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NEW BOOKLET: Drugs, Meditation, & “A Fully Developed Spirituality”

June 22, 2021 by Lighthouse Trails author 2 Comments

NEW BOOKLET: Drugs, Meditation, & “A Fully Developed Spirituality” by David Dombrowski is our newest Lighthouse Trails Booklet. The Booklet is 14 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 personal use. If you know someone who … [Read more…]

Posted in: Contemplative Practices, Contemplative Spirituality, Drugs/Marijuana, Mystical Practices, Native Spirituality, RESOURCES, The Role of Meditation Tagged: chief shoefoot, drugs, marijuana, meditation, mysticism, native spirituality, occult, Ray Yungen, Roger Oakland, selection process, yanomamo

Booklet Highlight: Forgiving—A Story of Forgiveness and How and Why We Should Forgive

April 10, 2021 by Lighthouse Trails author

LTRP Note: The following is a Lighthouse Trails topical booklet. Lighthouse Trails now publishes 145 booklets, written by over 30 authors. These inexpensive ($1.95 each) booklets are designed to give away, and based on comments and feedback from our readers, they are very effective in helping explain difficult and misunderstoo topics. PART 1: MASK-E-PE-TOON: A … [Read more…]

Posted in: Book/Music Excerpts, Encouragement, Native Spirituality, On Christian Faith, RESOURCES, The Word of God Tagged: egerton ryerson young, forgiveness, maria kneas, mask-e-pe-toon, native spirituality

Letter to the Editor: Native Shaman Rituals Being Used in Mission in Canada

January 27, 2021 by Letters to the Editor 1 Comment

Dear Lighthouse Trails: Thanks so much for your ministry; your newsletters have been very informative and a blessing to read. For the past three years, we have been involved in a church ministry in __________, Canada which includes outreach to the Native population. I have found that many in the mission are using or condoning … [Read more…]

Posted in: LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, Native Spirituality, New Age movement Tagged: circle making, dream catchers, letter to the editor, muddy waters, nanci des gerlaise, native spirituality, shamans

Circle Making and “Prayer Circles” Versus the Straight Line of Truth

October 16, 2020 by Lighthouse Trails author 8 Comments

LTRP Note: In 2017, Lighthouse Trails released a booklet titled Circle Making and “Prayer Circles” Versus the Straight Line of Truth because many Christian leaders have been promoting and endorsing a book (and its practice) called The Circle Maker by Mark Batterson. Earlier this month, one of our readers called and was concerned that Christian … [Read more…]

Posted in: Book/Film Reviews, Churches in Crisis!, Native Spirituality, New Age movement, One-World Religion, Paganism, The New (False) Spirituality, The New Spirituality Tagged: bruce wilkinson, cedric fisher, Christian leaders, circle maker, Leonard Sweet, mark batterson, michael youssef, nanci des gerlaise, native spirituality, prayer of jabez, Ray Yungen

Two Sources of Power But Only One Source of Truth

January 9, 2020 by Lighthouse Trails author 4 Comments

Nanci Des Gerlaise is a First Nations Canadian Cree woman who is the daughter and granddaughter of medicine men. Growing up, her life was filled with the practices and mystical experiences brought on from Native Spirituality. Today, as a born-again Christian, Nanci warns of these dangers as she sees many of her Native American Christian … [Read more…]

Posted in: Book/Music Excerpts, Native Spirituality, New Age movement Tagged: Canada, Catholicism, cree people, discernment, first nations, nanci des gerlaise, native spirituality, New Age movement, occultism, residential schools, salvation, shamanism, witchcraft

Dream Catchers—Those Popular Spidery “Sacred Hoops”

November 21, 2019 by Lighthouse Trails author 3 Comments

By Nanci Des Gerlaise (author of Muddy Waters: an insider’s view of North American Native Spirituality) Dream catchers—those spidery “sacred hoops” with feathers. They originated with the Ojibwa tribe during the ’60s and ’70s, supposedly to protect a sleeper by “catching” bad dreams or evil spirits. Then they caught on with other tribes and spread … [Read more…]

Posted in: CHILDREN AT RISK!, Native Spirituality, New Age movement Tagged: dream catchers, dreamcatcher, muddy waters, native spirituality, New Age movement, occultism, sacred hoops

Can Cultures Be Redeemed? – Emerging Church Says “Yes” – Bible Says “No”

May 10, 2017 by Lighthouse Trails author

By Nanci Des Gerlaise [Indigenous People’s Movement] leaders teach that God has been redeeming cultures and that He placed in all cultures a way for men to have a relationship with God outside of the Gospel.1 DID GOD CREATE CULTURES? A growing trend in the evangelical church is what is referred to as “redeeming the … [Read more…]

Posted in: Book/Music Excerpts, Defending the Faith, Interspirituality, Native Spirituality, One-World Religion, RESOURCES, The Emerging Church, The New Missiology, The Preaching of the Cross Tagged: first nations, indigeneous people's movement, mike oppenheimer, missiology, nanci des gerlaise, native spirituality, sandy simpson, world christian gathering

Cutting-Edge Christianity or Shamanism?

July 21, 2016 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

By David Dombrowski Editor at Lighthouse Trails Publishing I find it rather interesting how God has orchestrated things in life, which demonstrate His great love and ongoing mercy to ordinary people like myself. But, more specifically, I am thinking right now about how years ago I happened to come across a copy of a nearly … [Read more…]

Posted in: Contemplative Practices, Contemplative Spirituality, Mystical Practices, Native Spirituality, Paganism, The Ancient Mystics, The Preaching of the Cross, The Role of Meditation Tagged: chief shoefoot, egerton ryerson young, meditation, native americans, native spirituality, shamanism, shamans, yanomamo

The Story of An Old Conjurer—And His Conversion to Christ

March 20, 2016 by Lighthouse Trails author

By Egerton Ryerson Young (A Canadian missionary from the 1800s and the author of Stories From Indian Wigwams and Northern Campfires) Far away in the forest wilds, several hundreds of miles north-east of the city of Winnipeg, there dwelt in an Indian village a notorious old conjurer. His reputation was very bad among the people. … [Read more…]

Posted in: Book/Music Excerpts, Native Spirituality, The Preaching of the Cross Tagged: cree, egerton ryerson young, indians, manitoba, misisonaries, native americans, native spirituality, stories from indian wigwams and northern campfires

A False Native American Messiah

September 9, 2014 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

By Nanci Des Gerlaise (Canadian Cree author of Muddy Waters) False “Christs” exist among Native Americans just like they exist in other ethnic groups. One of the most memorable is Wovoka (born c. 1858 in Nevada), also known as Jack Wilson. Wovoka was a Paiute religious leader who combined Christianity with Paiute mysticism. He founded … [Read more…]

Posted in: Native Spirituality, New Age movement, Spiritual Deception Tagged: false christ, ghost dance messiah, jack wilson, messiah, muddy waters, nanci des gerlaise, native spirituality, spiritual deception, wovoka

Shamanism or Cutting-Edge Christianity?

July 18, 2014 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

By David Dombrowski Editor at Lighthouse Trails Publishing & Research I find it rather interesting how God has orchestrated things in life, which demonstrate His great love and ongoing mercy to ordinary people like myself. But, more specifically, I am thinking right now about how years ago I happened to come across a copy of … [Read more…]

Posted in: Contemplative Practices, Contemplative Spirituality, Missions, Native Spirituality, New Age movement, The Preaching of the Cross, The Role of Meditation Tagged: A Time of Departing, chief shoefoot, contemplative, contemplative prayer, Contemplative Spirituality, cree people, david dombrowski, deception, end-times, faith undone, meditation, missionaries, muddy waters, mysticism, nanci desgerlaise, native americans, native spirituality, New Age, new missiology, Ray Yungen, Roger Oakland, spiritual formation, stories from indian, yanamamo, Yoga

Dream Catchers – Those Popular Spidery “Sacred Hoops”

June 2, 2014 by Lighthouse Trails author

By Nanci Des Gerlaise (author of Muddy Waters: an insider’s view of North American Native Spirituality) Dream catchers—those spidery “sacred hoops” with feathers. They originated with the Ojibwa tribe during the ’60s and ’70s, supposedly to protect a sleeper by “catching” bad dreams or evil spirits. Then they caught on with other tribes and spread … [Read more…]

Posted in: CHILDREN AT RISK!, Education, Mystical Practices, Native Spirituality Tagged: CHILDREN AT RISK!, dream catchers, dreamcatchers, education, muddy waters, nanci des gerlaise, native spirituality, occultism, public schools

A Beautiful Simple Gospel That Pierced the Heart of an Indian Named Joe

April 13, 2014 by Lighthouse Trails author

Editor’s Note: The story below is written in the late 1800s by Canadian missionary Egerton Ryerson Young. We have attempted to preserve the writing style and language of the author. However, some of the terms used  would be considered out-dated and incorrect usage in today’s society. We chose to keep Young’s terminology for we knew … [Read more…]

Posted in: Book/Music Excerpts, Missions, Native Spirituality, The Gospel, The Preaching of the Cross Tagged: Canada, first nations, indians, missionaries, Missions, native spirituality, the cross, the gospel, the gospel egerton ryerson young

NEW BOOKLET: DANGERS & DECEPTIONS of The Martial Arts and Why One Woman Walked Away From a Championship Career

February 13, 2014 by Lighthouse Trails author

DANGERS & DECEPTIONS  of The Martial Arts and Why One Woman Walked Away  From a Championship Career written by Linda Nathan is our newest Lighthouse Trails 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. … [Read more…]

Posted in: Children and Meditation, CHILDREN AT RISK!, Mystical Practices, New Age movement, RESOURCES, Spiritual Deception, The Role of Meditation Tagged: animism, armor of god, black belt, bruce lee, Buddhism, Confucianism, dragons, eastern meditation, eastern religions, George Parulski, Herman Kauz, Hinduism, judo, karate, ki force, kundalini, kung fu, linda nathan, martial arts, Masutatsu Oyama, native spirituality, occult, oe Hyams, self-defense, serpents, shamanism, Shintoism, Taoism, tonie gatlin, tonie harris, Yoga, zen

A First Nations Cree Talks About “Living Waters” – From Darkness to Light

February 2, 2014 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

By Nanci Des Gerlaise He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. (John 7:38) And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her … [Read more…]

Posted in: Book/Music Excerpts, Native Spirituality, On Christian Faith, The Preaching of the Cross Tagged: born again, cree, muddy waters, nanci des gerlaise, native spirituality, new birth, salvation, the cross, the Word of God

Shamanism vs. The True Christ

September 19, 2013 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

By Nanci Des Gerlaise (author of Muddy Waters: an insider’s view of North American Native Spirituality) But refuse profane and old wives’ fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness. (1 Timothy 4:7) But I [say], that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that … [Read more…]

Posted in: Native Spirituality, The Role of Meditation Tagged: false christs, muddy waters, nanci des gerlaise, native spirituality, shamanism, shamans, Yoga

A Glimpse into the Past – 4 Native American Men Who Longed For “the Book” and Were Denied It

September 8, 2013 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

LTRP Note: The following is a story from the book Stories From Indian Wigwams and Northern Campfires. The book was written by Egerton Ryerson Young, a young Canadian missionary in the late 1800s, who, with his wife and small children, spent years with the Native people in Canada, living among them, loving them, and sharing the Gospel and the Word … [Read more…]

Posted in: Book/Music Excerpts, Canada, Missions, Native Spirituality, The Word of God Tagged: Canada, egerton ryerson young, missionaries, Missions, native americans, native spirituality, the bible

NEW BOOKLET: Can Cultures Be Redeemed? (Some Things You Should Know About the Indigenous People’s Movement)

March 25, 2013 by Lighthouse Trails author

Can Cultures Be Redeemed? (Some Things You Should Know About the Indigenous People’s Movement) written by Nanci Des Gerlaise is our newest Lighthouse Trails Booklet. The booklet is 18 pages long and sells for $1.85 for single copies. Quantity discounts are as much as 50% off retail.  Below is the content of the booklet. To order … [Read more…]

Posted in: Book/Music Excerpts, Native Spirituality, New Evangelicalism, RESOURCES, The Emerging Church, The New Missiology Tagged: emerging church, first nations, indigenous people's movement, Missions, muddy waters, nanci des gerlaise, native americans, native spirituality, new missiology, new spirituality, richard twiss, terry leblanc, tracts

NEW BOOKLET: Native Spirituality “Renewal” & the Emerging Church

March 23, 2013 by Lighthouse Trails author

Native Spirituality “Renewal” & the Emerging Church written by Nanci Des Gerlaise is our newest Lighthouse Trails Print Booklet. The booklet is 16 pages long and sells for $1.85 for single copies. Quantity discounts are as much as 50% off retail.  Below is the content of the booklet. To order copies of Native Spirituality “Renewal” … [Read more…]

Posted in: Book/Music Excerpts, Contemplative Spirituality, Native Spirituality, RESOURCES, The Emerging Church, The New Missiology Tagged: booklet tracts, cree, emerging church, first nations, nanci des gerlaise, native american religion, native americans, native spirituality, new missiology, print booklet tracts, richard twiss, tracts

Letter to Muddy Waters Author: “Have worked and lived among Canada’s First Nations and Inuit peoples for a number of years”

February 11, 2013 by Lighthouse Trails author

To Nanci Des Gerlaise (Lighthouse Trails author of Muddy Waters) from a Lighthouse Trails Reader [excerpts used with permission from writer and author] Just a little note to express my thankfulness to you for writing Muddy Waters.  I praise God for the grace He provided you in courageously writing and publishing this book. My husband and I … [Read more…]

Posted in: Canada, Native Spirituality Tagged: Canada, evangelism, first nations, gospel of jesus christ, Missions, muddy waters, nanci des gerlaise, native spirituality

Letter to the Editor: Saddened that Indian Bible College in Arizona Has Implemented Spiritual Formation – Lighthouse Trails Shares Concerns

February 10, 2013 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

LTRP Note: Sadly, after receiving this letter and after doing our own research, we have learned that Indian Bible College of Flagstaff, Arizona (the only non-denominational Bible college for Natives)  is integrating Spiritual Formation into their college. We hope IBC leadership will read Nanci Des Gerlaise’s book, Muddy Waters, and turn away from the direction they are … [Read more…]

Posted in: Contemplative Colleges, Contemplative Spirituality, Native Spirituality Tagged: Christian colleges, contemplative, Contemplative Spirituality, emerging church, ibc, indian bible college, muddy waters, nanci des gerlaise, native spirituality, spiritual formation

Understanding Shamanism

February 1, 2013 by Lighthouse Trails author

By Nanci Des Gerlaise (author of Muddy Waters: an insider’s view of North American Native Spirituality) Basically, shamanism is the belief system that utilizes shamans in order to make contact with the spirit world. According to the Encyclopedia of New Age Beliefs, traditional shamanism “is where the shaman functions as healer, spiritual leader, and mediator … [Read more…]

Posted in: Book/Music Excerpts, Native Spirituality Tagged: chief shoefoot, meditation, mind-altering drugs, muddy waters, mysticism, nanci des gerlaise, native spirituality, New Age, peyote, shamanism

A Word to Begin the New Year from a Native American Cree

January 1, 2013 by Lighthouse Trails author

By Nanci des Gerlaise (author of Muddy Waters: an insider’s view of North American Native Spirituality) According to some Native Spiritual practitioners that I know personally, including people from other religions, we worship the same God regardless of what name we use to call God. In 2011, an emergent church group held A Symposium on … [Read more…]

Posted in: Defending the Faith, Native Spirituality Tagged: apostle paul, deception, emerging church, first nations movement, Mars Hill, muddy waters, nanci des gerlaise, native spirituality, new spirituality, progressive Christianity, salvation, Word of God

A Medicine Man’s Daughter

November 28, 2012 by Lighthouse Trails author

By Canadian Cree First Nations Author Nanci Des Gerlaise From chapter 1 of Muddy Waters: an insider’s view of North American Native Spirituality The darkness clutched me like a shroud, alive with evil, poking, prodding, whispering and hissing its unmistakable message: Fear. Slavery. Terror. Death. Buried under my blanket, I held my breath, with my … [Read more…]

Posted in: Book/Music Excerpts, Canada, Native Spirituality Tagged: canadian cree, indians, mysticism, nanci des gerlaise, native american spirituality, native spirituality, occult, richard twiss, sweat lodges

The Merging of Native Spirituality and the Emerging Church . . . for the “Healing” of the Nations?

September 13, 2012 by Lighthouse Trails author

By Nanci Des Gerlaise (First Nations Cree Canadian and author of Muddy Waters) The emerging church is a movement that is said to be a new way to do Christianity, a way that is supposed to reach out to the postmodern generation in a more relevant way than traditional Christianity. In reality, the emerging church, … [Read more…]

Posted in: Book/Music Excerpts, Native Spirituality, The Emerging Church Tagged: America, emerging church, mystical practices, nanci des gerlaise, native spirituality, Politics, richard twiss

Native Spirituality “Renewal” Emerges

August 4, 2012 by Lighthouse Trails author

By Nanci Des Gerlaise (author of Muddy Waters: an insider’s view of North American Native Spirituality) Nanci Des Gerlaise is a Canadian First Nations Cree. Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man. … [Read more…]

Posted in: Book/Music Excerpts, Native Spirituality, The Emerging Church Tagged: awakening, emerging church, first nations, muddy waters, nanci des gerlaise, native spirituality, renewal, richard twiss

The Dangers of Sweat Lodge Ceremonies

July 26, 2012 by Lighthouse Trails author

LTRP Note: The following is an excerpt on Nanci Des Gerlaise’s new release, Muddy Waters: an insider’s view of North American Native Spirituality.  Many Native Spirituality practices are being embraced and practiced by both Native American and non-Native Christians. Nanci’s book is a vitally needed warning to the Church and a witness to unbelievers, pointing … [Read more…]

Posted in: Native Spirituality Tagged: muddy waters, nanci des gerlaise, native spirituality, occult, sweat lodges

WHERE ARE WE GOING?

July 3, 2012 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

By David Dombrowski Editor at Lighthouse Trails The expression “Where are we going?” is not an uncommon one, but whether it be a child asking a parent or a fellow traveler posing the question, it usually denotes a sense of being lost and one of concern. Then, of course, posing the question to a stranger … [Read more…]

Posted in: Contemplative Spirituality, Eschatology, Signs of the Times, The Emerging Church, The New Spirituality, The Preaching of the Cross, The Role of Meditation, The Word of God Tagged: Bible prophecy, chief shoefoot, contemplative prayer, david dombrowski, end-times, last days, mysticism, native spirituality, occultiism, shamanism, Signs of the Times, yanomamo

Two Sources of Power But Only One Source of Truth

June 4, 2012 by Lighthouse Trails author

Nanci is a First Nations Canadian Cree woman who is the daughter and granddaughter of medicine men. Growing up, her life was filled with the practices and mystical experiences brought on from Native Spirituality. Today, as a born-again Christian, Nanci warns of these dangers as she sees many of her Native American Christian brothers and … [Read more…]

Posted in: Book/Music Excerpts, Native Spirituality, Spiritual Deception Tagged: first nations, nanci des gerlaise, native americans, native spirituality, occult, occultism, prejudice, roman catholic church, Roman Catholicism, Satan, shamanism, shamans, witchcraft

Synopsis of Muddy Waters: an insider’s view of North American Native Spirituality

May 7, 2012 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

Muddy Waters, Lighthouse Trails’ newest release has gone to press. Click here for more information or to order. Muddy Waters: an insider’s view of North American Native Spirituality By Nanci Des Gerlaise Chapter by Chapter Synopsis 1/A Medicine Man’s Daughter: In this chapter, Nanci describes her childhood on a Métis settlement in Canada, growing up with … [Read more…]

Posted in: Book/Music Excerpts, Publishing News Tagged: cultural identity, indigenous people's movement, ipm, muddy waters, mysticism, nanci des gerlaise, native americans, native spirituality, New Age, occultism, richard twiss, sweat lodges
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  • What Christian Leaders and Pastors Need to Know – The Final Outcome of Practicing Contemplative Prayer
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on January 17, 2023 at 8:02 pm

    What Christian Leaders and Pastors Need to Know – The Final Outcome of Practicing Contemplative Prayer LTRP Note: With the majority of Christian colleges and seminaries now bringing in contemplative spirituality via Spiritual Formation programs, and with Christian leaders such as Rick Warren and Beth Moore endorsing the movement, and with countless pastors giving it a thumbs up to their congregations, isn’t it time professors, pastors, and leaders understand what the ... [Read more...] The post What Christian Leaders and Pastors Need to Know – The Final Outcome of Practicing Contemplative Prayer appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • The Story of Mask-e-pe-toon – A Powerful Cree Chief Who Found the Truth Through Forgiveness
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on January 16, 2023 at 1:07 pm

    The Story of Mask-e-pe-toon – A Powerful Cree Chief Who Found the Truth Through Forgiveness By Egerton Ryerson Young(Missionary to the Cree people in Manitoba in the late 1800s) The following incident occurred years ago on the great plains of the Canadian Northwest, long before the waves of Anglo-Saxon civilization began to surge over those glorious fertile prairies which for so many generations were hid from the gaze of the ... [Read more...] The post The Story of Mask-e-pe-toon – A Powerful Cree Chief Who Found the Truth Through Forgiveness appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • “Federal Judge Finds West Virginia Law Barring Transgenders From Girls’ Sports Constitutional”
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on January 13, 2023 at 1:47 pm

    “Federal Judge Finds West Virginia Law Barring Transgenders From Girls’ Sports Constitutional” LTRP Note: The following is posted for informational and research purposes. By Michael TennantThe New American A federal judge upheld a West Virginia law requiring student athletes to compete with other members of their biological sex, dealing a blow to both the transgender movement and the Biden administration, which had supported the lawsuit challenging the ... [Read more...] The post “Federal Judge Finds West Virginia Law Barring Transgenders From Girls’ Sports Constitutional” appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • My Journey Out of Catholicism
    by Lighthouse Trails author on January 12, 2023 at 4:00 pm

    My Journey Out of Catholicism By David Dombrowski Over the years, I have encountered many Christians who wonder, “What’s wrong with being Catholic? After all, they believe in the Cross; they believe Jesus is the Son of God. It can’t be all that bad.” If you are a Christian who has wondered about these things, this special testimonial report is ... [Read more...] The post My Journey Out of Catholicism appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • “Social Media’s Antisemitic Underbelly”
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on January 7, 2023 at 1:13 pm

    “Social Media’s Antisemitic Underbelly” LTRP Note: The following is posted for informational and research purposes. It is from the Christian publication, Israel My Glory. The publishers, The Friends of Israel, just released a special edition on antisemitism: “A Biblical Look at Antisemitism. Below is one of the articles in that edition. You may read the entire edition by clicking ... [Read more...] The post “Social Media’s Antisemitic Underbelly” appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

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