Even though New Age sympathizer Rob Bell has left his position at Mars Hill Church in Grand Rapids, MI, Bell’s influence won’t be disappearing from the “Christian” scene anytime soon. As The Grand Rapids Press article below states, Harper Collins is releasing a study guide to Bell’s book Love Wins. For several years, Lighthouse Trails has … [Read more…]
By David Dombrowski Editor at Lighthouse Trails The “Creeping” Effect of Apostasy The church of today is very much astir. Everywhere we turn, embellishments are being added to Christianity as if to improve it. The old ways do not seem to satisfy anymore. A great influx of new teachings and practices have exchanged the God of … [Read more…]
From a Lighthouse Trails reader (who spent years as a missionary in Latin America) who sent the following letter to Tom White of Voice of the Martyrs and gave us permission to post this. We do so as we share this reader’s concern over the direction that VOM appears to be taking: Dear Dr. White: Enclosed is … [Read more…]
Is Charles Stanley trying to tell Christians something but doesn’t want to come right out and just admit, “Hey, I’m a contemplative, and I am using my In Touch magazine to let everybody know it.” A Lighthouse Trails January 2010 article titled “Letter to Charles Stanley: Is In Touch Getting Out-of-Touch With the True Gospel?,” discussed … [Read more…]
LTRP Note: As Warren Smith pointed out in his book A “Wonderful” Deception, scientists are working to “prove” that God exists in every cell. These “new” scientists believe that God is an energy and that this energy is throughout all things. If you haven’t already, you might consider reading our articles “Will the new science … [Read more…]
Greetings Lighthouse Trails: While ordering DVD’s and books today, my wife and I were reminded how much we depend on you for quality helps as we watch churches and schools submit and succumb to the “New Spirituality” invasion. You provide superb materials that we use regularly. I only wish there were others who would buy … [Read more…]
LTRP Note: Because of Oprah Winfrey’s significant role in bringing New Age/New Spirituality to the homes of millions of North American’s, we have posted this news piece about her departure from day time television. Also see the links to some of our own articles below the Washington Post article. By Dan Zak Washington Post The queen of … [Read more…]
NOTE: Please read the related article by Roger Oakland after our article. Lighthouse Trails receives emails from time to time from readers asking if there is still “a problem” with David Jeremiah and his 2003 (redone in 2005) book, Life Wide Open. In the second edition of A Time of Departingby Ray Yungen is an expose … [Read more…]
by Berit Kjos Kjos Ministries A review of this mystical book series for children and youth Halloween comes and goes, but the Ga’Hoole owls — with their legends, divination, ghosts, and “hagsfiends” — call for an all-year warning. These guardians fit right into the world’s history of pagan myths and mystical “seers,” and their adventures … [Read more…]
From the back cover of the November Lighthouse Trails release, False Christ Coming: Does Anybody Care? “But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.” Matthew 13:25 Many church leaders believe that antichrist is alive and well and in the world today. But what is being left … [Read more…]
BY ROGER OAKLAND Understand the Times A message is burning in my heart. While I have not been active in ministry this past year because of what has been a “forced sabbatical,” I am thankful to report that God has raised me up from the brink of death. I thank God for His healing touch. Once more … [Read more…]
LTRP Note: In relation to this article and the upcoming radio program on Thursday, September 9th on CrossTalk, it is worth noting that on the same day, Leadership Network (the launchers of the 1990s emerging church movement) is presenting an online, digital “conference” called The Nines featuring 100 evangelical pastors and leaders, some of whom are Rick … [Read more…]
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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…]
Moriel has received a number of inquiries and comments regarding the invitation by Skip Heitzig extended to Leonard Sweet, the New Age Christian mystic usually identified with the “Emergent Church”, a movement against which senior Calvary pastor and founder Pastor Chuck Smith publicly opposed. The event is to be held at Calvary Chapel, Albuquerque along … [Read more…]
What I am proposing to do is to narrow that gap between pantheism and Christianity by bringing out what one might call the Christian soul of pantheism or the pantheist aspect of Christianity.1 Pierre Teilhard de Chardin Now I realize that, on the model of the incarnate God whom Christianity reveals to me, I can … [Read more…]
On Saturday February 27, 2010 Lighthouse Trails authors, Warren B. Smith and Ray Yungen will be speaking at the Defending the Faith conference at Calvary Chapel Pacific Coast in Westminster, California. Smith and Yungen will be joined by author of The Beautiful Side of Evil, Johanna Michaelsen, and Pastor Chris Quintana. In addition to the … [Read more…]
The following pertains to our January 25 article, Buddhist/Universalist Sympathizer Woos Nazarene Students at NNU. NNU’s president, Dr. David Alexander, has issued the following response to an undisclosed number of concerned Nazarenes. We are posting this and also our comments and documentation about his response (see our commentary below Dr. Alexander’s response). From Dr. Alexander: Greetings from … [Read more…]