LTRP Note: The following is posted for research and informational purposes. Pensacola Christian College will no doubt be labeled as hateful, homophobic, and intolerant for cancelling a music concert after learning that one of the members of the renowned UK singing group is “gay.”* Already, news sources and social media outlets throughout the western world … [Read more…]
By Gregory Reid Occultism and Satanism are on the rise among youth. TikTok is showing new trends where youth are showing others how to call on their “other personalities” to help them develop multiple personalities. Naturally, they will be calling on demons without knowing it. It’s just the next step up from when schools were … [Read more…]
LTRJ Note: In 2012, Lighthouse Trails tried to warn the church about the contemplative-promoting band, Gungor, in our article titled Tens of Thousands Introduced to Contemplative Advocates Gungor and David Crowder at Greg Laurie’s Harvest Crusade. Our warning was ignored by Christian leaders such as Greg Laurie and certain other large Calvary Chapel churches. As … [Read more…]
By Milton QuintanillaChristian Headlines Kevin Max, a member of the Grammy award-winning Christian band DC Talk, recently stirred up controversy after he identified himself as an “exvangelical”, leading many to think he has departed from the faith. In a tweet over the weekend, Max wrote the following, “Hello, my name is Kevin Max & I’m an #exvangelical.” … [Read more…]
LTRP Note: The following news story is posted for informational and research purposes. By Michael FoustChristianheadlines.com The lead singer of the Christian contemporary group Hawk Nelson said in an Instagram post last week he doesn’t believe in God and “can no longer stand on stage” and sing the band’s songs because of his new stance. … [Read more…]
By Larry DeBruyn On music’s native ability to engender “religious” experiences Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. Colossians 3:16 Music engenders mystical experiences. This can be discerned from Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The … [Read more…]
LTRP Note: Lighthouse Trails will be publishing a booklet in the near future by Sandy Simpson on worship and today’s Christian music. Below is an excerpt of his material on this subject. Many people who contact Lighthouse Trails are very concerned about the changes they are seeing in the worship music in their churches. By … [Read more…]
By Trevor Baker Somewhere in my mind rings the words to an old Christian song. I can’t quite remember it’s name but I do recall some of the words. In essence it was saying that we needed to stop by the church sometime when our soul is in trouble. This all sounds like good, wholesome … [Read more…]
Dear Lighthouse Trails: Have to comment on the current Justin Bieber phenomenon that is sweeping the millennial community. It is not only this age of people that are star struck by this young man. Recently, on Faith Radio, I was astonished to hear a story of the announcer extolling the fact that he has been … [Read more…]
Nick Hall’s Together event is back again (October 20-21), this year as Together 2018 at the Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas (which can hold around 1/2 million people). On the event’s Facebook page, it reads: Love Matt Chandler? See him and many more for free on October 20-21 as we bring the nation … [Read more…]
Lighthouse Trails has known for several years that Calvin College is a contemplative-promoting institution, but it looks like that influence has seeped into a ministry of Calvin College, Hymnary.org, an online resource that provides the lyrics and information for thousands of hymns. A Lighthouse Trails reader brought to our attention this week that on the … [Read more…]
By Trevor Baker Stories of school shootings, bus crashes and multiple innocent deaths on a Toronto sidewalk have our minds left bewildered. In moments like these, we search for answers to it all. Some, I believe, go even deeper than that in search of answers to life itself. It can almost be certain that at … [Read more…]
In 2011, Roger Oakland introduced Lighthouse Trails to Trevor Baker and his music, and we’ve been listening to him ever since. Trevor sings about many of the things Lighthouse Trails writes about, and it doesn’t take too long listening to Trevor to know he’s a man after God’s own heart. A couple years ago, we … [Read more…]
This week we received the following information from a reader: Dear Lighthouse Trails: Gloria Gaither is the author of many influential songs including “There’s Something About That Name.” She writes glowing reviews of the two books listed below. One by Richard Rohr, a Roman Catholic priest and the other by Sue Monk Kidd who believes … [Read more…]
LTRP Note: The following lyrics are written by song writer and singer Trevor Baker from his CD The Lonely Road. These lyrics below are to the title song, “The Lonely Road.” If you would like to listen to 30 second clips of this song and the other songs on that CD, click here. The Lonely … [Read more…]
Dear Lighthouse Friends, When I searched your blog, I did not find information on “Vicky Beeching.” She is apparently a big figure in Christian pop music. So you might want to put her on your blog list. I did not know about Vicky Beeching until yesterday: claiming to be an evangelical Christian, she revises Scripture … [Read more…]
LTRP Note: The following is part 1 of a recent interview that our Canadian friend and co-laborer in Christ Trevor Baker had with The Berean Call. Trevor will be singing at The Berean Call’s 2017 conference this year. We met Trevor, who is from Saskatchewan, through Roger Oakland a few years ago. After listening to … [Read more…]
The Saskatchewan cowboy, Trevor Baker, has a song about the “North American Christian.” It’s certainly something to think about. Click here to listen to the song. This song is from his The Lonely Road album. Trevor Baker always tells it like it is in a spirit of love and strength.
Amazing Grace by UK’s Amanda Le Bail (String of Pearls CD)
In 2011, Roger Oakland introduced Lighthouse Trails to Trevor Baker and his music, and we’ve been listening to him ever since. Trevor sings about many of the things Lighthouse Trails writes about, and it doesn’t take too long listening to Trevor to know he’s a man after God’s own heart. We asked Trevor if he … [Read more…]
By The Berean Call CHRISTIAN SONGWRITER DARLENE ZSCHECH IS SINGING FOR POPE FRANCIS IN ST PETER’S SQUARE She will appear alongside fellow worship leader Don Moen and classical tenor Andrea Bocelli at the “Voices in Prayer” event held by Catholic charismatic group ‘Renewal in the Spirit’. Thousands are expected to gather in St Peter’s Square … [Read more…]
By Berit Kjos As our culture increasingly embraces the New Age and mystical practices, meditative music (much different than rock n’ roll), specifically created to provide an atmosphere for meditation is becoming more and more popular, and parents need to be on the alert. The emerging church has introduced “sensory worship” using candles, dimmed lights, … [Read more…]
LTRP Note: Lighthouse Trails has posted other articles in the past (see links below) about the “Christian” band called Gungor in connection with its contemplative/emerging beliefs and the appearances at some Calvary Chapel churches (including Greg Laurie’s Harvest Crusade). For those who would like more information on the biblical account of creation, please watch Roger … [Read more…]
“Howard Books publishes works from many well-known Christian authors, including Dave Ramsey, Dr. Charles Stanley, and the Duggar family.” By Garrett Haley Christian News Network A Christian publishing company has generated criticism for agreeing to publish a memoir from Jennifer Knapp—a former contemporary Christian singer who now describes herself as a lesbian. Jennifer Knapp, now … [Read more…]
LTRP Note: As figures and leaders in the emerging church are quickly coming forth in support of homosexual marriage, let us not forget that mainstream evangelical leaders such as Rick Warren and Bill Hybels, helped to launch the emerging church in the first place and yet have never come forth and admitted this. While many … [Read more…]
LTRP NOTE: If you have not read Larry DeBruyn’s article “The Music and the Mystical,” this would be a good time to do so. By Roger Oakland Understand the Times Many who attended Calvary Chapel of Costa Mesa in the past under the leadership of Pastor Chuck Smith are wondering what changes to expect now that … [Read more…]
LTRP Note: The following news story is posted here for informational and research purposes and not as an endorsement of the content. Interestingly, Washington Post wrote a similar story in 2008 titled “Feeling Renewed By Ancient Traditions.” In that story, they quoted briefly from one of the Lighthouse Trails editors (name spelled wrong) after a … [Read more…]
In 2011, Roger Oakland introduced us to Trevor Baker and his music, and we’ve been listening to him ever since. Trevor sings about many of the things Lighthouse Trails writes about, and it doesn’t take too long listening to Trevor to know he’s a man after God’s own heart. His songs are a mixture of … [Read more…]
LTRP Note: Regarding the following news article from Christian News Network, we have a clip of the “Christian” band in question from YouTube, but we do not want to put it on our blog so here is the link to it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLg118JfEWE. Here is another link to the band as they sing a “Christian” song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvadaaQGkP0. … [Read more…]
By Berit Kjos (from her new release, How to Protect Your Child From the New Age & Spiritual Deception) Music is a lot like alcohol and drugs. It can be very deceiving and destructive when misused. It can distort one’s emotions, reasoning, judgment, perspective and behavior. Peer pressure only makes it worse. Paul Proctor (former … [Read more…]
