According to Christianity Today, author Anne Lamott is a “funny, nutty, fast-talking, born-again author.” ChristianBook.com would probably consider Lamott a “born-again Christian” as well as they carry two of her books. Calvary Chapel Fort Lauderdale carries one of Lamott’s books in their online bookstore, and Lamott wrote the foreword for Zondervan author, Mark Yaconelli’s new … [Read more…]
On August 10th-12th, Rick Warren will be one of the featured speakers at the Ecumenical and Interfaith Pre-Conference which preceeds the eight-day international AIDS Conference in Toronto Canada. See also: Assist News – Rick and Kay Warren among speakers at AIDS 2006 ecumenical and interfaith pre-conference in Toronto
by Ray Yungen The emerging church movement has gained the support of many Christian leaders. Rick Warren is one of those leaders who has actually helped to launch the movement. In Dan Kimball’spopular book, The Emerging Church, Rick Warren wrote the foreword and said: This book is a wonderful, detailed example of what a purpose-driven … [Read more…]
Many people think that the emerging movement was started by a bunch of disgruntled young people who want to be in a hip environment with couches and candles. Not so. The emerging church movement was started by Leadership Network (Bob Buford) in the mid ninties. At that time, Leadership Network hired Doug Pagitt, Mark Driscoll, … [Read more…]
Warren Smith’s book, Reinventing Jesus Christ is online at www.reinventingjesuschrist.com. If you have not read this powerful and important book, we recommend that you do. Here is an excerpt: “For years now I have watched as ‘new age/new gospel’ proponents like Marianne Williamson, Gary Zukav, Wayne Dyer, Barbara Marx Hubbard and others have introduced the … [Read more…]
by Paul Proctor MEL GIBSON’S PROBLEM IS NOT ALCOHOL I’m sure you’ve seen the headlines and the mug shot of Mel Gibson being booked for DUI. It is one of those human-interest stories that generate an enormous amount of media attention and website traffic, not so much because it involves alcohol abuse but because it … [Read more…]
Women of Faith is a Christian franchise that has held conferences for over 3 million women since its inception in 1996. In 2000, Christian publisher Thomas Nelson bought the Women of Faith franchise and has a strong influence in the organization. Nearly all of the regular Women of Faith speakers are Thomas Nelson authors, and … [Read more…]
This is a follow up to our July 24th and July 28th posts on the American Bible Society’s promotion of emerging and contemplative. Please see those posts for background information. Although the main page for the For Ministry Authentic section is gone, many of the pages with the emerging/contemplative links are still online, which means … [Read more…]
This November, in both Minneapolis and Miami, the Downpour conference will take place, featuring Beth Moore as one of the speakers. Moore was one of the main commentators on the recently released Be Still DVD. The DVD, presented by Fox Home Entertainment, was an infomercial for contemplative prayer and included comments by Richard Foster, Dallas … [Read more…]
In an interview between Rick Warren and a Philippine newspaper (published today, July 30th, in the Philippine Daily Inquirer), Warren said: “For the stability of a nation, you must have strong healthy government, strong healthy businesses, and strong healthy churches. A three-legged stool will have stability. So I’m going from country to country teaching business … [Read more…]
Links have been posted for over 2 years – removed this week. Earlier this week (see 07/24/06 post), Lighthouse Trails posted a news brief about American Bible Society’s promotion of contemplative and emerging spiritualities through their online ministry forministry.com. Since then, we have been in some correspondence with ABS Senior Manager of Media Relations, Roy … [Read more…]
Red: Israel Green: Arab Countries The following links are provided to give you up-to-date news and commentary on the current crisis in Israel. Olive Tree Ministries (Ministry of Jewish believer, Jan Markell) Moriel Ministries (Ministry of Jewish believer, Jacob Prasch) Prophezine (Ministry of Ray and Tracye Gano) Online Live News from Jerusalem
The Bible tells us that before Jesus Christ returns, there will be a World Leader come on the scene who will deceive many and will eventually proclaim himself to be God. In a statement to the UN earlier this year, Iranian President Ahmadinejad made an appeal to God to “hasten the emergence of your … [Read more…]
In the name of peace and unity, the world’s religions are more and more joining together. And with that joining together will come a consensus that it is narrow minded and even hateful to say there is only one way to salvation. Henri Nouwen, who is endorsed and favored by many Christian professors and … [Read more…]
The following is just a sampling of the large numbers of “Christian” books that have contemplative and/or emerging affinities or elements. Life Wide Open by David Jeremiah The End of the Word … As We Know it by Chuck Smith Jr. So You Want to Be Like Christ: Eight Essential Disciplines to Get You There by … [Read more…]
Salvation Army is now offering a full line of Spiritual Formation. Books “relevant to Spiritual Formation” include Celebration of Discipline by Richard Foster, The Barbarian Way by Erwin McManus, Spiritual Classics and Devotional Classics by Richard Foster and Divine Conspiracy by Dallas Willard. Also being offered is a men’s retreat called Wild at Heart: Through … [Read more…]
The following article, though written quite a few years ago, is still one of the best we have seen on contemplative. If you haven’t read it this before, or if it has been a while since you read it, we encourage you to do so. It answers so many questions as to why contemplative spirituality … [Read more…]
The American Bible Society, an organization that has been around for nearly 200 years, has been respected and trusted by millions. However, it has just been brought to our attention that ABS’ online ministry For Ministry is promoting the emerging church and contemplative spirituality, and in no small way. Under the heading authentic_church, For … [Read more…]
by Let Us Reason Ministries By now, there should be no doubt that the new age movement has permeated the culture with its beliefs and practices. Year after year the public has become more exposed to its teachings through the TV, magazines and the spiritual trends in society used by the populace (yoga, meditation, … [Read more…]
Biola University is the home to both Talbot School of Theology as well as the Institute of Spiritual Formation (a Department of Talbot). There is ample evidence to show that both Talbot and the Institute are promoting and teaching contemplative spirituality. The Institute alone has three masters degree programs and has dozens of courses in … [Read more…]
As the world watches on in fear and anxiousness over what is currently taking place in the Middle East, let us pray that the body of Christ throughout the world will continue to share the gospel of Jesus Christ with those who are spiritually lost. Perhaps more now than any time in history, the purity … [Read more…]
by Berit Kjos During the 1996 UN Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II), I attended a day-long “Dialogue” on the meaning of “Solidarity” at Istanbul’s elegant Ciragan Palace. Registered as a reporter, I received a list of 21 panel members. It included UNESCO’s Director General Federico Mayor, the now discredited UN leader Maurice Strong, … [Read more…]
For some time now, Biola University has been promoting contemplative spirituality. Biola’s Institute for Spiritual Formation teaches contemplative prayer, and Biola has a seat on the Board of Directors with the very contemplative Spiritual Formation forum. As is so often the case with those who follow after contemplative, emerging spirituality goes hand in hand. In … [Read more…]
“The rise of centering prayer is causing many churches to become agents of transformation. Those who practice it tend to embrace this one-world-religion idea.” – Ray Yungen, 1991, 1st Ed. For Many Shall Come in My Name As you may already know, Lighthouse Trails Publishing has been carrying Ray Yungen’s first book, For Many Shall … [Read more…]
by Larry DeBruyn Contemplative Prayer and the Lord’s Prayer. Between contemplative spirituality and biblical Christianity there reside watershed distinctions between first, the definition, and then, the practice of prayer. Simply stated, prayer is talking to God. In speaking to God, believers are free to disclose their hearts’ deepest longings and vexations to him, including their … [Read more…]
by Roger Oakland Why did Calvary Distribution remove Rick Warren’s Purpose Driven books and related materials from their distribution? I believe these four reasons I have discussed are reasonable and a valid answer to that question: Differences in Eschatology Differences with regard to the Emerging Church Differences with regard to contemplative prayer and mysticism Differences … [Read more…]
Dear Ray Yungen and Lighthouse Friends, My deepest thank-you for this website and the book, A Time of Departing. I have been a born again believer for six to seven years now and a youth leader for two. I have passionately pursued Jesus through all of them. However, not always according to truth as … [Read more…]
by Kjos Ministries When applied to religion, the “new ways of thinking” means setting aside our old “narrow” beliefs for the sake of unity. For this to happen, Christianity must either bend or break, yet even church leaders are imposing these psycho-social strategies on their unsuspecting followers. In fact, many Christians now believe this new … [Read more…]
The phone calls and emails started coming in about three years ago. Sometimes the caller was in his mid-eighties, sometimes the caller was crying. But all of them had the same kind of story to tell – when their churches decided to get involved with 40 Days of Purpose, everything began changing and when they … [Read more…]
In a recent Chicago Sun-Times article, the headline reads, “The Next Billy Graham?” At first glance, someone like Rick Warren or Luis Palau (both of whom have been mentioned to take the place of Graham), might come to mind. But neither of those names was mentioned in the article. Instead, a popular emerging church leader, … [Read more…]
