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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 wanning, 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...
Continue Reading An Overlooked Reason For “I Kissed Dating Goodbye” Author Josh Harris’ Departure From the Christian Faith

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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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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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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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...
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“They will believe the lie”

Posted on 02-10-2014
By Sandy Simpson Deception in the Church 2 Thessalonians 2:9-12 The coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with how Satan works. He will use all sorts of displays of power through signs and wonders that serve the...
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A Commentary: A Day in Court – What would constitute a “Jury of Peers” that bans Christianity?

Posted on 08-05-2013
By Faye M. Brown Guest Writer From Kjos Ministries website Personal note from Berit Kjos: This article was written by a Christian friend who was troubled by the unmerited rejection of Christian jurors in a local court. It raised some...
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SRN’s Questionaire – Spiritual Abuse and Group Dynamics – Are You in the Middle of it But Even Don’t Know it?

Posted on 04-16-2012
Spiritual Abuse and Group Dynamics - Questions to Consider Questions To Help Identify Specific Areas of Spiritual Abuse, Deception, and Fraud By Chris Lawson SRN (Spiritual Research Network) The following two scriptures are reflective of what happens when authority is...
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Letter to the Editor: Native Shaman Rituals Being Used in Mission in Canada

Posted on 01-27-2021
Dear Lighthouse Trails: Thanks so much for your ministry; your newsletters have been very informative and a blessing to read. For the past three years, we have been involved in a church ministry in __________, Canada which includes outreach to...
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The Fate of the Nations—Then and Now (Psalm 9)

Posted on 11-08-2019
By Bill Randles The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God. For the needy shall not always be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever. Arise, O LORD; let not...
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Contemplative Prayer or the Holy Spirit – It Can’t Be Both

Posted on 01-19-2018
By Ray Yungen Two authors from Great Britain portray a stunningly clear picture of New Age spirituality. They explain: [T]he keynote of it appears to be a movement for synthesis derived from an understanding of the underlying unity behind all...
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The Gospel: The Balancing “Tool” for Discernment

Posted on 12-23-2021
By David Dombrowski From the onset of Lighthouse Trails in 2002, we have always endeavored to be connected with the body of believers scattered throughout the world who are very concerned, as we are, with the state of the church...
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Sending Your Child to a Christian College? – Look Out for Words You Thought You Would Never Hear!

Posted on 08-22-2022
Two years ago, Lighthouse Trails posted an article titled "Christian Colleges and Seminaries in More Trouble Than Ever as Many Plunge Into Emergent Spirituality." As Christian parents are preparing to send their high-school graduate kids to Christian colleges and universities...
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Lighthouse Trails Seeking Working Couple to Help Through Winter at LT

Posted on 09-27-2017
Lighthouse Trails is looking for a husband/wife team who would be available to work and live at the Lighthouse Trails location in NW Montana this winter for 4-6 months (approx. Nov-April). Housing and utilities will be provided along with a...
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