An August 8, 2018 Christianity Today article titled Willow Creek Elders and Pastor Heather Larson Resign over Bill Hybels chronicles events that led to Willow Creek founder Bill Hybels’ resignation from the megachurch due to numerous women having come forth with accusations of years of sexual misconduct and abuse by Hybels. Because of the lackadaisical … [Read more…]
By Kevin Reeves and the Editors at Lighthouse Trails A number of years ago, a book written by emerging-church leaders Brian McLaren and Leonard Sweet was released. The book was called A is for Abductive: the language of the emerging church. Going through the alphabet, the authors identified many terms they hoped would be picked … [Read more…]
See also Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4 of our 2017 Year in Review. The following are the 10 top stories for 2017 written by the editors at Lighthouse Trails. Listed in order of date posted. 1/Emergent IF: Gathering Conference Coming to a Town Near You (Coming For Your Daughters and Granddaughters)! … [Read more…]
To Lighthouse Trails: What is “The Voice” translation of the Bible and what do you think of it? Our Comments: Our answer (from a 2007 LT article): According to an article in Christian Today, “New Bible Project for Young Generation Launched”, Thomas Nelson’s 2006 “Bible” project called The Voice is going full speed ahead. The … [Read more…]
By Chris Lawson Each of the following authors professes to be Christian and/or uses biblical terminology in his or her writing, yet promotes at least one of the following serious false teachings: contemplative spirituality (i.e., Spiritual Formation), the emergent, progressive “new” spirituality, the seeker-friendly, church-growth movement (e.g., Willow Creek, Purpose Driven) and/or Yoga. (This list … [Read more…]
by Ray Yungen Many people may think the New Age movement is a collection of strange cults populated by aging hippies, emotional cripples, and assorted oddballs who are duped by money-hungry charlatans and egocentric frauds. This may be true in some instances, but if such were the overall case, I would not have spent the … [Read more…]
by Roger Oakland In a Relevant Magazine interview, Erwin McManus, pastor of a church called Mosaic and a popular author and speaker, states the following: Because people don’t know where to put our community [Mosaic] they put us in the “emergent” category, and we really are a different animal than emergent. We’re not against emergent, … [Read more…]
By Sandy Simpson Deception in the Church Ministries Be careful of those who teach about a “kingdom” that is not the same as what the Bible teaches. There are two kingdoms being taught in many churches today. Teaching about one of the kingdoms is on the decline while the other is being promoted all over … [Read more…]
This August a new film, starring one of Hollywood’s most popular actresses, Julia Roberts, will be released. The movie, Eat, Pray, Love, is based on Elizabeth Gilbert’s memoirs of the same name. Gilbert’s book hit the New York Times Best Seller list after becoming well known through Oprah’s ardent promotion, in which Oprah calls the book, the … [Read more…]
by Berit Kjos Kjos Ministries On September 17, 1995, I signed in at Mikhail Gorbachev’s well guarded State of the World Conference as an official [amateur] reporter. I wanted a first-hand glimpse of the global plans for the 21st Century. Those earlier signs helped build the foundation for today’s rapid change. This was clearly a … [Read more…]
As Lighthouse Trails reported last week in our article, “Some Say the Emerging Church is Dead – the Truth Behind the Story,” a new emerging network/alliance is forming among several disgruntled emerging church leaders such as Dan Kimball, Erwin McManus, and Scot McKnight.1 According to McKnight, the new network/alliance will be “committed to the Lausanne … [Read more…]
This week, the Awaken 2008 with Erwin McManus is taking place at William Carey University in Pasadena, California. Many of the event speakers (called “Thought Leaders”) promote contemplative mysticism, but one in particular, Mark Batterson, points readers on his website to Eckhart Tolle, a New Age guru who is currently being heralded by Oprah Winfrey. … [Read more…]
Last year at this time, Lighthouse Trails reported on the Breakforth Conference that took place in Edmonton, Alberta. The speakers included popular teachers Kay Arthur and Josh McDowell along with contemplative proponents Tony Campolo and Jack Hayford (see report). We concluded that report by stating: If Josh McDowell and Kay Arthur are going to be … [Read more…]
from Take Heed Ministries Northern Ireland Keeping up the flow of scripture-destroying ‘preachers’ lined up to visit Northern Ireland during 2007, the following link http://www.emins.com/template.aspx?parent=220&pid=243&area=18&aNAme=&textsize=A gives details of a return visit to Belfast by Erwin McManus, this time at the Odyssey Arena [cost 30.00 pounds] and this time under the auspices of ‘Evangelical Ministries.’ Last … [Read more…]
In January 2008, the Rethink Conference will take place at Robert Schuller’s Crystal Cathedral. According to Church Communication Network (CCN), the event will be hosted by Robert Schuller and Erwin McManus. On the Rethink Conference website, the event is described as: “Leading Thinkers and Influencers offer a perspective you may never have imagined.” These thinkers … [Read more…]
In January 2008, the Rethink Conference will take place at Robert Schuller’s Crystal Cathedral. According to Church Communication Network (CCN), the event will be hosted by Robert Schuller and Erwin McManus. On the Rethink Conference website, the event is described as: “Leading Thinkers and Influencers offer a perspective you may never have imagined.” These thinkers … [Read more…]
In a Relevant magazine interview, Erwin McManus states the following: Because people don’t know where to put our community [Mosaic] they put us in the “emergent” category, and we really are a different animal than emergent. We’re not against emergent, but we are not like them. While it may or may not be true that … [Read more…]
by Ray Yungen Laurie Beth Jones will join Erwin McManus and Ken Blanchard this fall at the Lead Like Jesus Leadership Conference (see previous posting below). “My personal mission and vision is to Recognize, Promote and Inspire Divine Connection in Myself and Others.”– Jones, from her website
This coming fall New Age sympathizers Ken Blanchard and Erwin McManus will join forces in the fall Lead Like Jesus Leadership Conference to help bring about the global mission that states: “Souls serving souls. Imagine 6.8 billion souls served by LLJ leaders by 2010.”1 While evangelical leaders like David Jeremiah continue promoting Erwin McManus and … [Read more…]
This June, emerging church leader Erwin McManus will be one of the featured speakers at the Saddleback Church Worship Conference and Festival. As we have reported in the past, McManus’ spirituality is rooted in mysticism and New thought spirituality. McManus, who says it is his goal to destroy Christianity 1, shares much of the same … [Read more…]
A SPECIAL REPORT Note: For links and references to this special report, click here. When David Jeremiah endorsed the back cover of Erwin McManus’ 2002 book, Seize Your Divine Moment, there should have been reason to be concerned. Then when Jeremiah made reference to McManus’ in his own 2003 book Life Wide Open, that should … [Read more…]
The following link is to notes from Erwin McManus at a recent conference. After reading these, we are more surprised than ever that David Jeremiah and other Christian leaders stand behind the teachings of this emerging church leader. Notes by McManus: Whatever it takes! For those who may wonder just what is at the basis … [Read more…]
Southern Baptist Convention continues to make the descent into spiritual formation (i.e., contemplative spirituality). At their upcoming (Feb. 2007) On Target Evangelism conference, speakers will be New Age sympathizer Ken Blanchard and emerging church proponent, Erwin McManus. In addition to Blanchard’s long history, including current activity, of promoting New Age authors and teachers (with a … [Read more…]
“The Barbarian Way was, in some sense, trying to create a volatile fuel to get people to step out and act. It’s pretty hard to get a whole group of people moving together as individuals who are stepping into a more mystical, faith-oriented, dynamic kind of experience with Christ. So, I think Barbarian Way was … [Read more…]
