Lighthouse Trails Research Project - Exposing Contemplative Spirituality

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What is Contemplative Spirituality?

definition: contemplative spirituality: a belief system that uses ancient mystical practices to induce altered states of consciousness (the silence) and is rooted in mysticism and the occult but often wrapped in Christian terminology; the premise of contemplative spirituality is pantheistic (God is all) and panentheistic (God is in all).

spiritual formation: a movement that has provided a platform and a channel through which contemplative prayer is entering the church. Find spiritual formation being used, and in nearly every case you will find contemplative spirituality. In fact, contemplative spirituality is the heartbeat of the spiritual formation movement.

How Widespread Has Spiritual Formation Become? Read our list of ministries that are promoting it. Please pray for the leaders of these groups that their eyes may be opened.

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PRESIDENTIAL FORUM - ABC Interview with Rick Warren: Warren Takes on His Critics

In an article dated August 15th by ABC news Senior National Correspondent (based in Washington, DC) Jake Tapper, Rick Warren is interviewed about his critics. Warren stated:

I'm a big target ... It doesn't bother me. It's like ... during the Civil War the guy who wore the Union blue top and the Confederate blue bottom and he got shot at from both sides. That's just part of trying to be a bridge builder, a moderator, a voice of civility. Our civilization is becoming increasingly uncivil. We're becoming ruder. We're not getting nicer to each other we're getting ruder.

Warren stated that because he represents both right and left, he gets criticism from both sides. This however, is an inaccurate statement for the most part, as there have been very few critical analyses toward Warren by the liberal side. On the contrary, there have been many positive ones. He has been a favorite guest for Larry King a number of times, and even popular New Ager Marianne Williamson has come to his defense (their common ground is mysticism), 1 as have many in the liberal emerging church.

Warren has often made these statements about "getting ruder," when he is discussing his critics. For the record, Lighthouse Trails Publishing (and Lighthouse Trails Research) has not been rude with regard to its reporting on Rick Warren. We have reported in a forthright manner without using mean-spirited, sarcastic, or acerbic language.

When Warren told Tapper regarding criticism, "It doesn't bother me," Tapper questioned this statement:

And it seems like it might bother you a little bit ... You are a huge success and your good works are undeniable and I'm not trying to take away from that. But I sense in this interview that these people get under your skin a little bit.

Tapper recognized that criticism does bother Rick Warren, as Warren has proven time and again with Lighthouse Trails, such as when he called Lighthouse Trails "evil" and "liars" and when Saddleback said that federal agents were investigating Lighthouse Trails because Saddleback suggested we had broken into their server (something that was never true).2

Warren answered Tapper:

[P]eople get under my skin for about five seconds. I consider both praise and criticism, it's kind of like chewing gum. You chew on it for a little while but you don't swallow because ultimately I'm living for Jesus Christ. That's my goal. And my philosophy when criticism comes at me, if it's true: listen and learn from it. If it's untrue ignore it and forget it.

This is not accurate when Warren says, "if it's true: listen and learn from it." Lighthouse Trails has been reporting that Rick Warren has been promoting the emerging church and contemplative spirituality for many years. We have shown this countless times through many well-documented articles and books. While Warren wrote a note to Lighthouse Trails once five years ago, calling contemplative "a hot topic," he has never shown any sign that he has learned from the criticisms and public concerns. On the contrary, he has moved closer to contemplative spirituality and the emerging new spirituality. (e.g., recently he had New Age sympathizer Leonard Sweet teach at Saddleback 3, and secondly, he recommends books on his website by outright mystics 4).

At the recent Presidential Forum at Saddleback, Warren stated: "We've got to learn to disagree without demonizing each other ,and we need to restore civility." He has made this same statement before with regard to his critics. The insinuation in this statement is that those who criticize Rick Warren should not be doing so. But he is giving a false impression - many of his critics have given accurate and straightforward information about the teachings and beliefs of Rick Warren. As for Lighthouse Trails, we have not called him names, never said whether or not he is a Christian (leaving that up to God), have never threatened him or accused him of breaking into our server, and never said he was of the devil. And yet, Rick Warren's chief apologist recently wrote an article calling Warren's critics cult-like and delusional people who behave like David Koresh (Waco), who are heresy-hunters, paranoid, and extremists. 5

While millions hear the words of Rick Warren through both secular and Christian media and through Purpose Driven venues, and while many will believe what he says about his critics, Lighthouse Trails will continue to provide accurate information regarding the contemplative prayer movement and the emerging new spirituality that is quickly overtaking much of Christianity. As we have stated many times, we do so not to villanize those we critique but rather to warn the body of Christ that the Gospel is under attack through a mystical spirituality that says man is divine. The Bible says that there will be a time when false doctrine and apostasy will run rampant and as believers we are to speak up against these things for the sake of the body of Christ and the Gospel message that can save lost souls.

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For solid documentation on Rick Warren's promotion of the new spirituality (i.e., contemplative and emerging), read A Time of Departing, Deceived on Purpose, and Faith Undone, or visit Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

Alistair Begg Withdraws from Reimagine Conference with Leonard Sweet

The Reimagine Conference, which will be held in December and hosted by the CCCA (Christian Camp and Conference Association), is featuring New Age sympathizer and mystic proponent Leonard Sweet. Widely popular and trusted teacher and pastor,Alistair Begg is also scheduled to be one of the speakers, but according to an assistant at Begg's office, Begg has withdrawn from the conference. Lighthouse Trails spoke with Begg's office last week about the spirituality of Leonard Sweet. Begg's assistant contacted Lighthouse Trails on August 15th and said: "After prayerful consideration, as of today Alistair has respectfully asked to be removed as one of the speakers at the Reimagine Conference in December."

This is not the first time CCCA has brought in emerging church leaders to speak at their sponsored events. Past speakers include Tony Campolo and Brian McLaren, both who would resonated with Leonard Sweet.

The Reimagine Conference is one of many conferences taking place across North America right now that is propagating the emerging (merging) church movement, which is founded on mysticism, interspirituality, and panentheism. Leonard Sweet has been sharing what he calls the "New Light" movement for nearly two decades. He recently spoke at Rick Warren's Small Group Conference. In view of the following statement by Sweet, this should concern all biblical Christians:

The power of small groups is in their ability to develop the discipline to get people "in-phase" with the Christ consciousness and connected with one another. (Leonard Sweet, Quantum Spirituality, p. 147)

In addition to Sweet's view on the "Christ consciousness" (a New Age belief that God is in all), Sweet is a strong advocate for mysticism (the avenue through which man supposedly awakens to his divine self). The following quote by Sweet is just one (of many) example of his propensity toward mysticism:

Mysticism, once cast to the sidelines of the Christian tradition, is now situated in postmodernist culture near the center.... In the words of one of the greatest theologians of the twentieth century, Jesuit philosopher of religion/dogmatist Karl Rahner, "The Christian of tomorrow will be a mystic, one who has experienced something, or he will be nothing." [Mysticism] is metaphysics arrived at through mind body experiences. Mysticism begins in experience; it ends in theology. (Leonard Sweet, Quantum Spirituality, p. 76)

For those who understand New Age spirituality, an examination of Sweet's book, Quantum Spirituality (found on his website as a free download) will reveal the true nature of Sweet's beliefs as well as the direction he and Rick Warren (who has endorsed, promoted, and partnered with Sweet since 1995) are heading.

Lighthouse Trails is grateful that Alistair Begg has apparently removed himself from the Reimagine Conference. However, as of this writing (Monday, August 18), his name, photo, speaking schedule, and description are still on the Reimagine website. Because Begg is such a highly respected Christian figure among many Bible believing Christians, his name on the website will possibly draw many unsuspecting and trusting individuals to attend the conference. Therefore, Lighthouse Trails beseeches Alistair Begg to not only have his name and photo removed from that website very soon but also to come out with a public statement warning of the dangers of Leonard Sweet's spirituality and the emerging church at large. Because promotional material has already been distributed by Reimagine with Begg's name and photo, a public statement is essential.

It is very troubling to watch the partnering of respected authors, pastors, and teachers with those who are involved with the contemplative prayer movement (i.e., spiritual formation) and the emerging church movement. A number of respected teachers have partnered with, sponsored, and teamed up with Rick Warren and Bill Hybels, two of the emerging churches greatest evangelists. Some have also partnered with Robert Schuller, Ken Blanchard, and a host of other leaders in the same camp as Rick Warren and Bill Hybels. With so much spiritual deception pervading our society and our churches, isn't this a time for biblical leaders to stand courageously for the truth, even if it costs them dearly?

Update on Alistair Begg/Reimagine Conference: On August 19th, someone from the CCCA office contacted Lighthouse Trails to confirm that Alistair Begg would not be speaking at the Reimagine Conference. His name has now been removed from the Reimagine website. We were also told that they hoped to replace him with another solid speaker.

Matthew 5:8 and the Mystic Vision of God

by Larry DeBruyn

If we were to see God, what might deity look like? In a metaphorical borrowing from the imagery of the biblical Tabernacle, The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ describes both the process for and image of discovering the god within. That gospel advises,

"Look deep into the temple of your brain, and you will see it all aglow . . . and you are in the Holiest of All, where rests the Ark of God, whose covering is the Mercy Seat. . . . And then, behold the manna there, the hidden bread of life; and he who eats shall never die. The cherubim have guarded well for every soul this treasure box, and whosoever will may enter in and find his own."[1]

Upon such a visage within, the mystic exclaims, "Eureka! God lives in my brain!" The specter of such a god issues from an assumption that people can look for and find their indwelling divinity. But because they are unconsciousness of that "presence," the mass of people go through life ignorant of it. Thus, to realize their higher-self, people need to develop their consciousness of the Christ within by employing certain meditative practices and techniques through which the soul can be purified and see God. As one Hindu website explains, "Men and women, in their essential nature, are divine. We do not feel this divinity because of our ignorance." Then citing Matthew 5:8, the site goes on to say,

"The only goal of our lives is to realize this divinity. It is possible to realize the divinity by removing the ignorance, just as Jesus said: 'Blessed are the pure in heart; for they shall see God'."[2]

Eastern mystics thus claim to follow Jesus' prescription for finding the god within. By ridding their souls of "this-worldly" distractions and attractions, they believe will create a spiritual climate in which to see God. As one Hindu devotee explains,

"The meaning of this beatitude is that those whose consciousness is posited at the center of their being (spirit), without there being any 'thing' in their awareness but that pure consciousness itself, are 'seeing' God."[3]

So, it must be asked, what might the Bible believing Christian think about the use of Matthew 5:8 to endorse such spirituality? Against the backdrop of the rest of the Scriptures, how might we understand Jesus' words? Click here to read more of this article.

Bridging the Gap Between Good and Evil

by Roger Oakland

Understand the Times

The serpent's temptation of Eve in the Garden of Eden, that we can be like God, remains with mankind to this very day. Satan's plan is to lessen or eliminate (he hopes) the gap between himself and God. The following explanation puts it well:

It is important to understand that Satan is not simply trying to draw people to the dark side of a good versus evil conflict. Actually, he is trying to eradicate the gap between himself and God, between good and evil, altogether. When we understand this approach it helps us see why Thomas Merton said everyone is already united with God or why Jack Canfield said he felt God flowing through all things. All means all--nothing left out. Such reasoning implies that God has given His glory to all of creation; since Satan is part of creation, then he too shares in this glory, and thus is "like the Most High."1

When those in the emerging church try to persuade people that we need to bridge the gap between Christians (or Christ-followers as they put it) and non-Christians, they aren't really talking about reaching out to the unsaved in order to share the Gospel with them. They are talking about coming to a consensus, a common ground. Leonard Sweet explains:

The key to navigating postmodernity's choppy, crazy waters is not to seek some balance or "safe middle ground," but to ride the waves and bridge the opposites, especially where they converge in reconciliation and illumination.2

It takes a little thinking to figure out what Sweet is saying by this statement, but when he talks about bridging the opposites, he's referring to a chasm that exists between good and evil. This tension between the two is called dualism, and at the heart of occultism is the effort to eradicate it. If that gap could truly be closed, then Satan and God would be equal. The Bible clearly states this will never happen, but it also says that it is Satan's desire:

How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.(Isaiah 14:12-15)

This misguided effort to unite all things, to give people the option of maintaining their own religious practices, suggesting they do not have to call themselves Christians is a spiritually slippery slope and an undoing of the Christian faith.

Samir Selmanovic was raised in a European Muslim home, then served as a Seventh Day Adventist pastor in the US. Today, he helps to develop the emerging church through his role in the Coordinating Group at Emergent Village and his leadership in Re-church Network. Selmanovic has some interesting and alarming views on Christianity. He states:

The emerging church movement has come to believe that the ultimate context of the spiritual aspirations of a follower of Jesus Christ is not Christianity but rather the kingdom of God.... to believe that God is limited to it [Christianity] would be an attempt to manage God. If one holds that Christ is confined to Christianity, one has chosen a god that is not sovereign. Soren Kierkegaard argued that the moment one decides to become a Christian, one is liable to idolatry.3

On Selmanovic's website, Faith House project, he presents an interfaith vision that will:

...seek to bring progressive Jews, Christians, Muslims, and spiritual seekers of no faith to become an interfaith community for the good of the world. We have one world and one God.4

While Selmanovic says he includes Christians in this interspiritual dream for the world, he makes it clear that while they might be included, they are in no way beholders of an exclusive truth. He states:

Is our religion [Christianity] the only one that understands the true meaning of life? Or does God place his truth in others too? Well, God decides, and not us. The gospel is not our gospel, but the gospel of the kingdom of God, and what belongs to the kingdom of God cannot be hijacked by Christianity.5

While it is true that God is the One who decides where He is going to place truth, He has already made that decision. And the answer to that is found in the Bible. When Selmanovic asks if Christianity is the only religion that understands the true meaning of life, the answer is yes. How can a Buddhist or a Hindu or a Muslim fully understand truth when their religions omit a Savior who died for their sins?

Though world religions may share some moral precepts (don't lie, steal, etc), the core essence of Christianity (redemption) is radically different from all of them. Interspirituality may sound noble on the surface, but in actuality, Selmanovic and the other emerging church leaders are facilitating occultist Alice Bailey's rejuvenation of the churches. In her rejuvenation, everyone remains diverse (staying in their own religion), yet united in perspective, with no one religion claiming a unique corner on the truth. In other words all religions lead to the same destination and emanate from the same source. And of course, Bailey believed that a "coming one"6 whom she called Christ would appear on the scene in order to lead united humanity into an era of global peace. However, you can be sure that if such a scenario were to take place as Bailey predicted, there would be no room for those who cling to biblical truth.

As is the case with so many emergent leaders, Selmanovic's confusing language dances obscurely around his theology, whether he realizes it or not. Sadly, for those who are lost and who are trying to find the way, the emerging church movement offers confusion in place of clarity. It blurs if not obliterates the walls of distinction between good and evil, truth and falsehood, leaving people to stumble along a broken path, hoping to find light. In sharp contrast, Jesus commanded believers to stand out as beacon lights in this dark world, bearing the Word of God to a lost and dying generation. In such times as these, in which we live, let us not be quickly deceived, but let us heed the words that give life and true peace:

Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. (Matthew 5:14-15)

From chapter 10, Faith Undone by Roger Oakland

Notes:
1. Ray Yungen, A Time of Departing, p. 108.
2. Leonard Sweet, Soul Tsunami, p. 163.
3. Doug Pagitt and Tony Jones, An Emergent Manifesto of Hope, Samir Selmanovic section, "The Sweet Problem of Inclusiveness," pp. 192-193.
4. >From Faith House Project website: http://samirselmanovic. typepad.com/faith_house/2.WhatisFaithHouseProject.pdf.
5. Doug Pagitt and Tony Jones, An Emergent Manifesto of Hope, p. 194.
6. Alice Bailey, The Externalization of the Hierarchy.

Rick Warren and other Contemplative Advocates at Thomas Road Baptist Innovate Church Conference

Contemplative proponents Rick Warren and Lance Witt spoke at Thomas Road Baptist Church (home of the late Jerry Falwell) at the Innovate Church conference, which took place August 11th through August 13th.

Rick Warren, who has been promoting contemplative for over a decade and whose website recommends some of the most blatant mystical promoting books in the Christian market today, spoke Monday night. One of the books featured on Warren's site right now is Spiritual Disciplines Handbook by Adele Ahlberg Calhoun. This book promotes mantra meditation, giving detailed instructions on several types of contemplative practices. In addition, the author quotes from many New Age sympathizers and New Age contemplatives. In Spiritual Disciplines Handbook, Ahlberg Calhoun encourages the use of centering prayer, breath prayers, contemplative prayer, labyrinths, palms-up, palms-down exercises, and recommends for further reading a who's who of mystics.

Lance Witt, another speaker at Thomas Road Baptist, is pastor of Spiritual Maturity at Saddleback. In an article written by Witt, titled "Enjoying God's Presence in Solitude," Witt says we are "designed to enjoy the presence of God, but that's easier said than done." In the article, Witt uses Thomas Merton as an example of someone who knew about solitude. But Merton's solitude was connected to his Buddhist sympathies. Merton likened contemplative prayer to an LSD trip.

Lighthouse Trails has spoken with Lance Witt, via email, and asked him if the kind of contemplative prayer he taught was a practice in which words or phrases are repeated over and over. He told us that it was indeed this type of prayer he taught.

Tim Clinton also spoke at Innovate Church. Clinton is the president of the AACC (American Association of Christian Colleges). This organization has been promoting contemplative spirituality for some time. In the AACC Code of Ethics, which incidentally is sitting on the Liberty University website, it admits that mystic Richard Foster has "influenced" the work at AACC (and Liberty?). 1 (see p. 3) The AACC website promotes the following mysticism-promoting authors: David Benner, John Ortberg, Gary Thomas in the recent past Leonard Sweet, Dan Allender. In Clinton's own book, Competent Christian Counseling, he turns to mystics proponents such as Richard Foster, Dallas Willard, New Ager M. Scott Peck and others for spiritual insights. Gleaning from Foster and Willard (p. 421), Clinton says spiritual disciplines, including solitude (contemplative) must be taught.

Dave Earley also spoke at the conference. Earley is Chairman of the Department of Pastoral Ministries and Church Expansion at Liberty Theological Seminary. In an article on his website that he wrote titled Special Intimacy Prayer, Earley says: "Special intimacy prayer is more than prayer of the lips or of the mind. It is the deep prayer of the heart." This is where he references Richard Foster's book, Prayer: Finding the Heart's True Home. In that book, Foster explains what he means by "prayer of the heart." He recommends the practice of breath prayer (p. 122) - picking a single word or short phrase and repeating it in conjunction with the breath. This is classic contemplative mysticism (Yungen). Foster adds: "You must bind the mind with one thought" (p. 124). As research analyst Ray Yungen points out, "The goal of prayer should not be to bind the mind with a word or phrase in order to induce a mystical trance but rather to use the mind to glory in the grace of God" (A Time of Departing, p. 75). In that same book, Foster says: "What is the goal of Contemplative Prayer? ... union with God.... our final goal is union with God, which is a pure relationship where we see nothing." But when Foster says "union with God," he isn't referring just to the born-again believer. He has stated many times throughout his writings that he believes contemplative prayer is for everyone, not just the believer. It is impossible for an unbeliever to have "union with God." Jesus Christ is the only mediator between God and man.

Related information:

Saddleback Church IS a Contemplative Church

Research on Richard Foster and Contemplative Prayer

Christian Resistance Book - A Must Read

Silverton, Oregon
August 8, 2008

Lighthouse Trails Publishing is pleased to announce the release of Things We Couldn't Say by Diet Eman.

This is the true story of Diet Eman, a young Christian woman who joined the resistance movement in the Netherlands during WWII. Together with her fiance' and other Dutch men and women, "Group Hein" risked their lives to save the lives of Jews who were in danger of becoming victims of Hitler's "final solution."

Things We Couldn't Say is an endearing and moving love story that occurs in the midst of extreme danger and often unbearable circumstances and loss. Before the war ends, Eman, her fiance', and several in their group are arrested and sent to concentration camps-many of them lose their own lives.

A time in history that should not be forgotten. A story that will inspire Christians to live more courageously and stand for what is right, doing so by the power and grace of God.

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$14.95 Retail * 352 pages * Softbound
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A Note from the Publisher
We at Lighthouse Trails chose this book because we agree with Diet Eman that the Nazi Holocaust must never be forgotten. Many voices have arisen that say the Holocaust never happened, and as we move more generations away, this denial of history grows only stronger. Yet the evidence and the proof exists, as is demonstrated in this book.

Often, it has been stated that the study of history is good because it helps us learn from the past, with the implication that if we just educate ourselves we could have a utopian world. But true history does not leave God's redemption through Jesus Christ out of the picture. The prophets have foretold that there will be no lasting peace until Jesus Christ establishes a new Kingdom after He returns. In the meantime, we know there will continue to be wars and rumors of war and a future Antichrist on the horizon. But rather than grow fatalistic, we believe now more than ever before, it is time to ring out a warning and offer a word of hope. Diet's book does all these things. Beyond this, it is a very practical manual of how godly people were able to engage an ungodly world. It offers not only a look at the past but a way to look to the future.

It is our hope, therefore, that this book will serve as a wake-up call to things that are happening today. When we look at the theological sentiments (e.g., deifying man and denying his sin nature), the growing anti-Semitism, and the lack of people in today's world who think for themselves, we are alarmed, but at the same time comforted, in knowing that we have this book ready to place in the hands of those willing to listen.

We thank God for His faithfulness, and for precious people who have suffered so immensely when doing what is right, such as the ones in this book. Their lives, their sufferings, and their courage are an inspiration. In our hearts, as we read this book, we cannot imagine that we could ever have the strength to endure so much as these did, but we know, just as Diet and her friends knew, it was by His grace that they stood.

Publisher Note: In 1998, Diet received the Righteous Among the Nations medal from Israel's Yad Vashem in recognition of her aid to Jewish people during the war.

Important New Series on the Emerging Church

The new 4-DVD Emerging Church series by Roger Oakland is now available.

Based on Faith Undone: the emerging church - a new reformation or an endtime deception, each DVD is 70 minutes long and features lecturer and author Roger Oakland of Understand the Times. This is a hard-hitting expose' of the apostasy entering the church through the emerging church, Purpose Driven, contemplative, etc. It provides a solid and convincing defense of the biblical Christian faith, which is under attack today. (Filmed in 2008)

Some of the topics covered in the series include:

1. Peace Plans from the past, present, and future
2. The ecumenical, inter-faith three-legged stool
3. Ancient-future Christianity
4. The new evangelization plan
5. New Age spirituality and a one-world religion
6. Last days deception and biblical prophecy
7. Contemplative mysticism
8. The dangers and deception of Purpose-Driven
and much more ...

DVDs can be ordered separately or as a set. To order the entire set, click here. Because there has been such a demand for the series, Lighthouse Trails has been able to purchase these DVDs at a larger-quantity discounted price. The cost for individual DVDs is $14.95. The cost for the entire set is now just $49.95.

For information and/or ordering for individual DVDs, click here.

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Click here to read: Synopsis of DVD series

Ray Yungen August Road Tour

Lighthouse Trails author, Ray Yungen, will be visiting 8 cities this August, sharing his information about contemplative spirituality, the New Age movement, the emerging church, and the impact these belief systems are having on the church and our society. These seminars will all be free of charge and are open to the public. Below are the dates and locations. If you live near any of these cities, we hope you will get the chance to attend one of these meetings. For updated information on Ray's itinerary and for more information on the meetings below, visit his website at: A Time of Departing Ministries

1. Piqua, Ohio (near Dayton/Milwaukee)

Piqua Church of the Nazarene, July 27 - **OVER**

2. Indianapolis, Indiana

Franklin Road Baptist Church, August 2-3 **OVER**

3. Johnson County, Kansas (near Kansas City) with Warren Smith

Johnson County Calvary Chapel, August 7-9 (This conference catch be watched live from the church website.) **OVER**

4. Clarinda, Iowa with Warren Smith

Calvary Chapel of Clarinda, August 10 (call for more information) **OVER**

5. August 16, 2008
Cedarburg Cultural Center
W62 N546 Washington Avenue
Cedarburg, Wisconsin
Saturday 8am-12noon **OVER**

6. August 17, 2008
Lake Country Bible Church
meeting at: Lake Country School
1800 Vettleson Road
Hartland, Wisconsin
Sunday 9:30am and 6:00pm (two different talks) **OVER**

7. August 23, 2008
AM- Interview with Jan Markell on KKMS

Afternoon: 1pm-5pm - Twin City Fellowship
"A Time of Departing Conference"
2734 Rhode Island Ave S
St. Louis Park, MN
Corner of W 28th St & Rhode Island Ave S
For further information, please call 952-935-3100.
No charge. Free willing offering will be taken.

8. August 28-31, 2008
Winkler/Winnipeg, Manitoba
SCHEDULE WHILE IN MANITOBA:
(all free of charge )
Call Dennis at 204-480-7399 or 204-325-1381 for more information.

8/27/08 Oxford Bible Church
621 Oxford Street, Winnipeg MB. 7:00 PM

8/28/08
180 Claremont Ave, Winnipeg, MB 7:00 PM
Open to all

8/ 29 & 30/08 Winkler Public Library
160 Main Street, Winkler, MB 7:00 PM.

Sunday 8/31/08 AM Open

Sunday 8/31/08 PM Ambassador Baptist Church
501 Stephen Street, Morden, MB, 6:00 PM

Ray will be in California during the month of October. He will be speaking in Redding, San Diego, Lodi, and other cities.

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These two important books expose the truth about contemplative spirituality, spiritual formation, and the new age.
A Time of Departing and For Many Shall Come in My Name

HOLOCAUST: LEST WE FORGET
A true story that will change your life and challenge your faith ..

"Will sweep you into 1930s Germany and back with your faith intact ... [Trapped in Hitler's Hell] carries a stark message for today's Western Christian ... will refocus your priorities and recharge your spiritual life."-Leo Hohmann, Read entire review at The Messianic Times Trapped in Hitler's Hell

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The Other Side of the River by Alaskan Kevin Reeves

When mystical experiences and strange doctrines overtake his church, one man risks all to find the truth ... a true story. Read more about this important book, especially now in light of the Todd Bentley "revival" in Florida.

Find out the truth about the emerging church and the avenues through which it is entering Christianity.

Faith Undone by Roger Oakland

Find out more about the book that tells it like it is.