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Update: “Menlo Church Investigation Finds No Direct Evidence or Disclosures of Sexual Abuse”

October 15, 2021 by Miscellaneous News Source Leave a Comment

LTRP Note: The following is posted for informational and research purposes and is a follow up of two related articles we posted in 2020 (1, 2). Lighthouse Trails has been concerned about John Ortberg’s contemplative/emergent propensities for many years. In this case, our concerns extend to the protection of children in the church. Lighthouse Trails has been a … [Read more…]

Posted in: Child Abuse, CHILDREN AT RISK!, Churches in Crisis!, Pornography/Sexual Abuse Tagged: Child Abuse, CHILDREN AT RISK!, john ortberg, menlo park, patrick crough, sexual abuse

Lighthouse Trails 2020 Year-in-Review – Part 2 – Top 10 Out-of-House News Stories

December 29, 2020 by Lighthouse Trails Editors Leave a Comment

(See Year in Review 2020, Part 1, Letters to the Editor) Part 2 of the Lighthouse Trails 2020 Year in Review lists the top 10 news stories from various out-of-house news sources. We posted these articles throughout the year for informational and research purposes and not necessarily as an endorsement of the source or the … [Read more…]

Posted in: FREEDOM, Marxism/Socialism, Politics, Remembering Communism, Signs of the Times, YEARS IN REVIEW Tagged: 2020, black lives matter, blm, boy scouts, coronavirus, covid-19, freedom, john ortberg, marijuana, marxism, transgenderism, YEAR IN REVIEW

Evangelical Pastor, John Ortberg, Resigns for Allowing Son Attracted to Minors to Work With Kids

August 1, 2020 by Miscellaneous News Source 1 Comment

LTRJ Note: The following is posted for informational and research purposes and is a follow up of an article we posted on July 7th. Lighthouse Trails has been concerned about John Ortberg’s contemplative/emergent propensities for many years. In this case, our concerns extend to the protection of children in the church. Lighthouse Trails has been … [Read more…]

Posted in: Child Abuse, CHILDREN AT RISK!, Churches in Crisis!, Contemplative Spirituality Tagged: Child Abuse, child sexual abuse, churches in crisis, john ortberg, menlo park church, pedophilia

RNS Report: Emergent Pastor John Ortberg Puts Church’s Children at Risk of Sexual Abuse

July 7, 2020 by Miscellaneous News Source 5 Comments

LTRP Note: The following out-of-house news story is posted for informational and research purposes. Lighthouse Trails has been concerned about John Ortberg’s contemplative/emergent propensities for many years. In this case, our concerns extend to the protection of children in the church. Lighthouse Trails has been a voice and an advocate for children since our inception … [Read more…]

Posted in: Child Abuse, CHILDREN AT RISK! Tagged: Child Abuse, children at risk, churches, emergent church, john ortberg, pedophilia, sexual abuse

Letter to the Editor: My Church—Heading Into Troubled Waters With One Deceptive Teacher After the Next

November 13, 2018 by Letters to the Editor 8 Comments

Dear Lighthouse Trails: I recently began reading A Time of Departing. A very well-documented book. I am blown away by the amount of research Ray Yungen put into that book! Thank you for publishing it. Thank you also for your posts dealing with the Spiritual Formation movement, contemplative prayer, etc. I do not know exactly … [Read more…]

Posted in: Churches in Crisis!, Contemplative Spirituality, Interspirituality, LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, Spiritual Deception, Spiritual Formation, The Emerging Church, The New (False) Spirituality, The New Spirituality Tagged: Brennan Manning, chris heuertz, Contemplative Spirituality, desert fathers, enneagram, if: gathering, Interspirituality, john ortberg, letter to the editor, pete scazzero, phileena heuertz, Ray Yungen, richard rohr, shawna niequist

Letter to the Editor: The Handwriting on the Wall . . . and Rightnow Media

February 3, 2018 by Letters to the Editor 14 Comments

To Lighthouse Trails and readers: As I stood at the bedside of my dad in a hospital, in shock at his unexpected passing, I looked up at the wall, and there on the whiteboard was written, “Last rites- 2:00 pm.” I had spent two and a half months visiting daily in the hospital while my … [Read more…]

Posted in: Beth Moore, Churches in Crisis!, Contemplative Churches, Contemplative Organizations, Contemplative Spirituality, Labyrinths, LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, Rick Warren, Spiritual Deception, The New Spirituality Tagged: ann voskamp, Beth Moore, bill hybels, Dallas Willard, deception, Ecumenism, examen, francis chan, Gary Thomas, if: gathering, ignatian practices, john ortberg, John Piper, letter to the editor, patrick lencioni, Richard Foster, Rick Warren, rightnow media, Roman Catholicism, shawna niequist

Letter to the Editor: In Search of a Church – One Family’s Painful Journey

May 18, 2017 by Letters to the Editor

Dear Lighthouse Trails: When I met my husband in 2005, I was attending a nondenominational church while he attended a local megachurch. During our attendance at his church, it was discovered that sexual sin was being allowed by the leadership among servers in the children’s ministry, so we went back to what had been my home … [Read more…]

Posted in: Christian & Missionary Alliance, Churches in Crisis!, LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, Priscilla Shirer Tagged: apostasy, brother lawrence, churches in crisis, deception, john ortberg, letter to the editor, nancy demoss, priscilla shirer, Richard Foster

Erwin McManus, Moody, Liberty, Cedarville, and Biola Help Pave the Emergent/Social Justice/Progressive Future with Barefoot Tribe

December 11, 2016 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

Lighthouse Trails has been warning readers for several years about the emergent church. In those warnings, we’ve addressed the spiritual leanings of Erwin McManus.1 We also challenged David Jeremiah because he told his church that he wanted to use McManus’ book The Barbarian Way to help bring about a “major paradigm shift” in his church.2 … [Read more…]

Posted in: Conference Alerts, Contemplative Organizations, The Emerging Church Tagged: barefoot tribe, Christian colleges, David Jeremiah, emergent, emerging church, Erwin McManus, ian morgan cron, john ortberg, Leonard Sweet, palmer chinchen, progressive Christianity, social justice, tony campolo

Letter to the Editor: ConvergePacWest Using Contemplative Books and Authors to “Grow Spiritually”

June 13, 2015 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

Dear Lighthouse Trails: After reading Seduction of Christianity by Dave Hunt years ago, I have watched the insidious encroachment of mysticism into the evangelical Christian church.  When I discovered you several years ago, I used some of your resources to help inform the small part of the flick that I have contact with. There is … [Read more…]

Posted in: Contemplative Organizations, Contemplative Spirituality, LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Tagged: contemplative, Contemplative Spirituality, convergepacwest, Dallas Willard, discipleship journal, john ortberg, John Piper, phiip yancey, Richard Foster, ruth haley barton, tim keller

NEW BOOKLET: IF it is of God—Answering the questions of IF:Gathering

May 8, 2015 by Lighthouse Trails author

IF it is of God—Answering the questions of IF:Gathering 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 your own personal use.  … [Read more…]

Posted in: Child Abuse, CHILDREN AT RISK!, Christian Organizations, Conference Alerts, Contemplative Organizations, Contemplative Spirituality, Human Trafficking, Interspirituality, Lectio Divina, RESOURCES, The Emerging Church, The New Spirituality, Universalism Tagged: ann voskamp, bill hybels, Brennan Manning, Brian McLaren, human trafficking, If:gathering, jen hatmaker, jennie allen, jesus feminist, john ortberg, lectio divina, melissa greene, one thousand gifts, phyllis tickle, progressive Christianity, Rob Bell, sarah bessey, spiritual formation, tony campolo, tony jones

Bible Gateway Advertises New Age-Inspired Daniel Plan for “Lent” (But Have 12,000 Websites Removed Bible Gateway?)

March 27, 2014 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

Bible Gateway is one of the most popular websites on the Internet today, ranking in the top 1000 websites worldwide. In 2010, Lighthouse Trails posted John Lanagan’s article “Bible Gateway Now Gateway to Heretical Authors – Could Point Millions to Emerging Teachings “ and in 2012 our own article titled “Biblegateway Teaches Readers “Lectio Divina” … [Read more…]

Posted in: Christian Organizations, Christian Publishers/Bookstores, Contemplative Organizations, Contemplative Spirituality, Lectio Divina, On Christian Faith, Rick Warren, The New Spirituality, The Word of God Tagged: andy stanley, bible gateway, Biblegateway.com, Contemplative Spirituality, deception, harpercollins, john lanagan, john ortberg, New Age, new spirituality, Rick Warren, the daniel plan, zondervan

Faith Baptist Bible College & Seminary “Crossed Off” “Good” College List – Hopefully Temporarily

February 13, 2014 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

Update: Feb. 23, 2014: When this article below was written on Feb. 13, 2014, the Faith Baptist Bible College bookstore was not carrying Sarah Young’s Jesus Calling (though they were carrying a couple of her other books). They had been carrying Jesus Calling last year but removed the book when Lighthouse Trails had informed the … [Read more…]

Posted in: CHILDREN AT RISK!, Contemplative Colleges, Contemplative Spirituality, Education, Spiritual Formation, The Emerging Church Tagged: Brennan Manning, Christian colleges, Contemplative Spirituality, Dallas Willard, faith baptist bible college, jesus calling, john ortberg, philip yancey, Ray Yungen, Richard Foster, sarah young, spiritual formation, Thomas Merton

Letter to the Editor: Evangelical Free Church Snowballing into Spiritual Deception Through Contemplative/Emerging

January 22, 2014 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

Greetings Lighthouse Trails: I never thought I would be writing you, but I would like to tell you how much I appreciate your efforts, for few are those doing your type of ministry, certainly not in my experience, especially at the local level by church leadership! Let me get straight to the point of my writing—my … [Read more…]

Posted in: Contemplative Churches, Contemplative Denominations, EFCA, LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, Spiritual Formation Tagged: Brennan Manning, bruce demarest, Buddhism, Catholicism, Christian leaders, contemplative prayer, Contemplative Spirituality, Dallas Willard, david benner, efca, emerging church, evangelical free church, henry blackaby, john ortberg, mark buchanan, meditation, meister eckhart, pete scazzero, quakerism, Richard Foster, richard rohr, ruth haley barton, spiritual formation, spiritual transformation, zen

Lighthouse Trails 2013 Year in Review—PART 1 – Top 7 Book and Film Reviews in 2013

December 28, 2013 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

At the end of every year, Lighthouse Trails presents its YEAR IN REVIEW. Over the next few days, we will post a number of different categories with our top stories from each category. Our first category this year is our “Top 7 Book and Film Reviews.” This is an opportunity to read important articles and reviews, which you … [Read more…]

Posted in: Book/Film Reviews, YEARS IN REVIEW Tagged: 2013 year in review, a mindful nation, book reviews, film reviews, john ortberg, love wins, noah, queen james bible, radio bible class, Rob Bell, spirit animals, tim ryan, YEAR IN REVIEW

Video and Previous Post – To Better Understand Dallas Willard

August 28, 2013 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

LTRP Note: We originally posted the article below in 2011. Because of the firestorm our article on John MacArthur has caused, one of the ways we want to respond (a follow up article will come soon) is by reposting this 2011 article (with a video link below). It is vital that Bible-believing Christians understand the serious and detrimental … [Read more…]

Posted in: Contemplative Practices, Contemplative Spirituality, Spiritual Formation, The Ancient Mystics Tagged: contemplative prayer, Contemplative Spirituality, Dallas Willard, Henri Nouwen, jan johnson, john ortberg, Madame Guyon, richard foste, spiritual formation, Teresa of Avila, Thomas Merton

Letter to the Editor: What About John Ortberg’s Fully Devoted Book? My Pastor Wants to Use it.

August 23, 2013 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

 Dear Lighthouse Trails: I would be so appreciative if you could help me. Our church is planning on having every adult Sunday school class do the John Ortberg Fully Devoted book. I researched him and found that he is tied to the spiritual formation movement. I researched his seminary education, churches he has pastored, and … [Read more…]

Posted in: Book/Film Reviews, Contemplative Practices, Contemplative Spirituality, LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, Willow Creek/Hybels Tagged: contemplative prayer, Contemplative Spirituality, fully devoted, john ortberg, ruth haley barton, spiritual formation, Willow Creek

Letter to the Editor: My Church is Having a “Contemplative Communion” Good Friday

March 27, 2013 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

To Lighthouse Trails: My church just started advertising a “Contemplative Communion” service for Good Friday. My pastor is really into contemplative prayer, spiritual disciplines, etc. Since I’m a faithful reader of your site (and the BIBLE!), I know that this is bad news. I wanted to mention the contemplative communion thing to you folks in case you … [Read more…]

Posted in: Contemplative Organizations, Contemplative Spirituality, Interspirituality, LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, Methodists, Spiritual Formation, Willow Creek/Hybels Tagged: Christian leaders, contemplative, Contemplative Spirituality, gerald may, Interspirituality, john ortberg, meditation, methodists, Richard Foster, ruth haley barton, shalem institute, spiritual formation, tilden edwards

‘LECTIO DIVINA” List – Who is Promoting it?

February 26, 2013 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

This list is taken from our Lectio Divina: What it is, What it is Not, and Should Christians Practice it? Print Booklet Tract. This list will be updated as needed. You can read that booklet by going here. On February 25th, 2013, Redeemed Presbyterian Church (Timothy Keller’s church) was added to the list. On February … [Read more…]

Posted in: Contemplative Colleges, Contemplative Practices, Lectio Divina, Saddleback, Willow Creek/Hybels Tagged: adele ahlberg calhoun, Biola, biola university, Brian McLaren, centering prayer, Christian colleges, contemplative prayer, cornerstone university, Dallas Willard, david crowder, emerging church, jan johnson, john ortberg, lectio divina, mike king, mysticism, Richard Foster, ruth haley barton, Saddleback, Talbot, timothy keller, tony campolo, Willow Creek

David Jeremiah Opens Pulpit to Contemplative Advocate John Ortberg

August 20, 2012 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

Lighthouse Trails received an e-mail this past weekend informing us that David Jeremiah (pastor of Shadow Mountain Community Church) invited major contemplative writer, John Ortberg, to his church’s Summer Bible Conference this past Sunday evening. To Lighthouse Trails: Below is an excerpt from Dr Jeremiah’s weekly email, speaking about the Sunday evening guest speaker and that speaker’s passion … [Read more…]

Posted in: Contemplative Churches, Contemplative Spirituality, Spiritual Formation, Willow Creek/Hybels Tagged: Christian leaders, contemplative prayer, Contemplative Spirituality, David Jeremiah, Henri Nouwen, Interspirituality, john ortberg, life wide open, meditation, mysticism, panentheism, ruth haley barton, shadow mountain community, sue monk kidd, Thomas Merton, tilden edwards

The “New” Emerging Theology Breeds Atheism in a Generation of Young People

July 25, 2011 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

One day we received a call from one of our readers who wanted to share some news concerning his pastor’s son. He told us the son, after sitting under Dallas Willard for four years in university, declared himself to now be an atheist. How could this have happened? The boy was raised in a Christian … [Read more…]

Posted in: CHILDREN AT RISK!, Contemplative Colleges, Contemplative Spirituality, Spiritual Formation, The Emerging Church Tagged: atheism, Christian colleges, contemplative, Dallas Willard, emerging church, john ortberg, mysticism, Richard Foster, Rob Bell, youth specialties

“Tough Questions” with Dallas Willard . . . and His Contemplative Propensities

February 23, 2011 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

Many Christians have heard the name Dallas Willard, a professor of philosophy at University of Southern California and  a prolific speaker and author within the evangelical church for many years. What many may not know is that Dallas Willard is a proponent of contemplative spirituality and emerging theology. Recently, a Lighthouse Trails reader sent us a … [Read more…]

Posted in: Contemplative Spirituality, Spiritual Formation Tagged: contemplative, Dallas Willard, john ortberg, mystics, spiritual formation, walter brueggemann

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  • What is True Revival?
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on July 19, 2022 at 12:57 pm

    What is True Revival? By Cedric FisherCedric is the director of TruthKeepers.com and the author of Chains Couldn’t Hold Me and a number of Lighthouse Trails booklets. I know a man who prays. He does not just pray for a few minutes, but long periods and often. One might think he prays too much—but is there such a thing? ... [Read more...] The post What is True Revival? appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • “GOP Senators Call Out NEA [National Education Association] for Creating ‘Enemies List’ That May Target Concerned Parents”
    by Miscellaneous News Source on July 15, 2022 at 12:41 pm

    “GOP Senators Call Out NEA [National Education Association] for Creating ‘Enemies List’ That May Target Concerned Parents” LTRP Note: The following news story is posted for informational and research purposes. Because Lighthouse Trails is a research ministry, it does use, from time to time, secular news sources to report information to our readers. This particular article is discussing the NEA (National Education Association), which has a strong and detrimental effect on America’s ... [Read more...] The post “GOP Senators Call Out NEA [National Education Association] for Creating ‘Enemies List’ That May Target Concerned Parents” appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

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