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Lighthouse Trails 2022 Year in Review—Final Part—Top 9 Articles

(See Year in Review 2022, Part 1 – The Chosen; see Year in Review 2022, Part 2 – Letters and Comments) The Final part of the Lighthouse Trails 2022 Year in Review lists the top 10 articles we posted this past…

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Letter to the Editor: Diana Butler Bass and Westmont College Steered Daughter Away From the Faith

Dear Lighthouse Trails: I thank you for the work you are doing for God’s kingdom. I enjoy your newsletters and have been taught many things to steer clear of because of your faithful and great teaching. Thank you from the bottom of…

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“Progressive” Christianity—After Our Children and Grandchildren

By Berit Kjos Today’s “progressive” emerging churches have little love for the old certainties that have grounded genuine Christians in God’s revealed truth for 2000 years. They say those precious guidelines don’t fit the new dialectic and collective ways of…

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The “Deconstruction” Myth and Matter

By Dr. Shelton SmithGuest Writer (Editor of Sword of the Lord) In recent months there has been a rash of well-known professing Christians who have announced that they were “deconstructing” their Christian faith.* The term was new, but what it…

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The Gospel: The Balancing “Tool” for Discernment

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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“DC Talk’s Kevin Max Identifies as an ‘Exvangelical,’ Says He Follows ‘the Universal Christ'”

By Milton QuintanillaChristian Headlines Kevin Max, a member of the Grammy award-winning Christian band DC Talk, recently stirred up controversy after he identified himself as an “exvangelical”, leading many to think he has departed from the faith. In a tweet over the…

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