dear Lighthouse Trails: I live in Canada, north of Toronto, Ontario, and have kept track of your website for at least ten plus years now. I am not sure how I came across your site, but I had been reading books by the Berean Call, and they had books on the emerging church and such … [Read more…]
Dear Lighthouse Trails: I was very much encouraged by a Roger Oakland article originally posted 3/28/19 titled: “The Jeremiah Calling: Watching and Warning.” As believers, we are called to watch and warn. The section in the article that really stood out (as having ongoing relevance today and exhorted me to keep steadfastly fighting the good … [Read more…]
LTRP Note: This is an ode to those of you who defend the Gospel of Jesus Christ and warn others of impending spiritual danger, speaking the truth in love, strength, and courage, by His grace. The Watchmanby Scottish pastor, Horatius Bonar (1808-1889) Thy way, not mine, O Lord, however dark it be; Lead me by … [Read more…]
By L. Sharp (Guest writer and researcher) I want to share some thoughts regarding Jim Wallis’ recent June 24, 2021 “farewell” to Sojourners: the magazine/movement he began 50 years ago. I was made aware, spiritually, of the dangers of Jim Wallis through the excellent articles and booklets of Lighthouse Trails author Mary Danielsen. So glad … [Read more…]
By Milton QuintanillaChristian Headlines Kevin Max, a member of the Grammy award-winning Christian band DC Talk, recently stirred up controversy after he identified himself as an “exvangelical”, leading many to think he has departed from the faith. In a tweet over the weekend, Max wrote the following, “Hello, my name is Kevin Max & I’m an #exvangelical.” … [Read more…]
Since 2016, Lighthouse Trails has been sending out topical booklets three times a year* to a growing list of pastors and Christian leaders. Our current list contains 582 names. Last week, we sent out our fifteenth mailing, but instead of sending out booklets, this time we sent each pastor and leader a copy of Warren … [Read more…]
By Linda and Richard NathanFormer New Age followers and authors of The Glittering Web and Darkness Comes in Like a Flood It was 1962, and there was a sense of awakening in the air, a call to a different kind of life. Young people hearing the siren song were pouring into San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury District … [Read more…]
Question #1 – Should Christians Expose Error? By Harry A. Ironside Objection is often raised—even by some sound in the faith—regarding the exposure of error as being entirely negative and of no real edification. Of late, the hue and cry has been against any and all negative teaching. But the brethren who assume this attitude … [Read more…]
Dear Lighthouse Trails: I am writing to warn of Todd Bentley’s Jan.27, 2021 announcement of his plans for 2021. Bentley went “radio silent” last year, but has reappeared, apparently/supposedly with a “25 year mandate” from God. He is launching via various media platforms, and not just in America, but in other continents. In a 27 … [Read more…]
By Warren B. SmithFrom his new book, The Titanic and Today’s Church SADLY, the warnings issued by those of us who came out of the New Age have been as casually and complacently disregarded as the iceberg warnings given to the Titanic before it collided with the iceberg. As church leaders minimized and marginalized our warnings about the … [Read more…]
LTRJ Note: The following is posted for informational and research purposes and not necessarily as an endorsement of either the content or the source. By Milton QuintanillaChristian Headlines In the past week, two pastors with opposing approaches to racial issues have entered the race to become the next president of the Southern Baptist Convention, Christianity Today reports. … [Read more…]
Dear Lighthouse Trails: My name is ____________. I’m a former Hindu, metal head, New Age believer who denied my Savior back in my days until about five to six years ago when on a night of watching Youtube videos on all kinds of darkness, He showed me where my soul could end up. I’ve been … [Read more…]
Lack of gratitude to God can result in serious consequences—it’s a slippery slope, which escalates into depravity and destruction. By Maria Kneas And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him. (Colossians 3: 17) I heard about an … [Read more…]
By Ted KyleGuest Writer There is nothing new under the sun (Eccl. 1:9). Everything that man can do to man has been done before—and will be done again. This is especially true of false teachers and prophets leading the credulous astray. It was done anciently; it was done in the middle years; it is being … [Read more…]
LTRP Note: Since the inception of Lighthouse Trails in 2002, we have been researching and warning about what is happening in today’s Christian colleges, seminaries, and universities. The letter below from Manny Silva (co-founder of Concerned Nazarenes) (posted with his permission) illustrates the great dilemma in which many Christian parents find themselves today, and it … [Read more…]
By David Dombrowski The expression “Where are we going?” is not an uncommon one, but whether it be a child asking a parent or a fellow traveler posing the question, it usually denotes a sense of being lost and one of concern. Then, of course, posing the question to a stranger could be one of … [Read more…]
Since 2016, Lighthouse Trails has been sending out topical booklets three times a year to a growing list of pastors and Christian leaders. If you would like your pastor or a church leader to begin receiving these mailings, please send the name and a valid mailing address to us at editors@lighthousetrails.com. The names and addresses on … [Read more…]
A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land; The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof? (Jeremiah 5:30-31) Today, a growing number of Christian leaders are holding public events calling for national … [Read more…]
Lighthouse Trails is pleased to announce Warren B. Smith’s new book, The Titanic and Today’s Church: A Tale of Two Shipwrecks. The book, published by Mountain Stream Press, has gone to press and is now available for pre-order through Lighthouse Trails. It will also be available to order through most major online book outlets and … [Read more…]
By Roger Oakland There is no question about it, the world is in serious chaos, with poverty, sickness, and disease afflicting millions and millions of people. Suffering seems to be at an all-time high level. Understandably, the world is looking for answers. Many religious leaders (including New Agers) believe we need a new reformation. Neale … [Read more…]
LTRP Note: Color, Communism, and Common Sense was first released in 1958 and written by Manning Johnson, who spent ten years in the U.S. Communist Party because he believed the “red” party would help improve conditions for black people. When he finally came to realize that the opposite was true, he rejected communism. The following … [Read more…]
LTRP Note: As many of our readers know, in early 2018, Lighthouse Trails published a book titled Calvinism: None Dare Call It Heresy. Without question, it set off a firestorm upsetting many of the Calvinist persuasion. However, it also brought to surface many of our readers whose families had suffered under the yoke of Calvinism … [Read more…]
