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Child Sexual Abuse Scandal at Matt Chandler’s Popular Village Church Raises Concerns Over How Churches Handle Abuse

June 17, 2019 by Lighthouse Trails Editors 11 Comments

One month ago, in May 2019, we posted an article titled “California School District Teachings on Pedophilia Reminder of Child Sexual Abuse Epidemic and Cover-Ups.” We also introduced a new book we now carry called Wolves Among Sheep by pastor Stacey Shifflet (a pastor who blew the whistle on sexual abuse in the church and … [Read more…]

Posted in: Child Abuse, CHILDREN AT RISK!, Churches in Crisis! Tagged: Child Abuse, CHILDREN AT RISK!, emergent church, matt chandler, predators, priests, Saddleback, sexual abuse

Update on Former Saddleback Youth Pastor In Child Molestation Case

September 10, 2018 by Lighthouse Trails Editors 4 Comments

Update (October 15, 2019): As of this date, we have not been able to confirm whether Ruben Muelenberg was ever sentenced, and if so, when that sentencing took place. There is virtually no information available on the Internet about the outcome of this case. Lighthouse Trails editors also contacted authorities in California and were given … [Read more…]

Posted in: Child Abuse, Children and Homosexuality, CHILDREN AT RISK!, Churches in Crisis!, Homosexuality, Pornography/Sexual Abuse, Saddleback Tagged: Child Abuse, CHILDREN AT RISK!, meulenberg, molestation, Rick Warren, ruben meulenberg, Saddleback, sexual abuse

KIDS AT RISK: Letter to the Editor: AWANA Continuing Down the Emergent Road

August 29, 2017 by Letters to the Editor Leave a Comment

Dear Lighthouse Trails: A while back I alerted you to the fact that Awana was joining forces with Josh Griffin who was the youth pastor for Rick Warren’s Saddleback Church. Josh Griffin is also associated with Youth Specialties, an organization that promotes occult [contemplative] practices to youth. Unfortunately, Awana is continuing down the emergent road. … [Read more…]

Posted in: CHILDREN AT RISK!, Christian Organizations, LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, The Emerging Church Tagged: awana, awana youth ministries, bill hybels, Dallas Willard, doug fields, josh griffin, lent, letter to the editor, n.t. wright, penance, Rick Warren, Road to Rome, Saddleback, steve kozak, Willow Creek, youth specialties

Saddleback Youth Worker Ruben Meulenberg Charged With 5 Felony Counts – Saddleback Remaining Tight Lipped on Staff Issue

June 6, 2017 by Lighthouse Trails Editors Leave a Comment

The following is an update from two recent Lighthouse Trails articles: “Saddleback Church Youth Worker Arrested for Molesting 14-Year-Boys Brings Issue to Surface”  and “Saddleback Church Statement Appears to Downplay Role of Alleged Molester Ruben Meulenberg.” Ruben Meulenberg, the youth worker at Saddleback Church who was arrested for allegedly molesting two 14-year-old boys at Saddleback, has … [Read more…]

Posted in: Child Abuse, CHILDREN AT RISK!, Christian Organizations, Churches in Crisis!, Saddleback Tagged: Child Abuse, felony, megachurches, purpose driven, Rick Warren, ruben meulenberg, Saddleback, sexual abuse, sexual assault, victims

Are Your Kids Going to Be in Youth Group This Sunday? Food for Thought on How to Protect Your Kids

May 28, 2017 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

As Lighthouse Trails has been researching the situation at Saddleback Church over the alleged molestation charges, we came across this YouTube video by a 29-year-old woman. We are posting this for informational and research purposes with the hope it will help parents think about their teens’ youth groups. Something to think about. Parents, let’s protect … [Read more…]

Posted in: Child Abuse, CHILDREN AT RISK!, Churches in Crisis! Tagged: Child Abuse, ruben meulenberg, Saddleback

Rick Warren and Brian Brodersen Prove: “A Photo Is Worth A Thousand Words”

April 15, 2017 by Lighthouse Trails author

Courtesy of Understand the Times Connect the dots and draw your own conclusions (See related articles under picture) Related Articles from Lighthouse Trails: Brian Brodersen and Greg Laurie’s “Bigger Picture of Christianity” Rick Warren’s Dangerous Ecumenical Pathway to Rome And How One Interview Revealed So Much

Posted in: A Global Spirituality, Churches in Crisis!, Concerns for Calvary Chapel, Ecumenism, One-World Religion, Rick Warren, Road to Rome, Saddleback, Spiritual Deception Tagged: brian brodersen, Calvary Chapel, catholic church, Ecumenism, pope francis, Rick Warren, Road to Rome, Roman Catholicism, Saddleback, Understand the Times

Lighthouse Trails Booklet Spotlight: The Story Behind Lighthouse Trails

September 15, 2016 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

NOTE: Lighthouse Trails released this booklet in 2014. For those who have not read it yet, we are highlighting it this week. The Story Behind Lighthouse Trails  is our newest Lighthouse Trails Print Booklet Tract. The Booklet Tract is 14 pages long and sells for $1.50 for single copies. Quantity discounts are as much as … [Read more…]

Posted in: Book/Music Excerpts, Churches in Crisis!, Contemplative Spirituality, Defending the Faith, RESOURCES, Saddleback Tagged: A Time of Departing, deception, dombrowski, faith undone, LIGHTHOUSE TRAILS, purpose driven, purpose driven life, Ray Yungen, Rick Warren, Roger Oakland, Saddleback

Clearing Up Confusion: Warren B. Smith NOT Sharing Platform with Rick Warren at Restoring All Things Conference

March 26, 2015 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

Lighthouse Trails received a call this week by a concerned reader who said he heard on his local Christian radio station that Warren Smith was going to be speaking with Rick Warren at an upcoming conference called Restoring All Things. The reader was understandably worried about this. We assured him that OUR Warren Smith (aka: Warren … [Read more…]

Posted in: Conference Alerts, Saddleback Tagged: Christian leaders, chuck colson, ed stetzer, focus on the family, jim daly, john stonestreet, restoring all things, restoring all things conference, Rick Warren, Saddleback, spiritual deception, Warren B. Smith, warren cole smith

Catholic Pope Francis to Come to the United States – Rick Warren’s Role?

November 19, 2014 by Miscellaneous News Source

LTRP Note: Posted for informational and research purposes. Interesting to note that the announcement was made during an “interreligious Vatican conference on traditional family values,” in which Rick Warren participated.  Question to think about: Did Rick Warren play a role in getting the Pope to the US, and will Rick Warren play a role in … [Read more…]

Posted in: A Global Spirituality, Road to Rome, The New Evangelization Tagged: Catholicism, Interspirituality, new evangelization, one-world religion, pope francis, Rick Warren, Roger Oakland, Roman Catholicism, Saddleback

List of 50 Top Contemplative-Promoting Organizations Adds 8 Runner Ups

May 30, 2014 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

In 2012, Lighthouse Trails posted the “50 Top Organizations With a Significant Role in Bringing Contemplative Spirituality to the Church.” We are reposting this list for those who may not have seen it then, and we have added 8 “runner ups” to the list (see bottom of post). From 12 years of research at Lighthouse … [Read more…]

Posted in: Assemblies of God, Calvinist/Reformed, Christian Organizations, Christian Publishers/Bookstores, Churches in Crisis!, Contemplative Churches, Contemplative Denominations, Contemplative Organizations, Contemplative Spirituality, InterVarsity Press, Saddleback, Wesleyan Church, Willow Creek/Hybels Tagged: 50 contemplative organizations, Acts 29, Assemblies of God, Christian leaders, contemplative, Contemplative Spirituality, intervarsity, intervarsity christian fellowship, intervarsity press, Saddleback, spiritual deception, spiritual formation, wesleyan, Willow Creek

Part 1 of Special Coverage: Rick Warren’s Ecumenical Pathway to Rome Continues

April 15, 2014 by Lighthouse Trails author

By Roger Oakland Understand the Times, International In February of 2013, Understand The Times published a commentary on our website titled “What is Next For Rick Warren.” In this commentary, we provided evidence to show that Warren and Tony Blair were partnering together with the Roman Catholic Church in the formation of a P.E.A.C.E. Plan … [Read more…]

Posted in: A Global Spirituality, Christian Organizations, Ecumenism, Purpose Driven Movement, Rick Warren, Road to Rome, The New Evangelization Tagged: Catholicism, ewtn, last days, new evangelization, raymond arroyo, Rick Warren, Road to Rome, Roger Oakland, roman catholic church, Saddleback, Tony Blair, Understand the Times

Podcast by Chris Lawson and Ray Yungen: Warning About New Age Influences in Rick Warren’s Daniel Plan

November 1, 2013 by Lighthouse Trails author

Recorded: Oct 18, 2013 / Released: Oct 21, 2013 Chris Lawson and Ray Yungen discuss the serious compromise of Rick Warren allowing New Age doctors and various Alternative Health (New Age) practices on his Saddleback Church ‘Daniel Plan’ website. The dangers of “occultism” and the sympathies of Warren’s New Age doctors (leaders/advisers) are discussed in detail, … [Read more…]

Posted in: Contemplative Spirituality, Purpose Driven Movement, Rick Warren, Saddleback Tagged: 4-7-8 breath technique, chris lawson, daniel plan, New Age, Ray Yungen, Rick Warren, Saddleback, the daniel plan

Understanding the Occultic Nature of Tantric Sex (The Practice Promoted by Dr. Amen – Rick Warren’s Daniel Plan Doctor)

October 22, 2013 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

The Bible says we live in a “crooked and perverse” world and that as believers we are to “shine as lights in the world”(Philippians 2:15). The closer we move toward the “end of the age” (Matthew 24), the darker and more perverse the world becomes. Global peace plans, inter-faith movements, emergent spiritualities, and other carnal-induced … [Read more…]

Posted in: Mystical Practices, Rick Warren, Saddleback, The New Spirituality, The Role of Meditation Tagged: andrew harvey, end-times, Henri Nouwen, last days, New Age, occult, Ray Yungen, Rick Warren, Saddleback, tantra, tantric sex, the daniel plan, Thomas Merton, Yoga

Rick Warren’s Daniel Plan Accelerates – Tells Followers to Practice 4-7-8 Hinduistic Meditation

October 19, 2013 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

“Many people have unwittingly become New Agers by simply seeking to improve their physical and mental health through meditation.” –  Ray Yungen Two and a half years ago, Lighthouse Trails first reported on Rick Warren’s Daniel Plan health program. That initial article titled “Rick Warren’s New Health and Wellness Initiative Could Have Profound Repercussions on … [Read more…]

Posted in: Christian Organizations, Churches in Crisis!, Contemplative Practices, Contemplative Spirituality, Health, Mystical Practices, New Age movement, Purpose Driven Movement, Rick Warren, Saddleback, The Role of Meditation, YOGA Tagged: 4-7-8 breathing, andrew weil, Christian leaders, Contemplative Spirituality, daniel plan, dr. amen, Dr. Hymen, dr. oz, kundalini, meditation, mysticism, New Age, new spirituality, Ray Yungen, Reiki, Rick Warren, Saddleback, tantra, tantric sex, the daniel plan, Yoga

Question to the Editor: What’s Up with Lilly Endowment – Funding Pastoral Sabbaticals with a Contemplative Agenda

March 25, 2013 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

To Lighthouse Trails: Eli Lilly, a major pharmaceutical company, in conjunction with Christian Theological Seminary (a liberal seminary in Indianapolis, IN) is funding pastoral sabbaticals.  It appears it is just a part of a national program. Seems highly suspect to me.  I wouldn’t be looking twice except that I know a local  pastor applying for … [Read more…]

Posted in: Churches in Crisis!, Contemplative Churches, Contemplative Organizations, Contemplative Spirituality, Methodists, Saddleback, The Emerging Church Tagged: bethel, Brian McLaren, christian theological seminary, clergy renewal program, Contemplative Spirituality, Dan Kimball, deception, doug pagitt, Emergent Village, emerging church, Erwin McManus, faith undone, Interspirituality, lilly, lilly endowment, mark yaconelli, methodists, mysticism, peter drucker, Rick Warren, Saddleback, spiritual formation, The Emerging Church, tony jones, universalism

‘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

“Spiritual Disciplines Handbook” – Christian Organizations, Seminaries, and Ministry Leaders Incorporate This Mystical Primer into Christian Education

July 2, 2012 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

Spiritual Disciplines Handbook: Practices That Transform Us by Adele Ahlberg Calhoun is a primer on contemplative mysticism, bursting with contemplative meditation instruction along with references and quotes by some of the movement’s most prolific mystics on the scene today. It’s a book one might expect to find on the shelves of a Catholic monastery, a New Age … [Read more…]

Posted in: Book/Film Reviews, Christian Organizations, Christian Publishers/Bookstores, Contemplative Practices, Contemplative Spirituality, InterVarsity Press, Mystical Practices, Nazarene Church, pantheism & panentheism, Rick Warren, Saddleback, Spiritual Formation, Wesleyan Church, Willow Creek/Hybels Tagged: adele ahlberg calhoun, Biola, biola university, Brian McLaren, Catholicism, Christian colleges, Christian leaders, contemplative, contemplative prayer, Contemplative Spirituality, emerging church, Henri Nouwen, Interspirituality, intervarsity, intervarsity christian fellowship, intervarsity press, meditation, Moody Bible Institute, mops, mysticism, nazarene unversity, New Age, panentheism, Ray Yungen, Richard Foster, Rick Warren, Roger Oakland, Saddleback, spiritual disciplines handbook, spiritual formation, Talbot, Thomas Merton, wesleyan

Commercialized Apologetics

May 30, 2012 by A Ministry in His Service

By Mike Oppenheimer Let Us Reason Ministries Commercialization is seen in nearly everything today (not just on TV or in magazines) presenting professional images to convince the public that particular products are superior. It can be a music group, a household good, a car, and even religion, church, or a ministry. In selling a product, … [Read more…]

Posted in: Churches in Crisis!, Music, New Evangelicalism, Saddleback, Spiritual Deception Tagged: apologetics, Bible prophecy, mike oppenheimer, peter kreeft, philip yancey, Rick Warren, Saddleback, scot mcknight

50 Top Organizations With a Significant Role in Bringing Contemplative Spirituality to the Church

January 21, 2012 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

From 10 years of research at Lighthouse Trails Research Project, we have found the following fifty organizations to have had a significant role in bringing contemplative spirituality into the evangelical/Protestant church. If you do not know or understand the implications of this, we urge you to educate yourself as soon as possible. Note: We have … [Read more…]

Posted in: Christian & Missionary Alliance, Christian Organizations, Christian Publishers/Bookstores, Contemplative Organizations, InterVarsity Press, Nazarene Church, Saddleback, Spiritual Formation, Wesleyan Church Tagged: aacc, abs, acts 29 network, ats, baker books, breakforth, CCEL, center for action and contemplation, christian missionary alliance, cma, contemplative, contemplative prayer, Contemplative Spirituality, conversations journal, ct, elca, Emergent Village, emersion, focus on the family, group magazine, Henri Nouwen, ihop, intervarsity, intervarsity christian fellowship, intervarsity press, kairos, Leadership Network, lifeway resources, meditation, mennonites, metamorpha, national worship conference, navpress, Nazarenes, new church specialties, presbyterian church usa, Purpose Driven Movement, relevant magazine, renovare, robert webber, Saddleback, sdi, Sojourners, teen mania, the ooze, thomas nelson, transforming center, upper roon, wesleyan, wesleyan church, willow creek association, Worship Leader Magazine, youth specialties, zondervan

Is Rick Warren’s Daniel Plan still linked with Eastern/new age meditation?

June 22, 2011 by A Ministry in His Service

by John Lanagan My Word Like Fire Ministries In January of 2011 Lighthouse Trails stunned Bible believing Christians with its report on Rick Warren’s selection of three Eastern/new age meditation proponents to help with his weight loss program, The Daniel Plan (READ). But promotion of anti-biblical meditation has remained (READ). Now this video of Dr. Daniel Amen can also be seen on the Saddleback Church Daniel Plan … [Read more…]

Posted in: Purpose Driven Movement, Rick Warren, Saddleback, The Role of Meditation Tagged: daniel plan, dr. daniel amen, dr. oz, john lanagan, meditation, mysticism, New Age, Rick Warren, Saddleback, spiritual deception, the daniel plan

Saddleback’s Response to Criticism Over Daniel Plan – An Unscriptural Paradox!

April 3, 2011 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

Recently, Saddleback Church issued a statement (link now removed) in response to criticism it has received regarding the use of Dr. Oz, Dr. Hyman, and Dr. Amen for their highly popularized Daniel Plan. All three doctors have helped Rick Warren create a health plan that will not only be used by Saddleback but by Purpose … [Read more…]

Posted in: Health, New Age movement, Purpose Driven Movement, Rick Warren, Saddleback Tagged: daniel, daniel plan, health, New Age, Rick Warren, Saddleback, the bible, the daniel plan

VCY America Interviews Saddleback Health Seminar Attendee – Apostasy Exposed!

January 28, 2011 by A Ministry in His Service

On January 27th, Ingrid Schlueter of VCY America interviewed Jennifer Pekich on the CrossTalk radio program in what is probably one of the most important shows that VCY has ever done, in our opinion. Jennifer had recently attended the  health seminar at Saddleback Church, in which Rick Warren brought in three leading “health” specialists to train … [Read more…]

Posted in: A Global Spirituality, Churches in Crisis!, Purpose Driven Movement, Rick Warren, Saddleback Tagged: daniel plan, dr. oz, Ingrid Schlueter, kundalini, mysticism, Rick Warren, Saddleback, sustainable living, VCY America

Emanuel Swedenborg’s Occultic Beliefs Influence Rick Warren’s Health Advisor and Now the Christian Church

January 18, 2011 by Guest Writers

This is a  follow up article to our article,  Rick Warren’s New Health and Wellness Initiative Could Have Profound Repercussions on Many. Exclusive Lighthouse Trails Commentary by John Lanagan Free-Lance Writer My Word Like Fire Ministries “You can become a Reiki master in three weekends.” –Lisa Oz, wife of Dr. Mehmet Oz Perhaps it is not … [Read more…]

Posted in: Mystical Practices, Reiki/Energy Healing, Rick Warren, Saddleback, The Role of Meditation Tagged: dr. oz, Gary Thomas, Henri Nouwen, john lanagan, meditation, mysticism, Reiki, Rick Warren, Saddleback, spiritual deception, swedenborg

Letter to the Editor: National Worship Conference & Calvary Chapel Not a Good Mix

May 13, 2010 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

To Lighthouse Trails: I have been reading your posts regarding C.C. Albuquerque and Leonard Sweet. I thought you might like the following information so that we might all be able to determine the truth regarding this matter. According to Calvary Chapel Albuquerque’s website on their upcoming events page, Dr. Leonard Sweet will in fact be … [Read more…]

Posted in: Churches in Crisis!, Concerns for Calvary Chapel, Saddleback, The Emerging Church Tagged: Calvary Chapel, emerging church, Leonard Sweet, Rick Warren, Saddleback, Willow Creek

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    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.

  • “Exiled Moscow Chief Rabbi: Jews Should Leave Russia Before They Are Scapegoated”
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on January 7, 2023 at 12:49 pm

    “Exiled Moscow Chief Rabbi: Jews Should Leave Russia Before They Are Scapegoated” LTRP Note: The following is posted for informational and research purposes. By Ash ObelTimes of Israel Amid rising antisemitism, Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt warns that historical precedent indicates Jewish community will be blamed for country’s problems Moscow’s exiled former chief rabbi, Pinchas Goldschmidt, has warned Russian Jews that they may become scapegoats for hardships brought on ... [Read more...] The post “Exiled Moscow Chief Rabbi: Jews Should Leave Russia Before They Are Scapegoated” appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • Lighthouse Trails 2022 Year in Review—Final Part—Top 10 Articles
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on January 2, 2023 at 3:43 pm

    Lighthouse Trails 2022 Year in Review—Final Part—Top 10 Articles (See Year in Review 2022, Part 1 – The Chosen; see Year in Review 2022, Part 2 – Letters and Comments) The Final part of the Lighthouse Trails 2022 Year in Review lists the top 10 articles we posted this past year from guest writers and Lighthouse Trails authors. Listed in order of when they were ... [Read more...] The post Lighthouse Trails 2022 Year in Review—Final Part—Top 10 Articles appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

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