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“Progressive” Christianity—After Our Children and Grandchildren

April 26, 2022 by Lighthouse Trails author 3 Comments

By Berit Kjos Today’s “progressive” emerging churches have little love for the old certainties that have grounded genuine Christians in God’s revealed truth for 2000 years. They say those precious guidelines don’t fit the new dialectic and collective ways of thinking. Today’s entertainment-driven Christians prefer “feel good” assurances stripped of unwanted references to sin, guilt, … [Read more…]

Posted in: CHILDREN AT RISK!, Ecumenism, Kids and the Occult, The Emerging Church Tagged: Berit Kjos, Brian McLaren, doctrine, emerging church, occultism, postmodern, progressive Christianity, Rick Warren

A Party Jesus?

June 22, 2021 by Lighthouse Trails author 9 Comments

By Warren B. Smith Disregarding Danger AFTER the Titanic collided with the iceberg, and with water flooding into the bowels of the vessel, some of the passengers frolicked in an almost party-like atmosphere around the estimated two tons of ice that had spilled out onto the foredeck of the already sinking ship. Several hours later, some of … [Read more…]

Posted in: Book/Music Excerpts, Discernment, REVIVAL, Rick Warren, Signs of the Times Tagged: Brian McLaren, discernment, false revival, purpose driven, randy clark, revival, Rick Warren, titanic

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

Christianity Today: “We are theologically conservative . . . committed to the glory of God.”—CT History Shows Differently

January 7, 2020 by Lighthouse Trails Editors 10 Comments

On December 19th, 2019, Christianity Today, the magazine that considers itself the “flagship” magazine for Christianity released an article written by the just-retired editor-in-chief, Mark Galli, titled, “Trump Should Be Removed from Office.” According to CT, the article set off a firestorm. And by our estimates, millions have now seen the article as scores of … [Read more…]

Posted in: A Global Spirituality, Book/Film Reviews, Christian Publishers/Bookstores, Contemplative Spirituality, Defending the Faith, Discernment, Ecumenism, Enneagram, Labyrinths, Lectio Divina, Politics, Signs of the Times, The Emerging Church, The New (False) Spirituality Tagged: bill hybels, bob buford, Brian McLaren, Christianity Today, Dan Kimball, elections, emergent church, Mark Driscoll, mark galli, marxism, mysticism, New Age, peter drucker, president trump, progressive, Rick Warren, Roger Oakland, social justice, socialist, terra nova

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

“Anger, Vitriol and Venom” From the Parliament of the World’s Religions

November 10, 2018 by Lighthouse Trails author 8 Comments

Carl Teichrib attended the Parliament of the World’s Religions in Toronto, Ontario as part of his research ministry. Below are comments Carl made on his Facebook page about his time there. We are reposting them with his permission. The photos were taken by Carl at the Parliament. Also be sure and see the links below … [Read more…]

Posted in: A Global Spirituality, One-World Religion, Persecution Tagged: anger, Brian McLaren, carl teichrib, emerging church, hate, Jim Wallis, parliament of world's religions, progressive

“They Hate Christianity But Love (Another) Jesus – How Conservative Christians Are Being Manipulated and Ridiculed, Especially During Election Years”

October 25, 2018 by Lighthouse Trails Editors 9 Comments

  In May of 2013, Lighthouse Trails released a report titled, “They Hate Christianity But Love (Another) Jesus – How Conservative Christians Are Being Manipulated and Ridiculed, Especially During Election Years.” In view of the upcoming elections and some of the things going on around the country in the “background,” it seems diligent to repost … [Read more…]

Posted in: Christian Organizations, FOR MILLENNIALS, Homosexuality, Persecution, Politics, Remembering Communism, Rick Warren, The Emerging Church Tagged: America, bill hybels, bob buford, Brian McLaren, communism, Dan Kimball, diana butler bass, doug pagitt, elections, emergent, emerging church, John pavlovitz, Leadership Network, mark scandrette, marxism, Politics, Rick Warren, Samir Selmanovic, Shane Claiborne, socialism, terra nova project

“Contextualization” of the Gospel – A Free-Falling Catastrophe

October 10, 2018 by Lighthouse Trails author 10 Comments

By Roger Oakland You may not have heard the term before, but contextual theology is a prominent message from the emerging church. In his book, Models of Contextual Theology(1992), Stephen B. Bevans defines contextual theology as: . . . a way of doing theology in which one takes into account: the spirit and message of … [Read more…]

Posted in: Christian Publishers/Bookstores, InterVarsity Press, Nazarene Church, The Emerging Church, The New (False) Spirituality, The New Spirituality Tagged: Brian McLaren, contextual theology, contextualization, doug pagitt, emergent, emerging church, intervarsity, intervarsity christian fellowship, intervarsity press, new spirituality, Roger Oakland

Booklet Highlight: The Dangerous Truth About the Social-Justice “Gospel”

September 18, 2018 by Lighthouse Trails author 6 Comments

By Mary Danielsen Many Christian believers are expressing concern today, and rightly so, over something called “social justice” or the “social-justice gospel.” Jim Wallis, founder of Sojourners magazine, is one of the top “change agents” in the social-justice movement within the evangelical/Protestant church, and the timing of his surge in popularity cannot be ignored, considering: … [Read more…]

Posted in: A Global Spirituality, Christian Publishers/Bookstores, FOR MILLENNIALS, Homosexuality, InterVarsity Press, Israel, Marxism/Socialism, New Evangelicalism, Politics, Remembering Communism, Remembering the Holocaust, RESOURCES, Spiritual Deception, The Emerging Church, The New (False) Spirituality, The New Spirituality Tagged: America, anti-Semitism, bill hybels, Brian McLaren, communism, globalism, god on our side, government, intervarsity, intervarsity christian fellowship, intervarsity press, Israel, Jim Wallis, lynne hybels, marxism, Obama, palestinianism, Politics, Shane Claiborne, social justice, socialism, Sojourners, theory of revolution, tony campolo, Willow Creek

D is for Deception: The Language of the “New” Christianity

June 29, 2018 by Lighthouse Trails author 2 Comments

By Kevin Reeves and the Editors at Lighthouse Trails A number of years ago, a book written by emerging-church leaders Brian McLaren and Leonard Sweet was released. The book was called A is for Abductive: the language of the emerging church. Going through the alphabet, the authors identified many terms they hoped would be picked … [Read more…]

Posted in: Book/Music Excerpts, Contemplative Practices, Contemplative Spirituality, Defending the Faith, Discernment, New Evangelicalism, RESOURCES, Spiritual Deception, The Emerging Church, The New (False) Spirituality, The New Spirituality Tagged: Brian McLaren, emerging church, glossary, higher self, kevin reeves, language, lectio divina, Leonard Sweet, meditation, NAR, new spirituality, paradigm shift, Ray Yungen, Roger Oakland, spiritual formation, taize, transformational, tribal, Warren B. Smith

Trevecca Nazarene University Continues To Promote Mystical Silence Instead of Biblical Prayer

March 29, 2018 by A Ministry in His Service 3 Comments

By Manny Silva of Concerned Nazarenes “I am deepening in the mystical forms of prayer.” (Dan Boone) Thanks to the undiscerning “leadership” of President Dan Boone, Trevecca Nazarene students will have the opportunity to go on a mystical ride. Once again, it time for the “Spiritual Formation” retreat at the Gethsemani monastery in Kentucky, spiritual … [Read more…]

Posted in: A Global Spirituality, Nazarene Church Tagged: Brian McLaren, Christian colleges, church of the nazarene, concerned nazarenes, contemplative, contemplative prayer, Contemplative Spirituality, emerging church, nazarene church, nazarene university, Nazarenes, Thomas Merton

Bad News for Gaither Followers – Gloria Gaither Praises New Age Teachers Sue Monk Kidd and Richard Rohr

February 13, 2018 by Letters to the Editor 27 Comments

This week we received the following information from a reader: Dear Lighthouse Trails: Gloria Gaither is the author of many influential songs including “There’s Something About That Name.” She writes glowing reviews of the two books listed below. One by Richard Rohr, a Roman Catholic priest and the other by Sue Monk Kidd who believes … [Read more…]

Posted in: Contemplative Spirituality, LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, Music, New Age movement, pantheism & panentheism Tagged: Brian McLaren, catholic church, contemplative prayer, cosmic christ, emerging church, eucharist, gaithers, gloria gaither, matthew fox, Music, mysticism, New Age, panentheism, Ray Yungen, richard rohr, sue monk kidd, Thomas Merton, zen buddhists

Younger Generation of Christians Reading Marcus Borg – What Did He Believe?

February 5, 2018 by Lighthouse Trails author 7 Comments

LTRP Note: Last week, a Lighthouse Trails reader called our office, wondering about Marcus Borg because one of her grown sons was reading Borg. This tells us that the younger generation of Christians is gleaning from the earlier writers of the emerging church. Certain leaders tried to convince the church that the emerging church had … [Read more…]

Posted in: Book/Film Reviews, Mystical Practices, The Emerging Church, The New Spirituality Tagged: atonement, Brian McLaren, emerging church, Marcus Borg, Roger Oakland, virgin birth, walter brueggemann, young people

Letter to Editor: Pastor Studying at Christian College in Maine Discouraged by Lack of Discernment

January 23, 2018 by Letters to the Editor 6 Comments

Note to Lighthouse Trails: As a pastor, I decided to go back to seminary for some extra courses that were offered at a Christian college in Maine as the price was right. I shortly noticed very real problems when one course was using a book authored by a Catholic apologist (unsaved), and this was the … [Read more…]

Posted in: Contemplative Colleges, Contemplative Spirituality, LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Tagged: andy stanley, Brian McLaren, Christian colleges, Christian leaders, contemplative prayer, Contemplative Spirituality, emerging church, letter to the editor, pastors, seminaries

2017 YEAR IN REVIEW – FINAL PART – Top 10 In-House Stories for 2017

December 30, 2017 by Lighthouse Trails Editors Leave a Comment

See also Part 1, Part 2,  Part 3 and Part 4 of our 2017 Year in Review. The following are the 10 top stories for 2017 written by the editors at Lighthouse Trails. Listed in order of date posted. 1/Emergent IF: Gathering Conference Coming to a Town Near You (Coming For Your Daughters and Granddaughters)! … [Read more…]

Posted in: YEARS IN REVIEW Tagged: America, aog, Assemblies of God, Brian McLaren, Discernment Ministries, Ecumenism, emergent, emerging church, feminists, george wood, homosexuals, if: gathering, Israel, las vegas shooting, meditation, mindfulness, paradigm shift, priscilla shirer, public schools, reformation, reforming catholic confession, resolution 3, terrorism, timothy george, violence

Brian McLaren, You Have Missed the Boat With Your “All-Inclusive Reformation”—Homosexuals and Feminists: Yes; The Bible and White Christian Men: No

November 8, 2017 by Lighthouse Trails Editors Leave a Comment

As groups around the world celebrate the 500th anniversary of the Reformation with highly ecumenical events and speeches, Brian McLaren, once likened to Luther,1 has outlined his view of what the next reformation will look like in an article he wrote on November 1, 2017 titled, “The Last Reformation … and the Next Reformation.”  A … [Read more…]

Posted in: A Global Spirituality Tagged: all inclusive, bill hybles, bob buford, Brian McLaren, emergent, emerging church, Interspirituality, Luther, peter drucker, reformation, Rick Warren, roman catholic church

Churches Going Contemplative with Diana Butler Bass’ Book, “Christianity For the Rest of Us”

October 19, 2017 by Lighthouse Trails Editors 4 Comments

A Lighthouse Trails reader sent us an article this week from a Pacific Northwest newspaper* describing how members of a local church are changing the way they practice church and view Christianity, doing away with their traditional church methods and embracing what they call a “contemplative approach.” The article states that they were inspired, in … [Read more…]

Posted in: Book/Film Reviews, Churches in Crisis!, Contemplative Churches, Contemplative Practices, Contemplative Spirituality, New Age movement Tagged: blood of the lamb, Brian McLaren, Contemplative Spirituality, diana butler bass, eddie gibbs, emergent, emerging church, Henri Nouwen, joan chittister, Marcus Borg, meditation, parker palmer, silence, Thomas Merton

Letter to the Editor: “Christian” Homosexual Singer Vicky Beeching Thanks Contemplative Spirituality For Helping Her “Come Out”

June 15, 2017 by Letters to the Editor Leave a Comment

Dear Lighthouse Friends, When I searched your blog, I did not find information on “Vicky Beeching.”  She is apparently a big figure in Christian pop music.  So you might want to put her on your blog list. I did not know about Vicky Beeching until yesterday: claiming to be an evangelical Christian, she revises Scripture … [Read more…]

Posted in: CHILDREN AT RISK!, Contemplative Practices, Contemplative Spirituality, Homosexuality, LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, Music, The Emerging Church Tagged: Brian McLaren, Dan Kimball, doug pagitt, gay marriage, Homosexuality, meditation, Music, Rob Bell, vicky beeching, worship

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

NEW BOOKLET: ATONEMENT REJECTED! How the Emerging Church Views Christ’s Death on the Cross

March 22, 2017 by Lighthouse Trails author

NEW BOOKLET: ATONEMENT REJECTED! How the Emerging Church Views Christ’s Death on the Cross by Roger Oakland is our newest Lighthouse Trails Booklet.  The Booklet is 10 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 … [Read more…]

Posted in: Book/Music Excerpts, Contemplative Spirituality, pantheism & panentheism, RESOURCES, The Emerging Church, The New Spirituality, Universalism Tagged: atonement, Brian McLaren, Contemplative Spirituality, emerging church, harry fosdick, Marcus Borg, Rob Bell, Roger Oakland, the cross, The Shack, Velvet Elvis, William Paul Young

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

The New Missiology – Doing Missions Without the Gospel

February 24, 2017 by Lighthouse Trails author

LTRJ Note: The following is the content of  Roger Oakland’s booklet,  The New Missiology – Doing Missions Without the Gospel. We are reposting this important article because Lighthouse Trails has many new readers who may not have seen this. By Roger Oakland Emergent Missiology I must add, though, that I don’t believe making disciples must … [Read more…]

Posted in: A Global Spirituality, Book/Music Excerpts, Chrislam, Missions, The Emerging Church Tagged: Brian McLaren, Buddhism, Catholicism, churchless christianity, emergent, emerging church, Herbert Hoefer, Hinduism, Islam, Koran, mike oppenheimer, missiology, missional, Missions, muslims, Rick Warren, Roger Oakland, sandy simpson, YWAM

Emergent IF: Gathering Conference Coming to a Town Near You (Coming For Your Daughters and Granddaughters)!

January 28, 2017 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

[God] will take this hell on earth and someday show us how hell was building heaven.—Jennie Allen (founder of IF: Gathering) Have you heard of the IF: Gathering? If you haven’t, you most likely will soon enough. The women’s movement started just a few years ago but is already making some big inroads into the … [Read more…]

Posted in: Child Abuse, CHILDREN AT RISK!, Churches in Crisis!, Conference Alerts, Contemplative Churches, Human Trafficking, New Evangelicalism, Same-Sex Marriage, Spiritual Deception, The Emerging Church, The New Spirituality Tagged: ann voskamp, Brian McLaren, Conferences, emergent, emerging church, http://www.jennieallen.com/i-believe-in-us-church/, human trafficking, if: gathering, jen hatmaker, jennie allen, melissa greene, women

Commentary: What Do Hitler, Alice Bailey, and Replacement Theology Adherents Have in Common?

November 21, 2016 by Guest Writers

By Philip Gray Free-lance writer and contender of the faith What Do Hitler, Alice Bailey, and Replacement Theology Adherents Have in Common? Basically, the answer to that question is that in all three cases, they reject the Jews as God’s chosen people. Those who embrace Replacement Theology probably don’t realize that the thinking behind Replacement … [Read more…]

Posted in: Eschatology, Hinduism, Israel, New Age movement, Remembering the Holocaust, Signs of the Times Tagged: Alice Bailey, anti-Semitism, Brian McLaren, end-times, helen blavatsky, Hitler, Interspirituality, Israel, jewish people, jews, last days, mike oppenheimer, mysticism, neale donald walsch, New Age, replacement theology, Roman Catholicism, Signs of the Times, the secret doctrine, tony campolo

World Vision’s Gaza Manager Funneled Millions to Hamas

August 17, 2016 by Miscellaneous News Source

LTRP Note: We find it sad when we think back to how many readers have told us that they still donate to World Vision. Not only is the news story below shocking, but World Vision has been going in the emergent direction for years as we have reported on different occasions. It seems that people … [Read more…]

Posted in: CHILDREN AT RISK!, Chrislam, Christian Organizations, Islam, Israel, Missions Tagged: Brian McLaren, emerging church, gaza, Israel, Mohammed el halabi, steve haas, terrorists, world vision

Spiritual Formation Leader, Larry Crabb, Says “The greatest need in modern civilization is the development of communities.”

May 13, 2016 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

Larry Crabb’s recent remarks perfectly illustrate the “fruit” of contemplative spirituality – a move away from the Gospel and personal salvation through Jesus Christ and a move toward an emerging, ecumenical all-paths-lead-to-God kind of mentality. Where did Christ or the disciples ever say man’s greatest need in in the development of communities? The Greatest Need … [Read more…]

Posted in: A Global Spirituality, Contemplative Spirituality, Ecumenism, One-World Religion, Spiritual Formation Tagged: Brian McLaren, community, larry crabb, Rick Warren, spiritual direction, spiritual formation

Letter to the Editor: What is LT’s Take on “The Voice” “Bible”?

February 22, 2016 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

To Lighthouse Trails: What is “The Voice” translation of the Bible and what do you think of it? Our Comments: Our answer (from a 2007 LT article): According to an article in Christian Today, “New Bible Project for Young Generation Launched”, Thomas Nelson’s 2006 “Bible” project called The Voice is going full speed ahead. The … [Read more…]

Posted in: Book/Film Reviews, Christian Publishers/Bookstores, LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, Spiritual Deception, The Emerging Church Tagged: bible, Brian McLaren, Christian leaders, donald miller, emergent, emerging church, Erwin McManus, lauren winner, Leonard Sweet, mysticism, paradigm shift, the voice, the voice bible, thomas nelson

Who is Bringing the “New” Spirituality Into the Church?

January 15, 2016 by Lighthouse Trails author

By Chris Lawson Each of the following authors professes to be Christian and/or uses biblical terminology in his or her writing, yet promotes at least one of the following serious false teachings: contemplative spirituality (i.e., Spiritual Formation), the emergent, progressive “new” spirituality, the seeker-friendly, church-growth movement (e.g., Willow Creek, Purpose Driven) and/or Yoga. (This list … [Read more…]

Posted in: Book/Music Excerpts, Contemplative Spirituality, Defending the Faith, RESOURCES, Spiritual Deception, The Emerging Church, The New Spirituality Tagged: Brian McLaren, chris lawson, Christian leaders, Contemplative Spirituality, deception, emergent, emerging church, Erwin McManus, Henri Nouwen, mysticism, new spirituality, paradigm shift, Thomas Merton

NEW BOOKLET: The Unacknowledged War and the Wearing Down of the Saints

November 9, 2015 by Lighthouse Trails author

NEW BOOKLET TRACT: The Unacknowledged War and the Wearing Down of the Saints by Cedric Fisher is our newest Lighthouse Trails Booklet. The Booklet is 14 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 … [Read more…]

Posted in: Book/Music Excerpts, Churches in Crisis!, Contemplative Spirituality, Defending the Faith, New Evangelicalism, On Christian Faith, Persecution, RESOURCES, Spiritual Deception, The New (False) Spirituality, The New Spirituality Tagged: America, Brian McLaren, cedric fisher, Ecumenism, Obama, parliament of the world's religions, persecution, presidential election, Rick Warren, Rob Bell, saints of god, shootings, spiritual deception, terrorism, the unacknowledged war

New Spirituality Teacher Says “The Jig is Up” to Those Who Believe in “the Blood of the Lamb”

November 6, 2015 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

Every now and then something come along that presents our case in such a succinct and obvious way that we are compelled to share it with our readers with the hope it will leave no question as to how serious the present situation is with regard to Christianity in the Western world. Religious author Diana … [Read more…]

Posted in: A Global Spirituality, Persecution, The New Spirituality, The Role of Meditation Tagged: blood of the lamb, Brian McLaren, christianity after religion, diana butler bass, emerging church, Marcus Borg, New Age, old time religion, Shane Claiborne, the atonement
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  • Letter to the Editor: Sad Day for Church in the UK—(Wesley’s) Oldest Methodist Church in World Now Offering Same-Sex Marriage
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on July 1, 2022 at 12:32 pm

    Letter to the Editor: Sad Day for Church in the UK—(Wesley’s) Oldest Methodist Church in World Now Offering Same-Sex Marriage Dear Lighthouse Trails: Some further sad news regarding the Christian church in the U.K. This news is from the BBC today (June 30th): “World’s oldest Methodist church to allow gay marriage.” The article states: The world’s oldest Methodist building will now offer same-sex marriage after voting unanimously in favour.  The New Room is a Chapel ... [Read more...] The post Letter to the Editor: Sad Day for Church in the UK—(Wesley’s) Oldest Methodist Church in World Now Offering Same-Sex Marriage appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • Letter to the Editor: Christian Colleges Destroyed Children’s Faith While Those Who Chose Other Career Training Still Walking With the Lord
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on June 27, 2022 at 11:24 am

    Letter to the Editor: Christian Colleges Destroyed Children’s Faith While Those Who Chose Other Career Training Still Walking With the Lord 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...] The post Letter to the Editor: Christian Colleges Destroyed Children’s Faith While Those Who Chose Other Career Training Still Walking With the Lord appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • “Roe Overturned! Supremes Call 1973 Decision ‘Abuse of Judicial Authority'”
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on June 24, 2022 at 4:28 pm

    “Roe Overturned! Supremes Call 1973 Decision ‘Abuse of Judicial Authority'” LTRP Note: The following is posted for informational purposes. By Bob UnruhWorldNetDaily The U.S. Supreme Court in a 6-3 decision on Friday overturned the 1973 abortion precedent set in Roe v. Wade, a move that now will return oversight of the nation’s lucrative abortion industry to the individual states. The ruling, which had been leaked ... [Read more...] The post “Roe Overturned! Supremes Call 1973 Decision ‘Abuse of Judicial Authority'” appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • “Suicide, Sex, and the School Trauma Cult”
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on June 23, 2022 at 3:31 am

    “Suicide, Sex, and the School Trauma Cult” By Linda HarveyMission America Children embody our future hopes and dreams. But some parents are willing to deal with the devil, betting tomorrow’s dreams against today’s comfort. The bargain is suicide prevention, or so they are told. “Would you rather have a dead son or a living daughter?” asks the indoctrinated gender clinic psychologist. After all, ... [Read more...] The post “Suicide, Sex, and the School Trauma Cult” appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • The Jeremiah Calling: Watching and Warning
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on June 21, 2022 at 10:08 am

    The Jeremiah Calling: Watching and Warning By Roger OaklandUnderstand the Times, International The Bible provides a vast list of characters God has used to fulfill His plan on planet Earth. Few are more dynamic in the way they fulfilled their calling than Jeremiah, one of the prophets we read about in the Old Testament. Jeremiah’s ministry covered approximately forty years until ... [Read more...] The post The Jeremiah Calling: Watching and Warning appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • “Together 2022” Joins Doctrinally Mixed-Up Nick Hall, Dallas Jenkins, and Francis Chan While “Sacrificing Truth on the Altar of Unity”
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on June 18, 2022 at 11:05 pm

    “Together 2022” Joins Doctrinally Mixed-Up Nick Hall, Dallas Jenkins, and Francis Chan While <em>“Sacrificing Truth on the Altar of Unity”</em> [“Together”] organizer Nick Hall [is] bringing together evangelical, emerging, charismatic, and Catholic leaders for the ecumenical purpose of uniting together. . . . there is a definite united-we-stand-regardless-of-our-beliefs scenario. (source) On June 24-25th in Dallas, Texas, Together 2022 will take place. Big name speakers will be there including ecumenical, NAR-promoting Francis Chan (who said God ... [Read more...] The post “Together 2022” Joins Doctrinally Mixed-Up Nick Hall, Dallas Jenkins, and Francis Chan While <em>“Sacrificing Truth on the Altar of Unity”</em> appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • Choosing God’s Love in a Broken World
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on June 13, 2022 at 2:26 pm

    Choosing God’s Love in a Broken World By Maria KneasMaria is the author of Strength for Tough Times and How to Prepare for Hard Times and Persecution. I saw some very troubling news today. Of course lately that has been happening every day. But today I saw two things that were worse than usual. And that causes two problems. First, it is ... [Read more...] The post Choosing God’s Love in a Broken World appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • Letter to the Editor: Diana Butler Bass and Westmont College Steered Daughter Away From the Faith
    by Letters to the Editor on June 6, 2022 at 9:29 am

    Letter to the Editor: Diana Butler Bass and Westmont College Steered Daughter Away From the Faith Dear Lighthouse Trails: I thank you for the work you are doing for God’s kingdom. I enjoy your newsletters and have been taught many things to steer clear of because of your faithful and great teaching. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.  Our daughter, unfortunately, attended a Christian college in the mid 90s (Westmont College ... [Read more...] The post Letter to the Editor: Diana Butler Bass and Westmont College Steered Daughter Away From the Faith appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • Dallas Jenkins’ “definitive (final) comments” on the Mormon issue exposed
    by A Ministry in His Service on June 4, 2022 at 3:11 am

    Dallas Jenkins’ “definitive (final) comments” on the Mormon issue exposed Presented by The Word Like Fire Ministries Video is done by a former Mormon whom we have featured before. Recently Dallas Jenkins, creator of The Chosen, has tried to wiggle out of some of his comments such as Christians and Mormons “love the same Jesus.” This excellent and short video demonstrates that, in spite his masterful effort ... [Read more...] The post Dallas Jenkins’ “definitive (final) comments” on the Mormon issue exposed appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • Lisa Miller Is Free At Last!!
    by A Ministry in His Service on May 29, 2022 at 12:04 pm

    Lisa Miller Is Free At Last!! LTRP Note: For 12 years, Lighthouse Trails has been reporting on the story of former lesbian, now Christian, Lisa Miller, who fled the U.S. eleven years ago with her young daughter, Isabella, to protect her from a zealous pro-LGBT Vermont legal system who sought to steal custody away from Lisa and hand it over to a non-parental ... [Read more...] The post Lisa Miller Is Free At Last!! appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

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