LTRP Note: This letter to the editor is from a long-time Lighthouse Trails reader. Dear Lighthouse Trails Editors: Perhaps you are aware of the big, channeled The Urantia Book, which is akin to A Course in Miracles. Urantia is incredibly dangerous and demonic. While we know who A Course in Miracles was channeled through, there … [Read more…]
Note: This booklet is the collaborative effort of a wide cross-section of ministries and individuals who are concerned about the spiritual deception that has entered the church and is not being confronted and exposed by church leaders. This booklet is published by Spiritual Research Network. To order this booklet, click here for SRN or here … [Read more…]
Occultic Practices & Beliefs Crossing Into Charismatic Revivalism by Chris Lawson 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. Below is the content of this … [Read more…]
World Government on the Horizon? by Tony Pearce 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. Below is the content of this new booklet. To … [Read more…]
LTRP Note: The following letter to the editor from a Lighthouse Trails reader raises valid concerns about circumstances surrounding the Asbury “revival.” While Asbury University personnel and numerous secular and religious media outlets say that the “revival” is “pure, unplanned, organic,” and unexpected, it turns out an NAR/IHOP*-connected group had been planning a revival event … [Read more…]
Global Revival or Global Deception: 10 Critical Warnings From the Titanic to the Church by Warren B. Smith 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 … [Read more…]
By John LanaganThe Word Like Fire ministries Below is a video of the Alabaster House of Bethel Church of Redding, California. According to the Bethel Redding website, it is a place to “be in contemplative prayer and enjoy God’s presence.” You are listening to the voice of Bill Johnson from a sermon given some years ago, and … [Read more…]
THE CHOSEN Series—10 Critical Concerns 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. Below is the content of this new booklet. To order copies of … [Read more…]
By L. Sharp Guest Writer I am writing to address two related topics: 1) Francis Chan’s new book released 4/1/21 titled Until Unity 2) Francis Chan’s conversation with Hank Hanegraaff and KP Yohannan regarding Chan’s changing views on the so-called “Eucharist” (Aug. 2020 video on Hank Hanegraaff’s program). I. Francis Chan’s website about his new … [Read more…]
Dear Lighthouse Trails: I am writing to warn of Todd Bentley’s Jan.27, 2021 announcement of his plans for 2021. Bentley went “radio silent” last year, but has reappeared, apparently/supposedly with a “25 year mandate” from God. He is launching via various media platforms, and not just in America, but in other continents. In a 27 … [Read more…]
By Mike OppenheimerLet Us Reason Ministries The false Word of Faith teachers are showing their bad fruit. Can this be God’s way of showing false teachers to the church? On March 29th, Word of Faith teacher, Kenneth Copeland, stated: “In the Name of Jesus, standing in the office of the prophet of God, I execute … [Read more…]
By Bill Randles(Author of the new release, War Against the Saints) I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth. (1 John 2:21) The church is undergoing perhaps her final assault from within, as she has been beset with … [Read more…]
By Staff Writer From Christian Today (not Christianity Today) After turning his back on the prosperity gospel, Benny Hinn has admitted that his teachings “damaged a lot of people”. In a sit-down interview with Encounter TV, the televangelist said that he didn’t want to be “known as the prosperity teacher” and that there was “gimmickry” … [Read more…]
Note: For several years, Kevin Reeves was a member and elder in a NAR “River,” “Latter Rain” church. His testimony of how the Lord opened his eyes and delivered him from this deception is written in his book The Other Side of the River. The following is an extract of that book. By Kevin Reeves … [Read more…]
How do you start a true revival with key controversial NAR leaders—ask Francis Chan; he was there. Former pastor Francis Chan, who recently spoke at The Send conference in Florida with numerous NAR leaders such as Benny Hinn, Bill Johnson, Todd White, and Rodney Howard Browne, said in his own defense for sharing such a platform:
Note from LT Editors: Our hearts and prayers go out to the families in Florida who lost loved ones in the recent school shooting. These tragic horrific events are incomprehensible. While we carry on with our work here, we do not ever want to give the impression that we do not care for people around … [Read more…]
This interview from The Berean Call can be listened to by clicking here. Gary: Welcome to Search the Scriptures 24/7, featuring T. A. McMahon, a radio ministry of The Berean Call. I’m Gary Carmichael. We’re glad you could join us. In today’s program, Tom is joined by his guest, Rod Page, as they address the … [Read more…]
LTRP Note: Last week, it was announced in several news sources that Rodney Howard Browne was one of a number of “evangelical” leaders who laid hands on and prayed for Donald Trump at the White House. Browne is the “father” of the Holy Laughter movement and said on his Facebook page after last week’s presidential … [Read more…]
By T.A. McMahon The Berean Call Perfect storm defined: a mixture of seemingly varied events that converge together creating a greater magnitude of devastation. I remember as though it were yesterday a conversation I had with Dave Hunt not too long after he had moved to Bend, Oregon. He wanted me to move to Bend … [Read more…]
To Lighthouse Trails Editors: Bill Johnson of Bethel Church; Photo credit: Christianity Today | http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2016/may/cover-story-inside-popular-controversial-bethel-church.html I wanted to write you about Bethel’s trend of trying to make their teachings sound more “mainstream” evangelical, even though their aberrant teachings are clearly not (as LT has pointed out over the past few years through booklets, blogs, etc.). … [Read more…]
Written by the late evangelist to Africa, Loren Davis Reprint from 2005 In 1988, my wife and I went to Africa and have been working there ever since. When we first arrived there, we had little money and lived meagerly in harsh, brutal conditions our first ten years. From August 2000 to November 2005, through our … [Read more…]
Dear Lighthouse Trails: So Bethel Church leadership cannot feign ignorance on this phrase as their “Physics of Heaven” shows they are thoroughly versed in New age teachings. I was on Facebook scrolling the news feed when I saw a sponsored ad for Bethel advertising their coming “Open Heaven” Conference. Well within the first 10 … [Read more…]
“Ed Silvosos’ paradigm is no different than many others who have come into the church before basically “rethinking everything into a new strategy.” Using the magic word of ‘transformation’ (a word originally found in theosophy of the New Age movement), it has found itself as one of the many new platforms for ‘mission strategies’ now … [Read more…]
NEW BOOKLET: Signs & Wonders! Five Things You Should Consider by David Dombrowski is our newest Lighthouse Trails Booklet Tract. The Booklet is 10 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 to others or for your own … [Read more…]
By Berit Kjos The invasion of monsters began decades ago, and it quickly transformed the world of entertainment. With little resistance, an army of cute-ugly creatures swept into toy stores, television, and movies. They now adorn children’s clothes, bedding, wallpaper, lunchboxes, and books. And many have pushed their way into children’s hearts on the backs … [Read more…]
NEW BOOKLET:Beware of Bethel: A Brief Summary of Bill Johnson’s Unbiblical Teachings by Bill Randles is our newest Lighthouse Trails Booklet Tract. The Booklet Tract is 14 pages long and sells for $1.95 for single copies. Quantity discounts are as much as 50% off retail. Our Booklet Tracts are designed to give away to others … [Read more…]
NEW BOOKLET: The Alpha Course— An Evangelical Contradiction by Mary Danielsen and Chris Lawson is our newest Lighthouse Trails Booklet Tract. The Booklet Tract is 16 pages long and sells for $1.95 for single copies. Quantity discounts are as much as 50% off retail. Our Booklet Tracts are designed to give away to others or for … [Read more…]
Dear Lighthouse Trails: I am sending this email I got about the upcoming IHOP “Onething 2015” Conference which has on average 30,000 young people attending, who come for their “fix” of the deceptive euphoria of the hypercharismatic music, prayer, and visually intoxicating stimuli offered. These are sad times, but predicted times (by the Bible) of … [Read more…]
By Sandy Simpson Deception in the Church Seth Dahl, Bethel Church, Redding, CA: Dahl tells the Bethel Redding congregation of his experience with an enormous angel. Dahl asked the angel his name and then Googled in the angel’s answer. The angel’s name was the same as that of a finance company. Dahl then realized the … [Read more…]
Dear Lighthouse Trails: A church I visited when I moved to another State has what they refer to as ‘soakings’. My understanding is that they sit quietly and wait for messages from the Lord. The pastor attends these soakings as well as participates in them. Sounds much like contemplative prayer to me. Several women in … [Read more…]