Lighthouse Trails received an e-mail this past weekend informing us that David Jeremiah (pastor of Shadow Mountain Community Church) invited major contemplative writer, John Ortberg, to his church’s Summer Bible Conference this past Sunday evening. To Lighthouse Trails: Below is an excerpt from Dr Jeremiah’s weekly email, speaking about the Sunday evening guest speaker and that speaker’s passion … [Read more…]
2014 Update: To further illustrate how Compassion International is going down the contemplative/emergent path, in April 2013, there was a lectio divina “webinar” held at Compassion International. To Lighthouse Trails: We have seen references to conferences with Willow Creek that included several Emergent speakers, but link search on your site did not lead me to any specific article … [Read more…]
Recently some of our readers have contacted us to ask why we have not posted a review on Jonathan Cahn’s The Harbinger, a New York Times best-selling book written in a narrative fictional format presenting a dire warning for America’s future. A companion documentary DVD titled The Isaiah 9:10 Judgment is also available wherein Cahn … [Read more…]
Spiritual Disciplines Handbook: Practices That Transform Us by Adele Ahlberg Calhoun is a primer on contemplative mysticism, bursting with contemplative meditation instruction along with references and quotes by some of the movement’s most prolific mystics on the scene today. It’s a book one might expect to find on the shelves of a Catholic monastery, a New Age … [Read more…]
LTRP Note: If you are attending a church that is using the Alpha Course, this article may be of interest to you. For more information on the Alpha Course, click here. By UK Press Association “Religion Deeply Important says Tony Blair at Leadership Conference with Nicky Gumbel” Former prime minister Tony Blair has defended religion, … [Read more…]
A recent Orange County Register news story titled “Rick Warren builds bridge to Muslims” has caught the attention of many people including several online news sources. The story resulted in a rebuttal by Rick Warren, denying the allegations the article made. For those who are trying to figure out what Rick Warren’s true beliefs are regarding Muslims … [Read more…]
by A.S. “Why is a Saddleback pastor teaching on the Kingdom Circles?” With all the buzz about the interfaith aspect of Saddleback Church’s P.E.A.C.E. Plan and the controversy over the King’s Way initiative that partners Rick Warren’s church together with the Islamic community, many question just how Saddleback is reaching Muslims after promising not to … [Read more…]
LTRP Note: In a comment at the bottom of the OC Register article, Rick Warren left a comment: “I deeply love my Muslim neighbors but this article contains multiple errors – factually and theologically that neither our dear friends in the Muslim Community nor the Christians at Saddleback Church would agree with.” His comment did … [Read more…]
By Berit Kjos “Religion for Everyone!” The message in this strange article (featured in last weekend’s Wall Street Journal) fits right into the UN vision of global solidarity. The author, Alain de Botton, presents a radical plan for social unity that meets the demands of the global agenda. By blending useful practices from the world’s … [Read more…]
On March 26, 2012, Reformed pastor John Armstrong and Catholic Cardinal George of Chicago will come together at Wheaton College for “A Conversation on Unity in Christ’s Mission.” The flyer you see to the left reads: “An evening of dialogue exploring the common ground and current challenges that face Catholics and evangelical Protestants in Christian faith … [Read more…]
by Mike Oppenheimer Let Us Reason Ministries While Terry Jones wanted to burn the Qur’an there are pastors that want to read the Qur’an in church to their congregations. In response to a local Qur’an burning, Larry Reimer, a minister of the United Church of Gainesville, decided to read Scripture from the Qur’an as part … [Read more…]
By Bob Unruh © 2011 WND Jack Van Impe A Christian ministry’s decision to expose as “false teachers” several celebrity ministers it believes are corrupting biblical teachings has prompted a rift, with Jack Van Impe Ministries dropping plans to work in the future with Trinity Broadcasting Network, where it has broadcast for more than two decades. “I … [Read more…]
Faith Undone by Roger Oakland is back from press in its 8th printing. The book was released in 2007, and we believe it is still the most powerful and truthful book about the emerging church and the “new” spirituality that has overtaken much of the Christian church. Below is a chapter by chapter synopsis of this book. If you … [Read more…]
LTRP Note: For informational and research purposes only. Not posted as an endorsement. By DAWN BAUMGARTNER VAUGHAN The Herald Sun of Durham Associated Press DURHAM, N.C. The room is about the size of an office. In fact, it once was an office. A wall is lined with cabinets and bookshelves. Another wall has … [Read more…]
* TOP ARTICLE IN THIS CATEGORY FOR 2010: 1/Sojourners Founder Jim Wallis’ Revolutionary Anti-Christian “Gospel” (and Will Christian Leaders Stand with Wallis?) by M. Danielsen 2/Who Really Runs America and the Media? by Dr. Stan Monteith 3/Incremental Steps to Dictatorship by Teresa Morris 4/Uniting Religions for World Change: The G8 World Religions Summit by Carl Teichrib 5/“Spiritual Formation” (i.e., … [Read more…]
Courtesy of Understand the Times News Alert This article is being posted, not as an endorsement of what is being said but for informational and research purposes only. Ethan Cole (Out of House source) Christian Post Christian and Muslim leaders are gathered in Geneva for a high-level interfaith dialogue on how to build strong and sustainable relationships … [Read more…]
by Warren Smith The star which the world is awaiting though it does not as yet know its name… this star cannot be other than that very Christ in whom we hope. Teilhard de Chardin, Hymn of the Universe (1) I stared again at the material that had been sent to me by a radio … [Read more…]
(Courtesy Understand the Times with Roger Oakland) The Nation Web Paper ISLAMABAD – In a development that could be duly termed as one and only of its kind, an incumbent Government’s Minister has urged US President Barrack Obama to offer Eid prayers at Ground Zero Mosque and become “Ameer-ul-Momineen” of Muslim Ummah. Minister of State … [Read more…]
by Ray Yungen Contemplative advocates propose that there has been something vital and important missing from the church for centuries. The insinuation is that Christians have been lacking something necessary for their spiritual vitality; but that would mean the Holy Spirit has not been fully effective for hundreds of years and only now the secret … [Read more…]
by Carl Teichrib Forcing Change (courtesy Kjos Ministries) Points to Ponder About Christian Interfaith Involvement: 1) The interfaith approach is rationally directionless. If all religions are equally valid or hold some common level of spiritual authenticity, as the interfaith movement asserts, then all religions are ultimately baseless. Therefore, the nonbeliever can logically reject Christianity as … [Read more…]
A commentary … by Paul Proctor News with Views I view today’s “Christianity” as largely responsible for the spread of Islam in this country. In my view, Muslims are merely filling the void left by biblically illiterate and morally confused Christians who are more interested in getting ahead and getting along than getting the gospel … [Read more…]
On June 1st, Lighthouse Trails posted an article by M. Danielsen titled, “Sojourners Founder Jim Wallis’ Revolutionary Anti-Christian “Gospel” (and Will Christian Leaders Stand with Wallis?).” On June 19th, we posted a second article titled TRAVESTY at LIFEST – PARENTS: Don’t Send Your Kids – Radical-Emergent/Liberal Jim Wallis to Speak at Lifest (What is Luis … [Read more…]
From OneNewsNow: According to a Christian renewal alliance, a California seminary affiliated with the United Methodist Church is revisiting its plans to launch schools of ministry for non-Christians. Two years ago, officials at the Claremont School of Theology (CST) set in motion its plans for “The University Project” to “rethink classical models of theological education” as part … [Read more…]
The following out of house news story is connected with Michael Carl’s (WorldNetDaily) recent article, WorldNetDaily on Mark Driscoll and Rick Warren: Growing trend to meet with Muslims rings alarm bells for some by Jamie Glazov Front Page Magazine Frontpage Interview’s guest today is Michael Carl, a veteran pastor and journalist who has written on terrorism, … [Read more…]
by Ray Yungen The final outcome of contemplative prayer is interspirituality. . . Just what exactly is interspirituality? The premise behind interspirituality is that divinity (God) is in all things, and the presence of God is in all religions; there is a connecting together of all things, and through mysticism (i.e., meditation) this state of … [Read more…]
By Michael Carl WorldNetDaily Rick Warren promotes un-biblical interspirituality The effort among some Christian churches to meet with Muslims and dialogue about faith is a betrayal of the basic foundations of Christianity, asserts a critic of the developing trend. “Useful idiots,” is how Christian talk show host and Muslim analyst Ingrid Schlueter assessed the participants … [Read more…]
These two commentaries in from Ingrid Schlueter of CrossTalk: Mark Driscoll Church Plant Works with Hamas Front Group Click here to listen to the prayer at Harambee Church in Renton, Washington back in March. The sound of the Islamic call to prayer echoed through this Mark Driscoll, Acts 29 Network church at an Interfaith event … [Read more…]
Contact: UndergroundNews.us, 608-469-7956 MADISON, Wisc., Dec. 7 /Christian Newswire/ –Interfaith meetings continue at a great rate all over the world. Many religious leaders will descend at the UN Copenhagen Climate Conference this week. Plus, the Parliament of the World Religions is occurring at the same time in Melbourne, Australia. The underlying desire of … [Read more…]
LTRP Note: Please read the following out-of-house article in conjunction with our October 19th posting, Is Obama Poised to Cede US Sovereignty?. By AFP Geneva – The World Council of Churches on Thursday called on churches around the world to ring their bells 350 times during the Copenhagen climate change summit on December 13 as … [Read more…]
Emergent Manifesto of Hope is the new release from Emersion, a publishing partnership between Baker Books and Emergent Village. The book, edited and compiled by emergent leaders Tony Jones and Doug Pagitt, is a collection of essays by various emerging church leaders. Pagitt says the book “provides a rare glimpse inside the emerging church.” This … [Read more…]