LTRP Note: The following is posted for informational and research purposes and not as an endorsement of the source or the content. It is not surprising to Lighthouse Trails that the Pope would be drawn to those who teach meditation as he is a contemplative advocate and told the U.S. Congress he considers Thomas Merton … [Read more…]
LTRP Note: Posted for research and informational purposes only and not as an endorsement of the content. By Ron Charles The Washington Post Earth’s loss is heaven’s gain. Bestselling pastor Rick Warren won the Christian Book of the Year Award Tuesday night for his weight-loss book, “The Daniel Plan: 40 Days to a Healthier Life,” … [Read more…]
Major secular and Christian news media sources are reporting on an effort by 10 doctors to oust celebrity doctor, Dr. Mehmet Oz, from his faculty position at Columbia University for what the doctors are calling “egregious lack of integrity” and promoting “quack treatments.” The ten doctors wrote a letter to New York’s Columbia University, calling Dr. Oz a quack and … [Read more…]
On January 7th, Lighthouse Trails posted a letter to the editor titled: “Main Calvary Chapel Bookstore Just Added Rick Warren’s Daniel Plan Book.” Today, we received e-mails from various Lighthouse Trails readers stating that they were told by the Calvary Chapel store that it decided to remove Rick Warren’s Daniel Plan book after receiving a number … [Read more…]
To Lighthouse Trails: Well now that Chuck [Smith] has passed away . . . I just noticed that the main Calvary Chapel bookstore has just recently listed Warrens Daniel Plan and Journal for sale. (Click here.) LTRP note: This is troublesome that the main Calvary Chapel bookstore has added The Daniel Plan. This will send out … [Read more…]
On Sunday, December 1st, 32 million homes (and 63 million readers)1 in America received the following issue of Parade newspaper-insert magazine: The subtitle on the cover of this issue of the “most widely read magazine in America”2 reads: Rick Warren—One of America’s most influential pastors delivers a life-changing message on the connection between getting healthy and doing … [Read more…]
“Many people have unwittingly become New Agers by simply seeking to improve their physical and mental health through meditation.” – Ray Yungen Two and a half years ago, Lighthouse Trails first reported on Rick Warren’s Daniel Plan health program. That initial article titled “Rick Warren’s New Health and Wellness Initiative Could Have Profound Repercussions on … [Read more…]
Rick Warren’s Daniel Plan written by Warren B. Smith is our one of our new Lighthouse Trails Booklet. The booklet tract is 14 pages long and sells for $1.95 for single copies. Quantity discounts are as much as 50% off retail. Below is the content of the booklet. To order copies of Rick Warren’s Daniel … [Read more…]
LTRP Note: Energy healing techniques such as Reiki are growing quickly in popularity, even in Christian circles. When you’ve got someone as popular as Dr. OZ telling millions to practice Reiki, you realize this is no small thing. It is important for Christians to know that these forms of “healing” are occult based and extremely … [Read more…]
Note: As we prepared the news story below about Rick Warren’s recent endorsement of Dr. Daniel Amen’s new book, it came to our attention that Rick Warren has also this year placed his endorsement on the back cover of Dr. Mark Hyman’s new book, The Blood Sugar Solution. Hyman, like Amen, is a proponent of eastern-style meditation practices. In … [Read more…]
The following article has been posted on Dr. Mark Hyman’s website. Dr. Hyman is one of the three New Age mysticism promoting doctors who Rick Warren is using to teach Christians about good health. While Rick Warren has defended his actions (and been virtually unchallenged by Christian leaders) in turning to three New Age doctors … [Read more…]
by John Lanagan My Word Like Fire Ministries In January of 2011 Lighthouse Trails stunned Bible believing Christians with its report on Rick Warren’s selection of three Eastern/new age meditation proponents to help with his weight loss program, The Daniel Plan (READ). But promotion of anti-biblical meditation has remained (READ). Now this video of Dr. Daniel Amen can also be seen on the Saddleback Church Daniel Plan … [Read more…]
From The Berean Call Question: Why are you and other “discernment” writers so critical of Rick Warren and his new Daniel Plan? What difference does it make that Rick Warren turns to some of the best secular doctors in the nation to help the church with its battle over obesity, physical fitness, and mental health? … [Read more…]
by Berit Kjos Kjos Ministries “Pastor Rick Warren [is hosting] three health experts – including the star of the ‘Dr. Oz Show’ – at Saddleback Church… ‘The Bible says that God wants us to be as healthy physically as you are spiritually,’ Warren said… ‘This is God’s prescription for your health.”[1] Rick Warren, Dr. Oz … [Read more…]
On January 27th, Ingrid Schlueter of VCY America interviewed Jennifer Pekich on the CrossTalk radio program in what is probably one of the most important shows that VCY has ever done, in our opinion. Jennifer had recently attended the health seminar at Saddleback Church, in which Rick Warren brought in three leading “health” specialists to train … [Read more…]
VIEW WITH CAUTION – FOR WARNING AND INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY In the video below, Dr. Oz, the new weight-loss mentor for thousands of Christians through Rick Warren’s new Daniel Plan, talks to New Ager Deepak Chopra about meditating to lose weight. What they don’t tell you in this video is that eastern-style meditation can put participants … [Read more…]
“Saturday Jan. 15th, 2011 will go down in the history books as the day Saddleback Church was sold a bill of goods. The masses had come out in droves for answers to their weight loss difficulties & health problems, but unbeknownst to them, they were being given a prescription for restructuring society & population control … [Read more…]
This is a follow up article to our article, Rick Warren’s New Health and Wellness Initiative Could Have Profound Repercussions on Many. Exclusive Lighthouse Trails Commentary by John Lanagan Free-Lance Writer My Word Like Fire Ministries “You can become a Reiki master in three weekends.” –Lisa Oz, wife of Dr. Mehmet Oz Perhaps it is not … [Read more…]
Update 1/13/11: After we released this article, we received word from a number of Lighthouse Trails readers regarding Dr. Mehmet Oz’s strong adherence to the late Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772) who entertained spirit guides and was deeply involved with mysticism. In one New Age magazine, Dr. Oz is featured in an article titled “Mehmet Oz Finds His Teacher” (Swedenborg). … [Read more…]