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“California to Pay $1.35M to Settle Harvest Rock Church’s Lawsuit Against Gavin Newsom Over COVID Restrictions”

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Provided by Christian News Network (Newsweek) — A settlement reached by a California church and Gov. Gavin Newsom this week allows an injunction against COVID-19 restrictions on churches. On Monday, a California District Court entered an order approving Liberty Counsel’s settlement of the lawsuit on behalf of Pasadena’s Harvest Rock Church and Harvest International Ministry … [Read more…]

“California Judge Slaps Down Newsom Ban on Church Gatherings”

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LTRP Note: The following news story is posted for informational and research purposes. By Mark TapscottThe Epoch Times California Superior Court Judge Gregory Pulskamp delivered a stinging rebuke of Gov. Gavin Newsom late on Dec. 10, ruling against “all COVID-19 restrictions that fail to treat houses of worship equal to the favored class” of businesses such as … [Read more…]

California School District Pushes “Systemic Racism” Agenda After a Rope Swing Was Mistaken for a Noose

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LTRP Note: The following news story is posted for informational and research purposes. By Jordan DavidsonThe Federalist A California school district announced that what “appeared to be a noose” was found hanging from a tree in front of home within the district. Local police concluded it was not a noose, but a rope swing for … [Read more…]

Update: “Calif. Church That Had Been Fined Thousands for Indoor Meetings Moves Services Outside”

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LTRP Note: The following is posted as an update to an earlier post and is posted for informational and research purposes. By Heather ClarkChristian News Network A California church that had been fined more than $100K for holding indoor church services in violation of county COVID regulations moved services back outside on Sunday as members … [Read more…]

“Calif. Church Fined $10K for Holding Indoor Worship Services, Singing During Gatherings”

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LTRJ Note: The following article and video are posted for informational and research purposes. By Heather ClarkChristian News Network  A Baptist church in California has been fined $10,000 for holding a morning and evening service indoors and for also including singing during those gatherings. The church has been warned that continued violations of the Santa … [Read more…]

“DA Declares California County a ‘Sanctuary County’ for Church Worship Gatherings”

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LTRP Note: The following news story is posted for informational and research purposes. By Blake FussellThe Christian Post San Luis Obispo County, located in central California, has become a sanctuary county for churches struggling to cope state restrictions on worship gatherings.  San Luis Obispo County District Attorney Dan Dow confirmed late last month he will … [Read more…]

“Latest Pro-LGBT Proposal Targets Christian Therapists, Pastors”

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LTRP Note: The following is posted for informational and research purposes. By Jody Brown, Steve Jordahl (OneNewsNow.com) The head of the Pacific Justice Institute says a non-binding resolution just introduced in the California legislature raises a “red flag” that the state is on the verge of telling Christian pastors and counselors what they can and … [Read more…]

Signs of the Times: “Activists Confess ‘Bible Ban’ Does Target ‘Faith Community'”

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By Bob Unruh WorldNetDaily In what could be a huge embarrassment for the online “fact-checker” Snopes, both a lawmaker and an LGBT activist have admitted a California state bill targets “pastors” and members of the “faith community” who insist a man is a man, not a woman, and vice versa. The controversy is over a … [Read more…]

NEW BOOKLET: Beware of Bethel: A Brief Summary of Bill Johnson’s Unbiblical Teachings

NEW BOOKLET:Beware of Bethel: A Brief Summary of Bill Johnson’s Unbiblical Teachings by Bill Randles is our newest Lighthouse Trails Booklet Tract.  The Booklet Tract is 14 pages long and sells for $1.95 for single copies. Quantity discounts are as much as 50% off retail. Our Booklet Tracts are designed to give away to others … [Read more…]

Letter to the Editor: False Unity Growing Among U.S. Pastors – Say “Unity” is Key to Revival

Dear Lighthouse Trails: I am writing because of my great concern for what seems to be a false “unity” growing amongst pastors in Sacramento, CA.  The concern I have is not only on the local level but on a national level as well. My concern is that this “unity” is being propagated as the key … [Read more…]

Bathroom Privacy Initiative in California

LTRP Note: Posted for informational purposes. SACRAMENTO /Christian Newswire/ — Privacy advocates have taken the first step to prohibiting unwanted intrusions in California bathrooms, showers and locker rooms. Privacy For All has submitted language to California elections officials to place the Personal Privacy Protection Act on the 2016 ballot. If approved by California voters, the … [Read more…]

An Insider’s View of the 2015 Jesus Culture Conference Themed: “One Encounter Changes Everything”

By L. Sharp Lines were wrapped around the ARC Pavilion, which holds a maximum capacity of about 8,000. There were banners with the UC Davis theme: ONE DAVIS, ONE WORLD. The conference was sold out. 10 nations (aside from the U.S.) were represented. There was much emotional excitement in the air as people were waiting … [Read more…]

Understand the Times Weekly News in Review

Ford considers biometric authentication for future vehicles Water rationing hits California: limit of 50 gallons per person per day or face fines of $500 Smartphones now in development will monitor users’ blood and speech Ebola Cases Could Reach 1.4 Million Within Four Months, C.D.C. Estimates FBI seeks to add Rapid DNA to biometric database A … [Read more…]

Mark Chironna’s New Age/Quantum Mysticism at Bethel Redding Conference

By John Lanagan My Word Like Fire Ministries “Will faith in God’s Word become a thing of the past as ‘science’ replaces faith? A growing number of church figures have directly or indirectly introduced quantum physics with its New Age implications into their teachings and writings.” –Warren B. Smith, Another Jesus Calling, pg. 103 In … [Read more…]

Bethel’s Bill Johnson: “Jesus was so empty of Divine capacity…”

By John Lanagan My Word Like Fire Ministries Bill Johnson is an effective purveyor of kenosis, the heretical teaching that Christ operated on earth solely as a man, with no “Divine capacity” whatsoever. Every miracle, every healing that Christ performed, according to Johnson, came about through the power of the Holy Spirit. Therefore, Johnson teaches, … [Read more…]

New Ager Marianne Williamson’s Political Campaign Treasury Grows to $1.2 Million

LTRP Note: To understand the significance behind New Ager Marianne Williamson, read Warren B. Smith’s book False Christ Coming: Does Anybody Care? By Jean Merl Los Angeles Times Spiritual teacher and best-selling author Marianne Williamson has raised more than $1.2 million for her campaign for an open congressional district seat, her report showed Thursday. The … [Read more…]

Christian University Boots Professor After Announcing ‘Gender Identity Change’ From Female to Male

LTRP Note: Azusa Pacific University is listed on the Lighthouse Trails Contemplative Colleges list as a school that promotes Spiritual Formation and contemplative spirituality (example). By Garrett Haley Christian News Network AZUSA, Cal. – An evangelical Christian university has reportedly asked one of its professors to leave the school after she announced that she was … [Read more…]

California Legislators Table Bill Seeking to Punish Youth Organizations Opposing Homosexuality

By Heather Clark Christian News Network SACRAMENTO – A bill that sought to punish youth organizations that oppose homosexual behavior and gender confusion by revoking their tax exempt status has been tabled–at least for now. As previously reported, Senate Bill 323 (SB323) was first introduced in mid-February by Ricardo Lara, a Democratic state senator from … [Read more…]

California Legislators Pass Bill Allowing Nurses, Midwives to Perform First Trimester Abortions

By Heather Clark Christian News Network SACRAMENTO – California legislators have passed a bill allowing nurses and other ‘non-physicians’ to perform abortions on babies up to twelve weeks in gestation. AB 154, which was sponsored by Democratic Assembly Member Toni Atkins of San Diego, aims to make abortion more accessible in the state, especially in … [Read more…]

Stage set for molestations, privacy violations in Calif. schools

By Charlie Butts OneNewsNow Without comment, California Governor Jerry Brown yesterday signed into law a bill (AB 1266) strengthening the rights of transgender students (K-12) in the state’s public schools. It makes the Golden State the first state in the nation to allow participation in “sex-segregated programs, activities, and facilities” in public schools based on … [Read more…]

America in Crisis: “Co-Ed Bathroom Bill Passes Education Committee”

 From Christian Newswire SACRAMENTO, Calif., June 12, 2013 /Christian Newswire/ — Assembly Bill 1266 narrowly passed out of the Senate Education Committee this morning.  AB 1266 requires schools to authorize students to participate in sex-segregated school programs, activities, and to be allowed access to facilities consistent with his or her gender identity. “AB 1266 forces San … [Read more…]

California school district sued over ‘religious’ yoga program

LTRP Note:  This article is posted for informational and research purposes. See link below article for previous posting about this story. SAN DIEGO –  An attorney representing a  family bent out of shape over a public school yoga program in the beach city of  Encinitas filed a lawsuit Wednesday to stop the district-wide classes. In … [Read more…]

School Yoga Tries to Avoid Religious Controversy

LTRP Note: The following is posted for informational and research purposes only, not as an endorsement. To understand the dangers of Yoga, please refer to some of the links below this article. By JULIE WATSON Associated Press ENCINITAS, Calif. – Public school yoga instructor Katie Campbell proudly looks out at 23 first graders as they … [Read more…]

“Parents considering legal action over school yoga”

LTRP Note: We are posting this for informational and research purposes, not as an endorsement for the news source. Please also see related information below to better understand the risk children are at today. It is important to realize that children are being targeted with the “new” spirituality/New Age in their schools, in their churches, in … [Read more…]

Calif Governor Signs Bill Into Law: “California Is First State to Ban Gay ‘Cure’ for Minors”

LTRP Note: The following is posted for research and informational purposes and not an endorsement of this news article. New York Times California has become the first state to ban the use for minors of disputed therapies to “overcome” homosexuality, a step hailed by gay rights groups across the country that say the therapies have … [Read more…]

California Is First State to Ban ‘Conversion’ Therapy for Homosexual Teens

Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Gov. Jerry Brown has signed legislation that makes California the first state to ban a controversial form of psychotherapy that’s aimed at making gay teenagers straight. Effective Jan. 1, mental health practitioners are prohibited from performing sexual orientation change efforts — known as reparative or conversion therapy — for … [Read more…]

California Public School Kids Now Required to Study Contributions of LGBT Americans

(CNSNews.com) – On Jan. 1, the California Department of Education started implementing a new law that requires all children in the state’s public schools to study the “role and contributions” of “lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Americans” to the “development of California and the United States of America.” This law, according to the pro-family group … [Read more…]

Todd Bentley of Lakeland Revival, Florida Outpouring publicly endorsed by Bill Johnson (Bethel)

By Charisse Van Horn Examiner On August 17, 2011, Pastor Bill Johnson of Bethel Church in Redding, California, publicly endorsed the ministry of Todd Bentley.  Bentley was the main leader of the Lakeland Revival, also known as the Florida Outpouring or Florida Healing Outpouring that began on April 2, 2008 when he held a series … [Read more…]

Mandatory homosexual history bill for California schools gains

UPI SACRAMENTO, April 15 (UPI) — California is closer to requiring the teaching of gay history in public schools following approval of legislation by the state Senate. The Fair, Accurate, Inclusive and Respectful Education Act, sponsored by gay San Francisco Democrat Mark Leno, passed on a 23-14 party line vote Thursday, the Desert Sun of … [Read more…]