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They Call It “Bibliolatry” (Bible Worship) – But Could it Be a Contemplative Smoke Screen?

In an article titled “How Evangelicals Became Over-Committed to the Bible and What Can Be Done About It,” Biola University professor J.P. Moreland says that  evangelical Christians are too committed to the Bible. He states: “In the actual practices of the Evangelical…

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Biola University – Going . . . Going . . . Gone As President Takes Sabbatical At Catholic Contemplative Monastery

For many years, Lighthouse Trails has written about the slide that Biola University in Southern California has taken into contemplative spirituality. Our first indication that the school was heading that way was in February of 2006 when we learned that…

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Letter to the Editor: Rick Warren, the Road to Rome, and More Trouble at Biola University

To Lighthouse Trails: I just got the latest Biola Magazine in the mail today. Did you hear about Rick Warren and his wife being given honorary doctorates at the same time at Biola’s last graduation ceremony? I would love to…

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Lighthouse Trails 2013 YEAR IN REVIEW – Part 4 – Top 7 Stories on Christian Colleges in 2013

Lighthouse Trails has been tracking the Christian college and seminary scene for over a decade. We have developed a growing list of Christian schools that are promoting Spiritual Formation (which is the avenue through which contemplative and emerging spirituality enters)….

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New Spiritual Disciplines From Ancient Roman Catholic Sources

by  Roger Oakland   Promoters of the emergent conversation say we are on the verge of an era that promises renewed spiritual awareness. “Spiritual disciplines” are being touted as the avenue to a “spiritual reformation” that will take Christianity to a…

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Biola Conference Welcomes Ruth Haley Barton as it Continues Heartily Down Contemplative Path

On October 16th, Biola University will host its Torrey Conference 2013, and contemplative teacher Ruth Haley Barton will be a featured speaker at the event. This does not come as a great surprise to the editors at Lighthouse Trails because…

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NEW BOOKLET: An Epidemic of Apostasy – How Christian Seminaries Must Incorporate “Spiritual Formation” to Become Accredited

An Epidemic of Apostasy – How Christian Seminaries Must Incorporate “Spiritual Formation” to Become Accredited is our newest Lighthouse Trails Booklet. The booklet is 14 pages long and sells for $1.95 for single copies. Quantity discounts are as much as…

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Want Your Child to Become an Atheist? – Send Him to LeTourneau University in Texas (or Any Other Contemplative/Emergent School For That Matter)

That headline may seem a bit overboard or shocking at first glance, but this is what is happening in many of the Christian colleges, seminaries, and universities to kids who start off as Christian and four years later are proclaiming…

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We Said it Would Happen, and It Has – CNN: “At evangelical colleges, a shifting attitude toward gay students”

LTRP Note: For several years, Lighthouse Trails has been warning that thanks to the emerging church and to the mega-leaders who have promoted it, the views on sexuality within the evangelical church would change. And it has, as you can…

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‘LECTIO DIVINA” List – Who is Promoting it?

This list is taken from our Lectio Divina: What it is, What it is Not, and Should Christians Practice it? Print Booklet Tract. This list will be updated as needed. You can read that booklet by going here. On February…

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They Call It “Bibliolatry” (Bible Worship)- But Could it Be a Contemplative Smoke Screen?

In a article titled “How Evangelicals Became Over-Committed to the Bible and What Can Be Done About It,” Biola University professor J.P. Moreland says that  evangelical Christians are too committed to the Bible. He states: “In the actual practices of the Evangelical community…

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Biblegateway Teaches Readers “Lectio Divina” – a Dangerous Gateway to a New Spiritual Outlook

Biblegateway, “an online searchable Bible in dozens of versions and languages” is one of the most popular websites on the Internet today, ranking in the top 1000 sites in the world.  Over 48,000 websites link to or recommend Biblegateway. Needless…

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