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Take Away From Me the Noise of Your Songs

August 29, 2019 by Lighthouse Trails author 24 Comments

LTRP Note: Lighthouse Trails will be publishing a booklet in the near future by Sandy Simpson on worship and today’s Christian music. Below is an excerpt of his material on this subject. Many people who contact Lighthouse Trails are very concerned about the changes they are seeing in the worship music in their churches. By … [Read more…]

Posted in: Churches in Crisis!, Music Tagged: churches in crisis, Music, sandy simpson

Are the “Supreme Beings” of the Nations the True God?

August 25, 2017 by Lighthouse Trails author 1 Comment

By Sandy Simpson When did ANY of the Patriarchs and Prophets in the Old Testament and the apostles or Jesus Christ in the New Testament ever claim that the “supreme beings” of the nations were Elohim/YHWH, the one True God? And yet, this very thing is being taught by popular figures within the Christian church … [Read more…]

Posted in: A Global Spirituality, Book/Music Excerpts, Christian Organizations, Defending the Faith, Missions, On Christian Faith, Paganism, RESOURCES, The Emerging Church Tagged: daniel kikawa, Danny Lehman, don richardson, emerging church, gospel, Missions, richard twiss, sandy simpson, terry leblanc, wcgip, YWAM

Can Cultures Be Redeemed? – Emerging Church Says “Yes” – Bible Says “No”

May 10, 2017 by Lighthouse Trails author

By Nanci Des Gerlaise [Indigenous People’s Movement] leaders teach that God has been redeeming cultures and that He placed in all cultures a way for men to have a relationship with God outside of the Gospel.1 DID GOD CREATE CULTURES? A growing trend in the evangelical church is what is referred to as “redeeming the … [Read more…]

Posted in: Book/Music Excerpts, Defending the Faith, Interspirituality, Native Spirituality, One-World Religion, RESOURCES, The Emerging Church, The New Missiology, The Preaching of the Cross Tagged: first nations, indigeneous people's movement, mike oppenheimer, missiology, nanci des gerlaise, native spirituality, sandy simpson, world christian gathering

The New Missiology – Doing Missions Without the Gospel

February 24, 2017 by Lighthouse Trails author

LTRJ Note: The following is the content of  Roger Oakland’s booklet,  The New Missiology – Doing Missions Without the Gospel. We are reposting this important article because Lighthouse Trails has many new readers who may not have seen this. By Roger Oakland Emergent Missiology I must add, though, that I don’t believe making disciples must … [Read more…]

Posted in: A Global Spirituality, Book/Music Excerpts, Chrislam, Missions, The Emerging Church Tagged: Brian McLaren, Buddhism, Catholicism, churchless christianity, emergent, emerging church, Herbert Hoefer, Hinduism, Islam, Koran, mike oppenheimer, missiology, missional, Missions, muslims, Rick Warren, Roger Oakland, sandy simpson, YWAM

DELUDED!

October 27, 2015 by Lighthouse Trails author

By Sandy Simpson Deception in the Church Seth Dahl, Bethel Church, Redding, CA: Dahl tells the Bethel Redding congregation of his experience with an enormous angel. Dahl asked the angel his name and then Googled in the angel’s answer. The angel’s name was the same as that of a finance company. Dahl then realized the … [Read more…]

Posted in: Charismatic, False Signs and Wonders, Spiritual Deception, The Word of God Tagged: benny hinn, bethel church, charles capps, claim it, deception in the church, diety of christ, fred price, hyper-charismatic, kenneth copeland, name it, new thought, sandy simpson, seth dahl, todd bentley, word of faith

Letter to the Editor: A Church I Visited Doing “Soaking” – What is Soaking?

August 12, 2015 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

Dear Lighthouse Trails: A church I visited when I moved to another State has what they refer to as ‘soakings’. My understanding is that they sit quietly and wait for messages from the Lord. The pastor attends these soakings as well as participates in them. Sounds much like contemplative prayer to me. Several women in … [Read more…]

Posted in: Assemblies of God, Charismatic, Contemplative Practices, Contemplative Spirituality, False Signs and Wonders, LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, Mystical Practices, Reiki/Energy Healing Tagged: Berit Kjos, contemplative prayer, hyper-charismatic, kundalini, letter to the editor, mike oppenheimer, mysticism, Ray Yungen, sandy simpson, soaking, soaking prayer

NEW BOOKLET – Are the “Supreme Beings” of the Nations the True God?

March 29, 2015 by Lighthouse Trails author

Are the “Supreme Beings” of the Nations the True God? by  Sandy Simpson is our newest Lighthouse Trails Booklet. The Booklet is 16 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 use.  Below … [Read more…]

Posted in: A Global Spirituality, Interspirituality, Missions, New Evangelicalism, RESOURCES, The New Missiology, The New Spirituality Tagged: abraham, Brian McLaren, daniel kikawa, deception in the church, emerging church, golden calf, Henri Nouwen, Hinduism, indigenous people's movement, Interspirituality, Islam, joseph, joshua, Leonard Sweet, Missions, moses, Mother teresa, new missiology, richard twiss, Rick Warren, Robert Schuller, sandy simpson, Victor Kazaniian, wcgip, YWAM

Questions for Those Who Claim the “Supreme Beings” Of the Nations Are the True God

March 24, 2015 by A Ministry in His Service

By Sandy Simpson Deception in the Church Ministries I have some questions for those of the World Christian Gathering of Indigenous People (WCGIP) adherents such as Don Richardson, Daniel Kikawa, Richard Twiss (deceased), Terry LeBlanc, Danny Lehman, Aloha Ke Akua, YWAM as well as many in the Emergent Church (EC). The questions arise from their … [Read more…]

Posted in: Missions, New Evangelicalism, Paganism, The Emerging Church, The New Missiology Tagged: Aloha Ke Akua, daniel kikawa, Danny Lehman, deception in the church, don richardson, golden calf, idolatry in their hearts, mike oppenheimer, Missions, new missiology, Richard Twiss (deceased), sandy simpson, terry leblanc, YWAM

Video Review of New Movie, Holy Ghost Reveals This is the NOT God’s Holy Ghost

November 6, 2014 by A Ministry in His Service

The following is a video review of the new movie Holy Ghost. The review is done by Tim Wirth (part of the Concerned Nazarene project) and Sandy Simpson of Deception in the Church.

Posted in: Book/Film Reviews, False Signs and Wonders Tagged: false signs and wonders, holy ghost, holy spirit, move review, pensacola outpouring, sandy simpson, signs and wonders, tim wirth, toronto blessing, word of faith

Looking for Something? Try Deception in the Church’s Search Tool

August 14, 2014 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

Sandy Simpson’s website ministry, Deception in the Church, has an excellent search tool where you can search various topics, keywords, names, etc. from various discernment/research websites (including LT) all at the same time. Here is the link: http://www.deceptioninthechurch.com/search9.html. Of course, no matter what site you are on – even ours – always use discernment and … [Read more…]

Posted in: Defending the Faith, RESOURCES, Spiritual Deception Tagged: deception in the church, Defending the Faith, resources, sandy simpson, spiritual deception

“They will believe the lie”

February 10, 2014 by A Ministry in His Service

By Sandy Simpson Deception in the Church 2 Thessalonians 2:9-12 The coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with how Satan works. He will use all sorts of displays of power through signs and wonders that serve the lie, and all the ways that wickedness deceives those who are perishing. They perish because … [Read more…]

Posted in: Eschatology, Spiritual Deception, The Word of God Tagged: adam, deception, end-times, last days, lust, pride of life, sandy simpson, sin, spiritual deception

Lighthouse Trails 2013 Year in Review—PART 5 – Top 7 Articles in 2013 By Out-of-House Like-Minded Writers

December 28, 2013 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

The following are the Top 7 Articles By Out-of-House Like-Minded Writers that Lighthouse Trails posted in 2013. These were also used in our Lighthouse Trails Research Journal in 2013. 1) Four Men and Four Books That the Enemy Has Used To Corrupt Christianity  (Sandy Simpson – Deception in the Church) 3) What would Jesus think (WWJT) about “the … [Read more…]

Posted in: YEARS IN REVIEW Tagged: bill randles, larry debruyn, orrel steinkamp, sandy simpson, tom baker, tony pearce

Four Men and Four Books That the Enemy Has Used To Corrupt Christianity

October 1, 2013 by A Ministry in His Service

By Sandy Simpson Deception in the Church Four men changed the world into their postmodern, communist, evolutionist, materialist, Narcissistic concept of reality.  There are also four books that have corrupted Christianity worldwide.  The four men who changed the world, not for the better, were Friedrich Nietzsche, Karl Marx, Charles Darwin and Sigmund Freud.                    … [Read more…]

Posted in: FREEDOM, Purpose Driven Movement, Remembering Communism, Spiritual Deception, The Emerging Church, The New Spirituality, World in Crisis Tagged: carl marx, communism, contemplative, darwin, don richardson, freud, jack deere, marxism, new missiology, nietzsche, Richard Foster, Rick Warren, sandy simpson

Did God Put “Eternity In Their Hearts” or “The World In Their Hearts”?

July 30, 2013 by A Ministry in His Service

By Sandy Simpson Deception in the Church Ministries In the introduction to Mike Oppenheimer’s and my book Idolatry In Their Hearts, I exposed the fact that Don Richardson pulled the phrase “Eternity In Their Hearts” to use as his book title from its context in Ecc. 3:11. He did this to support his thesis, which actually … [Read more…]

Posted in: Missions, The New Missiology Tagged: don richardson, emerging church, eternity in their hearts, mike oppenheimer, Missions, sandy simpson, wcgip, YWAM

Video Preview with Sandy Simpson: the First Nations Movement

June 8, 2012 by A Ministry in His Service

The following is a preview video clip of Sandy Simpson in the First Nations Movement DVD Series: For more information on this DVD series, click here.

Posted in: A Global Spirituality, Book/Music Excerpts, Native Spirituality, The New Missiology Tagged: cultures, first nations movement, new missiology, richard twiss, sandy simpson, sin

Video Previews: Perpetuated in Righteousness? Did God Redeem Cultures?

June 5, 2012 by A Ministry in His Service

The following is the first of four previews of the First Nations Movement DVD lecture series with Mike Oppenheimer (Let Us Reason Ministries) and Sandy Simpson (Deception in the Church). This is a powerful series that no Christian should miss. If you would like to order the DVD set, click here. We’ll be posting the other … [Read more…]

Posted in: Native Spirituality, The Emerging Church, The New Missiology Tagged: cultures, first nations movement, mike oppenheimer, new missiology, sandy simpson

New Tool by Deception in the Church Ministries Rates Christian Worship Songs

May 22, 2012 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

LTRP Note: Sandy Simpson of Deception in the Church ministries has developed an interesting research tool for rating Christian worship songs. We hope this tool will help get many believers thinking about the kind of lyrics they are singing each week at church and what the messages of those songs really are. Sometimes they are … [Read more…]

Posted in: Churches in Crisis!, Music Tagged: deception in the church, Music, panentheism, pantheism, sandy simpson

Spiritual Research Network (SRN) Delivers Vital Documentation on Apostasy in Calvary Chapel and in the Church at Large

March 1, 2012 by A Ministry in His Service

Chris Lawson, of Spiritual Research Network, delivers another important monthly newsletter. In this issue, you will find these headlines: 1. Sharing Speaking Platforms: Compromises and Consequences – When Leaders Wrongly Share Speaking Platforms with Ecumenists and Teachers of False Doctrine By Chris Lawson 2. Faithful Ministers Versus False and Corrupt Ministers: A Brief Overview (Commentary … [Read more…]

Posted in: Concerns for Calvary Chapel, Dominionism, Ecumenism, Road to Rome, The New Evangelization Tagged: boykin, Calvary Chapel, chris lawson, Ecumenism, joyner, Roger Oakland, sandy simpson, spiritual deception, spiritual research network, srn

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  • A Look atShiny Happy People and What the Church Can Learn
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on June 9, 2023 at 3:45 pm

    A Look at<em>Shiny Happy People</em> and What the Church Can Learn On June 2nd, Amazon Prime aired a new docuseries called Shiny Happy People (Duggar Family Secrets). It was difficult to watch for several reasons, but we knew it was necessary. If you watch it, we believe you will understand what we mean. What’s sad is that it took a secular group to expose what the ... [Read more...] The post A Look at<em>Shiny Happy People</em> and What the Church Can Learn appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • My Search for Peace—A Former Nun’s Story
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on June 5, 2023 at 2:20 pm

    My Search for Peace—A Former Nun’s Story Taken from the book, The Truth Set Us Free: Twenty-three Former Nuns Tell Their Stories (3rd Edition, LT, 2023) By Alicia Simpson(1906-circa 1988) Childhood Memories I was born into a Roman Catholic household. As a child, I knew nothing but abuse and ill-treatment from a mother, a father, and then a stepfather of whom I ... [Read more...] The post My Search for Peace—A Former Nun’s Story appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • What Next for Israel?
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on June 5, 2023 at 11:31 am

    What Next for Israel? LTRP Note: We appreciate Tony Pearce’s updates on Israel, especially considering that you won’t get such information from mainstream media, most Christian media, and even most churches today (because to the world and much of proclaiming Christianity, Israel and the Jews are a non-issue—or worse, are viewed as an evil thing). By Tony PearceLight for ... [Read more...] The post What Next for Israel? appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • Viral Margaret Sanger Clip Reminds Us That Planned Parenthood Victimizes the Vulnerable
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on June 3, 2023 at 1:41 pm

    Viral Margaret Sanger Clip Reminds Us That Planned Parenthood Victimizes the Vulnerable By Evita Duffy-AlfonsoThe Federalist Anow-viral clip of a 1957 interview between Margaret Sanger and Mike Wallace is exposing the depravity of Planned Parenthood’s founder. The clip reveals to millions the eugenicist origins of America’s largest abortion provider, which since its founding has preyed on the vulnerable, from the poor and disabled to the gender confused. ... [Read more...] The post Viral Margaret Sanger Clip Reminds Us That Planned Parenthood Victimizes the Vulnerable appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • The Trinity: Christology
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on June 1, 2023 at 12:45 pm

    The Trinity: Christology By Mike Oppenheimer From his book, The Trinity: The Triune Nature of God If we are to grasp who God is, we must understand the core doctrine of the nature of God. Acceptance of the biblical view is what separates one from other views such as the polytheism found in Hinduism or the strict monotheism ... [Read more...] The post The Trinity: Christology appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • Discernment Detractors: Calling Good Evil
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on May 31, 2023 at 12:22 pm

    Discernment Detractors: Calling Good Evil By Warren B. Smith Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!—Isaiah 5:20 In the first book of Kings, God comes to Solomon in a dream and tells him he can ask for anything that he ... [Read more...] The post Discernment Detractors: Calling Good Evil appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • Christian Leaders—A New Openness . . . to the Catholic Church
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on May 23, 2023 at 1:16 pm

    Christian Leaders—A New Openness . . . to the Catholic Church LTRP Note: The information in this article was written a few years ago, but it remains as relevant today as it did back then—in fact, more so as you can see from the articles we link to at the bottom of this article. If you do not understand what the Catholic Church really teaches and stands ... [Read more...] The post Christian Leaders—A New Openness . . . to the Catholic Church appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • Is Your Church Doing “Spiritual Formation”? (Important Reasons Why It Shouldn’t)
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on May 18, 2023 at 12:48 pm

    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 of today’s Christian leaders and pastors. By Lighthouse Trails Editors Is your church involved in ... [Read more...] The post Is Your Church Doing “Spiritual Formation”? (Important Reasons Why It Shouldn’t) appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • Civil Rights Activist, Bob Woodsen, Provides Insights on “Reparations”
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on May 13, 2023 at 12:34 pm

    Civil Rights Activist, Bob Woodsen, Provides Insights on “Reparations” Back in the summer of 2020, when terms like Critical Race Theory, Black Lives Matter, White Fragility, and so forth were being brought forth by activists and mainstream media (insisting that all white people were racists just for the mere fact of the color of their skin), Lighthouse Trails learned about the work of veteran ... [Read more...] The post Civil Rights Activist, Bob Woodsen, Provides Insights on “Reparations” appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • A Story of Full Assurance of Salvation—”The Kindly Old Gentleman”
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on May 13, 2023 at 12:03 pm

    A Story of Full Assurance of Salvation—”The Kindly Old Gentleman” By Harry IronsideAn excerpt from his book, Full Assurance: Finding Settled Peace With God Many years ago, I was holding a series of evangelistic meetings in a little country schoolhouse some miles out of Santa Cruz, California. One day, I was out driving with a kindly old gentleman who was attending the services nightly but ... [Read more...] The post A Story of Full Assurance of Salvation—”The Kindly Old Gentleman” appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

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