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White House Responds to Anti-Trump Ideology Expressed by New Pope

Posted on 05-09-2025
LTRP Note: The following is posted for informational and research purposes. By Bob UnruhWorldNetDaily As cardinal in Catholic church, Prevost had adopted pro-illegal alien agenda. When Robert Prevost, a Chicago archbishop for the Catholic church, this week was picked to...
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Warning: Stay Away from “YogaFaith”—So-Called Christian Yoga

Posted on 05-05-2025
YogaFaith is an organization that has been around for more than a decade that teaches and promotes what they call "Christian Yoga." However, as Lighthouse Trails has shown for many years, there is no such thing as Christian Yoga. It's...
Continue Reading Warning: Stay Away from “YogaFaith”—So-Called Christian Yoga

Calvinism, Catholicism, or Blessed Assurance—Which One Will It Be?

Posted on 04-28-2025
A Lighthouse Trails booklet. By David Dombrowski When I was a boy, about eight years old, a stranger in a Safeway grocery store parking lot gave my mother a plaque he had cast of plaster of paris that bore the...
Continue Reading Calvinism, Catholicism, or Blessed Assurance—Which One Will It Be?

Letter to the Editor: Insights From an 86-Year-Old

Posted on 04-26-2025
Dear Friends at Lighthouse Trails: At 86, my days here under the sun are waning, and that's fine with me. I don't make plans for the future—my future is secure in my Lord and Savior Jesus. But I'm really writing...
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“‘Rewriting the Bible’ and Calling Israel’s War ‘Shameful’: Pope Francis’ Changing Stance on Israel”

Posted on 04-21-2025
LTRP Note: On April 21, 2025, Pope Francis died. The following news story is posted for informational and research purposes. By Jerusalem Post Staff Pope Francis became increasingly vocal in condemning Israel’s war against Hamas in the months before his...
Continue Reading “‘Rewriting the Bible’ and Calling Israel’s War ‘Shameful’: Pope Francis’ Changing Stance on Israel”

NEW BOOKLET: “The Catholic Mass versus The Lord’s Supper” by Ironside

Posted on 04-17-2025
Lighthouse Trails is pleased to release our latest topical booklet The Catholic Mass versus The Lord's Supper by Harry Ironside. The booklet is 18 pages long and sells for $1.95 for single copies. Quantity discounts are available. Our booklets are designed...
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Pew Report: “Percentage of US adults who see Israel unfavorably doubled in past year”

Posted on 04-12-2025
LTRP Note: The following is posted for informational and research purposes. From Jewish News Syndicate More than 500 days after the Hamas-led terror attacks on Oct. 7, 2023, most Americans view Israel unfavorably, according to new data from the Pew Research Center....
Continue Reading Pew Report: “Percentage of US adults who see Israel unfavorably doubled in past year”

NEW BOOKLET: “M. Scott Peck and Matthew Fox: Heralding the Coming of a New Age Cosmic Christ”

Posted on 04-07-2025
EDITOR'S CELL: Many people may think that figures such as M. Scott Peck and Matthew Fox are irrelevant today. But nothing could be further from the truth; and their influence and teachings have made them forerunners in preparing the world...
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Guest Commentary: Spiritual Discernment What It Is and How to Get It

Posted on 04-04-2025
By Dr. Shelton Smith*Used with permission. Spiritual discernment! What is it? Where do you learn about it? Is it something we need? If so, how do we get it? Okay, let’s see if we can find the answers to these...
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Long-Time BSF Leader Steps Down As BSF Heads Deeper Into Emergent Waters

Posted on 08-09-2018
LTRP Note: For several years now, Lighthouse Trails has received letters from many women who have been involved with BSF (Bible Study Fellowship). Each one expressed a concern that the organization once taught God's Word but over the last decade...
Continue Reading Long-Time BSF Leader Steps Down As BSF Heads Deeper Into Emergent Waters

An Overlooked Reason For “I Kissed Dating Goodbye” Author Josh Harris’ Departure From the Christian Faith

Posted on 07-30-2019
"I have undergone a massive shift in regard to my faith in Jesus. The popular phrase for this is 'deconstruction,' the biblical phrase is 'falling away.' By all the measurements that I have for defining a Christian, I am not...
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Letter to the Editor: Concerned About Lighthouse Trails Upcoming Book Challenging Calvinism

Posted on 02-26-2018
Dear Lighthouse Trails: In your last e-mail newsletter, you showed us the covers of three upcoming books. And I'm concerned about one of them. It's Calvinism: None Dare Call It Heresy, which exposes some serious problems with Calvinism. I am...
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Francis Chan Warns Those Who Criticize Christian Leaders: “God Will Destroy You”

Posted on 04-09-2018
[caption id="attachment_18950" align="alignright" width="326"] Francis Chan in 2016 being prayed for by IHOP's Mike Bickle[/caption] A recent YouTube video that has been viewed over 50,000 times thus far* of highly prolific and popular Christian author and speaker Francis Chan creates...
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A Biblical Perspective on Salvation Vs. Calvinism

Posted on 12-15-2019
By the Editors at Lighthouse Trails From the Appendix from Bob Kirkland's book, Calvinism: None Dare Call It Heresy No subject ever discussed can be more important and crucial in this life than the subject of salvation. This is what...
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Letter to the Editor: Calvary Chapel, Calvinism (And Created to Choose and Reason)

Posted on 01-03-2019
Dear Lighthouse Trails: I would like to thank you for your continuing ministry particularly with regards to warning about Calvinism. I left a Calvary Chapel due in part with the leader and his ongoing support of Brian Brodersen who is...
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Asbury “Revival”—Letter to the Editor Raises Concerns About Possible Pre-Planned Exploits

Posted on 02-21-2023
stock photo, not from Asbury U. 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...
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Jack Hibbs’ Ministry Defense Statement for Promoting The Chosen Has Poor Premise and Is Obscure

Posted on 05-16-2022
Dallas Jenkins with his three spiritual advisors for the The Chosen (photo is a low-resolution 2-second clip of a YouTube video; used in accordance with the U.S. Fair Use Act; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPUwzjUBWoM)) In December of 2021, Lighthouse Trails posted a YouTube...
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Does Calvinism’s “Perseverance” Really Offer Eternal Security? The Answer: No!

Posted on 05-18-2020
By Bob KirklandFrom the book Calvinism: None Dare Call It Heresy (Lighthouse Trails, 2018) The word perseverance is found only once in the Scriptures. Ephesians 6:18 commands the believer to be, “Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the...
Continue Reading Does Calvinism’s “Perseverance” Really Offer Eternal Security? The Answer: No!
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Ingrid Schlueter/Lighthouse Trails Editor Radio Show on Those Who Claim Orthodox Christianity But Promote Emerging/Contemplative

Posted on 11-07-2011
One year ago, Ingrid Schlueter, former long-standing and courageous host of CrossTalk with VCY America, invited Lighthouse Trails editor Deborah  Dombrowski on the CrossTalk radio program to discuss Christian figures who claim to hold to orthodox Christian doctrinal statements yet continually promote...
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Ambrose University (CMA & Nazarene) Full Speed into Contemplative/Emergent

Posted on 10-11-2008
LTRP Note: The following is a letter we received about Ambrose University in Canada. More proof that contemplative spirituality is sweeping across North American's Christian colleges, seminaries, and universities and overtaking the hearts, minds, and souls of countless young (and...
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Boy Scout Committee Unanimously Approves Proposal to Lift Ban on Openly Homosexual Leaders

Posted on 07-15-2015
[caption id="attachment_17674" align="alignright" width="312"] From bigstockphoto.com; used with permission.[/caption] By Heather Clark Christian News Network An executive committee of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) has unanimously voted to lift a long-standing ban on openly homosexual troop leaders. “As a...
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Broken Twig Blog Back Online with “An Open Letter to The Board” – More Questions Than Answers to Moody Leadership

Posted on 01-22-2018
[caption id="attachment_27597" align="alignright" width="309"] Photo used in accordance with the U.S. Fair Use Act.[/caption] The Moody alumni website The Broken Twig is back online with "An Open Letter to the Board." The Broken Twig had taken itself offline after the...
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Deportation of German homeschool family affects US homeschool freedom

Posted on 02-19-2013
 The Washington Times Communities DALLAS  — In 1938, the practice of homeschooling was outlawed in Germany by Adolf Hitler and the infamous Third Reich. It was a rough period in German history, as thousands of young people were being pried...
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NEW BOOKLET: Broken Vessels for Christ

Posted on 02-27-2017
NEW BOOKLET: Broken Vessels for Christ by Harry Ironside is our newest Lighthouse Trails Booklet.  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...
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Obama Foreshadows the Coming Spirituality

Posted on 03-08-2008
Barack Obama, the Senator who may become the next president of the United States, says (in an exclusive article in United Church News), that the teachings of the UCC (United Church of Christ), of which he is a member (Trinity...
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Lucifer Makes Prime Time

Posted on 05-28-2015
By Jan Markell Olive Tree Ministries "But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse..." (II Timothy 3:13). I guess the Fox Network really is fair and balanced. They present the good, the bad, and the truly ugly. In...
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Contemplative Music for Children?

Posted on 09-25-2014
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...
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