One year ago, Lighthouse Trails released an article titled “Nazarene Superintendent Praises ‘A Time of Departing” But Denomination’s Schools Sinking into Contemplative.” It had been just a few years earlier that Dr. Jim Diehl, one of six General Superintendents of the Nazarene denomination contacted Lighthouse Trails after receiving and reading a copy of A Time … [Read more…]
The Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI) is a major resource association for Christian schools around the world. According to its website, ACSI serves over 5,300 member schools in approximately 100 countries with an enrollment of nearly 1.2 million students. It claims to strive to “enable and equip Christian educators and schools worldwide to effectively … [Read more…]
Since last Fall, when Mark Driscoll, pastor of Mars Hill Church, denounced some of the teachings of emerging church leaders Brian McLaren and Doug Pagitt at the Convergence Conference at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, his talk has been the topic of many discussions across North America. People feel that such a denouncement by someone who … [Read more…]
Starting January 1st 2008, New Age advocate Marianne Williamson began a year long course on Oprah & Friends radio, teaching the New Age “bible” A Course in Miracles. Former New Age follower Warren Smith explains the origins of A Course in Miracles: In 1965 Columbia University Professor of Medical Psychology, Helen Schucman, heard an … [Read more…]
Top 10 In-House Stories in 2007 The Secret: “A New Era for Humankind” The Secret makes no secret about it’s intentions: to let the world know that humanity is on the brink of a new era. This new era will open up to humanity unleashed power, riches, creativity and all that we ever dreamed of. … [Read more…]
A Commentary The headlines on a Townhall.com article this week certainly catch the attention: “A Shocking ‘Confession’ from Willow Creek Community Church.”The article talks about a survey Willow Creek performed and the findings of the survey: Willow Creek has released the results of a multi-year study on the effectiveness of their programs and philosophy of … [Read more…]
by Kevin Reeves John Wimber’s Paradigm Shift, *The River Movement and the Kundalini Effect The Toronto Airport Christian Fellowship’s success on the world stage is best understood within a Vineyard context, as that church was a Vineyard affiliate at the time of the revival’s outbreak in January of 1994. It was Vineyard magnate John Wimber … [Read more…]
The Foursquare Church will be presenting a conference this December that leaves little room for doubt that the denomination is saying yes to contemplative and emerging spiritualities. The NextGen Summit 07, taking place in Anaheim, California on December 29-31, will feature speakers who are evangelists for contemplative/emerging spirituality. Some of these include Rick Warren, Erwin … [Read more…]
LTRP Note: The following is an excerpt from Ray Yungen’s book, A Time of Departing. We are posting this as a follow up to today’s press release on Oprah and the Silence. For those who think we should not have included Chuck Swindoll in our report, the following may shed some light. So You Want … [Read more…]
On August 3rd, Todd Hunter, the USA Alpha Course president, issued an email promoting the October Soularize event in the Bahamas (see email). The Soularize conference is featuring several emerging church speakers as well as contemplative/eastern-style mysticism proponents Brennan Manning and Richard Rohr. Rohr’s spirituality would be in the same camp as someone like Matthew … [Read more…]
In Rick Warren’s August 1st newsletter, there is an article by Presbyterian USA minister, Lynne Baab. Her book, Fasting, is also featured in the newsletter. In the article, Baab calls fasting “an ancient spiritual discipline” and when we fast we “clear away distractions.” She says, “We need all the help we can get to keep … [Read more…]
This past weekend Emergent Village held the Midwest Emergent Gathering. Speakers included the typical emerging church comrades: Tony Jones, Doug Pagitt, and an array of other emergents. One speaker though would not be considered a typical one – John Armstrong, a professor at Wheaton College and Christian author. For people who are familiar with … [Read more…]
The name keeps popping up – Lilly Endowment . Huge amounts of money being given in the form of grants to proponents of the emerging church. As Roger Oakland documents in his book, Faith Undone, Lilly gave $691,000 to the Youth Ministry & Spirituality Project (Mark Yaconelli) in 2001. Lilly had funded the beginning … [Read more…]
Faith Undone by Roger Oakland- Chapter by Chapter Synopsis: 1/A New Kind of Church Leaders of the emerging church say drastic changes must take place because the church can no longer be effective with old ways and an old church. We need a new kind of Christianity if we are going to make a difference … [Read more…]
The June 17th headline in the Seattle Times newspaper reads, “I Am Both Muslim and Christian.” Janet Tu, religion reporter for the Times has written the piece on an Episcopal priest named Ann Holmes Redding. Redding has been a priest for more than 20 years, and she became Muslim 15 months ago. She practices both … [Read more…]
From spiritual formation to the Eucharist to a paradigm shift, this tour has it all. The presenters of the Everything Must Change Tour, scheduled for 2008, are proclaiming that a Deep Shift is taking place, and they are encouraging seekers to become a part of it. In honor of Brian McLaren’s upcoming new release, Everything … [Read more…]
Some say that some emerging church leaders like Dan Kimball and Mark Driscoll are not part of the Emergent movement, that the two are very different. According to one of the strongest catalysts for the emerging church movement, Zondervan Publishing, Kimball and Driscoll are indeed part of the “Emergent movement.” Zondervan describes its 2007 book, … [Read more…]
The 2007 Arts Conference will be held at Willow Creek Church June 13-15. The theme for the event is “Halelujah! What’s Right With the World?” and is featuring many contemplative/emerging speakers. According to the conference website, this “is a powerful reminder that that artists and teachers who follow Christ can use their gifts to open … [Read more…]
Liberal theologian Harry Emerson Fosdick (1878-1969) said that the idea of Jesus’ death on a Cross as a substitution for the sins of others was a slaughterhouse religion.1 In his book, The Modern Use of the Bible, Fosdick explains his views, saying that Jesus Christ going to the Cross should be looked at as more … [Read more…]
On a website called The Vision Project the motto reads: “Something Wonderful is Trying to Happen to and Through Humanity.” A brief description explains: The Vision Project is a gathering of the visions of people from many walks of life, nations and races, some well-known and some not. Letting these visions play through your mind … [Read more…]
Tuesday, in an article in the Detroit News, something happened that doesn’t happen every day. In fact, it may never have happened before. The headline read, “Faith leaders deserve a shot at creating peace on earth.” The author of the article was defending Rick Warren – well that’s not too unusual – many Christian leaders, … [Read more…]
In the following video (See video.) John Piper responds to criticisms about his bringing Mark Driscoll into his Desiring God conference (taking place on September 29th). In the video, Piper rightly analyzes the dangerous trend of the trivialization of doctrine by the emerging and seeker friendly churches. However, incorporating Mark Driscoll into his conference (who … [Read more…]
Brennan Manning, popular writer and speaker, is considered by many to be a kind of expert on the topic of God’s grace. Philip Yancey, editor for Christianity Today magazine, says “Brennan Manning [is] my spiritual director in the school of grace.” On the back cover of Manning’s book, Ragamuffin Gospel, Max Lucado states: “Brennan does … [Read more…]
