Category: —The Role of Meditation

New Booklet: Occultic Practices & Beliefs Crossing Into Charismatic Revivalism

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…

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InterVarsity Press Claims Success of Their New-Age Promoting Enneagram Book, The Road Back to You

Last week, a news release from InterVarsity Press, arrived in our inbox (Lighthouse Trails is on their e-mail list in order to track their continual flow of contemplative/emergent/New-Age sympathizing books). The news release was announcing the seven-year anniversary of the…

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Letter to the Editor: Beware of “BrainTap” – A Technology Driven Meditation

LTRP Note: With a world (and even the church) that seems frantic to enter altered states of consciousness through any means possible, the warning in this letter to the editor should be heeded. You may also wish to read Ray…

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“Ailing Pope Francis Hurries to Bolster His Progressive Legacy”

Today, the Wall Street Journal released an article titled, “Ailing Pope Francis Hurries to Bolster His Progressive Legacy.” Lighthouse Trails has addressed several issues regarding the Catholic Church’s current pope since his inception in 2013. Pope Francis (aka: Jorge Mario…

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Interview With Chris Lawson: “Pastor Steve Berger’s Mediumship Practices”

“For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God.” (1 Peter 4:17) By Chris Lawson of Spiritual Research Network: The video presented below is by no means meant to bring unnecessary division in the church….

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The Bottom Line of A.W. Tozer: A Hybrid of Complex Proportions

By the Editors at Lighthouse Trails Over the past several years, a number of our readers have asked us why we have not written about the theologian A.W. Tozer and warned our readers about his often quoting and referencing medieval-period…

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Will “Revival” in Christian Colleges Bring About a Generation of Mystics — With “Woke,” Not Biblical, Values?

“The Christian of the future will be a mystic or he will be nothing.”—mystic Karl Rahner With the Asbury “revival” spreading into various other colleges and universities (and even churches), and with so much talk about revival today, one question…

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Lent and Contemplative – A Likely Match

According to one definition, Lent is: While the Bible does not give any instruction to practice or participate in Lent, many churches do. In fact, since the contemplative prayer movement has come into full swing, more and more churches are…

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Letter to the Editor Reveals Salvation Army Pushing Yoga, Meditation, and Mystic Henri Nouwen

Dear Lighthouse Trails: I am enclosing some magazine articles put out by the Salvation Army during the summer of 2022. One of them is from Peer magazine that is for teenagers and college-age kids. The article from that magazine is…

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Lighthouse Trails to Send Out 18th Mailing to Christian Pastors and Leaders

For nearly 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 and next week, we will be sending out our 18th mailing to Christian…

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Christianity Is Missing Out on Something Vital – Is This True?

By Ray Yungen Contemplative advocates propose that something vital and important has been missing from the church for centuries. The insinuation is that Christians have been lacking something necessary for their spiritual vitality; but that would mean the Holy Spirit…

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Podcast Interview: “Taking a Closer Look at Psychedelics”

In two recent Parker J. Cole Show podcast interviews, former New Age followers Richard and Linda Nathan discuss the growing interest in psychedelic drug use, even among Christians. From the Parker J. Cole Show: Psychedelics are growing in Christian circles….

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