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If Persecution Comes, Are Western Christians Ready?

September 4, 2023 by Lighthouse Trails author 3 Comments

For nearly ten years now, Lighthouse Trails has been publishing the works of Georgi Vins, the Baptist pastor who was persecuted under the former U.S.S.R., (spending a total of eight years in the communist prisons). To date, we have obtained the rights and published three of his books that had gone out of print: The … [Read more…]

Posted in: Book/Music Excerpts, Defending the Faith, FREEDOM, Persecution, Remembering Communism Tagged: exile, georgi shipkov, georgi vins, gospel in bonds, gulags, persecution, peter vins, prison, three generations of suffering, ussr

Letter to the Editor From Inmate: God Can Reach the Hardest Hearts

June 20, 2021 by Letters to the Editor 3 Comments

Dear Lighthouse Trails: Greetings in the Name that is above all names! I received the literature you sent to me [donated by a LT reader]! I am so very thankful for all the books, booklets, and tracts that you have sent to me over the years. Your ministry has been a blessing to many of … [Read more…]

Posted in: LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, The Gospel, The Preaching of the Cross Tagged: conversion, inmates, letter to the editor, prison, slavation

[Rob Hoogland], “jailed for objecting to teen daughter taking testosterone, is released on bail”

May 4, 2021 by Miscellaneous News Source Leave a Comment

LTRP Note: The following news story is posted for informational and research purposes. By Brandon ShowalterThe Christian Post A Canadian father who was jailed after breaking a gag order for publicly objecting to his trans-identifying teenage daughter being prescribed testosterone has been released.  Robert Hoogland of British Columbia was sentenced to six additional months in … [Read more…]

Posted in: Canada, Children and Homosexuality, CHILDREN AT RISK!, FREEDOM, Politics, Signs of the Times, Transgenderism, Transgenderism Tagged: Canada, Child Abuse, CHILDREN AT RISK!, freedom, Politics, prison, rob hoogland, transgenderism

Update on U.S. Political Prisoner, Philip Zodhiates

October 29, 2020 by Miscellaneous News Source 2 Comments

LTRJ Note: This is an update from Janet Stasulli, who has been working to raise support and awareness for Philip Zodhiates and Isabella and her mother Lisa Miller. Many of you are familiar with this case. If not, click here for some background story. If you would like to help financially with this situation, there … [Read more…]

Posted in: Children and Homosexuality, CHILDREN AT RISK!, Homosexuality, LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, Persecution, Politics, Signs of the Times Tagged: America, Homosexuality, Isabella Miller, lgbt, Lisa Miller, persecution, philip zodhiates, Politics, prison, same sex marriage

The Lisa/Isabella Miller Case—”Criminalizing Christianity in America”

June 2, 2020 by Miscellaneous News Source 5 Comments

Lighthouse Trails has been reporting on the Lisa/Isabella Miller case for ten years as many of our readers know. 419Fund is a group that is helping to raise awareness and support for both Lisa and her daughter Isabella as well as for one of the men (Philip Zodhiates) who today sits in a federal prison … [Read more…]

Posted in: Child Abuse, Children and Homosexuality, CHILDREN AT RISK!, Homosexuality, The Lisa/Isabella Miller Case Tagged: America, freedom, Homosexuality, Isabella Miller, kenneth miller, Lisa Miller, persecution, philip zodhiates, prison, vermont, virginia

“Your Job Is on the Line!” – A Look at the Past, A Glimpse Into the Future

October 14, 2018 by Lighthouse Trails author 4 Comments

LTRP Note: Georgi Vins was a young Baptist pastor in the U.S.S.R. when he was arrested for preaching the Gospel. He spent a total of eight years in the prison camps before being exiled to the United States in 1979. Under contract with his daughter, Natasha Vins, Lighthouse Trails has published two of his books, … [Read more…]

Posted in: Book/Music Excerpts, Defending the Faith, FREEDOM, On Christian Faith, Persecution, Remembering Communism Tagged: communism, georig vins, gulags, moscow, persecution, prison, russia, ussr

A Week With Murderers in a Soviet Prison Camp

September 3, 2018 by Lighthouse Trails author 4 Comments

LTRJ Note: Georgi Vins was a Baptist pastor in the U.S.S.R. during the communist reign. He was sentenced to many years in prison for preaching the Gospel starting when he was 32 years old. Most North American Christians will never have the privilege to suffer for the Cross as Georgi did, but his story will … [Read more…]

Posted in: Book/Music Excerpts, Defending the Faith, On Christian Faith, Persecution, Remembering Communism, The Word of God Tagged: communism, georgi vins, gospel, persecution, prison, soviet prison, suffering, ussr

Christian Prisoners in U.S. Reach Out to Lighthouse Trails for Encouragement

December 19, 2017 by Letters to the Editor Leave a Comment

LTRP Note: Lighthouse Trails receives a growing number of letters from those who are incarcerated in U.S. prisons. The men and women who write all profess their faith in Jesus Christ, having become believers while in prison. In almost every letter we receive, the prisoner tells us that false doctrines (ecumenism, Purpose Driven, seeker friendly, … [Read more…]

Posted in: LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, On Christian Faith, The Preaching of the Cross Tagged: apostasy, apostle paul, contemplative silence, false doctrine, letter to the editor, philemon, prison, prisoners, purpose driven, salvation, seeker-friendly

NEW BOOKLET: Remembering the Persecuted Church and Why We Need to Pray

November 23, 2016 by Lighthouse Trails author

NEW BOOKLET: Remembering the Persecuted Church and Why We Need to Pray by Susan Moore 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 … [Read more…]

Posted in: Book/Music Excerpts, FREEDOM, Marxism/Socialism, On Christian Faith, Persecution, Remembering Communism, RESOURCES, Signs of the Times Tagged: china, communism, foxe's book of martrys, freedom, georgi vins, Islam, last days, martyrs, marxism, north korea, persecuted christians, persecuted church, persecution, prison, Signs of the Times, susan moore, the gospel in bonds, torture

Letter to the Editor From a Prisoner: Warning As Many As I Can in Prison About Spiritual Deception

March 14, 2016 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

To: Lighthouse Trails Publishing Greetings! I want to express my gratitude to you for mailing these booklets to me, by Warren Smith! I am really, enjoying them, but you’ll never know just what a great tool these are to me. I am in Administrative Segregation because when I was younger and before I came to … [Read more…]

Posted in: LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, Spiritual Deception Tagged: discernment, letter to the editor, prison, spiritual deception

Story from the Gulags—The Great Escape Tunnel

August 28, 2015 by Lighthouse Trails author

By Georgi Vins (Pastor and Author of The Gospel in Bonds) The camp at Tabaga was surrounded by four thick, wooden stockade-like fences nearly fifteen feet high. Over each fence stretched several rows of barbed wire and another wire connected to the alarm system. Massive spirals of barbed wire lay between the first two fences. … [Read more…]

Posted in: Book/Music Excerpts, Persecution, Remembering Communism Tagged: georgi vins, gulags, persecution, prison, soviet prisons, the gospel in bonds

A Pastor in a Soviet Prison—The Most Dangerous of All!

September 17, 2014 by Lighthouse Trails author

By Georgi Vins (Author of The Gospel in Bonds – a pastor who spent 8 years in the Soviet prisons for his faith in Christ) Anvar and I were the only prisoners in the “raven,” a black police van used to transport prisoners. He sat alone in a compartment meant to hold fifteen prisoners while … [Read more…]

Posted in: Book/Music Excerpts, FREEDOM, Persecution, Politics, Remembering Communism Tagged: communism, georgi vins, marxism, pastor georgi p. vins, persecution, prison, russia, socialism, the gospel in bonds, ussr

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  • A Missing (or Ignored) Link: They Like Jesus But Not the Church (or Israel) November 27, 2023
  • Heartfelt Letter From a Canadian Man: “Maranatha: Come Quickly Lord Jesus” November 14, 2023
  • “180,000 Rally Against Antisemitism Across France, Macron a No-show” November 13, 2023
  • Video Interview: “Surviving the Hamas Massacre” November 10, 2023
  • Guard Your Heart With All Diligence November 7, 2023

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  • A Missing (or Ignored) Link: They Like Jesus But Not the Church (or Israel)
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on November 27, 2023 at 4:21 pm

    A Missing (or Ignored) Link: They Like Jesus But Not the Church (or Israel) In light of the October 7th attack against Israel and the subsequent anti-Israel, antisemitic demonstrations around the world (including within “Christian” circles), it’s important for Bible-believing Christians to understand the role that many popular evangelical figures have played over the last couple of decades in bringing about a disastrous paradigm shift within the church, part ... [Read more...] The post A Missing (or Ignored) Link: They Like Jesus But Not the Church (or Israel) appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • Heartfelt Letter From a Canadian Man: “Maranatha: Come Quickly Lord Jesus”
    by Letters to the Editor on November 14, 2023 at 4:53 pm

    Heartfelt Letter From a Canadian Man: “Maranatha: Come Quickly Lord Jesus” Dear Lighthouse Trails: Here in Ontario, Canada, my wife and I personally witnessed the Covid insanity. Our Prime Minister Trudeau is now pushing a double vaxx for Covid and the flu. My wife is a Registered Nurse, and she still cannot obtain employment going on three years now because she is not vaxxed and cannot ... [Read more...] The post Heartfelt Letter From a Canadian Man: “Maranatha: Come Quickly Lord Jesus” appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • “180,000 Rally Against Antisemitism Across France, Macron a No-show”
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on November 13, 2023 at 4:43 pm

    “180,000 Rally Against Antisemitism Across France, Macron a No-show” LTRP Note: The following news story is posted for informational and research purposes. From Jewish News Syndicate The parliament called the protest in response to a three-fold increase in antisemitic acts. Thousands marched in Paris on Sunday, including prominent lawmakers, to condemn a sharp rise in antisemitic incidents in France over the war in the ... [Read more...] The post “180,000 Rally Against Antisemitism Across France, Macron a No-show” appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • Video Interview: “Surviving the Hamas Massacre”
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on November 10, 2023 at 10:56 pm

    Video Interview: “Surviving the Hamas Massacre” LTRJ Note: The following is posted for informational purposes. This is a deeply emotional testimonial by a young Israeli father and husband who survived the Hamas attack against Israel. Jewish evangelical Joel Rosenberg is interviewing him. Related Information: News Sources for Information on Israel Israel—A Burdensome Stone to the Nations and the Apple of God’s ... [Read more...] The post Video Interview: “Surviving the Hamas Massacre” appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • Guard Your Heart With All Diligence
    by Lighthouse Trails author on November 7, 2023 at 4:00 pm

    Guard Your Heart With All Diligence By David DombrowskiThe last few years have been an educational experience for me regarding the nature of people’s hearts. I believe it would be accurate to say we have entered perilous times; and where it will take us in the immediate future, we don’t know except that we must always keep our hope in the ... [Read more...] The post Guard Your Heart With All Diligence appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • “Slouching Toward Kristallnacht—Right Before Our Eyes”
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on November 7, 2023 at 3:00 pm

    “Slouching Toward Kristallnacht—Right Before Our Eyes” LTRP Note: The following is posted for informational and research purposes. (Photo: Magdeburg, Germany, Kristallnacht, Nov. 1938; From the German Federal Archive; used with permission from Wikipedia) By Scott HogensonFront Page Magazine Something sinister is happening before our eyes. An alarming number of Americans blame Israel for the murder of civilians by Hamas terrorists October ... [Read more...] The post “Slouching Toward Kristallnacht—Right Before Our Eyes” appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • Lighthouse Trails New Book Release: A New Narrative for a “New” World
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on November 4, 2023 at 3:42 am

    Lighthouse Trails New Book Release: <em>A New Narrative for a “New” World</em> Lighthouse Trails is pleased to announce the release of a new book (Released on 11/1/2023) A New Narrative for a “New” World: A Compendium of Terms to Discern Today’s Dialect, written by seven Lighthouse Trails authors. Order your copy. ALL BACKORDERS HAVE BEEN SHIPPED. A “New” Narrative for a “New” World is a compilation of ... [Read more...] The post Lighthouse Trails New Book Release: <em>A New Narrative for a “New” World</em> appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • New Booklet: Israel—A Burdensome Stone to the Nations and the Apple of God’s Eye
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on October 30, 2023 at 1:00 pm

    New Booklet: <em>Israel—A Burdensome Stone to the Nations and the Apple of God’s Eye</em> Israel—A Burdensome Stone to the Nations and the Apple of God’s Eye by Mike Oppenheimer 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 personal use. Below is ... [Read more...] The post New Booklet: <em>Israel—A Burdensome Stone to the Nations and the Apple of God’s Eye</em> appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • Remaining Hopeful Through It All
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on October 28, 2023 at 1:00 pm

    Remaining Hopeful Through It All By Warren B. Smith To a believer, the expression “hope springs eternal” means that our hope is always in Jesus Christ. He is our hope because He gives eternal life to those who put their hope and faith in Him (1 Timothy 1:1; Titus 3:5-7). The old hymn, O God Our Help in Ages Past, states it ... [Read more...] The post Remaining Hopeful Through It All appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • “However Much You Hate the Media, These 7 Moments in Israel Coverage Prove It’s Not Enough”
    by Miscellaneous News Source on October 27, 2023 at 2:58 pm

    “However Much You Hate the Media, These 7 Moments in Israel Coverage Prove It’s Not Enough” LTRP Note: The following news story is posted for informational and research purposes. By Elle PurnellThe Federalist These seven failures from the past few weeks should dispel any benefit of the doubt you have left for the corporate media’s honesty. American legacy media were busted last week for spreading terrorist propaganda about an “Israeli” “strike” ... [Read more...] The post “However Much You Hate the Media, These 7 Moments in Israel Coverage Prove It’s Not Enough” appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

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