LTRP Note: The following news story is posted for informational and research purposes. By Samuel SmithThe Christian Post The New York city council is planning to repeal a two-year-old ban on “gay conversion therapy” to avoid a costly uphill legal fight. The New York Times reports that the city’s openly gay Council Speaker Corey Johnson introduced a … [Read more…]
LTRP Note: The following news story is posted for informational purposes and as a follow up on an article from the same source that we posted in March of this year titled “Canadian Court Rules Parents Can’t Stop 14-Year-Old From Taking Trans Hormones.” What the Canadian and U.S. governments and educational systems are doing to … [Read more…]
LTRP Note: Lighthouse Trails has been following the story of Lisa Miller and her daughter Isabella for several years. Below is the latest news story about one of the men who helped her escape. By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman The Supreme Court of the United States has refused to hear an appeal of a conviction of … [Read more…]
By Cedric Fisher Whatever the cause, shutting down is the worst thing a Christian can do at this point of time. Instead of shutting down, believers need to be selective about what they are putting into their minds and spirits. Being informed is essential to being prepared. Shutting down will not prepare one to endure … [Read more…]
By Tony Pearce Sadly for millions of Jewish people the idea that Jesus could be the one to bring peace and reconciliation seems ridiculous and offensive. I used to visit a Jewish lady who was born around the beginning of the 20th century and brought up in a small town in Poland. Her first memory … [Read more…]
Today is Holocaust Remembrance Day. Sadly, many people don’t even think about it, and sadder still, many children in public schools are not being taught about it (and in some instances, they are being taught that the Holocaust was exaggerated or didn’t even happen at all!). As we watch anti-Semitism increasing worldwide, even among many … [Read more…]
Dear Lighthouse Trails, I believe there are those within Christianity today who are getting believers to focus on PHYSICAL threats like an Islamic invasion, corrupt politicians, etc. (threats that can harm the body, but not the soul) but are ignoring SPIRITUAL threats such as New Age philosophies coming into the church. In my opinion, it … [Read more…]
Preparing for Perilous Times and Finding God’s Peace in the Midst of Them By David Dombrowski For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and the trees of the field shall clap their hands. (Isaiah 55:12) Over the … [Read more…]
LTRP Note: For several years, Lighthouse Trails has been following the story of Lisa Miller, her daughter Isabella, and the men who helped her escape. The following news article gives the background of the story as well as the current status. By Heather ClarkChristian News Network The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to stay the … [Read more…]
We had hoped and prayed that the war would end without an invasion of Bautzen, for we continued to be afraid of the Russians, not knowing how they would treat us. Would they pillage, burn, and rape, or would they liberate and restore? We had been fed horrible propaganda about the Reds. According to Hitler, they were as despicable as the Jews.
See also Part 1, and Part 2 of our 2018 Year in Review. The following are the Top 10 stories written in 2018 by like-minded ministries (most of whom are also authors Lighthouse Trails represents). In order of date posted (oldest to newest): 1. Biometrics and Big Brother by Roger Oakland – A trend is … [Read more…]
LTRP Note: Georgi Vins was a young Baptist pastor in the U.S.S.R. when he was arrested for preaching the Gospel. He spent a total of eight years in the prison camps before being exiled to the United States in 1979. Under contract with his daughter, Natasha Vins, Lighthouse Trails has published two of his books, … [Read more…]
LTRP Note:The following news article is posted for informational purposes. By Samuel Smith The Christian Post A Christian retirement care facility in St. Louis, Missouri, is being sued after it turned away a lesbian couple in accordance with its biblically-based housing policy. Seventy-two-year-old Mary Walsh and Bev Nance, 68, filed a federal lawsuit last month … [Read more…]
LTRJ Note: Georgi Vins was a Baptist pastor in the U.S.S.R. during the communist reign. He was sentenced to many years in prison for preaching the Gospel starting when he was 32 years old. Most North American Christians will never have the privilege to suffer for the Cross as Georgi did, but his story will … [Read more…]
By Tony Pearce During the 1970s, my wife, Nikki, and I used to go and talk to people involved in left-wing political groups about our faith. We made friends with some Jewish socialists who invited us along to a meeting of Young Mapam, a socialist Zionist group. The speaker was a man called Hyam Maccoby … [Read more…]
By Cedric Fisher Truth Keepers Ministries Not long ago, social media (e.g. Facebook, Google, etc.) presenting end-times information was bustling with activity. Eschatological and discernment posts were peppered with thousands of favorable commentaries. Now, most of the ones I’ve checked have incurred a significant drop-off in views, likes, comments, and shares. The most popular ones … [Read more…]
The following is from Holocaust survivor Anita Dittman’s book Trapped in Hitler’s Hell. Anita was a young Christian Jew in Germany when World War II began. It was her faith in Christ, and the Lord’s mercy, that sustained her during the war years, but she (along with all other Jews in Germany at that time) … [Read more…]
By Bob Unruh WorldNetDaily The U.S. Supreme Court Monday ruled on narrow grounds in favor of a Christian baker in Colorado who refused to lend his artistry to a wedding cake for a same-sex duo, scolding state officials for violating the U.S. Constitution by showing hostility to religion. The dispute is over a demand by … [Read more…]
By Mike Oppenheimer Let Us Reason I’m going to use an example of a disturbing sermon from a popular teacher* to show why the church is being misled by false teaching and starving for truth in God’s Word. Recently, Francis Chan spoke to a group at Bethel Church, and using Bible verses, he warned that … [Read more…]
LTRP Note: Lighthouse Trails has been following and reporting on the story of Lisa Miller and her daughter Isabella and the brave people who helped them escape from this country for nearly ten years. (posted by an out-of-house news source – There are very few news sources that are accurately reporting on this story. Most … [Read more…]
By Bob Unruh WorldNetDaily In what could be a huge embarrassment for the online “fact-checker” Snopes, both a lawmaker and an LGBT activist have admitted a California state bill targets “pastors” and members of the “faith community” who insist a man is a man, not a woman, and vice versa. The controversy is over a … [Read more…]
NEW BOOKLET: Oneness vs. Separation Heresy—Now in the Church by Warren B. Smith 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 … [Read more…]
LTRJ Note: During this week, Holocaust Remembrance week, we sadly learned about a study conducted showing that Americans are increasingly becoming more and more ignorant of the reality of the Holocaust, especially among the younger generations. As the article below points out, it won’t be too long before there are no more first-hand witnesses who … [Read more…]
A recent YouTube video that has been viewed over 50,000 times thus far* of highly prolific and popular Christian author and speaker Francis Chan creates a very disturbing scenario of how the Body of Christ should operate. Speaking to a group at Bethel Church, he strongly implied that God will destroy (kill) anyone who questions … [Read more…]
Lighthouse Trails books are now in hundreds of libraries across the U.S., and if you would like to get some of our titles into your own local library, it’s easy and doesn’t cost you anything. Just call or visit your library, give the librarian the title, author, and publisher (Lighthouse Trails Publishing) of any title … [Read more…]
By Bill Randles And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him? And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue … [Read more…]
By Anita Dittman (Holocaust Survivor) December 25th in a German Labor Camp during WWII: We prayed that God would miraculously sustain our strength; each day our food rations diminished so the German soldiers on the battlefronts could receive more food. Shortly after all of us Christians had prayed for physical strength, the neighboring farmers again … [Read more…]
By Maria Kneas In light of the news, Matthew 5:3-12 comes to mind. When we feel overwhelmed and know things are happening that are too big for us to handle, then we are “poor in spirit” (verse 3) We have lots of reasons for mourning these days (verse 4). I mourn for this nation. And … [Read more…]
By Bill Randles By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went. By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, … [Read more…]
By Tsvi Sadan Israel Today Following the Barcelona terror attacks in which 14 people were killed and some 130 wounded, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA) asked the Spanish city’s chief rabbi, Rabbi Meir Bar-Hen, what he thought of the future of Jews there. Generally speaking, European Jewish leaders are extremely cautious, and would seldom, if … [Read more…]
