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Update: “Menlo Church Investigation Finds No Direct Evidence or Disclosures of Sexual Abuse”

LTRP Note: The following is posted for informational and research purposes and is a follow up of two related articles we posted in 2020 (1, 2). Lighthouse Trails has been concerned about John Ortberg’s contemplative/emergent propensities for many years. In this case, our…

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Lighthouse Trails 2020 Year-in-Review – Part 2 – Top 10 Out-of-House News Stories

(See Year in Review 2020, Part 1, Letters to the Editor) Part 2 of the Lighthouse Trails 2020 Year in Review lists the top 10 news stories from various out-of-house news sources. We posted these articles throughout the year for…

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Evangelical Pastor, John Ortberg, Resigns for Allowing Son Attracted to Minors to Work With Kids

LTRJ Note: The following is posted for informational and research purposes and is a follow up of an article we posted on July 7th. Lighthouse Trails has been concerned about John Ortberg’s contemplative/emergent propensities for many years. In this case,…

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RNS Report: Emergent Pastor John Ortberg Puts Church’s Children at Risk of Sexual Abuse

LTRP Note: The following out-of-house news story is posted for informational and research purposes. Lighthouse Trails has been concerned about John Ortberg’s contemplative/emergent propensities for many years. In this case, our concerns extend to the protection of children in the…

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Letter to the Editor: My Church—Heading Into Troubled Waters With One Deceptive Teacher After the Next

Dear Lighthouse Trails: I recently began reading A Time of Departing. A very well-documented book. I am blown away by the amount of research Ray Yungen put into that book! Thank you for publishing it. Thank you also for your…

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Letter to the Editor: The Handwriting on the Wall . . . and Rightnow Media

To Lighthouse Trails and readers: As I stood at the bedside of my dad in a hospital, in shock at his unexpected passing, I looked up at the wall, and there on the whiteboard was written, “Last rites- 2:00 pm.”…

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