Lighthouse Trails is pleased to announce the release of a new booklet, The Chosen and the Bible: Serious Considerations That Can’t Be Ignored. This is a Spiritual Research Network publication and has been a collaborative effort by SRN, LT, and other concerned ministries and individuals. The booklet is 18 pages long and sells for $1.95 … [Read more…]
Lighthouse Trails has been a vocal critic of The Chosen for over two years because we firmly believe that the “Jesus” being portrayed in The Chosen is a false christ and not the “authentic” Jesus that producer Dallas Jenkins insists he is. Sadly, many Christians have become absolutely enamored with the Jesus of The Chosen. … [Read more…]
To Lighthouse Trails: As many did, I bought the Season 1 DVD of The Chosen and watched it with great anticipation. By the time I reached the end of Season 1, I had an uneasy feeling in my spirit. I couldn’t put my finger on why but I had no desire to watch the 2nd … [Read more…]
At the end of each year, Lighthouse Trails presents its Year in Review, divided into different parts. Below is Part 1 of our 2022 Year in Review. 2022 marks the year that Lighthouse Trails began critiquing the highly popular series The Chosen. While we posted nearly two dozen articles, letters, or videos about The Chosen … [Read more…]
I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth—the apostle John (3 John 1:4) By Maria Kneas There are more problems with The Chosen than the bad theology involved and the Mormon influence on the show. First, they are making up stories about real people who once lived on this … [Read more…]
Courtesy of John Lanagan at The Word Like Fire Ministries Related Articles: Do “The Chosen” Mormon Executive Producers See Mormonism and Christianity Coming Together? So You Still Think The Chosen Is an Accurate Reflection of the “Authentic” Jesus Christ? Really? Latest Chosen Series Defense—”Not Produced by Mormons”—Misleading, Evasive, and Wrong
By John LanaganThe Word Like Fire Ministries “So I love the fact that our communities are coming together with our celebration, our worship, and our faith,” [1] (emphasis added) stated Brad Pelo, one of the Mormon Executive Producers of The Chosen, and the driving force behind The Chosen Christmas Special. Well, there’s a memorable quote. Remember … [Read more…]
For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables. (2 Timothy 4:3-4) Responding to article: The Chosen: “Get Used to Different” Dear … [Read more…]
Note: The following is an extract of our January 2022 report “The Chosen Series: 10 Critical Concerns.” Below is concern #8. “Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the … [Read more…]
Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ. For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. (Colossians 2:8-9) Dallas Jenkins, the director and co-producer/co-creator of the extremely popular series The Chosen, believes that the Jesus … [Read more…]
LTRP Note: The following letter to the editor was written in response to our recent article, “Jack Hibbs’ Ministry Defense Statement for Promoting The Chosen Has Poor Premise and Is Obscure.” Dear Lighthouse Trails: Thank you for continuing to warn the flock about the danger in the series, The Chosen. As an ex-temple Mormon, I am very … [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 is posted for informational and research purposes and not intended to be an endorsement of either the content or the source.* If you have not read the article/booklet Lighthouse Trails released this year titled The Chosen Series: 10 Critical Concerns, we encourage you to read it. Below this out-of-house news story, … [Read more…]
By Dennis and Rauni HigleyFormer leaders and teachers in the Mormon churchH.I.S. Ministries International Thank you for writing about The Chosen series. We are so pleased to see it. We hope you do not mind that we’ll suggest that all our warnings about The Chosen need to start from the beginning – i.e. from the … [Read more…]
In 2016, Lighthouse Trails began been sending out topical booklets three times a year to a growing list of pastors and Christian leaders. This coming week, we will be sending out our 17th mailing to Christian leaders & pastors. Our current list has over 900 names. If you would like your pastor or a church … [Read more…]
Did you know that in the hugely popular series, The Chosen, the apostle Peter continually calls John the Baptist “creepy John”? Yet the Bible highly esteems John the Baptist saying he would “be great in the sight of the Lord” and come in the spirit and power of Elijah—Luke 1:15-17. Did you know that in … [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…]
This week, a Lighthouse Trails reader contacted us and sent us a link to a YouTube video that discusses Dallas Jenkins’ film series, The Chosen. While we realize that many Christians are watching the series and find it valuable and meaningful, we encourage believers to use discernment and biblical truth in all matters. To view … [Read more…]
The new movie series The Promised Land released its pilot episode this past summer with 170+ episodes planned ahead. The series is directed by Mitch Hudson (an assistant director from The Chosen) and is being presented as a “mockumentary” about the story of Moses and the Jewish people who fled Egypt. Dallas Jenkins (the co-creator … [Read more…]
“Not Produced by Mormons” Growing numbers of Christian leaders and pastors are giving a thumbs up or a casual pass to The Chosen series; and the latest defense by Chosen creator Dallas Jenkins and many defenders of the series is—”It’s not produced by Mormons.” This seems to provide license for leaders and pastors and others … [Read more…]
By LISA PALMIERI-BILLIG Jerusalem Post At conference on Christians in the Middle East, US Melkite archbishop says: “There is no longer a chosen people.” ROME – Bishops from the Middle East who were summoned to Rome by the pope demanded on Saturday that Israel accept UN resolutions calling for an end to its “occupation” of … [Read more…]
PRESS RELEASE FROM THE UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM April 15, 2009 PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA TO DELIVER KEYNOTE ADDRESS AT UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM’S ANNUAL DAYS OF REMEMBRANCE CEREMONY IN U.S. CAPITOL ROTUNDA Each Year the Museum Leads the Nation in Holocaust Commemoration — Museum’s 2009 Theme, “Never Again: What You Do Matters,” Emphasizes … [Read more…]
Briefing on the White House Summit on Malaria December 12, 2006, White House 11:10 A.M. EST “Faith-based partnerships, for many villagers you’ve seen it firsthand. For those of you who have visited, the church is the only formal institution in many of these communities. In Rwanda, 90 percent of people live in rural areas. And … [Read more…]
Richard Rohr: A Catholic New Age Priest, His Cosmic Christ, and Young Evangelicals 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 … [Read more…]
LTRP Note: This letter to the editor is from a long-time Lighthouse Trails reader. Dear Lighthouse Trails Editors: Perhaps you are aware of the big, channeled The Urantia Book, which is akin to A Course in Miracles. Urantia is incredibly dangerous and demonic. While we know who A Course in Miracles was channeled through, there … [Read more…]
Since 2016, Lighthouse Trails has been sending out topical booklets (usually three times a year) to a growing list of pastors and Christian leaders. On Monday, July 22nd, Lighthouse Trails will be sending out our first mailing of 2024 to Christian leaders and pastors. Our current list has around 1100 names. If you would like … [Read more…]
In a time when the church is being overrun with unbiblical teachings and off-the-wall opinions and recommendations by so many of today’s pastors and leaders, we have been puzzled at Lighthouse Trails why even the “good” pastors and teachers rarely talk about what’s going on in the church with regard to these teachings; and it’s … [Read more…]
By The Berean Call Do we all “love the same Jesus”? Do we need the Catholic Church, the Abrahamic Family House, Rick Warren, the Finishing the Task Coalition, and The Chosen to fulfill the Great Commission? Can we as believers have “unity through community”? “Satan is not an atheist; he believes in God…. He is … [Read more…]
LTRP Note: The following letter to the editor is addressing very legitimate and documented concerns about Life Church, one of the largest evangelical churches in America with over three dozen locations throughout the country and an influential global outreach. Lighthouse Trails considers Life Church’s lead pastor, Craig Groeschel, a “bridger”* (a pastor or other evangelical … [Read more…]