Tag: Eugene Peterson

A Dangerous Walk With Eugene Peterson

By Warren B. Smith The danger of entrusting one’s Christian walk to Eugene Peterson and his Message translation was dramatically underscored in a 2007 book Peterson wrote titled The Jesus Way. In describing a group hike he took with friends…

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Announcing New Book Release by Warren B. Smith: EVANGULLIBLE

Lighthouse Trails is pleased to announce Warren B. Smith’s new book, Evangullible. The book, published by Mountain Stream Press, is now available through Lighthouse Trails. Evangelical—in, of, or according to the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the literal teachings of…

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Letter to the Editor: Disappointed in Our Church Using The Message “Bible”

Dear Lighthouse Trails: I am so disappointed in our church’s using The Message in place of God’s Word; I am desiring to received your booklet warning about The Message by John Lanagan (The Message Bible: A Breach of Truth). I…

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Lighthouse Trails Sending Out 10th Mailing to Christian Leaders and Pastors

Since January 2016, Lighthouse Trails has been mailing out small booklet packs to Christian leaders and pastors three times a year. This week, we will be sending our 10th mailing. Since we began the mailings, we have added the names of numerous pastors and ministry leaders, many of whom were sent to us from our readers. Our current list is at 205 names. If you would like your pastor to begin receiving these mailings, please send his name and church mailing address to us at editors@lighthousetrails.com.

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Letter to the Editor: The New Age/New Spirituality in Christian & Missionary Alliance Forced Me to Leave

LTRP Note: The following letter to the editor was written in response to our recent post “Letter to the Editor: Yoga at Our CMA Church in Canada Broke Our Hearts.” Dear Lighthouse Trails: I too was once in a C&MA…

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Navigators Welcomes 2019 With Their Contemplative Trend By Promoting Jesuit Prayer Practice

Navigators is a Christian organization, founded in 1933 by a young man named Dawson Trotman, that eventually became a household name in the evangelical church.* The Navigators motto is, “To Know Christ and to Make Him Known.” However, Navigators and…

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The Message “Bible” Removes Salvation from Romans 10:13

LTRP Note: The Message “Bible” written by the late Eugene Peterson is widely quoted by pastors and other Christian leaders. For many years, Lighthouse Trails has tried to show that this paraphrase of God’s Word should not be used (as…

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Learning From Rome

By Ray Yungen From a theological viewpoint, there now exist two branches (so to speak) of the Catholic Church—the traditional (as defended by someone like Karl Keating in his book Catholicism and Fundamentalism) and the progressive or contemplative* element (as…

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Two Contemplative Leaders Die: Eugene Peterson and Thomas Keating

LTRP Note: Eugene Peterson (d. 10/22/18) and Catholic priest Thomas Keating (d. 10/25/18) have died. The article below (which is promoting Peterson and Keating) is written by Carl McColman (author of The Big Book of Contemplative Mysticism) and is posted…

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Many Just Now Learning About the Dangers of Spiritual Formation

Today, our office received a phone call from a woman who had signed up through her church (with her husband) to take a college course from a local Christian seminary. The course is being held at her church and is…

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2017 YEAR IN REVIEW – PART 3 – Top 10 Stories From Various Out-of-House News Sources

See also Part 1 and Part 2 of our 2017 Year in Review. The following are the top ten out-of-house news articles. These were posted throughout the year for informational and research purposes and not as an endorsement of the…

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A Rose By Any Other Name OR A Deception By Any Other Name – It’s All the Same

Dear Lighthouse Trails: This is from a circulating email from Prairie [formerly Prairie Bible Institute or PBI in Three Hills Alberta]. It sounds so good, but I suspect it is dangerous. S. ____ Email Our Reader Received from Prairie: What’s…

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