Category: —The Preaching of the Cross

Our Singular Most Important Accomplishment

By David Dombrowski May I ask a question? Of all the things one might accomplish in this life, what would be the most important and far-reaching thing one could do? Granted, there are many things a person could do to…

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Ironside: “If Only I Could Be Sure I Was in the Right Church.”

LTRP Note: The following is from Harry Ironside’s book Full Assurance. By Harry Ironside A comment put to me: “If I could only be sure I was in the right church, I would feel secure; but there are so many different churches that…

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Ironside: “Saved by His Life”

By Harry Ironside (1876-1951)From his book, Changed by Beholding What does it mean then, when it says we “are saved by His life?” It means this, that He who died for us on the Cross now lives to carry us…

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A Biblical Perspective on Salvation – “That Ye May Know . . .”

By David Dombrowski No subject ever discussed can be more important and crucial in this life than the subject of salvation. This is what the citizens of Berea were discussing where it says in Acts 17:11, “they received the word…

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RESURRECTION! By Harry Ironside

By Harry A. Ironside He preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection . . . And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men everywhere to repent: because he hath appointed a day, in the which…

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Makes No Sense for Contemplatives to Celebrate Easter

The Church’s fixation on the death of Jesus as the universal saving act must end, and the place of the cross must be reimagined in Christian faith. Why? Because of the cult of suffering and the vindictive God behind it.1—Alan…

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Calvinism: Changing the Meaning of Words to Promote a Theory

In 2018, Lighthouse Trails published Bob Kirkland’s book Calvinism: None Dare Call It Heresy. Over the last number of years, the editors at Lighthouse Trails have grown increasingly troubled and dismayed to see how Calvinism has and continues to infiltrate today’s…

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

By Egerton Ryerson Young(Missionary to the Cree people in Manitoba in the late 1800s) The following incident occurred years ago on the great plains of the Canadian Northwest, long before the waves of Anglo-Saxon civilization began to surge over those…

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Changed By Beholding Him

By Harry Ironside But as God is true, our word toward you was not yea and nay. (2 Corinthians 1:18) The opening verses of this chapter are, I think, a bit ironical. The apostle Paul had been used of God…

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Witness to This Generation Through “Farmer Theology”

For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. (Romans 1:16) By Roger Oakland What is…

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Dear Pastors and Christian Leaders—Are You Defending the Gospel or Forgetting the Gospel?

By David DombrowskiEditor at Lighthouse Trails Often times, people call our office asking what denomination we are. We realize that this is a probing question designed to find out more about us. The truth is, Lighthouse Trails Publishing has never…

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What is the Glory of the Resurrection?

By David DombrowskiEditor at Lighthouse Trails A number of years ago, there was a knock at the office door, and when I answered it, I was greeted by a lady with a cheery face telling me of a most significant…

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