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InterVarsity’s “2030 Calling” – Raising Up Young Evangelicals to Be the Mystics of Tomorrow

January 15, 2021 by Lighthouse Trails Editors 7 Comments

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…]

Posted in: Christian Organizations, Christian Publishers/Bookstores, Contemplative Colleges, Contemplative Organizations, Contemplative Practices, Contemplative Spirituality, Education, Enneagram, InterVarsity Press Tagged: Christian colleges, contemplative prayer, enneagram, intervarsity, intervarsity christian fellowship, intervarsity press, labryrinths, lectio divina, meditation, revival, richard rohr

Booklet Highlight: Is Your Church Doing “Spiritual Formation”? (Important Reasons Why They Shouldn’t)

August 11, 2020 by Lighthouse Trails Editors 4 Comments

By Lighthouse Trails Editors Is your church involved in a Spiritual Formation program? If so, you might want to ask the question, what exactly is Spiritual Formation? It’s a fair question, and one that, if not asked, could end up surprising you when your church changes in ways you never imagined. A Christianity Today article states: “Spiritual … [Read more…]

Posted in: Christian Publishers/Bookstores, Contemplative Spirituality, InterVarsity Press, Lectio Divina, Spiritual Formation Tagged: contemplative prayer, Contemplative Spirituality, Dallas Willard, desert fathers, intervarsity, intervarsity christian fellowship, intervarsity press, jesuits, lectio divina, Ray Yungen, Richard Foster, spiritual directors, spiritual disciplines, spiritual exercises of st. ignatius, spiritual formation, Thomas Merton

Passion Conference Louie Giglio Gives Thumbs Up to Enneagram—Could Influence Scores of Young Evangelicals

April 20, 2020 by Lighthouse Trails author 7 Comments

Louie Giglio is an extremely popular megachurch pastor and author as well as the founder and leader of the Passion conferences, which have drawn in hundreds of thousands of mostly young people since 1997.(1) On the week of March 16th, Giglio (a Calvinist) was a guest on emergent social-justice “Gospel” advocate Ian Morgan Cron’s Enneagram … [Read more…]

Posted in: Book/Music Excerpts, Calvinist/Reformed, Christian Publishers/Bookstores, Churches in Crisis!, Conference Alerts, Contemplative Practices, Ecumenism, Enneagram, FOR MILLENNIALS, InterVarsity Press, Methodists, Mystical Practices, New Evangelicalism, The Emerging Church, The New (False) Spirituality, The New Spirituality, The Role of Meditation, Wesleyan Church Tagged: enneagram, giglio, ian morgan cron, intervarsity, intervarsity christian fellowship, intervarsity press, lois putnam, lou giglio, methodists, mike oppenheimer, New Age, occultice practices, passion conferences, personality tests, richard rohr, wesleyan

New Booklet: The Enneagram—An Enlightening Tool or an Enticing Deception?

October 28, 2019 by Lighthouse Trails Editors 6 Comments

NEW BOOKLET: The Enneagram—An Enlightening Tool or an Enticing Deception? by Lois Putnam and the Editors at Lighthouse Trails 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 … [Read more…]

Posted in: Book/Music Excerpts, Christian Publishers/Bookstores, Contemplative Practices, Contemplative Spirituality, Enneagram, FOR MILLENNIALS, InterVarsity Press, Lectio Divina, Methodists, Mystical Practices, New Age movement, pantheism & panentheism, RESOURCES, The Emerging Church, The New Spirituality, The Role of Meditation, Wesleyan Church Tagged: chris heuertz, contemplative prayer, ego, enneagram, intervarsity, intervarsity christian fellowship, intervarsity press, lectio divina, lois putnam, mark batterson, methodists, perennial wisdom, phileena, suzanne stabile, wesleyan

Remembering Ray Yungen and Richard Foster’s “School” of Contemplative Prayer

October 16, 2019 by Lighthouse Trails author 3 Comments

Three years ago today author and researcher Ray Yungen passed away at the age of 64. As regular Lighthouse Trails readers know, it was through Ray’s work that Lighthouse Trails began nearly 18 years ago. Interestingly, on the eve of this 3rd anniversary of Ray’s departure, we read an e-mail notice we received this week … [Read more…]

Posted in: Christian Publishers/Bookstores, Contemplative Churches, Contemplative Denominations, Contemplative Practices, Contemplative Spirituality, InterVarsity Press, Mystical Practices, Purpose Driven Movement, Spiritual Formation, The Ancient Mystics Tagged: Breath prayers, contemplative prayer, Contemplative Spirituality, Dallas Willard, intervarsity, intervarsity christian fellowship, intervarsity press, practicing the presence, purpose driven, Ray Yungen, Richard Foster, Rick Warren

“Liberal Christians Gather at Wild Goose Festival to Pray — and Plan”

August 26, 2019 by Miscellaneous News Source 4 Comments

“He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.” Luke 8:8 LTRP Note: The following news story is posted for informational and research purposes and not as an endorsement of either content or the source. It is worth reading this article (written earlier this summer) because it is a glimpse of the face of today’s … [Read more…]

Posted in: A Global Spirituality, Christian Publishers/Bookstores, Conference Alerts, Ecumenism, FOR MILLENNIALS, InterVarsity Press, One-World Religion, Politics, Signs of the Times, The Emerging Church Tagged: communism, Conferences, emerging church, intervarsity, intervarsity christian fellowship, intervarsity press, liberals, Marianne Williamson, Politics, Roger Oakland, Sojourners, wild goose festival

Does Your Church Pass the Test?: Signs That the Emerging Church Has Emerged Into Your Church

February 25, 2019 by Lighthouse Trails author 8 Comments

It was six years ago in January 2013 that Lighthouse Trails began publishing topical booklets. In February of that year, we released one by Roger Oakland called How To Know When the Emerging Church Shows Signs of Emerging Into Your Church. This booklet has been invaluable to many because it lists several of the signs … [Read more…]

Posted in: Christian Publishers/Bookstores, Churches in Crisis!, Defending the Faith, Discernment, InterVarsity Press, RESOURCES, Spiritual Deception, The Emerging Church, The New (False) Spirituality, The New Spirituality Tagged: churches in crisis, emergent, emerging church, intervarsity, intervarsity christian fellowship, intervarsity press, Israel, kingdom now, replacement theology, Roger Oakland

“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

Letter to the Editor from the Pacific NW: Today—Like the Days of Jude

July 11, 2018 by Letters to the Editor 6 Comments

Dear Lighthouse Trails: By the grace of God, I have led women’s Bible studies since 1982. In the past ten years, I have noticed a departing from the fundamentals of the faith in the materials I used by Beth Moore, Priscilla Shirer, and others. New thought, strange language, omission of teaching the repentance of sin, … [Read more…]

Posted in: Christian Publishers/Bookstores, Contemplative Spirituality, InterVarsity Press, LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, Marxism/Socialism, Priscilla Shirer Tagged: contemplative, contemplative prayer, Contemplative Spirituality, deception, Ecumenism, emerging church, intervarsity, intervarsity christian fellowship, intervarsity press, New Age, new spirituality, priscilla shirer, Roger Oakland, socialism, The Emerging Church

Why Richard Foster’s “School of Contemplative Prayer” Should Be Avoided

July 10, 2018 by Lighthouse Trails author 9 Comments

LTRP Note: For sixteen years, Lighthouse Trails has been warning about the contemplative prayer movement. In the following article, Ray Yungen has provided  information that makes the contemplative argument (against it) irrefutable. We have sent a copy of this booklet to all of the major Christian leaders whom we have challenged including Beth Moore, Rick … [Read more…]

Posted in: Christian Publishers/Bookstores, Contemplative Practices, Contemplative Spirituality, InterVarsity Press, New Age movement, Spiritual Formation, The Ancient Mystics, The Role of Meditation Tagged: A Time of Departing, carl mccolman, celebration of discipline, contemplative, contemplative prayer, Henri Nouwen, intervarsity, intervarsity christian fellowship, intervarsity press, mysticism, Ray Yungen, Richard Foster, richard rohr, Rick Warren, Thomas Merton, tony campolo

Is Your Church Doing Spiritual Formation? (Important Reasons Why it Shouldn’t)

June 16, 2018 by Lighthouse Trails Editors 4 Comments

By Lighthouse Trails Editors Is your church involved in a Spiritual Formation program? If so, you might want to ask the question, what exactly is Spiritual Formation? It’s a fair question, and one that, if not asked, could end up surprising you when your church changes in ways you never imagined. A Christianity Today article … [Read more…]

Posted in: Christian Publishers/Bookstores, Contemplative Churches, Contemplative Spirituality, InterVarsity Press, Lectio Divina, Spiritual Deception, Spiritual Formation Tagged: Buddhism, Catholicism, chuck swindoll, contemplation, contemplative prayer, Dallas Willard, desert fathers, Interspirituality, intervarsity, intervarsity christian fellowship, intervarsity press, Ray Yungen, Richard Foster, Roger Oakland, ruth haley barton, spiritual disciplines, spiritual formation, Thomas Merton

Hundreds of Protestant Scholars and Pastors Sign “Reforming Catholic Confession,” But Can the Church Trust This Document?

September 20, 2017 by Lighthouse Trails Editors 2 Comments

Hundreds of Protestant and evangelical scholars, pastors, and theologians have signed a document called “Reforming Catholic Confession”  to mark the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, which will be commemorated on October 31, 2017. According to Dr. Timothy George, dean of Beeson Divinity School in Birmingham, Alabama, who co-chaired the Confession’s steering committee, “a significant motivating … [Read more…]

Posted in: Calvinist/Reformed, Christian Publishers/Bookstores, Churches in Crisis!, Concerns for Calvary Chapel, Contemplative Churches, Contemplative Colleges, Contemplative Denominations, Contemplative Organizations, Contemplative Practices, Contemplative Spirituality, InterVarsity Press, Lectio Divina, Road to Rome, Signs of the Times, Southern Baptist Convention, The Emerging Church, The New Evangelization Tagged: chuck colson, Ecumenism, intervarsity, intervarsity christian fellowship, intervarsity press, leith anderson, nae, pope francis, reformed theology, reforming catholic confession, Road to Rome, timothy george

Social Justice Emergent Jim Wallis and SoJourners Presents World Change Through Faith and Justice Summit

July 29, 2017 by Letters to the Editor Leave a Comment

LTRP Note: The force behind this event that took place in June is Jim Wallis and his organization SoJourners. To understand the socialist, anti-biblical roots of this effort, read Mary Danielsen’s article/booklet What You Need to Know About Jim Wallis and the Social-Justice Gospel. It is important to  be aware of events such as the … [Read more…]

Posted in: Christian Publishers/Bookstores, Conference Alerts, InterVarsity Press, LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, The Emerging Church, The New Spirituality Tagged: emergent, emerging church, environmental, intervarsity, intervarsity christian fellowship, intervarsity press, Jim Wallis, peace, social justice, Sojourners

“Reconciliation” — A “Theological Theme” at Taizé

May 25, 2017 by Lighthouse Trails author

By Chris Lawson (From his 2017 book, Taizé—A Community of Worship: Ecumenical Reconciliation or an Interfaith Delusion?) In a book titled A Community Called Taizé: A Story of Prayer, Worship, and Reconciliation (with a foreword by Desmond Tutu), author Jason Brian Santos says that the “three prominent theological themes of Taizé are reconciliation, freedom and … [Read more…]

Posted in: Book/Music Excerpts, Children and Meditation, CHILDREN AT RISK!, Christian Publishers/Bookstores, Contemplative Organizations, Contemplative Practices, Contemplative Spirituality, Ecumenism, Interspirituality, InterVarsity Press, Lectio Divina, RESOURCES, Road to Rome, The Emerging Church Tagged: brother roger, catholic church, chanting, chris lawson, contemplative prayer, ecumenical, Ecumenism, france, intervarsity, intervarsity christian fellowship, intervarsity press, reconciliation, Roger Oakland, taize, Thomas Merton

Thomas Merton, Richard Foster, and a Sufi Master

February 4, 2017 by Lighthouse Trails author

“Richard J. Foster’s Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth is hailed by many as the best modern book on Christian spirituality with millions of copies sold since its original publication in 1978.”—Publisher description LTRP Note: Keep in mind three things as you read this article: 1) a strong link exists between Thomas Merton … [Read more…]

Posted in: Christian Publishers/Bookstores, Contemplative Spirituality, Interspirituality, InterVarsity Press, pantheism & panentheism Tagged: celebration of discipline, contemplative prayer, Contemplative Spirituality, Dallas Willard, doctrine of atonement, fana, higher self, intervarsity, intervarsity christian fellowship, intervarsity press, Islam, muslims, panentheism, pantheism, Ray Yungen, Richard Foster, spiritual formation, sufism, Thomas Merton

2016 YEAR IN REVIEW – PART 4 – TOP 10 LIGHTHOUSE TRAILS EDITORS’ ARTICLES

December 31, 2016 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

See also Part 1 Year in Review | See also Part 2 Year in Review | See also Part 3 Year in Review (Listed in order of date posted) 1/A History of AWANA’s Contemplative Track Record and the Implications of Their New CEO On March 9th of this year, a press release came out announcing … [Read more…]

Posted in: Christian Publishers/Bookstores, InterVarsity Press, YEARS IN REVIEW Tagged: awana, brian brodersen, charismatic, Ecumenism, erwin lutzer, gatherint 206, greg laurie, homeschoolers, homeschooling, intervarsity, intervarsity christian fellowship, intervarsity press, jesus calling, pope francis, revival, Road to Rome, Same-Sex Marriage, Skip Heitzig, together 2016, Warren Smith

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

Southern Baptist’s Gateway Seminary Added to Contemplative-Promoting College List – A Gateway to Apostasy

September 15, 2016 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

After a request by a Lighthouse Trails reader to check into Southern  Baptist Convention’s Gateway Seminary which has locations in five different US cities, Lighthouse Trails has added Gateway Seminary to the Lighthouse Trails Contemplative-Promoting College list. If you are not familiar with that list, it is a list of NOT recommended Christian colleges, universities, … [Read more…]

Posted in: Christian Publishers/Bookstores, Contemplative Colleges, Contemplative Spirituality, InterVarsity Press, Southern Baptist Convention Tagged: Christian colleges, contemplative prayer, Dallas Willard, david benner, gateway seminary, intervarsity, intervarsity christian fellowship, intervarsity press, mark buchanan, seminaries, spiritual formation, stillness, tilden edwards

Lighthouse Trails Begins Second Booklet-Mailing Project – This Time to 235 Christian College/Seminary Presidents

May 25, 2016 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

On the week of May 16, 2016, Lighthouse Trails began a second booklet-mailing project. Whereas our first booklet-mailing project is sending out booklets and short letters to over 130 Christian leaders every 2-3 months, this new project is reaching out to 235 Christian college and seminary presidents (and some deans). After 14 years of research, … [Read more…]

Posted in: Calvinist/Reformed, Christian Publishers/Bookstores, Contemplative Colleges, Contemplative Spirituality, InterVarsity Press, Spiritual Formation, The Emerging Church, The New Spirituality, Wesleyan Church Tagged: Christian colleges, Christian leaders, Contemplative Spirituality, cornerstone university, emerging church, intervarsity, intervarsity christian fellowship, intervarsity press, Ray Yungen, reformed theology, Richard Foster, seminaries, spiritual deception, spiritual formation, wesleyan

Letter to the Editor: My Pastor Asks Church to Read David Benner – Who is He?

February 18, 2016 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

To Lighthouse Trails: Our Pastor has started a series based on a book “The Gift of Being Yourself: The Sacred Call to Self Discovery” by David G. Benner. What can you tell me about this book and the author? What our pastor has read from this book is very strange because in the first few … [Read more…]

Posted in: Christian Publishers/Bookstores, Churches in Crisis!, Contemplative Churches, Contemplative Practices, Contemplative Spirituality, Interspirituality, InterVarsity Press, LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, Mystical Practices, pantheism & panentheism, Rick Warren, The Role of Meditation Tagged: basil pennington, contemplative prayer, david benner, enneagrams, intervarsity, intervarsity christian fellowship, intervarsity press, lectio divina, letter to the editor, meditation, panentheism, Rick Warren, Thomas Keating, Thomas Merton

NEW BOOKLET: 10 Scriptural Reasons Why Jesus Calling is a Dangerous Book

January 25, 2016 by Lighthouse Trails author

NEW BOOKLET: 10 Scriptural Reasons Why Jesus Calling is a Dangerous Book by Warren B. Smith is our newest Lighthouse Trails Booklet Tract.  The Booklet is 16 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…]

Posted in: Book/Film Reviews, Book/Music Excerpts, Calvinist/Reformed, Christian Publishers/Bookstores, Contemplative Spirituality, InterVarsity Press, JESUS CALLING, New Age movement, RESOURCES, Spiritual Deception, The New Spirituality Tagged: "another jesus" calling, contemplative prayer, freedom of speech, god calling, intervarsity, intervarsity christian fellowship, intervarsity press, jesus calling, laura turner, New Age, reformed theology, religion news service, sarah young, thomas nelson, Warren B. Smith

NEW BOOKLET: Creation Versus Evolution: Things They Never Told You

October 24, 2015 by Lighthouse Trails author

Creation Versus Evolution: Things They Never Tell You by Maria Kneas is our newest Lighthouse Trails Booklet Tract. The Booklet Tract is 18 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 or for your own … [Read more…]

Posted in: Book/Music Excerpts, Christian Publishers/Bookstores, Creation/Evolution, InterVarsity Press Tagged: atheism, creation, creator, darwin, evolution, henry morris, intervarsity, intervarsity christian fellowship, intervarsity press, maria kneas, mt. st. helens, noah's flood, Roger Oakland, science, scientific evidence, Word of God

NEW BOOKLET: THE MYSTICAL REVOLUTION

October 14, 2015 by Lighthouse Trails author

  The Mystical Revolution: How Millions of People Have Been Introduced to the Aquarian Age by Ray Yungen 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 … [Read more…]

Posted in: Book/Music Excerpts, Christian Publishers/Bookstores, Contemplative Spirituality, Drugs/Marijuana, Health, Hinduism, InterVarsity Press, New Age movement, pantheism & panentheism, RESOURCES, The Role of Meditation Tagged: Contemplative Spirituality, deception, gary zukav, Interspirituality, intervarsity, intervarsity christian fellowship, intervarsity press, iyanla vanzant, john bradshaw, Marianne Williamson, mariuana, New Age, Oprah, Ray Yungen, sarah ban breathnach

Updated, Expanded Edition of Booklet 5 Things You Should Know About Contemplative Prayer

October 7, 2015 by Lighthouse Trails author

LTRP Note: Lighthouse Trails began publishing Booklets nearly three years ago. Our first booklet was Ray Yungen’s 5 Things You Should Know About Contemplative Prayer. Ray has now updated and expanded this booklet with new information that is vital to our warning about contemplative prayer. The updated, expanded Booklet is 18 pages long and sells … [Read more…]

Posted in: Book/Music Excerpts, Christian Publishers/Bookstores, Contemplative Practices, Contemplative Spirituality, InterVarsity Press, RESOURCES, Spiritual Formation, The Ancient Mystics, The Role of Meditation Tagged: as above, contemplative prayer, Contemplative Spirituality, Henri Nouwen, Interspirituality, intervarsity, intervarsity christian fellowship, intervarsity press, jan johnson, meditation, panentheism, Ray Yungen, Richard Foster, richard rohr, Roman Catholicism, ruth haley barton, so below, spiritual formation, Thomas Merton, william shannon, willis jager

NEW BOOKLET Provides Irrefutable Evidence: A Serious Look at Richard Foster’s “School” of Contemplative Prayer

August 31, 2015 by Lighthouse Trails author

LTRP Note: For thirteen years, Lighthouse Trails has been warning about the contemplative prayer movement. In this new booklet, Ray Yungen has provided new information that makes the contemplative argument (against it) irrefutable. We intend to send a copy of this booklet to all of the major Christian leaders whom we have challenged including Beth … [Read more…]

Posted in: Book/Music Excerpts, Christian Publishers/Bookstores, Contemplative Practices, Contemplative Spirituality, Hinduism, Interspirituality, InterVarsity Press, Mystical Practices, New Age movement, pantheism & panentheism, RESOURCES, Spiritual Formation, The New Spirituality, The Role of Meditation Tagged: Buddhism, carl mccolman, Catholicism, celebration of discipline, contemplative, contemplative prayer, Contemplative Spirituality, deception, eastern meditation, emerging church, Henri Nouwen, Interspirituality, intervarsity, intervarsity christian fellowship, intervarsity press, meditation, monks, mysticism, New Age, new spirituality, panentheism, Ray Yungen, Richard Foster, richard rohr, spiritual formation, Thomas Keating, Thomas Merton

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

NEW BOOKLET: Is Your Church Doing Spiritual Formation? (Important Reasons Why It Shouldn’t)

October 2, 2014 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

Is Your Church Doing Spiritual Formation? (Important Reasons Why it Shouldn’t)  by  the editors at Lighthouse Trails is our newest Lighthouse Trails Booklets. The Booklet is 16 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, Christian Publishers/Bookstores, Churches in Crisis!, Contemplative Churches, Contemplative Spirituality, InterVarsity Press, Lectio Divina, Publishing News, RESOURCES, Spiritual Formation, The Role of Meditation Tagged: booklet tract, chuck swindoll, contemplative, contemplative prayer, Contemplative Spirituality, donald whitney, Henri Nouwen, intervarsity, intervarsity christian fellowship, intervarsity press, mantras, meditation, mysticism, Ray Yungen, renovare, Rick Warren, Roger Oakland, ruth haley barton, silence, spiritual deception, spiritual disciplines, spiritual formation, The Emerging Church, Thomas Merton

List of 50 Top Contemplative-Promoting Organizations Adds 8 Runner Ups

May 30, 2014 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

In 2012, Lighthouse Trails posted the “50 Top Organizations With a Significant Role in Bringing Contemplative Spirituality to the Church.” We are reposting this list for those who may not have seen it then, and we have added 8 “runner ups” to the list (see bottom of post). From 12 years of research at Lighthouse … [Read more…]

Posted in: Assemblies of God, Calvinist/Reformed, Christian Organizations, Christian Publishers/Bookstores, Churches in Crisis!, Contemplative Churches, Contemplative Denominations, Contemplative Organizations, Contemplative Spirituality, InterVarsity Press, Saddleback, Wesleyan Church, Willow Creek/Hybels Tagged: 50 contemplative organizations, Acts 29, Assemblies of God, Christian leaders, contemplative, Contemplative Spirituality, intervarsity, intervarsity christian fellowship, intervarsity press, Saddleback, spiritual deception, spiritual formation, wesleyan, Willow Creek

NEW BOOKLET: The Dangerous Truth About the Social-Justice “Gospel”

April 14, 2014 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

The Dangerous Truth About the Social-Justice “Gospel” written by Mary Danielsen is our newest Lighthouse Trails Print Booklet. The Booklet is 18 pages long and sells for $1.95 for single copies. Quantity discounts are as much as 50% off retail.  Below is the content of the booklet. To order copies of The Dangerous Truth About the … [Read more…]

Posted in: A Global Spirituality, Christian Publishers/Bookstores, Homosexuality, InterVarsity Press, Islam, Israel, Marxism/Socialism, New Evangelicalism, Persecution, Politics, Purpose Driven Movement, Remembering Communism, The Emerging Church Tagged: America, Brian McLaren, deception, emerging church, end-times, freedom, intervarsity, intervarsity christian fellowship, intervarsity press, Israel, Jim Wallis, marxism, mary danielsen, Obama, Politics, poverty, Roger Oakland, salvation, social gospel, social justice, social justice gospel, socialism, Sojourners
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  • “Rush Limbaugh Dies at 70 After Battle With Lung Cancer” February 17, 2021
  • Look Up, But Look Out! February 16, 2021

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  • Three Vital Questions to Navigating Discernment
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on February 25, 2021 at 11:08 am

    Three Vital Questions to Navigating Discernment Question #1 – Should Christians Expose Error? By Harry A. Ironside Objection is often raised—even by some sound in the faith—regarding the exposure of error as being entirely negative and of no real edification. Of late, the hue and cry has been against any and all negative teaching. But the brethren who assume this attitude ... [Read more...] The post Three Vital Questions to Navigating Discernment appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • Letter to the Editor: Todd Bentley Is Back to Deceive Unwitting Sheep
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on February 20, 2021 at 6:12 pm

    Letter to the Editor: Todd Bentley Is Back to Deceive Unwitting Sheep Dear Lighthouse Trails: I am writing to  warn of Todd Bentley’s Jan.27, 2021 announcement of his plans for 2021. Bentley went “radio silent” last year, but has reappeared, apparently/supposedly with a “25 year mandate” from God. He is launching via various media platforms, and not just in America, but in other continents. In a 27 ... [Read more...] The post Letter to the Editor: Todd Bentley Is Back to Deceive Unwitting Sheep appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • “Middle School: Ground Zero for Indoctrinating America’s Children”
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on February 18, 2021 at 12:06 am

    “Middle School: Ground Zero for Indoctrinating America’s Children” By Linda Harvey Did you know that math supports capitalist and imperialist views, and that teachers need to deconstruct its inherent racism? This “woke” message from the Oregon Department of Education to the state’s educators is just the latest example of radical instruction in American schools. And some of the worst is found in middle schools. Middle ... [Read more...] The post “Middle School: Ground Zero for Indoctrinating America’s Children” appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • “Rush Limbaugh Dies at 70 After Battle With Lung Cancer”
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on February 17, 2021 at 11:48 pm

    “Rush Limbaugh Dies at 70 After Battle With Lung Cancer” LTRJ Note: The following is posted for informational and research purposes. By Zachary StieberThe Epoch Times Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh has died at age 70, according to his wife. Limbaugh passed away at his home in Palm Beach, Florida, his wife, Kathryn Adams Limbaugh, said on his radio show on Feb. 17, hours after his death. Limbaugh ... [Read more...] The post “Rush Limbaugh Dies at 70 After Battle With Lung Cancer” appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • Look Up, But Look Out!
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on February 16, 2021 at 3:08 pm

    Look Up, But Look Out! By Warren B. SmithFrom his new book, The Titanic and Today’s Church SADLY, the warnings issued by those of us who came out of the New Age have been as casually and complacently disregarded as the iceberg warnings given to the Titanic before it collided with the iceberg. As church leaders minimized and marginalized our warnings about the ... [Read more...] The post Look Up, But Look Out! appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • “Former Ohio [Yoga] Instructor Calls Term ‘Christian Yoga’ Stretching the Truth”
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on February 16, 2021 at 3:55 am

    “Former Ohio [Yoga] Instructor Calls Term ‘Christian Yoga’ Stretching the Truth” LTRP Note: The following news story is posted for informational and research purposes. Lighthouse Trails has been warning about Yoga and so-called “Christian Yoga” for many years; yet, the practice of Yoga in churches is accelerating. By Frontlines Ohio One former yoga instructor says some church-goers and school educators mistakenly believe yoga is just stretching. ... [Read more...] The post “Former Ohio [Yoga] Instructor Calls Term ‘Christian Yoga’ Stretching the Truth” appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • Letter to the Editor: Brennan Manning Book Review by John Caddock Saved Me From Years of Wandering in the Wilderness
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on February 15, 2021 at 4:46 pm

    Letter to the Editor: Brennan Manning Book Review by John Caddock Saved Me From Years of Wandering in the Wilderness LTRP Note: The following letter to the editor is one we received a few years ago, referring to a book review about Brennan Manning’s book, The Signature of Jesus. The review was written by John Caddock and was the first piece we ever read on the Internet refuting contemplative prayer shortly after we met Ray Yungen and ... [Read more...] The post Letter to the Editor: Brennan Manning Book Review by John Caddock Saved Me From Years of Wandering in the Wilderness appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • “Open Letter From the International Board of Directors of RZIM on the Investigation of Ravi Zacharias”
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on February 13, 2021 at 8:35 am

    “Open Letter From the International Board of Directors of RZIM on the Investigation of Ravi Zacharias” LTRP Note: The following is posted as a follow up of a previous post from December 2020.* “Open Letter From the International Board of Directors of RZIM on the Investigation of Ravi Zacharias” From the RZIM Board: It is with shattered hearts that we issue this statement about the allegations against RZIM’s Founder, Ravi Zacharias. ... [Read more...] The post “Open Letter From the International Board of Directors of RZIM on the Investigation of Ravi Zacharias” appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • “Biden Admin. to Keep US Embassy in Jerusalem, Recognize It as Capital of Israel”
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on February 11, 2021 at 12:07 am

    “Biden Admin. to Keep US Embassy in Jerusalem, Recognize It as Capital of Israel” LTRP Note: The following is posted for informational and research purposes. By Michael GryboskiThe Christian Post The Biden administration plans to keep the U.S. embassy to Israel in Jerusalem, upholding a controversial decision by former President Donald Trump.  Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in an interview with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer that he recognizes Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.  ... [Read more...] The post “Biden Admin. to Keep US Embassy in Jerusalem, Recognize It as Capital of Israel” appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • Letter to the Editor: K.P. Yohannon (Gospel for Asia) Going Contemplative?
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on February 10, 2021 at 2:16 pm

    Letter to the Editor: K.P. Yohannon (Gospel for Asia) Going Contemplative? LTRP Note: The following letter to the editor is written by one of our readers out of a deep sadness and concern that K.P. Yohannon, in his 2020 book, Never Give Up, is showing a strong affinity to contemplative mystics. In that book, Yohannon says he is learning things from the Desert Fathers and the ... [Read more...] The post Letter to the Editor: K.P. Yohannon (Gospel for Asia) Going Contemplative? appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

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