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New Book Release: Three Generations of Suffering by Georgi Vins

August 1, 2022 by Lighthouse Trails author Leave a Comment

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 but eventually went out of print. Lighthouse Trails is publishing this new edition under contract … [Read more…]

Posted in: Defending the Faith, FREEDOM, General Information, Persecution, Remembering Communism, RESOURCES Tagged: communism, freedom, georgi vins, persecution, prisoners, suffering, ussr

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

September 14, 2021 by Lighthouse Trails author 1 Comment

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 sat alone in a compartment meant to hold fifteen prisoners while I was handcuffed and … [Read more…]

Posted in: Book/Music Excerpts, Persecution, Remembering Communism Tagged: affliction, communism, georgi vins, gulags, persecution, russia, ussr

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

March 13, 2021 by Lighthouse Trails Editors 2 Comments

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 for its insights, truth, and relevancy. Description: The words penned in 1958 by Manning Johnson … [Read more…]

Posted in: Book/Film Reviews, Book/Music Excerpts, Critical Race Theory, FREEDOM, Marxism/Socialism, Persecution, Politics, Remembering Communism, RESOURCES, Social Justice Tagged: America, communism, critical race theory, manning johnson, racism, social justice, ussr

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

August 12, 2020 by Guest Writers 5 Comments

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 he finally came to realize that the opposite was true, he rejected communism. The following … [Read more…]

Posted in: Book/Music Excerpts, Churches in Crisis!, Critical Race Theory, FREEDOM, Marxism/Socialism, Politics, Remembering Communism, Signs of the Times, Southern Baptist Convention, Spiritual Deception Tagged: communism, critical race theory, freedom, manning johnson, persecution, racism, ussr

Spiritual Perestroika in America

July 10, 2020 by Lighthouse Trails author 2 Comments

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 spiritual one-world movement, we highly recommend you do so, especially in light of all that … [Read more…]

Posted in: A Global Spirituality, Book/Music Excerpts, FREEDOM, Marxism/Socialism, New Age movement, One-World Religion, Politics, Remembering Communism, RESOURCES, Signs of the Times Tagged: America, barbara marx hubbard, carl teichrib, communism, freedom, globalism, mikhail gorbachev, mysticism, occult, oneness, robert nuller, socialism, ussr, willis harman, Yoga

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

October 14, 2018 by Lighthouse Trails author 4 Comments

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. Under contract with his daughter, Natasha Vins, Lighthouse Trails has published two of his books, … [Read more…]

Posted in: Book/Music Excerpts, Defending the Faith, FREEDOM, On Christian Faith, Persecution, Remembering Communism Tagged: communism, georig vins, gulags, moscow, persecution, prison, russia, ussr

A Week With Murderers in a Soviet Prison Camp

September 3, 2018 by Lighthouse Trails author 4 Comments

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 have the privilege to suffer for the Cross as Georgi did, but his story will … [Read more…]

Posted in: Book/Music Excerpts, Defending the Faith, On Christian Faith, Persecution, Remembering Communism, The Word of God Tagged: communism, georgi vins, gospel, persecution, prison, soviet prison, suffering, ussr

Taking the Gospel to the Siberian People

June 15, 2018 by Lighthouse Trails Editors Leave a Comment

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 and 1970s for preaching the Gospel during the Soviet communist regime. Today, Pastor Vins’ daughter, … [Read more…]

Posted in: Missions Tagged: georgi vins, Missions, natasha vins, preach the gospel, russia, siberia, the gospel in bonds, ussr

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

August 3, 2016 by Lighthouse Trails author

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 and 1970s, Georgi Vins, a young Baptist pastor in the Soviet Union, was in a … [Read more…]

Posted in: Book/Music Excerpts, Defending the Faith, FREEDOM, Persecution, Remembering Communism, Signs of the Times Tagged: communism, georgi vins, gulags, imprisonment, persecution, putin, russia, soviet union, the gospel in bonds, ussr

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

July 30, 2016 by Miscellaneous News Source

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 changes, and may be a Constitutional Court challenge. Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has signed into … [Read more…]

Posted in: FREEDOM, On Christian Faith, Persecution, Remembering Communism, Signs of the Times, World in Crisis Tagged: communism, evangelism, freedom, georgi vins, persecution, putin, russia, soviet union, ussr

From a Soviet Prison Camp: Ode To My Persecutors

November 2, 2015 by Lighthouse Trails author

By Georgi Vins To My Persecutors My persecutors, I do not curse you, And at this hour under the burden of the cross I pray for you and bless you With the simple humanity of Christ. I am pure before you: by word and deeds I have called you to good and to light. I … [Read more…]

Posted in: Book/Music Excerpts, Persecution Tagged: christian persecution, communism, georgi vins, gulags, martyrs, persecution, prison camps, ussr

“Freedom is Not for Idleness!”

July 4, 2015 by Lighthouse Trails author

By Pastor Georgi Vins (Written in the Anyusha Prison Camp in the Urals, USSR, 1969) “Freedom is Not for Idleness!” For idleness, we don’t desire freedom, A holy labor waits in virgin soil! The melting, ringing song of spring is sounding And harvest fields are rousing from their sleep. The holy morning of Christ’s Resurrection … [Read more…]

Posted in: FREEDOM, Persecution Tagged: freedom, georgi vins, persecution, prison camps, ussr

Persecution and Revival in the Soviet Union in the 1960s

May 31, 2015 by Lighthouse Trails author

By Georgi P. Vins (Pastor in USSR who spent 8 years in Soviet prison camps for his faith | Author of The Gospel in Bonds) Revival At the beginning of the 1960s, the Lord sent a spiritual revival among the Evangelical Baptists1 of the Soviet Union. The revival preceded a great assault from the atheistic … [Read more…]

Posted in: Book/Music Excerpts, Churches in Crisis!, Persecution, Remembering Communism, The Preaching of the Cross Tagged: churches, compromise, georgi vins, persecution, prison camps, russia, soviet union, the gospel in bonds, ussr

From a Soviet Prison Camp: A Week Among Murderers

April 30, 2015 by Lighthouse Trails author

By Pastor Georgi Vins (From his book, The Gospel in Bonds, chronicling his years in Soviet prisons) The door closed and locked behind me. Heavy tobacco smoke hung in layers throughout the cell. Two electric bulbs burned dimly on the ceiling. The cell was not large, built to hold sixteen men. Metal bunk beds lined … [Read more…]

Posted in: Book/Music Excerpts, Persecution, Remembering Communism, The Word of God Tagged: georgi vins, murder, persecution, soviet gulag, soviet prison, the gospel, the gospel in bonds, ussr

“Truth is Invincible!”—Even in a Communist Prison Camp

January 20, 2015 by Lighthouse Trails author

LTRP Note: Georgi Vins was a Baptist pastor who was imprisoned for his faith in the Soviet Union for a total of eight years. When he was first imprisoned, he was 32 years old. By Georgi Vins (author of The Gospel in Bonds) One Sunday evening I stepped out of the hot, stuffy barracks to … [Read more…]

Posted in: Book/Music Excerpts, Persecution, Remembering Communism, The Gospel, The Word of God Tagged: communism, georgi vins, persecution, russia, the gospel in bonds, ussr

The Georgi Vins’ Story: The Gospel in Bonds (A Book Review)

September 24, 2014 by A Ministry in His Service

By L. Putnam Learn to Discern Granny The Gospel in Bonds by Georgi Vins is a riveting book that you won’t be able to put down. This astounding story tells how persecuted U.S.S.R Baptist pastor Georgi Vins survived eight years in Russian gulags. Now, if you’re supposing this to be a depressing tale, be ready … [Read more…]

Posted in: Book/Film Reviews, Book/Music Excerpts, FREEDOM, Persecution, Remembering Communism, The Gospel Tagged: georgi vins, gulags, l. putnam, persecution, prisons, russia, the gospel in bonds, ussr

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

September 17, 2014 by Lighthouse Trails author

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 sat alone in a compartment meant to hold fifteen prisoners while … [Read more…]

Posted in: Book/Music Excerpts, FREEDOM, Persecution, Politics, Remembering Communism Tagged: communism, georgi vins, marxism, pastor georgi p. vins, persecution, prison, russia, socialism, the gospel in bonds, ussr

Lighthouse Trails Announces New Release – The Gospel in Bonds by Georgi Vins – A True Story

September 8, 2014 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

Lighthouse Trails is pleased to announce the release of our latest book, The Gospel in Bonds: 8 years in the soviet gulags—imprisoned for his faith by former Soviet prisoner Georgi Vins. A Soviet government tried to extinguish God’s Truth by placing its messengers in bonds. But the light of God’s Word and its hope of … [Read more…]

Posted in: Book/Film Reviews, On Christian Faith, Publishing News, Remembering Communism, RESOURCES, The Gospel Tagged: communism, georgin vins, gulags, persecution, siberia, soviet union, the gospel, the gospel in bonds, ussr

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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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