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InterVarsity Comes Under Heat for Trying to Make a Stand Against Same-Sex Marriage – But Straddling the Fence is Hard to Do

October 25, 2016 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

InterVarsity Christian Fellowship has come under public heat because it recently announced they were giving an ultimatum to employees who saw nothing wrong with same-sex (homosexual) marriage. In a Charisma magazine article (we are not endorsing Charisma), the author states: InterVarsity Christian Fellowship is one of the leading campus ministries, and its publishing arm, InterVarsity … [Read more…]

Posted in: Christian Publishers/Bookstores, Homosexuality, InterVarsity Press, Nazarene Church, Same-Sex Marriage Tagged: authors, Christian publishers, contemplative prayer, emergent church, gay marriage, ian morgan cron, intervarsity, intervarsity christian fellowship, intervarsity press, ruth haley barton, Same-Sex Marriage, Shane Claiborne, tony campolo

Fletcher: “Christian Publishing Full of Rotten Fruit”

May 26, 2016 by Miscellaneous News Source

By Jim Fletcher WorldNetDaily Although few talk about it publicly, I continue to be astonished by the rotten fruit in the Christian book publishing industry. I feel almost forced to say this at the outset: There are still good publishers. There are still good authors. There is still some good material being produced. It’s just … [Read more…]

Posted in: Christian Publishers/Bookstores, Churches in Crisis!, JESUS CALLING, Southern Baptist Convention Tagged: apostasy, books, Christian publishers, deception, jesus calling, jim fletcher, publishers, The Shack

One Year Later – No Response From Thomas Nelson on Changing Jesus Calling: Damage Control for a False Christ

October 16, 2015 by Lighthouse Trails author

One year ago, we released the booklet, Changing Jesus Calling: Damage Control for a False Christ by Warren B. Smith.To date, Thomas Nelson, the publisher for Sarah Young’s Jesus Calling has yet to publicly respond to the behind-the-scenes changing of Jesus Calling. We are reposting the article below because we continue to receive frequent phone … [Read more…]

Posted in: Book/Film Reviews, Christian Publishers/Bookstores, JESUS CALLING, New Age movement, RESOURCES, Spiritual Deception Tagged: changing jesus calling, Christian leaders, Christian publishers, god calling, jesus calling, thomas nelson, Warren B. Smith

Letter to the Editor: Looking for Good Bible Based Children’s Curriculum

July 11, 2015 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

To Lighthouse Trails: I am coordinator of my church’s children & youth ministries, and I am looking for solid, Bible-based children’s and youth curriculum. I would appreciate any suggestions you may have.  I am so skeptical of much of the curriculum out there now especially with so much of the emergent ideas creeping in. Thank you for any … [Read more…]

Posted in: CHILDREN AT RISK!, Christian Publishers/Bookstores, InterVarsity Press, LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Tagged: Christian publishers, contemplative, emerging church, intervarsity, intervarsity christian fellowship, intervarsity press, letter to the editor, navpress, sunday school material, thomas nelson, zondervan

Christian Booksellers’ Implosion

June 5, 2015 by Miscellaneous News Source

By Jim Fletcher Free-lance writer for WND < img src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-d9XxhfbZ3mYSM.gif" border="0" height="1" width="1" alt="Quantcast"/>< /div> What was once a fine idea – the first five minutes someone had it 60 years ago – has become one of those classic scenes you want to look away from, but can’t. I’m speaking of the slow destruction of … [Read more…]

Posted in: A Global Spirituality Tagged: cba, christian bookseller's association, Christian publishers, harpercollins, jim fletcher, multnomah, thomas nelson, zondervan

Letter to the Editor: Her Pastor: “Warren B. Smith Not in Communion With Holy Spirit Because of “Another Jesus” Calling” | LT: “Church Will Bear Brunt of Pastor’s Negligence”

March 13, 2015 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

To Lighthouse Trails: Last year I ordered at least 10 copies of “Another Jesus” Calling to give to others who had greatly enjoyed Jesus Calling or to others who have shared my concern about the book. Both of my  daughters in their mid-twenties began reading Jesus Calling a few years ago, but praise the Lord, … [Read more…]

Posted in: Book/Film Reviews, Christian Publishers/Bookstores, Contemplative Practices, Contemplative Spirituality, JESUS CALLING, LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, Spiritual Deception, The New Spirituality Tagged: "another jesus" calling, Christian publishers, contemplative, Contemplative Spirituality, deception, jesus calling, letter to the editor, new spirituality, pastors, sarah young, spiritual deception, Warren B. Smith

Warren B. Smith on Radio – Regarding Thomas Nelson and Sarah Young: Whitewashing Jesus Calling

November 17, 2014 by Miscellaneous News Source

By A.S. This radio Episode with Warren B. Smith  Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 53:13 — 21.3MB) What if you are a major publisher like Thomas Nelson and you suddenly discover that your  mega best-selling book Jesus Calling was inspired by a channeled New Age book? And what if you find out … [Read more…]

Posted in: Book/Film Reviews, Christian Publishers/Bookstores, Contemplative Spirituality, JESUS CALLING, Spiritual Deception, Spiritual Formation Tagged: Christian publishers, jesus calling, sarah young, spiritual deception, spiritual formation, thomas nelson, thomas nelson publishers, Warren B. Smith

WorldNetDaily: “Is hit book ‘Jesus Calling’ pushing New Age?”

July 2, 2014 by Miscellaneous News Source

By Jim Fletcher WorldNetDaily When the entity formerly known as the Christian Bookseller’s Association decided to go secular business model a couple decades ago, the inevitable diluting of doctrinally sound books began. Traditional titles, ranging from Charles Stanley to Ruth Bell Graham to Charles Spurgeon, began to share shelf space with the “Chicken Soup for … [Read more…]

Posted in: Book/Film Reviews, Christian Publishers/Bookstores, Contemplative Spirituality, JESUS CALLING, New Age movement, Spiritual Deception Tagged: "another jesus" calling, Christian bookstores, Christian publishers, Contemplative Spirituality, deception, jesus calling, new spirituality, sarah young, thomas nelson, Warren B. Smith

Christian Bookseller to Publish Pro-Homosexual Book from Singer Jennifer Knapp

May 27, 2014 by Miscellaneous News Source

“Howard Books publishes works from many well-known Christian authors, including Dave Ramsey, Dr. Charles Stanley, and the Duggar family.” By Garrett Haley Christian News Network A Christian publishing company has generated criticism for agreeing to publish a memoir from Jennifer Knapp—a former contemporary Christian singer who now describes herself as a lesbian. Jennifer Knapp, now … [Read more…]

Posted in: Christian Publishers/Bookstores, Homosexuality, Music, Signs of the Times, The Emerging Church, The New Spirituality Tagged: christian booksellers, christian music, Christian publishers, contemporary christian music, Homosexuality, jennifer knapp, Music, Same-Sex Marriage

Letter to the Editor: Do You Have a List of Good Books or Authors?

April 29, 2014 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

To Lighthouse Trails: My wife likes to read “inspirational” books. She was recently given a copy of Jesus Calling. I told her that it was not scriptural (which didn’t go over well. She hates hearing anything negative, no matter what the subject is). At any rate, she finally threw the book away.  Now she wants … [Read more…]

Posted in: Christian Publishers/Bookstores, Defending the Faith, LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, RESOURCES, The Word of God Tagged: books, bookstores, Christian publishers, letter to the editor, spiritual deception

WARNING: Modern-Day “Bible” Versions Used to Promote Liberal Agenda

November 8, 2010 by Miscellaneous News Source

By Jim Fletcher WorldNetDaily “King James defends Bible from liberalism” There was so much feedback about last week’s discussion of the King James Bible anniversary that it seems like a good idea to add some further thoughts about the KJV and other various translations before venturing into other subjects. As mentioned previously, just one of the … [Read more…]

Posted in: Christian Publishers/Bookstores, The Word of God Tagged: Bible versions, Christian publishers, jim fletcher, KJV, liberalism, translations

WorldNet Daily: Anonymous tipster exposes bookstore motives

November 9, 2009 by Miscellaneous News Source

by Jim Fletcher WorldNet Daily I got an interesting email last week from an employee at a bookstore chain. Previously, I had written about the state of publishing a couple times and pointed out who doesn’t have a problem offering books that … might not be good for people. “Not good” in my world means … [Read more…]

Posted in: Christian Publishers/Bookstores Tagged: Christian bookstores, Christian publishers, jim fletcher

EMERGENT MANIFESTO: Emerging Church Comes Out of the Closet

April 25, 2007 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

Emergent Manifesto of Hope is the new release from Emersion, a publishing partnership between Baker Books and Emergent Village. The book, edited and compiled by emergent leaders Tony Jones and Doug Pagitt, is a collection of essays by various emerging church leaders. Pagitt says the book “provides a rare glimpse inside the emerging church.” This … [Read more…]

Posted in: Christian Publishers/Bookstores, The Emerging Church Tagged: Christian publishers, doug pagitt, emergent, Emergent Village, The Emerging Church, tony jones

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  • Are We Becoming a Drug Culture? (Interview with McMahon and Teichrib)
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on January 19, 2021 at 11:50 am

    Are We Becoming a Drug Culture? (Interview with McMahon and Teichrib) LTRP Note: The following interview between T.A. McMahon of The Berean Call and Carl Teichrib (author of Game of Gods) highlights the increase of drug use in our present culture. Tied in with the spiritual atmosphere of today where esoteric experiences are sought after by both secular and religious people and recreational marijuana is becoming ... [Read more...] The post Are We Becoming a Drug Culture? (Interview with McMahon and Teichrib) appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • “3rd-graders Told to Rank Themselves on ‘Power and Privilege'”
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on January 19, 2021 at 2:30 am

    “3rd-graders Told to Rank Themselves on ‘Power and Privilege'” LTRJ Note: The following news story is posted for informational and research purposes. If you have not read our articles/booklets on Critical Race Theory and on Social Justice terms, we encourage you to do so. By Michael F. HaverluckOneNewsNow.com A . . . California elementary school is “basically teaching racism” to . . . third ... [Read more...] The post “3rd-graders Told to Rank Themselves on ‘Power and Privilege'” appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • 1.8 Million COVID Deaths and 42 Million Abortions
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on January 18, 2021 at 1:35 pm

    1.8 Million COVID Deaths and 42 Million Abortions From Way of Life Ministries  In 2020, there were a reported 1.8 million deaths associated with Covid-19. This was the big, never-ending news, but in the meantime there were 11 million deaths from communicable diseases other than tuberculosis, 8.2 million deaths from cancer, 5.1 million deaths from smoking, 2.5 million from alcohol, 1.8 million deaths ... [Read more...] The post 1.8 Million COVID Deaths and 42 Million Abortions appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • InterVarsity’s “2030 Calling” – Raising Up Young Evangelicals to Be the Mystics of Tomorrow
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on January 15, 2021 at 3:49 pm

    InterVarsity’s “2030 Calling” – Raising Up Young Evangelicals to Be the Mystics of Tomorrow For many years, Lighthouse Trails has tried to warn the church about evangelical publishing houses that are releasing countless materials which promote and teach contemplative spirituality. One of the publishing companies that is at the forefront of this effort to bring the New Age/new spirituality practice of contemplative prayer into the church is InterVarsity Press ... [Read more...] The post InterVarsity’s “2030 Calling” – Raising Up Young Evangelicals to Be the Mystics of Tomorrow appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • The Warfare is Confessional (Whom Do We Really Fear?)
    by Lighthouse Trails author on January 12, 2021 at 3:44 am

    The Warfare is Confessional (Whom Do We Really Fear?) By Bill Randles And when they bring you unto the synagogues, and unto magistrates, and powers, take ye no thought how or what thing ye shall answer, or what ye shall say: For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what ye ought to say. (Luke 12:11-12) Notice that Jesus says “when they ... [Read more...] The post The Warfare is Confessional (Whom Do We Really Fear?) appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • Interview by Epoch Times on Capitol Incident
    by Miscellaneous News Source on January 12, 2021 at 2:17 am

    Interview by Epoch Times on Capitol Incident LTRJ Note: For those who are interested in viewing alternative news sources from mainstream media, the following video is posted for informational and research purposes. The post Interview by Epoch Times on Capitol Incident appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • Letter to the Editor: Former Hindu, Now Believer Walks Lonely Path
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on January 9, 2021 at 2:49 pm

    Letter to the Editor: Former Hindu, Now Believer Walks Lonely Path Dear Lighthouse Trails: My name is ____________. I’m a former Hindu, metal head, New Age believer who denied my Savior back in my days until about five to six years ago when on a night of watching Youtube videos on all kinds of darkness, He showed me where my soul could end up. I’ve been ... [Read more...] The post Letter to the Editor: Former Hindu, Now Believer Walks Lonely Path appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • Parler Removed From Google Play Store, Apple Threatens Ban While Twitter “Permanently” Suspends Trump
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on January 9, 2021 at 2:08 pm

    Parler Removed From Google Play Store, Apple Threatens Ban While Twitter “Permanently” Suspends Trump Update (1/11/2011): “Parler CEO: Attorneys Drop Company as Website Goes Offline” LTRJ Note: The following news story is posted for informational and research purposes. Parler is a relatively new social media platform that has promised not to censor. “Parler Removed From Google Play Store, Apple Threatens Ban” By Mimi Nguyen LyThe Epoch Times Google removed the ... [Read more...] The post Parler Removed From Google Play Store, Apple Threatens Ban While Twitter “Permanently” Suspends Trump appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • God’s Word Declares the Importance of Being Watchful and Discerning
    by Lighthouse Trails author on January 8, 2021 at 11:52 am

    God’s Word Declares the Importance of Being Watchful and Discerning By Warren B. Smith Christian seek not yet repose,Cast thy dreams of ease away;Thou art in the midst of foes: Watch and pray.Watch as if that alone were the issue of the day;Pray that help may be sent down: Watch and pray.—Charlotte Elliot & William H. Monk Learn to discern, Watch and pray;Night’s almost here, ... [Read more...] The post God’s Word Declares the Importance of Being Watchful and Discerning appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • Lighthouse Trails 2020 Year-in-Review – Final Part – Top 10 In-House Articles
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on December 31, 2020 at 1:51 pm

    Lighthouse Trails 2020 Year-in-Review – Final Part – Top 10 In-House Articles See Part 1 of Year in Review: Top 10 Letters to the Editor. See Part 2 of Year in Review: Top 10 Out-of-House News Stories.See Part 3 of Year in Review: Top 10 Articles by LT AuthorsSee Part 4:  Top 5 Guest Writer Articles In this last part of our 5-part Year in Review series, the following 10 articles are written by ... [Read more...] The post Lighthouse Trails 2020 Year-in-Review – Final Part – Top 10 In-House Articles appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

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