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2nd Edition Booklet: Epidemic of Apostasy – NEW UPDATED EDITION!

October 17, 2022 by Lighthouse Trails Editors 1 Comment

The following is the new 2022 2nd edition of our 2013 booklet: Epidemic of Apostasy—How Christian Colleges Must Incorporate “Spiritual Formation” to Become Accredited. There is some important information in this updated edition, and we want to encourage everyone on this site to read it. Epidemic of Apostasy—How Christian Colleges Must Incorporate “Spiritual Formation” to … [Read more…]

Posted in: Contemplative Colleges, Contemplative Spirituality, God's Word Under Attack, RESOURCES, Spiritual Deception, Spiritual Formation Tagged: abhe, accreditation, ats, Christian colleges, Contemplative Spirituality, education, Henri Nouwen, Richard Foster, seminaries, spiritual formation

Sending Your Child to a Christian College? – Look Out for Words You Thought You Would Never Hear!

August 22, 2022 by Lighthouse Trails Editors 6 Comments

Two years ago, Lighthouse Trails posted an article titled “Christian Colleges and Seminaries in More Trouble Than Ever as Many Plunge Into Emergent Spirituality.” As Christian parents are preparing to send their high-school graduate kids to Christian colleges and universities this coming fall, we hope that article (posted below) will provide a desperately needed warning. … [Read more…]

Posted in: CHILDREN AT RISK!, Contemplative Colleges, Contemplative Spirituality, Critical Race Theory, Education Tagged: apostasy, atheism, Christian colleges, Contemplative Spirituality, critical race theory, New Age, parents, professors, seminaries

Commentary: Has Beth Moore Inadvertently Become a Proponent of Critical Race Theory (CRT)?

August 17, 2021 by Guest Writers 10 Comments

The CRT lie is that every white person is inherently racist (whether they know it or not) [and in] a “perpetual state of guilt and apology to people of color. . . . It doesn’t matter if they never felt or acted as if they were superior to others because they were white; they are … [Read more…]

Posted in: Churches in Crisis!, Critical Race Theory, Marxism/Socialism, Signs of the Times, Social Justice, Southern Baptist Convention Tagged: Beth Moore, critical race theory, crt, justice, racism, sbc, seminaries, social justice, southern baptist convention, systemic racism

Sending Your Child to a Christian College This Fall? – Read This First!

August 2, 2018 by Lighthouse Trails author 6 Comments

LTRP Note: The following is a chapter from the Lighthouse Trails book Castles in the Sand, the only novel we know of that exposes the dangers of contemplative spirituality and spiritual formation. The story, based on true facts, is about a young Christian college girl who is introduced to mysticism through her spiritual formation professor. … [Read more…]

Posted in: Book/Music Excerpts, Contemplative Colleges, RESOURCES, The Ancient Mystics Tagged: Castles in the Sand, Christian colleges, contemplative colleges, meditation, mysticism, novel, seminaries, spiritual formation, Teresa of Avila

Letter to the Editor: Concerned About Lighthouse Trails Upcoming Book Challenging Calvinism

February 26, 2018 by Letters to the Editor 74 Comments

Dear Lighthouse Trails: In your last e-mail newsletter, you showed us the covers of three upcoming books. And I’m concerned about one of them. It’s Calvinism: None Dare Call It Heresy, which exposes some serious problems with Calvinism. I am not a Calvinist. Not at all. I’ve seen some very serious problems with that over … [Read more…]

Posted in: Book/Film Reviews, Calvinist/Reformed, Churches in Crisis!, Contemplative Spirituality, LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, Methodists, On Christian Faith, Spiritual Deception, The Word of God Tagged: adrian rogers, bob kirkland, Calvary Chapel, calvinism, Christian colleges, dave hunt, election, methodists, none dare call it heresy, predestination, r.c. sproul, reformed, salvation, seminaries, Southern Baptist, the cross, view of election

Letter to Editor: Pastor Studying at Christian College in Maine Discouraged by Lack of Discernment

January 23, 2018 by Letters to the Editor 6 Comments

Note to Lighthouse Trails: As a pastor, I decided to go back to seminary for some extra courses that were offered at a Christian college in Maine as the price was right. I shortly noticed very real problems when one course was using a book authored by a Catholic apologist (unsaved), and this was the … [Read more…]

Posted in: Contemplative Colleges, Contemplative Spirituality, LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Tagged: andy stanley, Brian McLaren, Christian colleges, Christian leaders, contemplative prayer, Contemplative Spirituality, emerging church, letter to the editor, pastors, seminaries

Evangelical Universities & Seminaries Offering Master of Arts in Spiritual Formation – Going into the Deeper Waters of Contemplative Spirituality

February 8, 2017 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

Over the past decade, while most evangelical colleges, seminaries, and universities have allowed the influence of the Spiritual Formation movement into their schools to one degree or another, not all of them had gone so far as to create a Master’s Degree program in Spiritual Formation. In fact, ten years ago, there weren’t that many … [Read more…]

Posted in: Contemplative Colleges, Contemplative Spirituality, Nazarene Church, Spiritual Deception Tagged: Christian colleges, Christian leaders, Contemplative Spirituality, evangelical schools, seminaries, spiritual formation

Southern Baptist’s Gateway Seminary Added to Contemplative-Promoting College List – A Gateway to Apostasy

September 15, 2016 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

After a request by a Lighthouse Trails reader to check into Southern  Baptist Convention’s Gateway Seminary which has locations in five different US cities, Lighthouse Trails has added Gateway Seminary to the Lighthouse Trails Contemplative-Promoting College list. If you are not familiar with that list, it is a list of NOT recommended Christian colleges, universities, … [Read more…]

Posted in: Christian Publishers/Bookstores, Contemplative Colleges, Contemplative Spirituality, InterVarsity Press, Southern Baptist Convention Tagged: Christian colleges, contemplative prayer, Dallas Willard, david benner, gateway seminary, intervarsity, intervarsity christian fellowship, intervarsity press, mark buchanan, seminaries, spiritual formation, stillness, tilden edwards

Lighthouse Trails Begins Second Booklet-Mailing Project – This Time to 235 Christian College/Seminary Presidents

May 25, 2016 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

On the week of May 16, 2016, Lighthouse Trails began a second booklet-mailing project. Whereas our first booklet-mailing project is sending out booklets and short letters to over 130 Christian leaders every 2-3 months, this new project is reaching out to 235 Christian college and seminary presidents (and some deans). After 14 years of research, … [Read more…]

Posted in: Calvinist/Reformed, Christian Publishers/Bookstores, Contemplative Colleges, Contemplative Spirituality, InterVarsity Press, Spiritual Formation, The Emerging Church, The New Spirituality, Wesleyan Church Tagged: Christian colleges, Christian leaders, Contemplative Spirituality, cornerstone university, emerging church, intervarsity, intervarsity christian fellowship, intervarsity press, Ray Yungen, reformed theology, Richard Foster, seminaries, spiritual deception, spiritual formation, wesleyan

Looking for a Christian College for Your Child in 2016 – Better Be Careful!

March 5, 2016 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

Spring 2016 is almost here, which means parents will be diligently helping their college-age children search for Christian colleges, seminaries, and universities for enrollment for this coming fall. As many of you know, Lighthouse Trails has been researching Christian colleges for 14 years. Three years ago, we published a report called An Epidemic of Apostasy, … [Read more…]

Posted in: Calvinist/Reformed, Contemplative Colleges, Contemplative Spirituality, Nazarene Church, Spiritual Deception, Spiritual Formation, Wesleyan Church Tagged: apostasy, Christian colleges, christian universities, Contemplative Spirituality, cornerstone university, daniel goleman, emerging church, Henri Nouwen, reformed theology, seminaries, spiritual formation, wesleyan

2015 YEAR IN REVIEW – PART 3 – LIGHTHOUSE TRAILS COVERAGE ON CHRISTIAN COLLEGES IN 2015

December 30, 2015 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

See also Part 1 Year in Review | See also Part 2 Year in Review 1/Two Letters to the Editor About Cedarville University Lead to New Research That Causes Continued Concern 2/Wheaton College Suspends Hijab-Wearing Professor Who Declared ‘We All Worship Same God’ 3/Liberty University Welcomes Socialist Bernie Sanders to Address Student Body: ‘We Have … [Read more…]

Posted in: Contemplative Colleges, Contemplative Spirituality, YEARS IN REVIEW Tagged: 2015, Christian colleges, contemplative colleges, mennonite colleges, seminaries, wheaton college, YEAR IN REVIEW

Fall is Coming—Is Your Child Going to Christian College? Nine Things You Can Do to Help Your Student Be Aware of Contemplative/Emerging Deception

August 17, 2015 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

Fall is quickly approaching, and by now, if you have a child or grandchild who is going to attend Christian college this year, he or she is most likely enrolled and ready to go. As Lighthouse Trails has reported over the last several years, the majority of evangelical/Protestant colleges, seminaries, and universities are now, to varying … [Read more…]

Posted in: CHILDREN AT RISK!, Contemplative Colleges, Contemplative Spirituality Tagged: CHILDREN AT RISK!, Christian colleges, colleges, Contemplative Spirituality, faith baptist bible college, Ray Yungen, Roger Oakland, seminaries, spiritual deception, spiritual formation, The Emerging Church, Warren B. Smith

Labyrinths – Popping Up at Lots of Seminaries and Christian Colleges

December 13, 2011 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

Speaking of Christian seminaries and spiritual formations, check out some of the seminaries that now have labyrinths, a tool used for contemplative prayer, but we hope you won’t consider going to these schools. We believe that labyrinths will be showing up in more and more Protestant/evangelical schools and churches as contemplative spirituality sinks its teeth … [Read more…]

Posted in: Contemplative Colleges, Contemplative Practices, Contemplative Spirituality Tagged: Christian colleges, colleges, contemplative prayer, labyrinths, seminaries

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  • “Finding the Antidote for Deception”: A Response to the Recent Lighthouse Trails Post on Calvinism
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on March 16, 2023 at 2:25 am

    “Finding the Antidote for Deception”: A Response to the Recent Lighthouse Trails Post on Calvinism LTRP Note: The following is a response to our recent post, “Calvinism: Changing the Meaning of Words to Promote a Theory.” By L.B.S. (Canada) To me, as a former Catholic, Calvinism is just a “protestant” form of Catholicism.  Catholicism has the pope as the final authority—Calvinism has John Calvin to define and direct the supposed ... [Read more...] The post “Finding the Antidote for Deception”: A Response to the Recent Lighthouse Trails Post on Calvinism appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • Rob Hoogland, Jailed Canadian Father, Continues Speaking Up Against Transitioning Operations on Children
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on March 15, 2023 at 1:28 pm

    Rob Hoogland, Jailed Canadian Father, Continues Speaking Up Against Transitioning Operations on Children Lighthouse Trails has been covering the story of Canadian father Rob Hoogland since first learning about it in 2020 (see links below). Below is a recent interview coming out of Canada. Because of Canadian laws and a gag order against Mr. Hoogland publicly speaking up, you will not hear his name mentioned or his face ... [Read more...] The post Rob Hoogland, Jailed Canadian Father, Continues Speaking Up Against Transitioning Operations on Children appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • Special Request for Lighthouse Trails Author, Kevin Reeves
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on March 12, 2023 at 7:41 pm

    Special Request for Lighthouse Trails Author, Kevin Reeves March 13th Update: Thank you to all the people who responded to this special request for Kevin Reeves through donations and also through those saying they were praying for him. Today, Kevin wrote a beautiful letter to all of us and brought us into his heart and life during this time. If you would like ... [Read more...] The post Special Request for Lighthouse Trails Author, Kevin Reeves appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • Calvinism: Changing the Meaning of Words to Promote a Theory
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on March 11, 2023 at 1:59 pm

    Calvinism: Changing the Meaning of Words to Promote a Theory In 2018, Lighthouse Trails published Bob Kirkland’s book Calvinism: None Dare Call It Heresy. Over the last number of years, the editors at Lighthouse Trails have grown increasingly troubled and dismayed to see how Calvinism has and continues to infiltrate today’s Christian churches, ministries, and colleges. If you do not understand what Calvinism really teaches, it ... [Read more...] The post Calvinism: Changing the Meaning of Words to Promote a Theory appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • “Walmart’s Exodus From Portland Draws Attention to Retail Crime and a Troubled City”
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on March 10, 2023 at 3:05 pm

    “Walmart’s Exodus From Portland Draws Attention to Retail Crime and a Troubled City” LTRP Note: The following is posted for informational and research purposes. Lighthouse Trails is a research ministry and does at times post articles by secular news sources to bring to light to events happening in our world. Regardless of whether the source of our material is secular, Christian, or religious, we encourage our readers to ... [Read more...] The post “Walmart’s Exodus From Portland Draws Attention to Retail Crime and a Troubled City” appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • Will “Revival” in Christian Colleges Bring About a Generation of Mystics — With “Woke,” Not Biblical, Values?
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on March 6, 2023 at 4:41 pm

    Will “Revival” in Christian Colleges Bring About a Generation of Mystics — With “Woke,” Not Biblical, Values? “The Christian of the future will be a mystic or he will be nothing.”—mystic Karl Rahner With the Asbury “revival” spreading into various other colleges and universities (and even churches), and with so much talk about revival today, one question that needs to be asked is, what kind of Christian will the majority of today’s ... [Read more...] The post Will “Revival” in Christian Colleges Bring About a Generation of Mystics — With “Woke,” Not Biblical, Values? appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • Fighting Fear in a Fearful Day
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on March 3, 2023 at 2:14 pm

    Fighting Fear in a Fearful Day By Maria Kneas And the Lord, he it is that doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed. (Deuteronomy 31:8) I know something about fighting fear because I’ve had a problem with fear all of my life. My dad was sent home ... [Read more...] The post Fighting Fear in a Fearful Day appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • Lent and Contemplative – A Likely Match
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on February 26, 2023 at 2:21 pm

    Lent and Contemplative – A Likely Match According to one definition, Lent is: While the Bible does not give any instruction to practice or participate in Lent, many churches do. In fact, since the contemplative prayer movement has come into full swing, more and more churches are observing Lent. And, in fact, Lent is often being used as the open door to ... [Read more...] The post Lent and Contemplative – A Likely Match appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • Announcing New Book Release by Warren B. Smith: EVANGULLIBLE
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on February 23, 2023 at 12:22 pm

    Announcing New Book Release by Warren B. Smith: <em>EVANGULLIBLE</em> Lighthouse Trails is pleased to announce Warren B. Smith’s new book, Evangullible. The book, published by Mountain Stream Press, is now available through Lighthouse Trails. Evangelical—in, of, or according to the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the literal teachings of the Holy Bible. Gullible—easily deceived. Evangullible—easily deceived by teachings that contradict the Gospel of Jesus ... [Read more...] The post Announcing New Book Release by Warren B. Smith: <em>EVANGULLIBLE</em> appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • Asbury “Revival”—Letter to the Editor Raises Concerns About Possible Pre-Planned Exploits
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on February 21, 2023 at 2:38 pm

    Asbury “Revival”—Letter to the Editor Raises Concerns About Possible Pre-Planned Exploits LTRP Note: The following letter to the editor from a Lighthouse Trails reader raises valid concerns about circumstances surrounding the Asbury “revival.” While Asbury University personnel and numerous secular and religious media outlets say that the “revival” is “pure, unplanned, organic,” and unexpected, it turns out an NAR/IHOP*-connected group had been planning a revival event ... [Read more...] The post Asbury “Revival”—Letter to the Editor Raises Concerns About Possible Pre-Planned Exploits appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

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