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Lighthouse Trails to Send Out 19th Mailing to Christian Pastors and Leaders

December 26, 2022 by Lighthouse Trails Editors Leave a Comment

For seven years, Lighthouse Trails has been sending out topical booklets three times a year to a growing list of pastors and Christian leaders. This week, we will be sending out our final mailing of 2022 to Christian leaders & pastors. Our current list has nearly 1000 (dropped down to 950 from invalid addresses or … [Read more…]

Posted in: Calvinist/Reformed, Churches in Crisis!, Defending the Faith, Discernment, Legalism, Methodists, Nazarene Church, On Christian Faith, Wesleyan Church Tagged: booklets, calvinism, Catholicism, Christian leaders, david dombrowski, harry ironside, holiness movement grace, legalism, mailings, pastors, salvation

New Booklet by Harry Ironside: My Conversion and My Journey Out of “the Holiness Movement”

October 28, 2022 by Lighthouse Trails author 5 Comments

My Conversion and My Journey Out of “the Holiness Movement” by Harry Ironside is our newest Lighthouse Trails Booklet. The booklet is 18 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. Special Editor’s Note: For … [Read more…]

Posted in: Book/Music Excerpts, Defending the Faith, Legalism, Methodists, Nazarene Church, On Christian Faith, RESOURCES, The Gospel, The Word of God, Wesleyan Church Tagged: harry ironside, holiness movement, legalism, redemption, salvation, salvation army, sanctification, the cross

Passion Conference Louie Giglio Gives Thumbs Up to Enneagram—Could Influence Scores of Young Evangelicals

April 20, 2020 by Lighthouse Trails author 7 Comments

Louie Giglio is an extremely popular megachurch pastor and author as well as the founder and leader of the Passion conferences, which have drawn in hundreds of thousands of mostly young people since 1997.(1) On the week of March 16th, Giglio (a Calvinist) was a guest on emergent social-justice “Gospel” advocate Ian Morgan Cron’s Enneagram … [Read more…]

Posted in: Book/Music Excerpts, Calvinist/Reformed, Christian Publishers/Bookstores, Churches in Crisis!, Conference Alerts, Contemplative Practices, Ecumenism, Enneagram, FOR MILLENNIALS, InterVarsity Press, Methodists, Mystical Practices, New Evangelicalism, The Emerging Church, The New (False) Spirituality, The New Spirituality, The Role of Meditation, Wesleyan Church Tagged: enneagram, giglio, ian morgan cron, intervarsity, intervarsity christian fellowship, intervarsity press, lois putnam, lou giglio, methodists, mike oppenheimer, New Age, occultice practices, passion conferences, personality tests, richard rohr, wesleyan

New Booklet: The Enneagram—An Enlightening Tool or an Enticing Deception?

October 28, 2019 by Lighthouse Trails Editors 7 Comments

NEW BOOKLET: The Enneagram—An Enlightening Tool or an Enticing Deception? by Lois Putnam and the Editors at Lighthouse Trails is our newest Lighthouse Trails Booklet. The Booklet is 18 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 … [Read more…]

Posted in: Book/Music Excerpts, Christian Publishers/Bookstores, Contemplative Practices, Contemplative Spirituality, Enneagram, FOR MILLENNIALS, InterVarsity Press, Lectio Divina, Methodists, Mystical Practices, New Age movement, pantheism & panentheism, RESOURCES, The Emerging Church, The New Spirituality, The Role of Meditation, Wesleyan Church Tagged: chris heuertz, contemplative prayer, ego, enneagram, intervarsity, intervarsity christian fellowship, intervarsity press, lectio divina, lois putnam, mark batterson, methodists, perennial wisdom, phileena, suzanne stabile, wesleyan

Some Thoughts Worth Considering on Pub Theology

September 24, 2018 by A Ministry in His Service 6 Comments

LTRP Note: Recently, a father called us very concerned about the growing popularity of “Pub Theology.” He asked if we had any information about it. The late Larry DeBruyn wrote the following article in 2009 and gave permission for Lighthouse Trails to post it. Since 2009, Pub Theology has indeed increased greatly in popularity, especially … [Read more…]

Posted in: Churches in Crisis!, FOR MILLENNIALS, Health, Legalism, Missions, Signs of the Times, The Emerging Church, The New Spirituality, Wesleyan Church Tagged: alcohol, beer, emerging church, evangelism, health, millennials, pub theology, wesleyan, youth

NEW BOOKLET: Forgiving—A Story of Forgiveness and How and Why We Should Forgive

March 21, 2018 by Lighthouse Trails author 1 Comment

NEW BOOKLET: Forgiving—A Story of Forgiveness and How and Why We Should Forgive by Maria Kneas and Egerton Ryerson Young 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 … [Read more…]

Posted in: Book/Film Reviews, Book/Music Excerpts, Encouragement, Native Spirituality, On Christian Faith, RESOURCES, Wesleyan Church Tagged: cree people, egerton, forgiveness, forgiving, maria kneas, mask-e-pe-toon, native americans, ryerson young, wesleyan

Labyrinths Have Found Their Place in the Christian Church

November 4, 2017 by Lighthouse Trails Editors 2 Comments

We received the top two photos this week from a reader. Below that are photos of various labyrinths in churches across North America. We have posted these, not to single out these particular churches, but rather to show examples of how many denominations have now incorporated the contemplative mystical practice of walking the labyrinth. And … [Read more…]

Posted in: Churches in Crisis!, Contemplative Practices, Contemplative Spirituality, Labyrinths, Methodists, Wesleyan Church Tagged: carl teichrib, churches in crisis, contemplative prayer, labyrinths, lutherans, meditation, mennonites, methodists, wesleyan

** 100th BOOKLET FROM LIGHTHOUSE TRAILS! ** Quantum Spirituality and Leonard Sweet’s “More Magnificent Way” of Seeing Christ

September 5, 2016 by Lighthouse Trails author

Editor’s Introduction Note: It is very fitting that our 100th Booklet is about emerging-church leader Leonard Sweet. Many of you may not know who he is or know very little about him, but his influence in the church has been significant. He is a prolific author who has been writing popular books since the 1990s, … [Read more…]

Posted in: A Global Spirituality, Assemblies of God, Book/Film Reviews, Charismatic, Churches in Crisis!, Conference Alerts, JESUS CALLING, Methodists, New Age movement, pantheism & panentheism, RESOURCES, Rick Warren, The Emerging Church, The New Spirituality, Wesleyan Church Tagged: Alice Bailey, chardin, Christian leaders, frank viola, george fox university, jesus calling, Leonard Sweet, methodists, new spirituality, pierre teilhard de chardin, quantum, quantum spirituality, sarah young, Warren B. Smith, wesleyan

Assemblies of God Leader Dr. George Wood Joins New Age Sympathizer Leonard Sweet at Luther 2017 (Another Step Toward Rome?)

August 29, 2016 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

Dr. George Wood, General Superintendent of the Assemblies of God denomination,  is scheduled to share the platform with New Age sympathizer Leonard Sweet next year in Berlin, Germany at an event called Luther 2017. Dr. Wood was the subject of several Lighthouse Trails articles in 2013 for his promotion of contemplative teacher Ruth Haley Barton … [Read more…]

Posted in: A Global Spirituality, Churches in Crisis!, Conference Alerts, Road to Rome, Signs of the Times, The New Evangelization, Wesleyan Church Tagged: anne graham lotz, Assemblies of God, dr. george wood, Ecumenism, greg laurie, kay arthur, pentecostal, roman catholic church, ruth haley barton, tony palmer, wesleyan

Letter to the Editor: Does Lighthouse Trails Only Cover the Contemplative Prayer Issue?

August 16, 2016 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

Dear Lighthouse Trails: I was thinking about the cost of mail and how it affects your ministry.  I wonder whether it would now require broader topics to keep it going.  So many of your readers like me have read your warnings about the contemplatives for many years now and perhaps there could be other areas … [Read more…]

Posted in: General Information, LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, Methodists, Wesleyan Church Tagged: America, Bible prophecy, Catholicism, CHILDREN AT RISK!, Christian colleges, Christian leaders, contemplative, Contemplative Spirituality, deception, emerging church, end-times, Homosexuality, Interspirituality, Islam, Israel, meditation, methodists, mysticism, Rick Warren, spiritual formation, The Emerging Church, wesleyan

Lighthouse Trails Begins Second Booklet-Mailing Project – This Time to 235 Christian College/Seminary Presidents

May 25, 2016 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

On the week of May 16, 2016, Lighthouse Trails began a second booklet-mailing project. Whereas our first booklet-mailing project is sending out booklets and short letters to over 130 Christian leaders every 2-3 months, this new project is reaching out to 235 Christian college and seminary presidents (and some deans). After 14 years of research, … [Read more…]

Posted in: Calvinist/Reformed, Christian Publishers/Bookstores, Contemplative Colleges, Contemplative Spirituality, InterVarsity Press, Spiritual Formation, The Emerging Church, The New Spirituality, Wesleyan Church Tagged: Christian colleges, Christian leaders, Contemplative Spirituality, cornerstone university, emerging church, intervarsity, intervarsity christian fellowship, intervarsity press, Ray Yungen, reformed theology, Richard Foster, seminaries, spiritual deception, spiritual formation, wesleyan

Ichabod Fulfilled in the Body of Christ

May 23, 2016 by Lighthouse Trails author

LTRJ Note: Some who read this article and other similar articles by Roger Oakland and LT accuse us of “lumping” all Calvary Chapels together saying they are all bad. We find this line of reasoning troubling. Lighthouse Trails historically has challenged many denominations (and the leaders within those groups), Calvary Chapel being one of them. … [Read more…]

Posted in: Bethel Church (Redding), Calvinist/Reformed, Charismatic, Christian & Missionary Alliance, Churches in Crisis!, Concerns for Calvary Chapel, Creation/Evolution, Defending the Faith, Ecumenism, Mennonites, Saddleback, Signs of the Times, Southern Baptist Convention, Spiritual Deception, The New (False) Spirituality, The Preaching of the Cross, Wesleyan Church, Willow Creek/Hybels Tagged: America, apostasy, Calvary Chapel, christian churches, discernment, let there be light, Roger Oakland, shepherds, spiritual deception, Understand the Times, watchmen

Second Lighthouse Trails Letter and Booklet Pack to Be Sent to 130+ Christian Leaders

May 18, 2016 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

In March of this year, Lighthouse Trails sent out a letter and a booklet to over 130 Christian leaders. We told our readers about this on February 25th in an article titled “Lighthouse Trails Publishing to Make Contact with Over 100 Christian Leaders to Warn About Jesus Calling.” The booklet we sent was Warren B. … [Read more…]

Posted in: Beth Moore, Churches in Crisis!, Contemplative Colleges, Contemplative Spirituality, Defending the Faith, Priscilla Shirer, Spiritual Deception, Spiritual Formation, Wesleyan Church Tagged: Beth Moore, cbn, Christian colleges, Christian leaders, chuck missler, contemplative prayer, cornerstone university, emerging church, jesus calling, living proof ministries, pat robertson, Ray Yungen, Road to Rome, Roger Oakland, spiritual deception, Warren B. Smith, wesleyan

Looking for a Christian College for Your Child in 2016 – Better Be Careful!

March 5, 2016 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

Spring 2016 is almost here, which means parents will be diligently helping their college-age children search for Christian colleges, seminaries, and universities for enrollment for this coming fall. As many of you know, Lighthouse Trails has been researching Christian colleges for 14 years. Three years ago, we published a report called An Epidemic of Apostasy, … [Read more…]

Posted in: Calvinist/Reformed, Contemplative Colleges, Contemplative Spirituality, Nazarene Church, Spiritual Deception, Spiritual Formation, Wesleyan Church Tagged: apostasy, Christian colleges, christian universities, Contemplative Spirituality, cornerstone university, daniel goleman, emerging church, Henri Nouwen, reformed theology, seminaries, spiritual formation, wesleyan

Letter to the Editor: General Superintendent, Jo Anne Lyon, Leading Wesleyan Church Down Contemplative/Emergent Road

October 31, 2015 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

Dear Lighthouse Trails: The Wesleyan church is being lead by Jo Anne Lyon, who has yoked the denomination with false teachers.  I had been in a church that was taken over by the Wesleyan denomination.  I later transferred my membership away from it.  She has spoken in our church and she all but tripped over … [Read more…]

Posted in: Churches in Crisis!, Contemplative Denominations, Contemplative Practices, Contemplative Spirituality, Environment/Climate Change, Lectio Divina, LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, The Emerging Church, Wesleyan Church Tagged: Contemplative Spirituality, jo anne lyon, letter to the editor, Richard Foster, Rick Warren, spiritual formation, The Emerging Church, wesleyan, wesleyan church

The Story of Mask-e-pe-toon – A Powerful Cree Chief Who Found the Truth

August 6, 2015 by Lighthouse Trails author

LTRP Note: In the spring of 2011, Lighthouse Trails published Stories From Indian Wigwams and Northern Campfires. The book, written by Egerton Ryerson Young, an itinerate preacher and missionary to the Canadian Native Americans in the late 1800s, is a fascinating and inspiring account of Young’s work with the Cree people. Amazingly, as we were in … [Read more…]

Posted in: Book/Music Excerpts, Canada, Native Spirituality, The Gospel, Wesleyan Church Tagged: Canada, cree people, egerton ryerson young, missionaries, Missions, muddy waters, nanci des gerlaise, native americans, salvation, stories from indian wigwams and northern campfires, the gospel, wesleyan

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

Nevada’s Interspiritual Scene – “Faith Leaders” Pray to the “Gods” For Rain

February 7, 2014 by Miscellaneous News Source

LTRP Note: Out of House News Source posted for informational and research purposes and not as an endorsement. PRLog (Press Release) – Christian, Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, Jewish, Baha’i and other faith leaders participated in a joint prayer service in Nevada on February one afternoon urging for divine intervention in view of persistent drought conditions in … [Read more…]

Posted in: A Global Spirituality, Interspirituality, Wesleyan Church Tagged: Baha’i, Buddhist, christian, Hindu, Interspirituality, Jewish, lds, mormons, Muslim, prayer, utah, wesleyan

Texas Wesleyan University Offers Prayer Room for Muslim Students

December 2, 2013 by Miscellaneous News Source

LTRP Note: Texas Wesleyan University is connected to the United Methodist Church. This would be considered a mainline denomination (e.g, Methodist, Lutheran, Presbyterian). These have traditionally pioneered the way in accepting heretical beliefs and practices into the church.  Contemplative spirituality has,  for the most part, been received with wide open arms in these denominations; later it moved … [Read more…]

Posted in: Chrislam, Contemplative Colleges, Ecumenism, Interspirituality, Islam, Methodists, Signs of the Times, The Emerging Church, Wesleyan Church Tagged: Bible prophecy, chrislam, Christian colleges, Contemplative Spirituality, emerging church, Interspirituality, Islam, methodists, texas wesleyan university, The Emerging Church, wesleyan

Biola Conference Welcomes Ruth Haley Barton as it Continues Heartily Down Contemplative Path

October 9, 2013 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

On October 16th, Biola University will host its Torrey Conference 2013, and contemplative teacher Ruth Haley Barton will be a featured speaker at the event. This does not come as a great surprise to the editors at Lighthouse Trails because Biola has been going down the contemplative path for quite sometime. But because there are … [Read more…]

Posted in: Conference Alerts, Contemplative Colleges, Contemplative Spirituality, Lectio Divina, Wesleyan Church Tagged: adele ahlberg calhoun, Biola, biola university, Christian colleges, contemplative prayer, Contemplative Spirituality, Dallas Willard, meditation, mysticism, ruth haley barton, Thomas Keating, wesleyan

Catholic Evangelization and the Role of the “Eucharist” in This End-Time Deception

September 25, 2013 by Lighthouse Trails author

By Roger Oakland Understand the Times For those who are not aware of the Catholic Church’s New Evangelization program, let me provide a brief overview. The Catholic Church plans to establish the kingdom of God on earth and win the world to the Catholic Jesus (i.e., the Eucharistic Christ). This will be accomplished when the … [Read more…]

Posted in: Calvinist/Reformed, Christian Publishers/Bookstores, EFCA, InterVarsity Press, Road to Rome, The Emerging Church, Wesleyan Church, Willow Creek/Hybels Tagged: Bible prophecy, Catholicism, Contemplative Spirituality, efca, end-times, eucharist, Eucharistic Christ, intervarsity, intervarsity christian fellowship, intervarsity press, last days, new evangelization, pope, reformed theology, Roger Oakland, Roman Catholicism, wesleyan

The Story of Mask-e-pe-toon – A Murderous Native American Who Found His Savior

July 29, 2013 by Lighthouse Trails author

LTRP Note: In the spring of 2011, Lighthouse Trails published Stories From Indian Wigwams and Northern Campfires. The book, written by Egerton Ryerson Young, an itinerate preacher and missionary to the Canadian Native Americans in the late 1800s, is a fascinating and inspiring account of Young’s work with the Cree people. Amazingly, as we were in … [Read more…]

Posted in: Book/Music Excerpts, Canada, Missions, Wesleyan Church Tagged: canadian indians, ergerton ryerson young, first nations, Missions, nanci des gerlaise, native american spirituality, stories from indian wigwams and northern campfires, wesleyan

Sending Your Child or Teen to Camp This Summer? – Be Careful – Many are Promoting Contemplative Spirituality

June 18, 2013 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

Summer is here, and the kids are out of school until fall. Many Christian parents will be sending their youth to Christian summer camps or retreats. But there are now many Christian retreat and conference centers that are advocating or promoting contemplative spirituality and the emerging church. Such camps would be spiritually dangerous choices to send … [Read more…]

Posted in: CHILDREN AT RISK!, Christian Organizations, Conference Alerts, Contemplative Spirituality, Methodists, Music, Wesleyan Church Tagged: ccca, CHILDREN AT RISK!, christian camp and conference association, christian youth camps, contemplative, Contemplative Spirituality, duffy robbins, emerging church, labyrinths, lectio divina, methodists, new church specialties, spiritual formation, Thomas Merton, wesleyan, Yoga

NEW BOOKLET: An Epidemic of Apostasy – How Christian Seminaries Must Incorporate “Spiritual Formation” to Become Accredited

June 15, 2013 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

An Epidemic of Apostasy – How Christian Seminaries Must Incorporate “Spiritual Formation” to Become Accredited 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.  Below is the content of the booklet. There is a also an … [Read more…]

Posted in: Calvinist/Reformed, CHILDREN AT RISK!, Contemplative Colleges, Contemplative Spirituality, RESOURCES, Spiritual Formation, Wesleyan Church Tagged: abhe, ats, baylor, Biola, biola university, briercrest, CHILDREN AT RISK!, Christian colleges, contemplative prayer, Contemplative Spirituality, cornerstone university, emerging church, moody, reformed theology, spiritual formation, Talbot, tracts, wesleyan

Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI) Sticks With Contemplative After All

April 1, 2013 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

In 2008, Lighthouse Trails wrote an article titled “Association of Christian Schools International Adds Spiritual Formation and Promotes Contemplative Authors.” The article challenged the ACSI because of its obvious contemplative propensities and how that was going to affect millions of students worldwide. You see, the ACSI claims to be the “largest Protestant educational organization in the world” … [Read more…]

Posted in: CHILDREN AT RISK!, Contemplative Colleges, Contemplative Organizations, Contemplative Practices, Contemplative Spirituality, Wesleyan Church Tagged: acsi, association of christian schools international, Christian colleges, contemplative prayer, Contemplative Spirituality, daniel egeler, spiritual formation, wesleyan

Christian or Christ-Follower – Two Terms with Different Meanings

November 8, 2012 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

Christian or Christ-follower. It’s a distinction that is being made more and more today, and often the latter term, Christ follower, is replacing the former term, Christian. Even many Christian leaders are making the switch. But just what does it mean? Emerging church leader, Erwin McManus says his “goal is to destroy Christianity as a … [Read more…]

Posted in: Contemplative Spirituality, The Role of Meditation, Wesleyan Church, Willow Creek/Hybels Tagged: christ follower, christian, contemplative, Dan Kimball, Henri Nouwen, lectio divina, Thomas Merton, wesleyan

Book Alert: Soul Feast by Marjorie Thompson

October 29, 2012 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

Soul Feast by Marjorie Thompson is a book that promotes mantra meditation and New Age mystics. It stands among many other contemplative prayer books that do the same. But what is so alarming is that it also stands within the ranks of many Christian ministries, organizations, churches, and colleges. While Thompson does not hide her … [Read more…]

Posted in: Book/Film Reviews, Contemplative Spirituality, pantheism & panentheism, Saddleback, The Ancient Mystics, Wesleyan Church, Willow Creek/Hybels Tagged: Henri Nouwen, marjorie thompson, matthew fox, mysticism, New Age, presbyterian church, soul feast, Thomas Merton, upper room ministries, walk to emmaus, wesleyan

“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

Reader finds “An Afternoon with a Spiritual Formation Professor at a North American Bible School” to be “Junk”

February 10, 2012 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

After posting an excerpt of the Lighthouse Trails novel Castles in the Sand last week, which we titled “An Afternoon with a Spiritual Formation Professor at a North American Bible School,” we received the following e-mail from a pastor. You give some good information in your letters that is useful. Why the garbage that no one … [Read more…]

Posted in: Book/Music Excerpts, Christian Publishers/Bookstores, Contemplative Colleges, InterVarsity Press, Spiritual Formation, Wesleyan Church Tagged: Biola, biola university, Christian colleges, contemplative, contemplative prayer, Contemplative Spirituality, cornerstone university, deception, emerging church, intervarsity, intervarsity christian fellowship, intervarsity press, Liberty University, mysticism, Talbot, wesleyan

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
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  • Viral Margaret Sanger Clip Reminds Us That Planned Parenthood Victimizes the Vulnerable June 3, 2023
  • The Trinity: Christology June 1, 2023
  • Discernment Detractors: Calling Good Evil May 31, 2023
  • Christian Leaders—A New Openness . . . to the Catholic Church May 23, 2023
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  • Viral Margaret Sanger Clip Reminds Us That Planned Parenthood Victimizes the Vulnerable
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on June 3, 2023 at 1:41 pm

    Viral Margaret Sanger Clip Reminds Us That Planned Parenthood Victimizes the Vulnerable By Evita Duffy-AlfonsoThe Federalist Anow-viral clip of a 1957 interview between Margaret Sanger and Mike Wallace is exposing the depravity of Planned Parenthood’s founder. The clip reveals to millions the eugenicist origins of America’s largest abortion provider, which since its founding has preyed on the vulnerable, from the poor and disabled to the gender confused. ... [Read more...] The post Viral Margaret Sanger Clip Reminds Us That Planned Parenthood Victimizes the Vulnerable appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • The Trinity: Christology
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on June 1, 2023 at 12:45 pm

    The Trinity: Christology By Mike Oppenheimer From his book, The Trinity: The Triune Nature of God If we are to grasp who God is, we must understand the core doctrine of the nature of God. Acceptance of the biblical view is what separates one from other views such as the polytheism found in Hinduism or the strict monotheism ... [Read more...] The post The Trinity: Christology appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • Discernment Detractors: Calling Good Evil
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on May 31, 2023 at 12:22 pm

    Discernment Detractors: Calling Good Evil By Warren B. Smith Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! —Isaiah 5:20 In the first book of Kings, God comes to Solomon in a dream and tells him he can ask for anything that ... [Read more...] The post Discernment Detractors: Calling Good Evil appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • Christian Leaders—A New Openness . . . to the Catholic Church
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on May 23, 2023 at 1:16 pm

    Christian Leaders—A New Openness . . . to the Catholic Church LTRP Note: The information in this article was written a few years ago, but it remains as relevant today as it did back then—in fact, more so as you can see from the articles we link to at the bottom of this article. If you do not understand what the Catholic Church really teaches and stands ... [Read more...] The post Christian Leaders—A New Openness . . . to the Catholic Church appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • Is Your Church Doing “Spiritual Formation”? (Important Reasons Why They Shouldn’t)
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on May 18, 2023 at 12:48 pm

    Is Your Church Doing “Spiritual Formation”? (Important Reasons Why They Shouldn’t) Editor’s Note: Lighthouse Trails wrote this report in 2014. Since then, we have watched “Spiritual Formation” explode within the church. After over twenty years of warnings, to our dismay, the issue has not been challenged or even questioned by most of today’s Christian leaders and pastors. By Lighthouse Trails Editors Is your church involved in ... [Read more...] The post Is Your Church Doing “Spiritual Formation”? (Important Reasons Why They Shouldn’t) appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • Civil Rights Activist, Bob Woodsen, Provides Insights on “Reparations”
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on May 13, 2023 at 12:34 pm

    Civil Rights Activist, Bob Woodsen, Provides Insights on “Reparations” Back in the summer of 2020, when terms like Critical Race Theory, Black Lives Matter, White Fragility, and so forth were being brought forth by activists and mainstream media (insisting that all white people were racists just for the mere fact of the color of their skin), Lighthouse Trails learned about the work of veteran ... [Read more...] The post Civil Rights Activist, Bob Woodsen, Provides Insights on “Reparations” appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • A Story of Full Assurance of Salvation—”The Kindly Old Gentleman”
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on May 13, 2023 at 12:03 pm

    A Story of Full Assurance of Salvation—”The Kindly Old Gentleman” By Harry IronsideAn excerpt from his book, Full Assurance: Finding Settled Peace With God Many years ago, I was holding a series of evangelistic meetings in a little country schoolhouse some miles out of Santa Cruz, California. One day, I was out driving with a kindly old gentleman who was attending the services nightly but ... [Read more...] The post A Story of Full Assurance of Salvation—”The Kindly Old Gentleman” appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • Two New Books From Lighthouse Trails – Now Available
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on May 10, 2023 at 7:40 pm

    Two New Books From Lighthouse Trails – Now Available Lighthouse Trails is pleased to announce the arrival of two new books! Book #1: The Truth Set Us Free: Twenty-three Former Nuns Tell Their Stories Lighthouse Trails is excited to release the third edition of this book. It was first published in 1997 by Winepress and then in 2010 by Solid Ground Christian Books. It ... [Read more...] The post Two New Books From Lighthouse Trails – Now Available appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • Check Out the Lighthouse Trails Online Store
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on May 5, 2023 at 1:06 pm

    Check Out the Lighthouse Trails Online Store Lighthouse Trails Publishing began in 2002 in order to publish Ray Yungen’s unpublished manuscript, A Time of Departing. Two years later in 2004, we began Lighthouse Trails Research Project as a way to provide free research material to our readers. That second website grew into a large site with hundreds of web pages and articles ... [Read more...] The post Check Out the Lighthouse Trails Online Store appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • “A Life With Purpose” – A Glimpse at the Past to Better Understand the Present
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on May 4, 2023 at 10:33 am

    “A Life With Purpose” – A Glimpse at the Past to Better Understand the Present LTRP Note: In 2012, a man named George Mair passed away. He had written a glowing biography about Rick Warren, and what followed broke his heart and revealed many things that would clarify the roots of where the church was heading. By Warren B. Smith(The following is from Warren Smith’s book, A “Wonderful” Deception, chapter 5.) ... [Read more...] The post “A Life With Purpose” – A Glimpse at the Past to Better Understand the Present appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

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