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Interspirituality

Taking a Quantum Leap into the New Age

May 30, 2020 by Lighthouse Trails author 3 Comments

From Roger Oakland and Caryl Matrisciana’s book, The Evolution Conspiracy. There is a clear but complex marriage between physical evolution and transcendental evolution. Ironically, while forcing out creationism, many scientists and educators push for an equally religious alternative. They cling to the Eastern concept that the next stage of man’s evolution will arrive in spiritual … [Read more…]

Posted in: A Global Spirituality, Book/Music Excerpts, Creation/Evolution, Defending the Faith, Ecumenism, Eschatology, Hinduism, Interspirituality, New Age movement, One-World Religion, Oprah Winfrey, pantheism & panentheism, Rick Warren, Road to Rome, Signs of the Times, The Emerging Church, THE SHACK, YOGA Tagged: caryl matrisciana, evolution, Henri Nouwen, kenneth copeland, Leonard Sweet, oprah winfrey, pope francis, quantum spirituality, Rick Warren, Roger Oakland, spiritual evolution, The Shack, Warren B. Smith

Emergent Manifesto of Hope Despair Revisited—How It Has Affected Today’s Church

March 10, 2020 by Lighthouse Trails Editors 9 Comments

In 2007, Lighthouse Trails wrote a book review on a book titled Emergent Manifesto of Hope. Today, thirteen years later, we are seeing the “fruit” of the emergent church (that, incidentally, was spawned by leaders like Rick Warren, Bob Buford, and Bill Hybels as is documented in Faith Undone by Roger Oakland). The so-called fruit … [Read more…]

Posted in: Book/Film Reviews, Christian Publishers/Bookstores, Churches in Crisis!, Contemplative Spirituality, Interspirituality, Marxism/Socialism, Persecution, Remembering Communism, Rick Warren, The Emerging Church, The New (False) Spirituality, The New Spirituality, The Role of Meditation Tagged: bob buford, Brian McLaren, communism, contemplative prayer, critical race theory, doug pagitt, emergent church, emerging church, Homosexuality, manifesto, marxism, Ray Yungen, Rick Warren, Roger Oakland, socialism, tony jones

Letter to the Editor: Concerned About “Neighborly Faith”—a “Third Way” to Befriend Muslims

March 9, 2020 by Letters to the Editor 16 Comments

LTRJ Note: As we were preparing to post this letter to the editor that came to us recently, we came across Christian radio host Janet Mefferd’s Twitter comments about Southern Baptist Convention president J.D. Greear’s involvement with a “Neighborly Faith” event on March 5th titled “Hope in the Current Age: A Conversation on Christianity and … [Read more…]

Posted in: A Global Spirituality, Chrislam, Churches in Crisis!, Conference Alerts, Ecumenism, Interspirituality, Islam, Israel, LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, One-World Religion, Southern Baptist Convention, The Emerging Church, The New Missiology Tagged: interfaith dialogue, Interspirituality, Islam, Israel, j. d. greear, janet mefferd, missional, neighborly faith, new missiology, sbc, southern baptist convention

“‘Absolute theological bankruptcy’: Union Theological Seminary students confess climate sins to plants”

September 27, 2019 by Miscellaneous News Source 5 Comments

union theological seminary, climate, global warming, Christian colleges, environmentalism,

Posted in: Contemplative Colleges, Creation/Evolution, Interspirituality, Native Spirituality, New Age movement, Paganism, pantheism & panentheism

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

September 20, 2019 by Letters to the Editor 19 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

Roma Downey’s Financial Contribution to New Ager Marianne Williamson Raises Many Questions

April 3, 2019 by Lighthouse Trails Editors 8 Comments

Evangelical leaders such as Rick Warren, Greg Laurie, and David Jeremiah have shown public support for Roma Downey and her books, movies, and other media work for a number of years now. Lighthouse Trails has attempted to alert these leaders and the church at large that while Downey may be a sincere person, she is … [Read more…]

Posted in: A Course in Miracles, Churches in Crisis!, Interspirituality, New Age movement, Oprah Winfrey, Roma Downey, Spiritual Deception Tagged: A Course in Miracles, charles stanely, congress, David Jeremiah, greg laurie, john macarthur, marianna williamson, oprah winfrey, presidential election, Rick Warren, roma downey

The Significance of Understanding Quantum Spirituality and Leonard Sweet’s “More Magnificent Way” of Seeing Christ

March 6, 2019 by Lighthouse Trails author 2 Comments

Over the past few decades, a number of New Age sympathizers have had a significant influence in the evangelical church. One of the chief is Methodist author, speaker, and teacher Leonard Sweet. Sweet openly calls the Father of the New Age Movement—the late Jesuit priest Teilhard de Chardin—“twentieth-century Christianity’s major voice.” Sweet also teaches the foundational New Age doctrine that God is “in” everyone and everything—that God is embedded in all creation. Brought forward and popularized by Rick Warren, Leonard Sweet and his New Age sympathies have not been adequately addressed by today’s pastors and church leaders. A look on Sweet’s website shows he has partnered with numerous popular figures such as Brian McLaren, Mark Batterson (Circle Maker), Erwin McManus, Mark Driscoll, Frank Viola, and Karen Swallow Prior (professor at Liberty University). The following booklet by Warren Smith reveals the “New Age Christianity” that Leonard Sweet has helped to bring into the church.

Posted in: Book/Music Excerpts, Churches in Crisis!, Interspirituality, Methodists, New Age movement, pantheism & panentheism, RESOURCES, Rick Warren, The Emerging Church, The New (False) Spirituality, The New Spirituality Tagged: Alice Bailey, Brian McLaren, Erwin McManus, frank viola, karen swallow prior, Leonard Sweet, Liberty University, Mark Driscoll, methodists, New Age movement, new spirituality, pierre teilhard de chardin, quantum spirituality, Warren Smith

Release of New Booklet on “A Course in Miracles” Coincides With Marianne Williamson’s Announcement About 2020 Presidential Election

November 20, 2018 by Lighthouse Trails author 7 Comments

The journey to the cross should be the last “useless journey.”—The “Jesus” of A Course in Miracles Just as Lighthouse Trails was about to release this new booklet, a stunning news announcement by New Age leader Marianne Williamson was broadcast throughout America’s media. Williamson announced that she is seriously considering running for president in the … [Read more…]

Posted in: A Course in Miracles, A Global Spirituality, Book/Film Reviews, Interspirituality, New Age movement, One-World Religion, Oprah Winfrey, pantheism & panentheism, Persecution, Politics, RESOURCES, Rick Warren, Signs of the Times, The New Spirituality Tagged: A Course in Miracles, fearing god, helen schucman, hour of power, Marianne Williamson, New Age movement, oprah winfrey, Rick Warren, rober schuller, the light that was dark, Warren B. Smith

Learning From Rome

November 19, 2018 by Lighthouse Trails author 1 Comment

By Ray Yungen From a theological viewpoint, there now exist two branches (so to speak) of the Catholic Church—the traditional (as defended by someone like Karl Keating in his book Catholicism and Fundamentalism) and the progressive or contemplative* element (as exemplified by Thomas Merton and Henri Nouwen).1 And while these two branches (or movements) can … [Read more…]

Posted in: Contemplative Practices, Interspirituality, Road to Rome, Spiritual Formation, The Emerging Church Tagged: catholic church, contemplative prayer, Dallas Willard, emergent, emerging church, eucharist, Eugene Peterson, Henri Nouwen, Interspirituality, kenneth boa, larry crabb, New Age, panentheism, pete scazzero, Ray Yungen, Richard Foster, Road to Rome, Roman Catholicism, ruth haley barton, spiritual formation, Thomas Merton

Letter to the Editor: My Church—Heading Into Troubled Waters With One Deceptive Teacher After the Next

November 13, 2018 by Letters to the Editor 8 Comments

Dear Lighthouse Trails: I recently began reading A Time of Departing. A very well-documented book. I am blown away by the amount of research Ray Yungen put into that book! Thank you for publishing it. Thank you also for your posts dealing with the Spiritual Formation movement, contemplative prayer, etc. I do not know exactly … [Read more…]

Posted in: Churches in Crisis!, Contemplative Spirituality, Interspirituality, LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, Spiritual Deception, Spiritual Formation, The Emerging Church, The New (False) Spirituality, The New Spirituality Tagged: Brennan Manning, chris heuertz, Contemplative Spirituality, desert fathers, enneagram, if: gathering, Interspirituality, john ortberg, letter to the editor, pete scazzero, phileena heuertz, Ray Yungen, richard rohr, shawna niequist

“Together 2018” – “A New Jesus Movement” for a Mystical All-Inclusive “Christianity”

October 16, 2018 by Lighthouse Trails Editors 3 Comments

Nick Hall’s Together event is back again (October 20-21), this year as Together 2018 at the Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas (which can hold around 1/2 million people). On the event’s Facebook page, it reads: Love Matt Chandler? See him and many more for free on October 20-21 as we bring the nation … [Read more…]

Posted in: A Global Spirituality, Bethel Church (Redding), Charismatic, Conference Alerts, Contemplative Spirituality, Ecumenism, FOR MILLENNIALS, Interspirituality, Music, New Evangelicalism, Priscilla Shirer, The Emerging Church, The New Spirituality Tagged: bethel church, charismatic, Ecumenism, francis chan, Interspirituality, jesus movement, loren cunningham, nick hall, pope francis, priscilla shirer, ravi zacharias, Thomas Merton, together 2018, YWAM

New Booklet: Butterfly Illusions: The New Age Implications of Roma Downey’s Box of Butterflies & the Christian Leaders Who Were Fooled

October 8, 2018 by Lighthouse Trails author 23 Comments

Roma Downey, who has never renounced her extensive New Age involvement, is now firmly entrenched and aligned with contemporary Christian leadership. Because Christian leaders and day-to-day believers have given Roma Downey a get-out-of-the-new-age free pass, Lighthouse Trails is releasing a second Roma Downey booklet today. This booklet emphasizes the danger of Downey’s most recent book, … [Read more…]

Posted in: Book/Film Reviews, Churches in Crisis!, Interspirituality, New Age movement, pantheism & panentheism, RESOURCES, Rick Warren, Roma Downey, Spiritual Deception, The New (False) Spirituality, The New Spirituality, Universalism Tagged: A Course in Miracles, box of butterflies, butterflies, Christian leaders, David Jeremiah, gregory reid, Henri Nouwen, mark batterson, mark burnett, Necromancy, New Age, new spirituality, panentheism, Rob Bell, roma downey, Thomas Merton, universalism, Warren B. Smith

NEW BOOKLET: “GOD’S DREAM”—Satan’s Ultimate Scheme

July 16, 2018 by Lighthouse Trails author 8 Comments

NEW BOOKLET: “GOD’S DREAM”—Satan’s Ultimate Scheme by Warren B. Smith is our newest Lighthouse Trails Booklet. The Booklet is 18 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 is the … [Read more…]

Posted in: A Global Spirituality, Book/Music Excerpts, Churches in Crisis!, Eschatology, Interspirituality, New Age movement, Oprah Winfrey, pantheism & panentheism, Purpose Driven Movement, RESOURCES, Saddleback, Signs of the Times, Spiritual Deception, The New Spirituality Tagged: Antichrist, benjamin creme, Christian leaders, civil rights movement, false christ, god's dream, maitreya, martin luther king, New Age, new spirituality, oneness, oprah winfrey, peace plan, Rick Warren, separation, Warren B. Smith

YWAM—Wants Every YWAMer to Practice Contemplative Prayer!

June 18, 2018 by Lighthouse Trails Editors 6 Comments

YWAM (Youth With a Mission), an evangelical missions organization (founded in 1960  by Loren Cunningham) that trains about 25,000 people every year for world-wide mission trips, has issued an announcement regarding its commitment to teaching contemplative prayer. On Saturday, a reader alerted Lighthouse Trails to a June 2018 YWAM promotional audio piece on the YWAM … [Read more…]

Posted in: Christian Organizations, Contemplative Organizations, Contemplative Practices, Contemplative Spirituality, Interspirituality, Lectio Divina, Missions, Mystical Practices, Spiritual Formation, The Ancient Mystics, The Emerging Church, The Role of Meditation Tagged: A Time of Departing, contemplative prayer, faith undone, meditation, Ray Yungen, Roger Oakland, steve cochrane, Thomas Merton, youth with a mission, YWAM

“Father of the New Age Movement” – Pierre Teilhard de Chardin – on List of “40 Influential Christian Books”

March 19, 2018 by Lighthouse Trails Editors 2 Comments

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, often called the “Father of the New Age movement,” is on a list of “40 influential Christian books” on two popular Christian news sites, The Christian Post and The Christian Examiner. The article, which provides the list, states: Every thoughtful Christian can probably appreciate these 40 volumes in the journey to … [Read more…]

Posted in: Book/Film Reviews, Christian Publishers/Bookstores, Interspirituality, New Age movement, pantheism & panentheism Tagged: Brennan Manning, Henri Nouwen, matthew fox, pierre teilhard de chardin, pope francis

Exposing the Quantum Lie – God is NOT in Everyone!

February 22, 2018 by Lighthouse Trails author 5 Comments

Below are four video preview clips (each about 10 minutes long) taken from Bob DeWaay and Warren B. Smith’s lecture series, Exposing the Quantum Lie: God is NOT in Everything. This profound, insightful, and biblical material is absolutely vital to understanding what is happening in the church today. You can get the entire 4 lectures … [Read more…]

Posted in: A Global Spirituality, Book/Music Excerpts, Contemplative Spirituality, Defending the Faith, Interspirituality, New Age movement, RESOURCES, Signs of the Times, The Emerging Church, THE SHACK Tagged: bob dewaay, deception, eckhart tolle, emerging church, Marianne Williamson, Oprah, purpose driven, quantum lie, quantum spirituality, Rob Bell, The Secret, Warren B. Smith, wonderful deception

Contemplative Prayer or the Holy Spirit – It Can’t Be Both

January 19, 2018 by Lighthouse Trails author

By Ray Yungen Two authors from Great Britain portray a stunningly clear picture of New Age spirituality. They explain: [T]he keynote of it appears to be a movement for synthesis derived from an understanding of the underlying unity behind all things and the sense of oneness that this brings. This oneness of all life is … [Read more…]

Posted in: Contemplative Practices, Contemplative Spirituality, Hinduism, Interspirituality, pantheism & panentheism Tagged: contemplative, contemplative prayer, Contemplative Spirituality, Henri Nouwen, Interspirituality, mysticism, Ray Yungen, Thomas Merton

Biola University – Going . . . Going . . . Gone As President Takes Sabbatical At Catholic Contemplative Monastery

January 12, 2018 by Lighthouse Trails Editors 2 Comments

For many years, Lighthouse Trails has written about the slide that Biola University in Southern California has taken into contemplative spirituality. Our first indication that the school was heading that way was in February of 2006 when we learned that Biola was actively participating in a publication called Conversations Journal, a magazine whose primary purpose … [Read more…]

Posted in: Contemplative Colleges, Contemplative Practices, Contemplative Spirituality, Interspirituality, pantheism & panentheism, Spiritual Deception, Spiritual Formation, The Ancient Mystics Tagged: adele ahlberg calhoun, Biola, biola university, Catholicism, Christian colleges, contemplative, contemplative prayer, Contemplative Spirituality, dr. barry corey, dr. corey, emerging church, Henri Nouwen, Interspirituality, mysticism, New Age, panentheism, Ray Yungen, Richard Foster, spiritual disciplines, spiritual formation, Thomas Merton

Mysticism Takes the Place of Christianity – Hostility Against Believers Will Grow

December 1, 2017 by Lighthouse Trails Editors 1 Comment

This week, two items on the Internet were brought to our attention, both of which may seem to be unrelated to each other but in actuality have a connection that we find to be an eerie reminder of the days in which we live. The first item is a Tweet written earlier this week by … [Read more…]

Posted in: Churches in Crisis!, Contemplative Practices, Contemplative Spirituality, Interspirituality, Israel, New Age movement, New Evangelicalism, Persecution, Signs of the Times, The Emerging Church, Willow Creek/Hybels Tagged: barbara marx hubbard, contemplative prayer, Hitler, Interspirituality, Israel, lynne hybels, meditation, neale donald walsch, New Age, selection process, the Jews, Willow Creek

Luis Palau’s Son (President of the Luis Palau Association) Teams Up With Richard Foster’s Renovare

November 25, 2017 by Lighthouse Trails Editors Leave a Comment

Richard Foster’s founding contemplative organization, Renovare, has announced their upcoming (June 2018) celebration of the 40th anniversary of Foster’s book Celebration of Discipline. Kevin Palau, son of the world-wide known evangelist Luis Palau and president of the Luis Palau Association, is listed on the Renovare website as one of the speakers for the June 2018 … [Read more…]

Posted in: Conference Alerts, Contemplative Organizations, Contemplative Spirituality, Ecumenism, Interspirituality, New Evangelicalism, Road to Rome, The Emerging Church Tagged: billy graham, catholic church, contemplative prayer, Ecumenism, Jim Wallis, kevin palau, Luis Palau, panentheism, pope francis, renovare, Richard Foster, Roman Catholicism

Taizé Worship – Growing in Popularity, But Roots Are in Mystical Monasticism

August 28, 2017 by Lighthouse Trails author 1 Comment

By Chris Lawson (Author of Taizé: A Community and Worship: Ecumenical Reconciliation or an Interfaith Delusion?) The worship practiced at Taizé has attracted many people from around the globe and from many different denominations. While many of the words found in Taizé worship music are words found in Scripture or words that do not necessarily contradict Scripture, … [Read more…]

Posted in: A Global Spirituality, Christian Organizations, Contemplative Organizations, Contemplative Practices, Contemplative Spirituality, Interspirituality, Mystical Practices, The Role of Meditation Tagged: brother emile, channeling, chris lawson, contemplative prayer, ecumenical, Ecumenism, france, meditation, mystical practices, New Age, shamans, spiritualism, taize, witches, worship, youth

NEW BOOKLET – SHACK THEOLOGY: Universalism, TBN, Oprah, and the New Age

August 16, 2017 by Lighthouse Trails author 1 Comment

NEW BOOKLET: SHACK THEOLOGY: Universalism, TBN, Oprah, and the New Age by Warren B. Smith is our newest Lighthouse Trails Booklet. The Booklet is 18 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 … [Read more…]

Posted in: Book/Film Reviews, Interspirituality, New Age movement, Oprah Winfrey, pantheism & panentheism, RESOURCES, Spiritual Deception, The New Spirituality, THE SHACK, Universalism Tagged: Lies We Believe About God, New Age movement, Oprah, paul young, tbn, The Shack, theology, universalism, Warren B. Smith, wm paul young

What Your Church Needs to Know Before Doing a Priscilla Shirer Study

June 2, 2017 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

The repetition [of a word or phrase] can in fact be soothing and very freeing, helping us, as Nouwen says, “to empty out our crowded interior life and create the quiet space where we can dwell with God.”—Jan Johnson, When the Soul Listens, p. 93 Years ago, I got a chance to meet Jan Johnson. … [Read more…]

Posted in: Churches in Crisis!, Contemplative Practices, Contemplative Spirituality, Interspirituality, Lectio Divina, Mystical Practices, pantheism & panentheism, Priscilla Shirer, Spiritual Deception Tagged: A Time of Departing, chardin, cloud of unknowing, contemplative prayer, Interspirituality, jan johnson, lectio divina, mantras, matthew fox, meditation, panentheism, pierre teilhard de chardin, priscilla shirer, Ray Yungen, richard rohr

“Reconciliation” — A “Theological Theme” at Taizé

May 25, 2017 by Lighthouse Trails author

By Chris Lawson (From his 2017 book, Taizé—A Community of Worship: Ecumenical Reconciliation or an Interfaith Delusion?) In a book titled A Community Called Taizé: A Story of Prayer, Worship, and Reconciliation (with a foreword by Desmond Tutu), author Jason Brian Santos says that the “three prominent theological themes of Taizé are reconciliation, freedom and … [Read more…]

Posted in: Book/Music Excerpts, Children and Meditation, CHILDREN AT RISK!, Christian Publishers/Bookstores, Contemplative Organizations, Contemplative Practices, Contemplative Spirituality, Ecumenism, Interspirituality, InterVarsity Press, Lectio Divina, RESOURCES, Road to Rome, The Emerging Church Tagged: brother roger, catholic church, chanting, chris lawson, contemplative prayer, ecumenical, Ecumenism, france, intervarsity, intervarsity christian fellowship, intervarsity press, reconciliation, Roger Oakland, taize, Thomas Merton

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

Kingdom-Now Evangelicals

April 27, 2017 by Lighthouse Trails author

By Roger Oakland While I believe Rome leads the way with the bold claim that God chose Peter and the succeeding popes to take the title of “Vicar of Christ” and determine what the sheep should or should not believe, other groups believe they have been called to usher in or even prepare and set … [Read more…]

Posted in: A Global Spirituality, Book/Music Excerpts, Eschatology, Interspirituality, One-World Religion, Rick Warren, Signs of the Times, The Emerging Church, Universalism Tagged: Antichrist, Brian McLaren, catholic church, Christian leaders, emerging, emerging church, evangelicals, globalism, Israel, kingdom now, millenium, peace plan, pope francis, progressive, replacement theology, Rick Warren, Roger Oakland, the gospel, the pope, tony campolo, tribulation, universalism

Attempts to Blend Christianity with Other Religions

March 23, 2017 by Lighthouse Trails author

By Maria Kneas Numerous attempts have been made to blend Christianity with other religions on a world-wide scale. You can read about them in Carl Teichrib’s article “Unveiling the Global Interfaith Agenda.”1 There are also other attempts to merge Christianity with different religions. For example, Chrislam tries to combine Christianity with Islam.2 There are people … [Read more…]

Posted in: A Global Spirituality, Book/Music Excerpts, Chrislam, Defending the Faith, Ecumenism, Encouragement, Interspirituality Tagged: Buddhism, carl teichrib, chrislam, Hinduism, maria kneas, shamanism, witchcraft

An Appendix on the Al Mohler Situation: “The Contemplative Christian (The Christian of the Future?)”

March 17, 2017 by Lighthouse Trails author

LTRP Note: In view of our recent post on Albert Mohler who promoted the book The Benedictine Option (a book that encourages contemplative prayer practices), we are posting this article by Ray Yungen from his book A Time of Departing so readers who are unfamiliar with the contemplative prayer movement can gain better understanding. By Ray … [Read more…]

Posted in: Contemplative Practices, Contemplative Spirituality, Interspirituality, The Role of Meditation, Willow Creek/Hybels Tagged: contemplative prayer, meditation, Ray Yungen, ruth haley barton, shalem institute, the silence, tilden edwards, Willow Creek

Letter to the Editor: Former Pastor and Popular Author, Brian Zahnd, Becomes a Mystic

March 4, 2017 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

Dear Lighthouse Trails: I read the story behind Lighthouse Trails a couple of times, and it hit me that we are going to reach only a fraction of evangelical believers because the movement has progressed so much farther into Contemplative Spirituality (CS) than I had realized. I became aware of CS five years ago, so … [Read more…]

Posted in: Book/Film Reviews, Contemplative Practices, Contemplative Spirituality, Interspirituality, LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, New Age movement, pantheism & panentheism, The Ancient Mystics, The Emerging Church, The Preaching of the Cross, The Role of Meditation Tagged: Brennan Manning, brian zahnd, contemplative prayer, Dallas Willard, Eugene Peterson, karl rahner, letter to the editor, meditation, mysticism, Ray Yungen, Richard Foster, richard rohr, Roger Oakland, Thomas Merton, water to wine

William Paul Young (THE SHACK AUTHOR) & His Connection with Panentheist Richard Rohr

February 28, 2017 by Lighthouse Trails author

LTRP Note: The Shack movie is about to be released. Millions of Americans will go to theaters to watch the movie. Most likely, the majority of them will be church goers and proclaiming Christians since The Shack book is vetted as a Christian story. Recently, a church contacted Lighthouse Trails and ordered 300 copies of … [Read more…]

Posted in: Book/Film Reviews, Contemplative Practices, Contemplative Spirituality, Interspirituality, New Age movement, pantheism & panentheism, RESOURCES, THE SHACK Tagged: Brian McLaren, cynthia bourgeault, divine dance, interfaith, Interspirituality, leaven, mike morrell, New Age, richard rohr, Rob Bell, The Shack, trinity, Warren B. Smith, William Paul Young
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  • Three Vital Questions to Navigating Discernment February 25, 2021
  • Letter to the Editor: Todd Bentley Is Back to Deceive Unwitting Sheep February 20, 2021
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  • “Rush Limbaugh Dies at 70 After Battle With Lung Cancer” February 17, 2021
  • Look Up, But Look Out! February 16, 2021

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  • Three Vital Questions to Navigating Discernment
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on February 25, 2021 at 11:08 am

    Three Vital Questions to Navigating Discernment 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...] The post Three Vital Questions to Navigating Discernment appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • Letter to the Editor: Todd Bentley Is Back to Deceive Unwitting Sheep
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on February 20, 2021 at 6:12 pm

    Letter to the Editor: Todd Bentley Is Back to Deceive Unwitting Sheep 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...] The post Letter to the Editor: Todd Bentley Is Back to Deceive Unwitting Sheep appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • “Middle School: Ground Zero for Indoctrinating America’s Children”
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on February 18, 2021 at 12:06 am

    “Middle School: Ground Zero for Indoctrinating America’s Children” By Linda Harvey Did you know that math supports capitalist and imperialist views, and that teachers need to deconstruct its inherent racism? This “woke” message from the Oregon Department of Education to the state’s educators is just the latest example of radical instruction in American schools. And some of the worst is found in middle schools. Middle ... [Read more...] The post “Middle School: Ground Zero for Indoctrinating America’s Children” appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • “Rush Limbaugh Dies at 70 After Battle With Lung Cancer”
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on February 17, 2021 at 11:48 pm

    “Rush Limbaugh Dies at 70 After Battle With Lung Cancer” LTRJ Note: The following is posted for informational and research purposes. By Zachary StieberThe Epoch Times Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh has died at age 70, according to his wife. Limbaugh passed away at his home in Palm Beach, Florida, his wife, Kathryn Adams Limbaugh, said on his radio show on Feb. 17, hours after his death. Limbaugh ... [Read more...] The post “Rush Limbaugh Dies at 70 After Battle With Lung Cancer” appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • Look Up, But Look Out!
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on February 16, 2021 at 3:08 pm

    Look Up, But Look Out! 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...] The post Look Up, But Look Out! appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • “Former Ohio [Yoga] Instructor Calls Term ‘Christian Yoga’ Stretching the Truth”
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on February 16, 2021 at 3:55 am

    “Former Ohio [Yoga] Instructor Calls Term ‘Christian Yoga’ Stretching the Truth” LTRP Note: The following news story is posted for informational and research purposes. Lighthouse Trails has been warning about Yoga and so-called “Christian Yoga” for many years; yet, the practice of Yoga in churches is accelerating. By Frontlines Ohio One former yoga instructor says some church-goers and school educators mistakenly believe yoga is just stretching. ... [Read more...] The post “Former Ohio [Yoga] Instructor Calls Term ‘Christian Yoga’ Stretching the Truth” appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • Letter to the Editor: Brennan Manning Book Review by John Caddock Saved Me From Years of Wandering in the Wilderness
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on February 15, 2021 at 4:46 pm

    Letter to the Editor: Brennan Manning Book Review by John Caddock Saved Me From Years of Wandering in the Wilderness LTRP Note: The following letter to the editor is one we received a few years ago, referring to a book review about Brennan Manning’s book, The Signature of Jesus. The review was written by John Caddock and was the first piece we ever read on the Internet refuting contemplative prayer shortly after we met Ray Yungen and ... [Read more...] The post Letter to the Editor: Brennan Manning Book Review by John Caddock Saved Me From Years of Wandering in the Wilderness appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • “Open Letter From the International Board of Directors of RZIM on the Investigation of Ravi Zacharias”
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on February 13, 2021 at 8:35 am

    “Open Letter From the International Board of Directors of RZIM on the Investigation of Ravi Zacharias” LTRP Note: The following is posted as a follow up of a previous post from December 2020.* “Open Letter From the International Board of Directors of RZIM on the Investigation of Ravi Zacharias” From the RZIM Board: It is with shattered hearts that we issue this statement about the allegations against RZIM’s Founder, Ravi Zacharias. ... [Read more...] The post “Open Letter From the International Board of Directors of RZIM on the Investigation of Ravi Zacharias” appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • “Biden Admin. to Keep US Embassy in Jerusalem, Recognize It as Capital of Israel”
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on February 11, 2021 at 12:07 am

    “Biden Admin. to Keep US Embassy in Jerusalem, Recognize It as Capital of Israel” LTRP Note: The following is posted for informational and research purposes. By Michael GryboskiThe Christian Post The Biden administration plans to keep the U.S. embassy to Israel in Jerusalem, upholding a controversial decision by former President Donald Trump.  Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in an interview with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer that he recognizes Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.  ... [Read more...] The post “Biden Admin. to Keep US Embassy in Jerusalem, Recognize It as Capital of Israel” appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • Letter to the Editor: K.P. Yohannon (Gospel for Asia) Going Contemplative?
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on February 10, 2021 at 2:16 pm

    Letter to the Editor: K.P. Yohannon (Gospel for Asia) Going Contemplative? LTRP Note: The following letter to the editor is written by one of our readers out of a deep sadness and concern that K.P. Yohannon, in his 2020 book, Never Give Up, is showing a strong affinity to contemplative mystics. In that book, Yohannon says he is learning things from the Desert Fathers and the ... [Read more...] The post Letter to the Editor: K.P. Yohannon (Gospel for Asia) Going Contemplative? appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

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