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God’s Word Declares the Importance of Being Watchful and Discerning

By Warren B. Smith Christian seek not yet repose,Cast thy dreams of ease away;Thou art in the midst of foes: Watch and pray.Watch as if that alone were the issue of the day;Pray that help may be sent down: Watch…

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“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…

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Mormonism and Other Aberrant Groups Reject the Eternal Deity of Christ, but the Biblical Jesus Identifies Himself as God

LTRJ Note: Many cults and aberrant “Christian” groups reject the biblical view that Jesus Christ is the eternal God come in the flesh (that is, they reject the eternal and continuous deity of Christ). There are various slants on this,…

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NEW BOOKLET: The Qur’an or the Bible—Which One Has the Authentic Account?

NEW BOOKLET: The Qur’an or the Bible—Which One Has the Authentic Account? by Abd al-Masih is our newest Lighthouse Trails Booklet. The Booklet is 18 pages long and sells for $1.95 for single copies. Quantity discounts are available. Our Booklets…

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Reading the Bible Amidst World Crisis!

By Chris LawsonSpiritual Research Network In an ever-changing landscape of world events, crisis, and chaos, where do you stand when it comes to preparing for hard times? We can do our best to make preparations for things like cybersecurity attacks,…

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Sound Doctrine Through It All

By Warren B. Smith Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth. My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain…

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The Emergent Church’s War on the Word

By Gregory Reid It was, of course, inevitable that the Emergent Church would begin to have babies that were even more unbiblical than itself. Andy Stanley is one of those spiritual offspring of a departure from biblical faith and adoption…

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Pew: 25% of Survey’s Christians Don’t Buy Biblical God

By Diana Chandler Baptist Press A fourth of self-identified Christians don’t believe fully in the biblical description of God, Pew Research Center said in its latest study. Rather, 25 percent of American Christians believe in what Pew described as “God…

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The English Standard Version (ESV) Study Bible. “A Dream Come True”?

 Written and compiled by Art K. Introduction to a Study on The English Standard Version First, why I compared the KJV to the ESV is because the ESV study Bible has received such high praise for being an excellent literal…

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“Southern Baptists Update Bible’s Language On Gender”

LTRP Note: The following news story in the form of a radio transcript is posted for informational and research purposes and not as an endorsement of the content. We have also posted links to two other articles on the issue,…

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“Thinking Outside the Box”

By Tamara Hartzell (Author of Reimagining God and In the Name of Purpose) “Thinking outside the box” “Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.” (Psalm 119:105) “Then said Jesus to those Jews which…

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The Lack of Expository Preaching and Consequences of Sin

By Mike Oppenheimer Let Us Reason Ministries Many stand behind the pulpit who should not be there. So many teach extra-biblical or non-biblical nonsense, stories that are not the focus of the Bible or the Gospel. Often these teachings are…

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