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Manning Johnson – 1958: The Communist Plot to Exploit Blacks and the Similarities to Today

LTRP Note: The following is an extract from Manning Johnson’s 1958 book, Color, Communism, and Common Sense, which Lighthouse Trails reprinted a special edition in 2021. As LT author Roger Oakland has often said, history repeats itself, and we can see that…

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If Persecution Comes, Are Western Christians Ready?

For nearly ten years now, Lighthouse Trails has been publishing the works of Georgi Vins, the Baptist pastor who was persecuted under the former U.S.S.R., (spending a total of eight years in the communist prisons). To date, we have obtained…

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New Book Release: Three Generations of Suffering by Georgi Vins

Lighthouse Trails Publishing is pleased to announce the release of Three Generations of Suffering: A Chronicle of One Family’s Persecution in an Atheistic Society, written by Georgi Vins. The book was originally published in 1975 by David C. Cook Publishing…

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A Pastor in a Soviet Prison—The Most Dangerous of All!

By Georgi Vins(Author of The Gospel in Bonds – a pastor who spent 8 years in the Soviet prisons for his faith in Christ) Anvar and I were the only prisoners in the “raven,” a black police van used to transport prisoners. He…

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Announcing New Book Release – Color, Communism, and Common Sense

Lighthouse Trails Publishing is pleased to announce the release of a special edition of Manning Johnson’s 1958 book, Color, Communism, and Common Sense. Regardless of what direction America and the world go in, this book should be read by all…

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Color, Communism, and Common Sense and Similarities to the U.S. Today

LTRP Note: Color, Communism, and Common Sense was first released in 1958 and written by Manning Johnson, who spent ten years in the U.S. Communist Party because he believed the “red” party would help improve conditions for black people. When…

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Spiritual Perestroika in America

LTRP Note: The following is an extract from Carl Teichrib’s book, Game of Gods.* If you haven’t read this compelling and vital book (published by Whitemud House Publishing) which presents the history and the inner workings of the global and…

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“Your Job Is on the Line!” – A Look at the Past, A Glimpse Into the Future

LTRP Note: Georgi Vins was a young Baptist pastor in the U.S.S.R. when he was arrested for preaching the Gospel. He spent a total of eight years in the prison camps before being exiled to the United States in 1979….

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A Week With Murderers in a Soviet Prison Camp

LTRJ Note: Georgi Vins was a Baptist pastor in the U.S.S.R. during the communist reign. He was sentenced to many years in prison for preaching the Gospel starting when he was 32 years old. Most North American Christians will never…

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Taking the Gospel to the Siberian People

LTRP Note: As many of you know, Lighthouse Trails is the publisher for a book called The Gospel in Bonds, written by the late pastor Georgi Vins. Pastor Vins spent 8 years in a USSR prison camp in the 1960s…

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Would You Be Willing to Lose All for the Sake of Christ?

LTRP Note: Earlier this month Putin, the leader of Russia, brought into existence a law which prohibits the free preaching and sharing of the Gospel. Those in violation of this new law will be issued severe fines. In the 1960s…

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History Repeating Itself? – Russia’s Putin Signs Sharing Beliefs, “Extremism,” Punishments

By Victoria Arnold Forum 18 President Putin has signed amendments imposing harsh restrictions on sharing beliefs, including where and who may share them, and increased “extremism” punishments, introduced with alleged “anti-terrorism” changes. There are widespread Russian protests against the suddenly-introduced…

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