Billy Graham, and his son Franklin, will be speaking at the upcoming Catalyst Conference on October 8-9. Possibly, the father/son Grahams are not aware of the teachings and the spirituality that the Catalyst Conference represents. Unfortunately, Catalyst will gain respect and audience by many trusting and unaware admirers of the Grahams for including them on … [Read more…]
A Lighthouse Trails Commentary This week marks the Launch of the New York City Leadership Center. This is a inter-religious venture that is being supported by some of the country’s most prolific Christian figures including Rick Warren, Bill Hybels, Greg Laurie, Ken Blanchard, Bob Buford and Frances Hesselbein (representing the late Peter Drucker). The new … [Read more…]
The Shack by William P. Young has been on the New York Times Best Seller List for 15 weeks, currently in the number one position for Fiction books. The book has been promoted by popular Christian figures such as Eugene Peterson and Gayle Erwin (The Jesus Style). What’s more, numerous Christian ministries such as Probe … [Read more…]
LTRP Note: These two comments we received today in our “Guestbook” say so much about what many believers are going through today in their churches. Letter 1 At first I ignored things I saw on here, things people were linking. I decided to come again to this site after my husband and I just began … [Read more…]
Quick Links: Greg Laurie Letter to Pastors Laurie Sponsorship for PDL Event Contact person at New York City Leadership group: Beverly Cook (Director of Communications) On May 6th, Greg Laurie, pastor of mega-church Harvest Christian Fellowship wrote a letter to pastors and church leaders in the New York region, announcing his Harvest Crusade 2008 in … [Read more…]
On May 22nd, Bob DeWaay, pastor of Twin City Fellowship in Minneapolis, attended a semi-private, recorded meeting with Rick Warren. The meeting occurred after Warren invited DeWaay to travel to the Saddleback campus. DeWaay has been a long-time critic of Warren and the Purpose Driven program. After the meeting took place, DeWaay made statements to … [Read more…]
by Understand the Times with Roger Oakland Greetings, I have returned from the conference I was speaking at in Rome, Italy and am spending time with my family over the holidays. Please pray for me and my entire family and the new direction for ministry that God is leading me in the future. With regard … [Read more…]
In less than 48 hours after Roger Oakland of Understand the Times posted an article (on 11/15/07) titled “Ichabod,” his radio program was removed from Calvary Chapel’s radio network, KWVE. Lighthouse Trails contacted KWVE on November 19th to confirm the removal and to find out the reasons that this took place. Richard McIntosh, KWVE station … [Read more…]
by Malcolm Trosclair The first thing you learn when holding pastors accountable, is that no one likes to be held accountable, even pastors! It’s hard to believe that it was only ten months ago, that I wrote Pastor Bob Coy, Senior Pastor of Calvary Chapel Fort Lauderdale, asking him to please distance himself from the … [Read more…]
Update on the Exponential 2007 Conference On September 16th, Lighthouse Trails issued a report titled “Bob Coy Joins Contemplative Promoters Rick Warren and John Ortberg for Conference.” On October 12th in a telephone conversation, personnel at the Crown Financial Ministries office (the major sponsor for the event) said that originally Bob Coy was scheduled to … [Read more…]
by Understand the Times with Roger Oakland The heart and core of the Christian faith is the gospel of Jesus Christ according to the Scriptures. This foundational belief is under attack by many who are considered to be leaders of the Emerging Church movement that is sweeping the world and “re-inventing” Christianity. It is for … [Read more…]
From Roger Oakland Understand the Times There are pastors (including Calvary Chapel pastors) who are promoting Rob Bell’s view that Christianity must be “reinvented for the 21st century.” Rob Bell is one of the prominent leaders of the Emerging Church movement. In Faith Undone – the emerging church – new reformation or last day deception, … [Read more…]
The Church Report has released their annual“America’s 50 Most Influential Churches” poll. The list is compiled each year by getting the input of around 2000 church pastors and leaders. Last year’s list, on which we reported, is very similar to this year’s. Willow Creek (Bill Hybels) is in the number one spot, and Saddleback (Rick … [Read more…]
The number of Christian camps and retreat centers that are promoting contemplative is growing rapidly. We have found a few Christian camps that do not promote contemplative. Calvary Chapel Conference Center –California Camp Id-Ra-Ha-Je West – Colorado Good Tidings Bible Conference – New York Kings Camp – Louisiana Torchbearers – Texas Note: If you know … [Read more…]
1. Rick Warren Predicts Christian Fundamentalism To Be Enemy of 21st Century! 2. Awana Clubs:Are They Heading Toward Contemplative/Emergent? 3. Purpose Driven Resisters – Must Leave or Die 4. Will the Next Billy Graham be a Mystic? 5. Max Lucado Hops into the Contemplative Camp 6. Beth Moore Gives Thumbs Up to Be Still DVD … [Read more…]
According to her website, Liz Babbs is an “award-winning author, performer, broadcaster and spiritual mentor [who] travels extensively raising awareness of issues of health and spirituality.” Her book, Into God’s Presence, can be found in Christian bookstores and through various Christian ministries. Organizations like American Family Association (AFA), Christianbook.com, Calvary Chapel Fort Lauderdale, and Lifeway … [Read more…]
On September 28th, Shadow Mountain Community Church (David Jeremiah’s church) will present the Men’s Ministry Super Summit conference. The conference speakers include Greg Laurie, a Calvary Chapel pastor who recently opposed Calvary Chapel’s decision to reject Purpose Driven teachings and Mark Mittelburg, the evangelisim director at Willow Creek, a major proponent of both contemplative spirituality … [Read more…]
Pretty soon, it is back to school, and thousands of teens and young adults will be flooding the doors of Christian colleges and seminaries. For nearly five years now, we have been researching Christian colleges and seminaries, have spoken to countless professors and several presidents and have found that most of these higher education institutions … [Read more…]
According to Christianity Today, author Anne Lamott is a “funny, nutty, fast-talking, born-again author.” ChristianBook.com would probably consider Lamott a “born-again Christian” as well as they carry two of her books. Calvary Chapel Fort Lauderdale carries one of Lamott’s books in their online bookstore, and Lamott wrote the foreword for Zondervan author, Mark Yaconelli’s new … [Read more…]
by Roger Oakland Why did Calvary Distribution remove Rick Warren’s Purpose Driven books and related materials from their distribution? I believe these four reasons I have discussed are reasonable and a valid answer to that question: Differences in Eschatology Differences with regard to the Emerging Church Differences with regard to contemplative prayer and mysticism Differences … [Read more…]