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Corban University (formerly Western Baptist College), a Former Non-Contemplative College, Teams Up with Mark Driscoll

December 26, 2013 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

Corban University of Salem, Oregon used to be called Western Baptist College. It used to be a Christian college that did not promote contemplative spirituality or the emerging church, and it used to be on the Lighthouse Trails “good” Christian colleges list (colleges that don’t promote Spiritual Formation). But that was then, and today is … [Read more…]

Posted in: Calvinist/Reformed, Contemplative Colleges, Eschatology, Spiritual Formation, The Emerging Church Tagged: A Time of Departing, Brian McLaren, bruce demarest, Christian colleges, Christianity Today, Contemplative Spirituality, corban university, Dan Allender, dan merchant, driscoll, emerging church, end-times, J.P. Moreland, John Piper, karl barth, Marcus Borg, mark devries, Mark Driscoll, Mars Hill, oregon, phyllis tickle, Ray Yungen, robert webber, salem, spiritual formation, The Emerging Church

The Top 50 “Christian” Contemplative Books – A “NOT RECOMMENDED Reading List” and 25 Christian “Bridgers” to Them

December 10, 2012 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

LTRP Note: Ray Yungen and the editors at Lighthouse Trails have put together our Top 50 “Christian” Contemplative Books  – A “Not Recommended Reading List.” If your pastor, your professor, your children, or your friends are reading any of these books, then they are being led down a path that will take them toward a mystical, panentheistic spirituality … [Read more…]

Posted in: Beth Moore, Calvinist/Reformed, Contemplative Practices, Contemplative Spirituality Tagged: ann voskamp, Anne Lamott, basil pennington, Beth Moore, bill hull, bill hybels, Brennan Manning, Brian McLaren, calvin miller, contemplative, Contemplative Spirituality, Dallas Willard, Dan Kimball, david benner, donald miller, doug pagitt, driscoll, Eugene Peterson, Henri Nouwen, J.P. Moreland, john eldredge, ken boa, Mark Driscoll, mark yaconelli, mike bickle, philip yancey, Richard Foster, Rick Warren, Rob Bell, robert webber, Shane Claiborne, Thomas Merton, walter brueggemann

50 Top Organizations With a Significant Role in Bringing Contemplative Spirituality to the Church

January 21, 2012 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

From 10 years of research at Lighthouse Trails Research Project, we have found the following fifty organizations to have had a significant role in bringing contemplative spirituality into the evangelical/Protestant church. If you do not know or understand the implications of this, we urge you to educate yourself as soon as possible. Note: We have … [Read more…]

Posted in: Christian & Missionary Alliance, Christian Organizations, Christian Publishers/Bookstores, Contemplative Organizations, InterVarsity Press, Nazarene Church, Saddleback, Spiritual Formation, Wesleyan Church Tagged: aacc, abs, acts 29 network, ats, baker books, breakforth, CCEL, center for action and contemplation, christian missionary alliance, cma, contemplative, contemplative prayer, Contemplative Spirituality, conversations journal, ct, elca, Emergent Village, emersion, focus on the family, group magazine, Henri Nouwen, ihop, intervarsity, intervarsity christian fellowship, intervarsity press, kairos, Leadership Network, lifeway resources, meditation, mennonites, metamorpha, national worship conference, navpress, Nazarenes, new church specialties, presbyterian church usa, Purpose Driven Movement, relevant magazine, renovare, robert webber, Saddleback, sdi, Sojourners, teen mania, the ooze, thomas nelson, transforming center, upper roon, wesleyan, wesleyan church, willow creek association, Worship Leader Magazine, youth specialties, zondervan

Lincoln Christian College and Seminary (IL) Changes Name, But Still Promotes Contemplative Spirituality

March 22, 2011 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

Today we received the following email from a concerned Lighthouse Trails reader. We believe it is worth noting to help warn those who are looking for good Christian colleges to attend that Lincoln promotes spiritual formation (i.e., contemplative spirituality). Dear Lighthouse Trails: I notice on your website that you list “Lincoln Christian College and Seminary” … [Read more…]

Posted in: Contemplative Colleges Tagged: Christian colleges, contemplative, emerging, lincoln christian university, nouwen, peter scazzero, robert webber

Eucharistic Adoration and the Emerging Church

September 12, 2010 by Lighthouse Trails author

by Roger Oakland When Christians begin to chase after powerful mystical experiences that supposedly bring them closer to Christ, this becomes like a slippery slope that will have disastrous results. The emerging church is on this slope. When I do a series of radio programs or write commentaries for our website warning people about the … [Read more…]

Posted in: Christian Publishers/Bookstores, EFCA, InterVarsity Press, Road to Rome, The Emerging Church, Wesleyan Church Tagged: doug pagitt, efca, emerging church, eurcharist, intervarsity, intervarsity christian fellowship, intervarsity press, Road to Rome, robert webber, second coming, wesleyan

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  • Lighthouse Trails to Send Out 21st Mailing to Christian Pastors and Leaders September 20, 2023
  • Letter to the Editor: God Protected My Family From Bill Gothard’s Damaging Teachings September 20, 2023
  • Meditation’s Role in the End of the Age September 18, 2023
  • Southern Poverty Lawsuit Against Child Protectors Could Set Precedent for Normalizing Adult-Child Sex September 14, 2023
  • “Victory: Canadian Father Rob Hoogland Set Free by Appeals Court After Conviction for Breaking ‘Gag Order’ on daughter’s ‘Transgender’ Medical Treatments” September 14, 2023

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  • Lighthouse Trails to Send Out 21st Mailing to Christian Pastors and Leaders
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on September 20, 2023 at 1:32 pm

    Lighthouse Trails to Send Out 21st Mailing to Christian Pastors and Leaders Since 2016, Lighthouse Trails has been sending out topical booklets (usually three times a year) to a growing list of pastors and Christian leaders. This week, Lighthouse Trails will be sending out our second mailing of 2023 to Christian leaders & pastors. Our current list has nearly 1100 names. If you would like your pastor ... [Read more...] The post Lighthouse Trails to Send Out 21st Mailing to Christian Pastors and Leaders appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • Letter to the Editor: God Protected My Family From Bill Gothard’s Damaging Teachings
    by Letters to the Editor on September 20, 2023 at 4:02 am

    Letter to the Editor: God Protected My Family From Bill Gothard’s Damaging Teachings LTRP Note: The following letter to the editor is in response to an article Lighthouse Trails posted in June of this year titled “A Look at Shiny Happy People and What the Church Can Learn.” It also comes on the heels of the release of a new edition of a book published by Midwest Christian Outreach ... [Read more...] The post Letter to the Editor: God Protected My Family From Bill Gothard’s Damaging Teachings appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • Meditation’s Role in the End of the Age
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on September 18, 2023 at 12:20 pm

    Meditation’s Role in the End of the Age By Ray Yungen Throughout my Christian life I have periodically heard fellow Christians suggest we are in the last days. Often these comments were initiated from current cases of violent crimes, sexual perversions, war, or natural disasters. Since I knew history had repeatedly encountered these calamities, such predictions of Christ’s imminent return rang hollow. However, ... [Read more...] The post Meditation’s Role in the End of the Age appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • Southern Poverty Lawsuit Against Child Protectors Could Set Precedent for Normalizing Adult-Child Sex
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on September 14, 2023 at 4:18 pm

    Southern Poverty Lawsuit Against Child Protectors Could Set Precedent for Normalizing Adult-Child Sex By Philip Zodhiates The nature of this article is alarming and disturbing, and I’d be wrong not to warn you. But it is vital you know what is taking place in the ongoing battle to protect children. Our most innocent ones face perhaps the most egregious danger so far, something of which the most informed ... [Read more...] The post Southern Poverty Lawsuit Against Child Protectors Could Set Precedent for Normalizing Adult-Child Sex appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • “Victory: Canadian Father Rob Hoogland Set Free by Appeals Court After Conviction for Breaking ‘Gag Order’ on daughter’s ‘Transgender’ Medical Treatments”
    by Miscellaneous News Source on September 14, 2023 at 1:16 pm

    “Victory: Canadian Father Rob Hoogland Set Free by Appeals Court After Conviction for Breaking ‘Gag Order’ on daughter’s ‘Transgender’ Medical Treatments” LTRP Note: Lighthouse Trails has been covering the story of Canadian father, Rob Hoogland, who has been persecuted by the Canadian government for refusing to call his daughter a boy. The following news story is posted for informational and research purposes. It is a follow up to other stories about Mr. Hoogland that Lighthouse Trails ... [Read more...] The post “Victory: Canadian Father Rob Hoogland Set Free by Appeals Court After Conviction for Breaking ‘Gag Order’ on daughter’s ‘Transgender’ Medical Treatments” appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • “California Passes Bill Requiring Parents to Affirm Kids’ Gender ‘Transitions’” Or They Could Lose Custody
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on September 12, 2023 at 11:08 am

    “California Passes Bill Requiring Parents to Affirm Kids’ Gender ‘Transitions’” Or They Could Lose Custody LTRP Note: The following news story is posted for informational and research purposes. By Tony KinnettThe Daily Signal The California State Assembly passed a bill Friday that would require judges in child custody cases to consider whether a parent has affirmed a child’s “gender transition” by making “gender affirmation” an equal part of a child’s ... [Read more...] The post “California Passes Bill Requiring Parents to Affirm Kids’ Gender ‘Transitions’” Or They Could Lose Custody appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • NYT: “Sarah Young, 77, Dies; Created an Empire Around a Christian Devotional”
    by Miscellaneous News Source on September 12, 2023 at 3:52 am

    NYT: “Sarah Young, 77, Dies; Created an Empire Around a Christian Devotional” LTRP Note: The following news story is posted for informational and research purposes. (Photo from a 2-second video clip from YouTube; used in accordance with the U.S. Fair Use Act: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2BXgBRu11c&list=PLyTBJOX8CfX5kIzL4fpI54YoNkw4ueas4) By Clay RisenThe New York Times Sarah Young, whose book “Jesus Calling,” composed of devotional readings written in the voice of Jesus Christ, sold ... [Read more...] The post NYT: “Sarah Young, 77, Dies; Created an Empire Around a Christian Devotional” appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • Christianity Today Now Promoting AI Sermons
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on September 10, 2023 at 3:30 am

    <em>Christianity Today</em> Now Promoting AI Sermons LTRP Note: The following is posted for information and research purposes. By Bob UnruhWND News Center “Why?” An editorial at Not the Bee is reporting that Christianity Today has begun promoting pastors “that use AI for sermons” and is asking the obvious question, “Why?” The magazine, which actually was begun by Billy Graham but has changed significantly ... [Read more...] The post <em>Christianity Today</em> Now Promoting AI Sermons appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • Letter to the Editor From Two Women: What Are We Doing Wrong?
    by Letters to the Editor on September 4, 2023 at 4:53 pm

    Letter to the Editor From Two Women: What Are We Doing Wrong? Dear Lighthouse Trails: This note is actually from two people—my friend Elizabeth and myself (Ann).  Judy and I have known one another for 12 years—we met at a Bible study in my home. She still lives in ___________ and I’m now in ________, and we meet once a week for a Zoom prayer. Even though ... [Read more...] The post Letter to the Editor From Two Women: What Are We Doing Wrong? appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • If Persecution Comes, Are Western Christians Ready?
    by Lighthouse Trails author on September 4, 2023 at 2:46 pm

    If Persecution Comes, Are Western Christians Ready? 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...] The post If Persecution Comes, Are Western Christians Ready? appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

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