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Letter to the Editor From Canadian Man: When It Comes to Contemplative Spirituality, No Guaranteed Safety in Any Evangelical Circle!

Dear Lighthouse Trails readers: We cannot assume that we are “safe and sound” in our various, differing evangelical fellowships, regardless of the name under which we gather.  One of the largest evangelical fellowships in Canada, EFC, (Evangelical Fellowship of Canada),…

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Remembering Ray Yungen and Richard Foster’s “School” of Contemplative Prayer

Nearly eight years ago researcher Ray Yungen passed away at the age of 64. As regular Lighthouse Trails readers know, it was through Ray’s work that Lighthouse Trails began 22 years ago. Since Ray’s passing, Richard Foster’s contemplative prayer has infiltrated countless numbers of…

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Is Your Church Doing “Spiritual Formation”? (Important Reasons Why It Shouldn’t)

Editor’s Note: Lighthouse Trails wrote this report in 2014. Since then, we have watched “Spiritual Formation” explode within the church. After over twenty years of warnings, to our dismay, the issue has not been challenged or even questioned by most…

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Exposés on Bible Projects’ Tim Mackie Reveal Emergent Beliefs on the Atonement and Promotion of the New Age Practice: Contemplative Prayer

We want to bring our readers’ attention to numerous reports presented by John Lanagan’s blog, The Word Like Fire. The reports are documented exposés on the co-founder of the highly popular Bible Project, Tim Mackie. The Bible Project began in…

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Celebrating the Atonement and the Resurrection While Promoting Contemplative – A Profound Contradiction

Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.… And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the…

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Lighthouse Trails Research Journal Index of Articles (2013-2021)

As many of our readers know, Lighthouse Trails has been publishing a printed research journal since 2013. We started out with 6 issues a year and currently have 4 issues a year. These journals are 36-40 pages long and are…

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