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Revealing Quotes by Influential Contemplatives

October 14, 2017 by Lighthouse Trails Editors Leave a Comment

These revealing quotes are from well-known figures who have significantly influenced the religious landscape in today’s culture. Sadly, they have helped to mislead millions with their promotion of contemplative prayer (a mystical, panentheistic-rooted practice). Shalem Prayer Institute “This mystical stream [contemplative prayer and other monastic traditions] is the Western bridge to Far Eastern spirituality.”—Tilden Edwards, Spiritual … [Read more…]

Posted in: Beth Moore, Contemplative Practices, Contemplative Spirituality, Mystical Practices, Rick Warren, Spiritual Deception, The Role of Meditation Tagged: basil pennington, Beth Moore, bruce wilkinson, contemplative prayer, Contemplative Spirituality, emerging church, Henri Nouwen, Ken Blanchard, matthew fox, meditation, mysticism, pope john paul, Richard Foster, Rick Warren, Rob Bell, ruth haley barton, Thomas Merton, youth specialties

KIDS AT RISK: Letter to the Editor: AWANA Continuing Down the Emergent Road

August 29, 2017 by Letters to the Editor Leave a Comment

Dear Lighthouse Trails: A while back I alerted you to the fact that Awana was joining forces with Josh Griffin who was the youth pastor for Rick Warren’s Saddleback Church. Josh Griffin is also associated with Youth Specialties, an organization that promotes occult [contemplative] practices to youth. Unfortunately, Awana is continuing down the emergent road. … [Read more…]

Posted in: CHILDREN AT RISK!, Christian Organizations, LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, The Emerging Church Tagged: awana, awana youth ministries, bill hybels, Dallas Willard, doug fields, josh griffin, lent, letter to the editor, n.t. wright, penance, Rick Warren, Road to Rome, Saddleback, steve kozak, Willow Creek, youth specialties

Letter to the Editor: Concerns By Awana Leader About Awana Linking Hands with the Emerging Church

November 17, 2015 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

LTRP Note: Lighthouse Trails has had concerns about the direction Awana may be heading for a number of years. This letter (of which we substantiated the contents -see added links) below gives further reason to continue those concerns. Below this letter, you can see links to a few articles we have previously posted about Awana. … [Read more…]

Posted in: CHILDREN AT RISK!, Christian Organizations, Conference Alerts, Contemplative Organizations, LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, Rick Warren, Spiritual Formation, The Emerging Church Tagged: awana, awana club, awanas, Dan Kimball, doug fields, josh griffin, letter to the editor, national youth convention, youth specialties

John MacArthur Long-Standing Broadcast Favorably Quotes Dallas Willard – Why This is a Bad Move

August 26, 2013 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

This past weekend, Lighthouse Trails received the following letter from one of our readers: To Lighthouse Trails: Please listen to the sermon dated August 21st [at Grace to You].  I was shocked when John MacArthur promoted Dallas Willard.  Has anyone else contacted you concerning this endorsement? After receiving this letter, we  found the August 21st 2013 Grace to … [Read more…]

Posted in: Contemplative Spirituality, Spiritual Deception, Spiritual Formation Tagged: agnes sanford, Contemplative Spirituality, Dallas Willard, deception, grace to you, harry fosdick, john macarthur, laurie cabot, m. scott peck, meditation, Richard Foster, silence, soren kierkegaard, spiritual disciplines, spiritual formation, sue monk kidd, The Emerging Church, the spirit of the disciplines, Thomas Merton, Yoga, youth specialties

BOOK WATCH: Contemplative Youth Ministry: Practicing the Presence of Jesus with your Students

October 26, 2012 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

If your church’s youth pastor is using this book to get ideas on how to run a Christian youth group, he will end up getting a heavy dose of contemplative spirituality, which unfortunately and most likely will be passed on to the kids in the group. When we spoke with the book’s author, Mark Yaconelli, … [Read more…]

Posted in: Book/Film Reviews Tagged: contemplative prayer, contemplative youth ministry, mark yaconelli, youth specialties, zondervan

Ancient Practices for Youth Will Help Unite World Religions

February 15, 2012 by Lighthouse Trails author

By Ray Yungen The cover of the July/August 1999 issue of Group Magazine, a leading resource magazine for Christian youth leaders, featured a teenage girl, eyes shut, doing contemplative prayer. The article, “Ancient-Future Youth Ministry” begins by declaring: It’s Sunday just after 5 p.m. . . . Seven adults are sitting around a “Christ-candle” in … [Read more…]

Posted in: CHILDREN AT RISK!, Contemplative Practices, Contemplative Spirituality, The Ancient Mystics Tagged: CHILDREN AT RISK!, contemplative, contemplative prayer, Contemplative Spirituality, Henri Nouwen, lilly, lilly endowment, mark yaconelli, meditation, mike yaconelli, youth, youth specialties

50 Top Organizations With a Significant Role in Bringing Contemplative Spirituality to the Church

January 21, 2012 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

From 10 years of research at Lighthouse Trails Research Project, we have found the following fifty organizations to have had a significant role in bringing contemplative spirituality into the evangelical/Protestant church. If you do not know or understand the implications of this, we urge you to educate yourself as soon as possible. Note: We have … [Read more…]

Posted in: Christian & Missionary Alliance, Christian Organizations, Christian Publishers/Bookstores, Contemplative Organizations, InterVarsity Press, Nazarene Church, Saddleback, Spiritual Formation, Wesleyan Church Tagged: aacc, abs, acts 29 network, ats, baker books, breakforth, CCEL, center for action and contemplation, christian missionary alliance, cma, contemplative, contemplative prayer, Contemplative Spirituality, conversations journal, ct, elca, Emergent Village, emersion, focus on the family, group magazine, Henri Nouwen, ihop, intervarsity, intervarsity christian fellowship, intervarsity press, kairos, Leadership Network, lifeway resources, meditation, mennonites, metamorpha, national worship conference, navpress, Nazarenes, new church specialties, presbyterian church usa, Purpose Driven Movement, relevant magazine, renovare, robert webber, Saddleback, sdi, Sojourners, teen mania, the ooze, thomas nelson, transforming center, upper roon, wesleyan, wesleyan church, willow creek association, Worship Leader Magazine, youth specialties, zondervan

The “New” Emerging Theology Breeds Atheism in a Generation of Young People

July 25, 2011 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

One day we received a call from one of our readers who wanted to share some news concerning his pastor’s son. He told us the son, after sitting under Dallas Willard for four years in university, declared himself to now be an atheist. How could this have happened? The boy was raised in a Christian … [Read more…]

Posted in: CHILDREN AT RISK!, Contemplative Colleges, Contemplative Spirituality, Spiritual Formation, The Emerging Church Tagged: atheism, Christian colleges, contemplative, Dallas Willard, emerging church, john ortberg, mysticism, Richard Foster, Rob Bell, youth specialties

Letter from the Editor: Friend’s Husband Angry at Lighthouse Trails – Says LT Lies About Liberty University’s Contemplative Propensities

August 31, 2010 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

Today, we received the following e-mail from a Lighthouse Trails reader. We have removed any identifying information so as to maintain the privacy of all parties. Please see our comments below the e-mail. To Lighthouse Trails: As a result of a casual conversation with a friend, I was telling her about your listing of contemplative colleges.  … [Read more…]

Posted in: Contemplative Colleges Tagged: contemplative, Henri Nouwen, Liberty University, youth specialties

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  • A Look atShiny Happy People and What the Church Can Learn
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on June 9, 2023 at 3:45 pm

    A Look at<em>Shiny Happy People</em> and What the Church Can Learn On June 2nd, Amazon Prime aired a new docuseries called Shiny Happy People (Duggar Family Secrets). It was difficult to watch for several reasons, but we knew it was necessary. If you watch it, we believe you will understand what we mean. What’s sad is that it took a secular group to expose what the ... [Read more...] The post A Look at<em>Shiny Happy People</em> and What the Church Can Learn appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • My Search for Peace—A Former Nun’s Story
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on June 5, 2023 at 2:20 pm

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  • What Next for Israel?
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on June 5, 2023 at 11:31 am

    What Next for Israel? LTRP Note: We appreciate Tony Pearce’s updates on Israel, especially considering that you won’t get such information from mainstream media, most Christian media, and even most churches today (because to the world and much of proclaiming Christianity, Israel and the Jews are a non-issue—or worse, are viewed as an evil thing). By Tony PearceLight for ... [Read more...] The post What Next for Israel? appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • Viral Margaret Sanger Clip Reminds Us That Planned Parenthood Victimizes the Vulnerable
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on June 3, 2023 at 1:41 pm

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  • The Trinity: Christology
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on June 1, 2023 at 12:45 pm

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  • Discernment Detractors: Calling Good Evil
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on May 31, 2023 at 12:22 pm

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  • Christian Leaders—A New Openness . . . to the Catholic Church
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on May 23, 2023 at 1:16 pm

    Christian Leaders—A New Openness . . . to the Catholic Church LTRP Note: The information in this article was written a few years ago, but it remains as relevant today as it did back then—in fact, more so as you can see from the articles we link to at the bottom of this article. If you do not understand what the Catholic Church really teaches and stands ... [Read more...] The post Christian Leaders—A New Openness . . . to the Catholic Church appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

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  • Civil Rights Activist, Bob Woodsen, Provides Insights on “Reparations”
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on May 13, 2023 at 12:34 pm

    Civil Rights Activist, Bob Woodsen, Provides Insights on “Reparations” Back in the summer of 2020, when terms like Critical Race Theory, Black Lives Matter, White Fragility, and so forth were being brought forth by activists and mainstream media (insisting that all white people were racists just for the mere fact of the color of their skin), Lighthouse Trails learned about the work of veteran ... [Read more...] The post Civil Rights Activist, Bob Woodsen, Provides Insights on “Reparations” appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • A Story of Full Assurance of Salvation—”The Kindly Old Gentleman”
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on May 13, 2023 at 12:03 pm

    A Story of Full Assurance of Salvation—”The Kindly Old Gentleman” By Harry IronsideAn excerpt from his book, Full Assurance: Finding Settled Peace With God Many years ago, I was holding a series of evangelistic meetings in a little country schoolhouse some miles out of Santa Cruz, California. One day, I was out driving with a kindly old gentleman who was attending the services nightly but ... [Read more...] The post A Story of Full Assurance of Salvation—”The Kindly Old Gentleman” appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

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