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…]
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…]
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…]
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…]
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…]
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…]
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…]
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…]
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.
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…]
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…]
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…]
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…]
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…]
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.
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…]
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…]
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…]