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Circle Making and “Prayer Circles” Versus the Straight Line of Truth

October 16, 2020 by Lighthouse Trails author 8 Comments

LTRP Note: In 2017, Lighthouse Trails released a booklet titled Circle Making and “Prayer Circles” Versus the Straight Line of Truth because many Christian leaders have been promoting and endorsing a book (and its practice) called The Circle Maker by Mark Batterson. Earlier this month, one of our readers called and was concerned that Christian … [Read more…]

Posted in: Book/Film Reviews, Churches in Crisis!, Native Spirituality, New Age movement, One-World Religion, Paganism, The New (False) Spirituality, The New Spirituality Tagged: bruce wilkinson, cedric fisher, Christian leaders, circle maker, Leonard Sweet, mark batterson, michael youssef, nanci des gerlaise, native spirituality, prayer of jabez, Ray Yungen

Fearing God in a Fearless New Age

January 3, 2020 by Lighthouse Trails author 3 Comments

By Warren B. Smith Blessed is every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in his ways. (Psalm 128:1) We are living in fearful times, yet the Bible repeatedly tells us to “Fear not.” Scripture assures us that “God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of … [Read more…]

Posted in: A Course in Miracles, Book/Music Excerpts, New Age movement Tagged: A Course in Miracles, acim, jesus calling, mark batterson, oprah winfrey, purpose driven, Rick Warren, Robert Schuller, Warren B. Smith

New Booklet: The Enneagram—An Enlightening Tool or an Enticing Deception?

October 28, 2019 by Lighthouse Trails Editors 6 Comments

NEW BOOKLET: The Enneagram—An Enlightening Tool or an Enticing Deception? by Lois Putnam and the Editors at Lighthouse Trails is our newest Lighthouse Trails Booklet. The Booklet is 18 pages long and sells for $1.95 for single copies. Quantity discounts are available. Our Booklets are designed to give away to others or for your own … [Read more…]

Posted in: Book/Music Excerpts, Christian Publishers/Bookstores, Contemplative Practices, Contemplative Spirituality, Enneagram, FOR MILLENNIALS, InterVarsity Press, Lectio Divina, Methodists, Mystical Practices, New Age movement, pantheism & panentheism, RESOURCES, The Emerging Church, The New Spirituality, The Role of Meditation, Wesleyan Church Tagged: chris heuertz, contemplative prayer, ego, enneagram, intervarsity, intervarsity christian fellowship, intervarsity press, lectio divina, lois putnam, mark batterson, methodists, perennial wisdom, phileena, suzanne stabile, wesleyan

New Booklet: Butterfly Illusions: The New Age Implications of Roma Downey’s Box of Butterflies & the Christian Leaders Who Were Fooled

October 8, 2018 by Lighthouse Trails author 23 Comments

Roma Downey, who has never renounced her extensive New Age involvement, is now firmly entrenched and aligned with contemporary Christian leadership. Because Christian leaders and day-to-day believers have given Roma Downey a get-out-of-the-new-age free pass, Lighthouse Trails is releasing a second Roma Downey booklet today. This booklet emphasizes the danger of Downey’s most recent book, … [Read more…]

Posted in: Book/Film Reviews, Churches in Crisis!, Interspirituality, New Age movement, pantheism & panentheism, RESOURCES, Rick Warren, Roma Downey, Spiritual Deception, The New (False) Spirituality, The New Spirituality, Universalism Tagged: A Course in Miracles, box of butterflies, butterflies, Christian leaders, David Jeremiah, gregory reid, Henri Nouwen, mark batterson, mark burnett, Necromancy, New Age, new spirituality, panentheism, Rob Bell, roma downey, Thomas Merton, universalism, Warren B. Smith

NEW BOOKLET: Fearing God in a Fearless New Age

January 15, 2018 by Lighthouse Trails author Leave a Comment

NEW BOOKLET: Fearing God in a Fearless New Age by Warren B. Smith is our newest Lighthouse Trails Booklet. The Booklet is 18 pages long and sells for $1.95 for single copies. Quantity discounts are as much as 50% off retail. Our Booklets are designed to give away to others or for your own personal … [Read more…]

Posted in: Defending the Faith, JESUS CALLING, New Age movement, Oprah Winfrey, RESOURCES, Rick Warren, THE SHACK, The Word of God Tagged: A Course in Miracles, fearing god, gerald jampolsky, god's dream, jason mitchell, jesus calling, mark batterson, New Age, oprah winfrey, Rick Warren, Robert Schuller, The Shack, Warren B. Smith

NEW BOOKLET: Circle Making and “Prayer Circles” Versus The Straight Line of Truth

December 18, 2017 by Lighthouse Trails author Leave a Comment

NEW BOOKLET: Circle Making and “Prayer Circles” Versus The Straight Line to Truth by Cedric Fisher and Nanci Des Gerlaise is our newest Lighthouse Trails Booklet. The Booklet is 14 pages long and sells for $1.95 for single copies. Quantity discounts are as much as 50% off retail. Our Booklets are designed to give away … [Read more…]

Posted in: A Global Spirituality, Book/Film Reviews, Contemplative Spirituality, Ecumenism, Mystical Practices, Native Spirituality, New Age movement, One-World Religion, RESOURCES, The New Spirituality, The Role of Meditation Tagged: alpha waves, ann graham lotz, bill koenig, cedric fisher, Ecumenism, global prayer circle, lectio divina, Leonard Sweet, lori cabot, mark batterson, meditation, nanci des gerlaise, prayer circles, Ray Yungen, the circle maker, the gathering, Warren B. Smith, witchcraft

Letter to the Editor: Mixed Bag of Speakers at Assemblies of God General Conference to Include Rick Warren, Priscilla Shirer, Circle-Making Mark Batterson

January 12, 2017 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

Dear LHT editors: My parents attend an Assemblies of God church, and I try to keep up to date on what is going on.  I left the denomination years ago, but they are struggling to stay.  I just looked up the events for 2017 and wasn’t too shocked to find good old Rick Warren as … [Read more…]

Posted in: Assemblies of God, Churches in Crisis!, Conference Alerts, Contemplative Denominations, Contemplative Spirituality, LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, Priscilla Shirer Tagged: aog, Assemblies of God, circle maker, george wood, jesus calling, letter to the editor, mark batterson, priscilla shirer, Rick Warren, sammy rodriguez

Christian Leaders Finally Beginning to Speak Out About Jesus Calling, Saying: “WE LOVE IT!!”

October 14, 2016 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

For three years, Lighthouse Trails has been warning believers about Sarah Young’s Jesus Calling. It was October 25th 2013 that we announced going to press with Warren B. Smith’s book “Another Jesus” Calling. Since then, we have published three booklets by Warren on the topic as well as several articles. We also sent his booklet … [Read more…]

Posted in: Book/Music Excerpts, JESUS CALLING Tagged: "another jesus" calling, circle maker, jack graham, james robinson, jesus calling, mark batterson, Max Lucado, Rick Warren, roma downey, sheila walsch, Warren B. Smith

DRESS REHEARSAL FOR A FALSE REVIVAL? – Evangelical, Charismatic, Emerging Leaders, & Pope Francis Unite for “Together 2016” in Washington, DC

June 13, 2016 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

According to a news release from PRWire titled “Pope Francis To Address Americans At National Mall Event ’Together 2016’ With Special Video Message,” Pope Francis will be joining (via video) evangelical leaders such as Ravi Zacharias, Luis Palau, Michael W. Smith, and Josh McDowell, emerging-church leaders such as Francis Chan, Ann Voskamp, Jennie Allen (IF), … [Read more…]

Posted in: A Global Spirituality, Assemblies of God, Charismatic, Christian Organizations, Churches in Crisis!, Conference Alerts, Ecumenism, Interspirituality, New Evangelicalism, One-World Religion, Road to Rome, Signs of the Times, Southern Baptist Convention, Spiritual Deception, The Emerging Church, The New Evangelization Tagged: America, charismatic, chuck colson, dc, false revival, fill the mall, francis chan, franklin graham, if, jennie allen, josh mcdowell, kenneth copeland, Luis Palau, mark batterson, nick hall, pope francis, ravi zacharias, revival, Richard Foster, Rick Warren, together 2016, washington

Letter to the Editor: Anne Graham Lotz Responds Regarding Promotion of Honi, the Mystic and Prayer Circles

January 15, 2016 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

LTRP Note: The following is from a Lighthouse Trails reader who had written to Anne Graham Lotz regarding her recent promotion of Honi, the mystic, and prayer circles. You may wish to refer to our two previous posts on this situation: Letters to the Editor: Anne Graham Lotz Promoting Circle Making  and Letters to the Editor: … [Read more…]

Posted in: Christian Organizations, LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, Spiritual Deception Tagged: anne graham lotz, circle maker, mark batterson, prayer circles

Letters to the Editor: Anne Graham Lotz Promoting Circle Making

January 6, 2016 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

LTRP Note: Lighthouse Trails  has received a number of e-mails in the last few days (see two of them below) regarding the issue of Anne Graham Lotz promoting circle making recently. This is taken from emerging church leader Mark Batterson’s book, The Circle Maker.  Please read 2 articles we have on circle making: The Circle … [Read more…]

Posted in: Book/Film Reviews, Christian Organizations, LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, New Age movement Tagged: ann graham lotz, cirle making, honi, letter to the editor, mark batterson, New Age, occult, prayer, the circle maker

The Who’s Who List in Bringing the New Spirituality into the Church

November 22, 2014 by Lighthouse Trails author

By Chris Lawson Spiritual Research Network Each of the following authors professes to be Christian and/or uses biblical terminology in his or her writing, yet promotes at least one of the following serious false teachings: contemplative spirituality (i.e., Spiritual Formation), the emergent, progressive “new” spirituality, the seeker-friendly, church-growth movement (e.g., Willow Creek, Purpose Driven) and/or … [Read more…]

Posted in: Beth Moore, Churches in Crisis!, Contemplative Spirituality, The New Spirituality Tagged: a directory of authors, Beth Moore, bill hybels, chris lawson, david benner, Ken Blanchard, larry crabb, Marcus Borg, mark batterson, Mark Driscoll, new spirituality, purpose driven, Richard Foster, Rick Warren, Rob Bell, ruth haley barton, spiritual deception, walter brueggemann, Willow Creek, Yoga

The Circle Makers

February 11, 2014 by A Ministry in His Service

In a book written by Mark Batterson called, The Circle Maker: Praying Circles Around Your Biggest Dreams and Greatest Fears, Batterson insist that one can draw a circle around various issues and desires, and God will intervene mightily.—C.H. Fisher “THE CIRCLE MAKERS” By C. H. Fisher TruthKeepers There is this familiar and oft-quoted excerpt from … [Read more…]

Posted in: A Global Spirituality, Ecumenism, Interspirituality, Rick Warren, Saddleback, Spiritual Deception, The New Spirituality Tagged: Christian leaders, circle maker, circles, deception, Ecumenism, Interspirituality, mark batterson, mysticism, occultism, Rick Warren, TRUTH KEEKERS

The Native Spirituality “Medicine Wheel” and The Circle Maker

November 19, 2013 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

By Nanci Des Gerlaise (Canadian Cree author of Muddy Waters: an insider’s view of North American Native Spirituality) Native Americans developed the concept of the medicine wheel to illustrate their belief that life is a circle—from birth to death to rebirth—and to act as a guide to understanding self, creation, and their duties. Everything within … [Read more…]

Posted in: Native Spirituality, New Age movement, The Emerging Church Tagged: circle maker, emerging church, first nations, hative spirituality, mark batterson, medicine wheel, nanci des gerlaise, New Age, new age practices, The Emerging Church

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  • “Finding the Antidote for Deception”: A Response to the Recent Lighthouse Trails Post on Calvinism
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on March 16, 2023 at 2:25 am

    “Finding the Antidote for Deception”: A Response to the Recent Lighthouse Trails Post on Calvinism LTRP Note: The following is a response to our recent post, “Calvinism: Changing the Meaning of Words to Promote a Theory.” By L.B.S. (Canada) To me, as a former Catholic, Calvinism is just a “protestant” form of Catholicism.  Catholicism has the pope as the final authority—Calvinism has John Calvin to define and direct the supposed ... [Read more...] The post “Finding the Antidote for Deception”: A Response to the Recent Lighthouse Trails Post on Calvinism appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • Rob Hoogland, Jailed Canadian Father, Continues Speaking Up Against Transitioning Operations on Children
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on March 15, 2023 at 1:28 pm

    Rob Hoogland, Jailed Canadian Father, Continues Speaking Up Against Transitioning Operations on Children Lighthouse Trails has been covering the story of Canadian father Rob Hoogland since first learning about it in 2020 (see links below). Below is a recent interview coming out of Canada. Because of Canadian laws and a gag order against Mr. Hoogland publicly speaking up, you will not hear his name mentioned or his face ... [Read more...] The post Rob Hoogland, Jailed Canadian Father, Continues Speaking Up Against Transitioning Operations on Children appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • Special Request for Lighthouse Trails Author, Kevin Reeves
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on March 12, 2023 at 7:41 pm

    Special Request for Lighthouse Trails Author, Kevin Reeves March 13th Update: Thank you to all the people who responded to this special request for Kevin Reeves through donations and also through those saying they were praying for him. Today, Kevin wrote a beautiful letter to all of us and brought us into his heart and life during this time. If you would like ... [Read more...] The post Special Request for Lighthouse Trails Author, Kevin Reeves appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • Calvinism: Changing the Meaning of Words to Promote a Theory
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on March 11, 2023 at 1:59 pm

    Calvinism: Changing the Meaning of Words to Promote a Theory In 2018, Lighthouse Trails published Bob Kirkland’s book Calvinism: None Dare Call It Heresy. Over the last number of years, the editors at Lighthouse Trails have grown increasingly troubled and dismayed to see how Calvinism has and continues to infiltrate today’s Christian churches, ministries, and colleges. If you do not understand what Calvinism really teaches, it ... [Read more...] The post Calvinism: Changing the Meaning of Words to Promote a Theory appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • “Walmart’s Exodus From Portland Draws Attention to Retail Crime and a Troubled City”
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on March 10, 2023 at 3:05 pm

    “Walmart’s Exodus From Portland Draws Attention to Retail Crime and a Troubled City” LTRP Note: The following is posted for informational and research purposes. Lighthouse Trails is a research ministry and does at times post articles by secular news sources to bring to light to events happening in our world. Regardless of whether the source of our material is secular, Christian, or religious, we encourage our readers to ... [Read more...] The post “Walmart’s Exodus From Portland Draws Attention to Retail Crime and a Troubled City” appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • Will “Revival” in Christian Colleges Bring About a Generation of Mystics — With “Woke,” Not Biblical, Values?
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on March 6, 2023 at 4:41 pm

    Will “Revival” in Christian Colleges Bring About a Generation of Mystics — With “Woke,” Not Biblical, Values? “The Christian of the future will be a mystic or he will be nothing.”—mystic Karl Rahner With the Asbury “revival” spreading into various other colleges and universities (and even churches), and with so much talk about revival today, one question that needs to be asked is, what kind of Christian will the majority of today’s ... [Read more...] The post Will “Revival” in Christian Colleges Bring About a Generation of Mystics — With “Woke,” Not Biblical, Values? appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • Fighting Fear in a Fearful Day
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on March 3, 2023 at 2:14 pm

    Fighting Fear in a Fearful Day By Maria Kneas And the Lord, he it is that doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed. (Deuteronomy 31:8) I know something about fighting fear because I’ve had a problem with fear all of my life. My dad was sent home ... [Read more...] The post Fighting Fear in a Fearful Day appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • Lent and Contemplative – A Likely Match
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on February 26, 2023 at 2:21 pm

    Lent and Contemplative – A Likely Match According to one definition, Lent is: While the Bible does not give any instruction to practice or participate in Lent, many churches do. In fact, since the contemplative prayer movement has come into full swing, more and more churches are observing Lent. And, in fact, Lent is often being used as the open door to ... [Read more...] The post Lent and Contemplative – A Likely Match appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • Announcing New Book Release by Warren B. Smith: EVANGULLIBLE
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on February 23, 2023 at 12:22 pm

    Announcing New Book Release by Warren B. Smith: <em>EVANGULLIBLE</em> 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 the Holy Bible. Gullible—easily deceived. Evangullible—easily deceived by teachings that contradict the Gospel of Jesus ... [Read more...] The post Announcing New Book Release by Warren B. Smith: <em>EVANGULLIBLE</em> appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • Asbury “Revival”—Letter to the Editor Raises Concerns About Possible Pre-Planned Exploits
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on February 21, 2023 at 2:38 pm

    Asbury “Revival”—Letter to the Editor Raises Concerns About Possible Pre-Planned Exploits LTRP Note: The following letter to the editor from a Lighthouse Trails reader raises valid concerns about circumstances surrounding the Asbury “revival.” While Asbury University personnel and numerous secular and religious media outlets say that the “revival” is “pure, unplanned, organic,” and unexpected, it turns out an NAR/IHOP*-connected group had been planning a revival event ... [Read more...] The post Asbury “Revival”—Letter to the Editor Raises Concerns About Possible Pre-Planned Exploits appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

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