Max Lucado

A Book Review: To Unpack Roma Downey’s “Box of Butterflies” Is to Discover a Core False Teaching (And Christian Leaders Love It)

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  LTRP Note: The fact that Roma Downey’s recently released, New Age-promoting book, Box of Butterflies, is being endorsed by numerous evangelical leaders like Rick and Kay Warren, Focus on the Family, Jonathan Falwell, Craig Groeschel, John Hagee, Max Lucado, Erwin McManus, Luis Palau Association, Hillsong, and Ronnie Floyd (the last SBC president) is reason … [Read more…]

Remembering the Enticing Appeal of Richard Foster and Beth Moore’s Be Still Film

In 2006, a DVD film was released by Fox Entertainment called Be Still. Lighthouse Trails wrote extensively about it at the time, warning our readers that the DVD was an infomercial for contemplative prayer. Recently, a caller who very much understood the deceptive dynamics of the contemplative prayer (i.e., Spiritual Formation) movement, reminded us about … [Read more…]

Christian Leaders Finally Beginning to Speak Out About Jesus Calling, Saying: “WE LOVE IT!!”

For three years, Lighthouse Trails has been warning believers about Sarah Young’s Jesus Calling. It was October 25th 2013 that we announced going to press with Warren B. Smith’s book “Another Jesus” Calling. Since then, we have published three booklets by Warren on the topic as well as several articles. We also sent his booklet … [Read more…]

Evangelical/Ecumenical Leaders Together in “The Gathering” Raises Serious Questions

On June 13, Lighthouse Trails reported on an event called Together 2016 that will take place this summer in Washington DC. We explained that organizer Nick Hall was bringing together evangelical, emerging, charismatic, and Catholic leaders for the ecumenical purpose of uniting together. A special video appearance by Pope Francis will be part of the … [Read more…]

Book Review: Max Lucado’s Cure for the Common Life Promotes the Mystics & a “Divine Spark”

Cure for the Common Life, by author Max Lucado, is a book about “living in your sweet spot.” Lucado tells readers in chapter one to “[h]eed that inner music,” and quoting mystic Martin Buber from his book, The Way of Man (a book on Jewish mysticism), Lucado tells readers they each have a “divine spark.” … [Read more…]

Emerging “Progressive” Spirituality: Joining the New Age with Christianity, and Christian Leaders Say OK

No one group understands emerging “progressive” spirituality as much as those in the New Age. That’s because it is their religion. So when the evangelical emerging church movement rose to the forefront, New Agers must have found it quite intriguing and most likely rewarding to see their belief system finally take root in Christianity. In … [Read more…]

Book Review: Max Lucado’s Cure for the Common Life Promotes “Divine Spark” in All

Cure for the Common Life, by author Max Lucado, is a book about “living in your sweet spot.” Lucado tells readers in chapter one to “[h]eed that inner music,” and quoting mystic Martin Buber from his book, The Way of Man (a book on Jewish mysticism), Lucado tells readers they each have a “divine spark.” … [Read more…]

Christian and New Age Leaders Together in Post-911 Book

By Warren Smith The first time I encountered Rick Warren was in the spring of 2002, in a book titled From the Ashes: A Spiritual Response to the Attack on America. The book was a collection of articles written by a wide variety of “spiritual leaders” and “extraordinary citizens” published in response to the events … [Read more…]

Letter to the Editor: Husband Concerned About Max Lucado’s Influence in the Home

Dear Lighthouse Trails: My husband read something about Max Lucado’s endorsement of someone involved in Contemplative Prayer or the Emerging Church and now wants me to get rid of Max Lucado’s books that I’ve had for years.  I have much enjoyed his writings and have not picked up on anything non-Scriptural.  I may not agree … [Read more…]