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Master's Plan Could Expose Thousands of Nazarenes to Contemplative/Emerging
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Today's Leaders for Tomorrow's Churches" is the motto for New Church Specialties, a Christian consulting organization
that largely reaches Nazarenes. But New Church Specialties and the
affiliated New Church University (where pastors and leaders are mentored
and trained) are a conduit for the new spirituality, and their G12
Master's Plan could potentially expose thousands of Nazarenes to
contemplative spirituality and the emerging church.
While New Church Specialties does mentor and train leaders from various
denominations, a 2008 Annual Ministry Report reveals that 62% of NCS's
2008 income came from Nazarene churches with Salvation Army, Wesleyan,
and other denominations covering the rest. The report
says that NCS's vision is "changing the way churches
communicate," and its mission is to "assist the starting and
strengthening of churches worldwide." But evidence shows that this
changing and strengthening of churches is going to be done using, at
least in part, contemplative/emerging authors.
New Church Specialties is offering to their followers books by New Age
sympathizers Leonard Sweet, Brian McLaren, and Ken Blanchard for
instruction and guidance. 1 Leonard Sweet, author of Quantum Spirituality,
has worked on a number of occasions with Rick Warren to bring about what
he refers to as a "new spirituality." 2 A well-documented expose on Sweet's beliefs can be
found in Warren Smith's new book, A "Wonderful" Deception. Smith shows
that Sweet has been influenced by major New Age proponents such as
Matthew Fox, David Spangler, and a number of others. One of the most, if
not the most, outstanding figures for New Age spirituality, Pierre
Teilhard de Chardin, is said by Sweet to be "Twentieth-century
Christianity's major voice" (see p. 118, AWD). Such a
misconception - de Chardin is perhaps the New Age's "major
voice" but certainly not true Christianity's.
Ken Blanchard, also used by NCS, has been promoting and endorsing and writing forewords for New Age
meditation authors for many years. From Deepak Chopra (7 Spiritual
Laws of Success) to Gay Hendricks (The Corporate Mystic) to
Anthony Robbins (Unlimited Power) to Jim Ballard (Mind Like
Water), and others, Blanchard has been consistent in showing his
affinity with New Age meditation teachers. All of these books just
mentioned teach and/or promote eastern-style mysticism. In a book titled,
What Would Buddha Do At Work?, Blanchard states in the foreword:
"Buddha points to the path and invites us to begin our journey to
enlightenment. I ... invite you to begin your journey to enlightened
work." In 2007, Blanchard wrote the foreword to Jim Ballard's book, Little Wave and Old Swell, a book in which the
front cover says it is inspired by Paramahansa Yogananda, a Hindu guru
(the book is kind of A Course in Miracles for children - god in
all).3
The book New Church Specialties is using by Leonard Sweet, The Church
in Emerging Culture, is a compilation of five authors including
emerging church/futurist/mystic proponent Erwin McManus and atonement denier/emergent leader
Brian McLaren. McManus has an interesting way of viewing Christianity. He
states: "My goal is to destroy Christianity as a world religion and
be a recatalyst for the movement of Jesus Christ" and "Some
people are upset with me because it sounds like I'm anti-Christian. I
think they might be right" (see link above for sources). He admits
that his popular book, The Barbarian Way (a book that David
Jeremiah advocates) has a core of mysticism in its foundation.4
A 2008 Lighthouse Trails article, "Is General Baptist Ministries Going Toward
Contemplative?," discusses New Church Specialties and its
founder Larry McKain. Sadly, that article points out that Church of the
Nazarene General Superintendent Dr. Jim Diehl endorses the work at NCS.
Lighthouse Trails explains that when Ray Yungen's book A Time of
Departing first was released in 2002, Jim Diehl read that book and
contacted Lighthouse Trails by phone to say he wholeheartedly agreed with
its message. Other endorsements of NCS include an array of denominational
leaders. 5
How is New Church Specialties going to be able to impact thousands of
Nazarenes and other Christians? New Church Specialties has implemented a
program that can potentially serve as a catalyst to bring the
spirituality of Sweet, McLaren and Blanchard to countless unsuspecting
Christians. This program is best known as G12 (Government of 12). NCS
refers to this as "The Master's Plan." In short, this is a
church-growth technique adapted partly from Korean pastor David Cho and
Colombian pastor Cesar Castellanos, which promises substantial church
growth. The Master's Plan proposes that true church growth can only come
about through a CELL structure where a leader will vigorously train 12
people, who will train 12 people, who will train 12 people. While numbers
often grow with this structure, there are disturbing testimonies of abuse and discipline if one
does not follow implicitly the CELL leader over him or her. An overview of NCS's Master Plan (written by a
Nazarene pastor in Anaheim, California) lays out The Master's Plan in
more depth, acknowledging that a "disciple" will need to meet
with his 11 brothers and sisters up to three times a week and remain
committed to them for "life." The Encounter Weekend Retreats
provide further training to disciples, including the very problematic
(occult in origin from Agnes Sanford) "inner healing."
In view of how extremely pervasive mystical contemplative spirituality is
throughout most of Christianity today (and in view of NCS's promotion of
contemplative advocates), this G12 structure could literally cause
contemplative to explode in thousands of lives very rapidly.
As with most false teachings, there is an element of hiding the truth regarding NCS's G12 implementation. In the overview, it states:
"Avoid the use of the phrase 'G12' in your public discussions. Call
it The Master's Plan or The Discipleship Model or some other generic
name. For some reason, some people get worked up over the phrase
'G12.'" The Master's Plan hopes to eradicate traditional programs
like Sunday School from existence: "Existing ministries will either
move over to The Master's Plan or they will wither in time and die of
their own natural causes" (p. 29).
New Church Specialties' coupling of contemplative/emerging authors with
the G12 Master's Plan could have major affects on so many and could bring
to fruition Leonard Sweet's comments about the christ consciousness:
"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" (p. 147, Quantum Spirituality),
but this is not the Christ of the Bible, but as Paul warned is a
"another gospel" and "another Jesus" (II Corinthians
11:4). Nazarenes should take note not to implement New Church Specialties
into their own local churches but rather to cling to the truth of God's
Word, which rejects the panentheistic, interspiritual nature of
contemplative spirituality.
For those who don't quite understand or who may even be skeptical,
consider the following: New Age author Marilyn Ferguson, who wrote the
classic book The Aquarian Conspiracy, said that 31% of all people
who are involved in New Age spirituality entered it through the catalyst
of Christian mysticism (i.e., contemplative). This is not surprising when
you hear what mystic Richard Kirby said: "The meditation of advanced
occultists is identical with the prayer of advanced mystics" (see A Time of Departing). Anyone who realizes the
truth of this has to be motivated to take a stand on one side or another.
Neutrality in this case is not an option.
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Why the Heathen Rage in a World Gone Amiss
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"Why do the heathen rage and the
people imagine a vain thing? The Kings of the earth set themselves, and the
rulers take counsel together, against the Lord and against His Messiah
saying let us break their bands asunder and cast away their cords from
us."(Psalm 2:1-3)
The Psalms have ever served me as my prayer book, from the very beginning
of my new life in Christ. As I grew in Christian grace, I realized the
value of the Psalms for worship, noticing that a good many songs and
phrases of songs came right out of them. Over the years other dimensions of
the Psalms have become evident to me.
For example, I now realize that the Psalms are every bit as much a source
of wisdom teaching as Proverbs and Ecclesiastes. Perhaps the fullest and
most satisfying aspect of the Psalms is the realization that they bear a
prophetic witness to Jesus. His crucifixion, ascension, priestly ministry,
and pre-existence are all foretold in the Psalms. It has also become
increasingly obvious to me that the Psalms have an eschatological
dimension, they speak of the last days, and the events that lead up to
them. One of the clearest prophetic Psalms is the second one. It pictures a
whole world in an uproar, the heathen (nations) rage, and the people
imagine a vain thing. Do we not live in an extraordinarily tumultuous time?
Truly the heathen rage! That is, the nations are in an uproar.
Consider what is going on in the world today among the geopolitical
players.
RUSSIA AND CHINA
For example consider Russia. When the Berlin wall came down, and the Soviet
Empire collapsed, the once dreaded Bear was subjected to humiliation!
Supposedly, Western Capitalism had prevailed, the former Eastern bloc was
falling all over itself to come into NATO, and once proud Russia perceived
herself as being plundered. Clinton bombed the Serb's, a nation who
considered itself the Christian shield of Europe against the Muslim
encroachment, and Russia, the traditional ally of the Serbs could do little
about it! Russia rages, they would re-assert themselves as a powerful
geopolitical player.
Former KGB agent Vladimir Putin was and is a popular leader. China, also
rages, she flexes her military and economic muscle. Belligerent generals
boast openly of having the ability to strike cities on our west coast. China
owns a great share of our national debt, thus our leaders are much beholden
to the ruthless Communist leadership of the world's most populous nation.
ISLAM
The Muslim world also rages. Islam feels that their destiny was to rule
over the Infidels, not the other way around! What happened? Modernity
happened.
Modern progress, made possible by breakthroughs in the Judeo Christian
world, advances in the sciences and economics, as well as militarily,
bypassed the Muslim world. It didn't help that they took the wrong side in
both World Wars! They rage with envy, hatred and frustrated impotence,
because they can see with their eyes that they could never create a society
like the West. However, it just so happens that the guardians of Mecca and
Medina--rather than being passed up by history as the useless and
retrograde culture that they indeed are--have been given by God (Jahweh,
not Allah) control and access to oil, the literal lifeblood of modern
society. If not for oil, the rest of the world would yet be ignoring the
backwards and retrograde Muslim world, leaving them to their own world. But
the oil has changed everything. There can be no doubt that the western,
Judeo Christian world has been raging for quite some time also. Consider
the contrast of the beginning of the last century, with the beginning of
this one, from cultural confidence to outright groveling apology!
The West has never recovered from the catastrophic, suicidal slaughter that
we call World War I & II! Subsequently, the retreat from the colonization
of the so-called third world will not abate until every "Rhodesia is
reduced to a Zimbabwe"! The problem with the collapse of our western
culture is that you can't maintain a culture without a "cultus,"
that is the religion that animates the culture. For the most part the
western world has lost its religion, therefore it is dying. Perhaps this is
the part where the "vain imagination" comes in. As the Psalmist
says, "Why do the people imagine a vain thing?" What is the vain imagination
peculiar to the western world? I believe that the vain imagination is that
we can build an enlightened, liberal, loving, productive and civil society,
without any reference to "The Lord and His anointed" (anointed
means Christ).
We are always the ones who are going to get rid of the "old ways"
and do it better! We can create a perfect society and we don't need
"The Lord and His Christ" to do it! As the Psalm predicted--it's
all about liberation movements and false freedom--that hallowed idol, the
false god of the former Judeo Christian world. The Kings of the earth and
their rulers (authorities, scientists, social engineers, pundits, opinion
shapers) all say in one form or another, "Let us break their bands
asunder, and cast away their cords from us," they would liberate us
from the "bands" (religion means "that which binds").
We in the West have spent a lot of capitol, time and energy over the last
century, trying to construct godless Utopias, brave new worlds, founded
upon the new scientific knowledges, the latest social theories, and upon
the goodness and perfectibility of man! These "isms" were the
exciting, avant gard idols of their own times--Fascism, Socialism,
Communism, etc. The problem with these Utopias was that they all ended up
resembling hell on earth! The vain imagination keeps reasserting itself,
the latest being the 1960s vision, which seems to be the prevailing wind
blowing today--"Imagine there's no heaven, nothing to live for or die
for, no distinction between man or woman, right or wrong, truth or error."
This is the basic gist of the post modern, post Christian new culture.
The vain imagination is addictive, no matter how many times it has
manifestly failed, it is an image, an idol, therefore the allegiance to it
runs deep, and it is spiritual! It is vain, empty, and based on false
premises. Did the so called sexual revolution, give us anything other than
heartbreak, the dissolution of the home, the corruption of innocence and
the death of all real love?
But still they cling to it, they tell themselves we really are better off
than ever before! Liberated! (From what?--love, commitment, loyalty,
selflessness, marriage and the role of male and female? That's liberation?)
What a nightmare we have created in the West! Two school children in the
United Kingdom took the summer holiday as boys and came back to school as
"girls"--having been given sex change operations at the age of 9
and 12! Such societies cannot last too much longer. As God has said in the
book of Proverbs, "All they that hate me love death."
The love of death is now in vogue, this generation loves death. Abortion
(fifty million in the USA since 1971!) birth control, homosexual marriage,
gender confusion, and much more, are all forms of the love of death. Most
of the western European societies that bought into the Utopian vision do
not even replace themselves demographically! All those who hate the God of
the Bible love death! What will the outcome be? The nations will rage at
each other--Russia, the European Union, China, the Muslim world--Sunni and
Shia, and of course the USA--all competing interests--riled and
tumultuous--like the waves of an angry sea. All interconnected as well,
everybody trying to appease the Muslim world, because all are desperate for
oil, everyone in competition for that oil. The other factor that the
Psalmist brings in that complicates the situation immeasurably is Israel.
Israel, as we will see, is in a unique category, and as the Hebrew prophets
predicted, is destined to become the focus of the rage of the heathen. (Click here to read part two.)
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Is It Through the Blood of Our Redeemer Jesus Christ or
the Lifeblood of the Local Church That We Have Spiritual Life? |
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commitment to a local church is imperative.
"The Bible says a Christian without a church home is like an organ
without a body, a sheep without a flock, or a child without a family. It
is an unnatural state. The Bible says, 'You belong in God's household
with every other Christian.' [endnote: Ephesians 2:19b (LB)]" (Purpose
Driven Life; p. 132)
Actually, Rick Warren's first instance of "the Bible says" has
no endnote because this is not what God's Word says! Going ahead and
claiming "the Bible says" when it does not say so is scriptural
malpractice. His second instance of "the Bible says" is from
one of the versions that has changed God's Word.
"For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.
Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens
with the saints, and of the household of God." (Ephesians 2:18-19)
Because of our faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit indwells
us and makes us a part of the household of God, the true Body of Christ,
which is not the local church. Fellowship with other believers, which is
important, does not require a local church for it to take place. Yes,
fellowship in a local church is ideal, when there is one available that
isn't trading in the Word of God for popular false doctrines sweeping
Christianity today. But man-centered, purpose-driven Churchianity takes
committing to a local church to a whole new level in its replacement of
Christ with community.
"You must be connected to a church fellowship to survive
spiritually." --Rick Warren's 40 Days of Community Workbook (Emphasis
added)7
"Any organ that is detached from the body will not only miss what it
was created to be, it will also shrivel and die quickly. The same is true
for Christians that are uncommitted to any specific
congregation."--Rick Warren8
"If an organ is somehow severed from its body, it will shrivel and
die. It cannot exist on its own, and neither can you. Disconnected and
cut off from the lifeblood of a local body, your spiritual life will
wither and eventually cease to exist. [endnote: Ephesians 4:16 (no
version listed)]" (PDL; p. 131)
The local churches are not the source of "lifeblood" that gives
life to our spirit! Ephesians 4:16 says absolutely nothing of these
outlandish claims. If our spiritual life ceased to exist because we
didn't attend a local church, then the local church would be God's
redeeming agent in salvation.
Contrarily, true spiritual life is the eternal life we are given when our
spirit is born again. True spiritual life is the life that Jesus Christ
lives in us through His indwelling Holy Spirit, when we receive God's
free gift of salvation by believing the Gospel of Christ. This true
spiritual life is sustained by the Lord God, not by the local church! And
if this life ever ceased to exist, that person would have no salvation. It
is through the blood of our Redeemer Jesus Christ, not the lifeblood of a
local church, that we have spiritual life and are delivered from death.
But "the message hasn't changed"!
"For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free
from the law of sin and death. For what the law could not do, in that it
was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of
sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: that the
righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the
flesh, but after the Spirit.... And if Christ be in you, the body is dead
because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness."
(Romans 8:2-4, 10)
"I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but
Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by
the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. I do
not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law,
then Christ is dead in vain." (Galatians 2:20-21)
In addition, rather than the pure and sinless life and blood of Jesus
Christ, look at the "lifeblood" that Rick Warren would have us
depend on for our spiritual life:
"There will never be a perfect church this side of heaven, because
every church is filled with pagans, carnal Christians, and immature
believers."--Rick Warren9
"Can you see God's wisdom in creating the church, a family full of
mentors and models for our benefit? This is why being connected to a
small group is so crucial to spiritual growth. It's a regular opportunity
to learn from each other."--Rick Warren's 40 Days of Community
Workbook10
Thank God that our spiritual life and growth do not depend on the local
church, as Rick Warren claims, but on our faith in the pure and holy,
Almighty Lord God and His eternal truth. He is the One Who sustains us.
"As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may
grow thereby: if so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious." (1
Peter 2:2-3)
But the gross Scripture twisting and replacing God with community
continues:
"For in him we live, and move, and have our being ..." (Acts
17:28)
"God challenges us to create a community where we love like our
lives depend upon it (1 Peter 1:22, Msg), and where we can each 'live and
move and have our being' (Acts 17:28, NIV)."--Rick Warren's 40
Days of Community Workbook (Parentheses in the original)11
Rick Warren is engaging in scriptural malpractice to support his
unscriptural Shepherding-Discipleship beliefs.
"A related benefit of a local church is that it also provides the
spiritual protection of godly leaders. God gives shepherd leaders the
responsibility to guard, protect, defend, and care for the spiritual
welfare of his flock...."
"Satan loves detached believers, unplugged from the life of the
Body, isolated from God's family, and unaccountable to spiritual leaders,
because he knows they are defenseless and powerless against his
tactics." (PDL; pp. 135-136)
According to God's Word, the armor of God is given to us to stand against
Satan and defend against "all the fiery darts of the wicked"
(see Ephesians 6:11-17). Furthermore, the armor of God only includes
truth, righteousness, the Gospel of peace, faith, salvation, and the Word
of God. Nowhere is the armor of God said to include "the life of the
Body" or the "spiritual protection" of "shepherd
leaders." This is because God is about Christianity, not
Churchianity.
On the other hand, Shepherding-Discipleship advocates, who very much want
control over Christians, would love to have us believe that if we don't
attend a local church we are not genuinely "following Christ."
They would love to have us believe that apart from local churches we
"are defenseless and powerless" and won't "survive
spiritually." In order for them to gain control over the masses, the
masses need to be coerced or intimidated into replacing Christianity with
Churchianity. Incidentally, immediately following the previous quote
regarding being "unplugged" is the heading, "It's All in
the Church." From Chapter 5 of In the Name of Purpose by Tamara
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Take the Test: Do You Discern or Do You Deny ... the TRUTH?
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Pastor Franklin Road Baptist
Marked for life: discernment ministry in light of Ezekiel
9:1-11.
Someone once said that
sin is as much breaking God's heart as it is His Law. When God looked down
on the perversity of the people on earth before the Deluge, it was recorded
that He "was grieved in His heart" (Genesis 6:6b). When
confronted by resident wickedness both without and within the professing
church, Christians can manifest one of three reactions: approval (1
Corinthians 5:2), indifference (Zephaniah 1:12), or disapproval as
indicated by the presence of either anger (Psalm 119:53) or grief (Psalm
119:136). So the question becomes, as we see the worldliness-wickedness
invading the church, how do we feel about it? Are agitated by, indifferent
to, or accommodating of it?
Not unlike the society and church of our times, during Ezekiel's ministry
Judah found herself in a moral and spiritual "melt down." Fraud,
violence, adultery, and idolatry were running rampant amongst God's chosen
people. Idols had been set up in the Temple (Ezekiel 8:17; 9:9). From his
location in Babylon, the Lord took Ezekiel on a virtual reality tour of the
Temple, the place where on the Mercy Seat beneath the Cherubim, God's
Shekinah glory was to have been seated (Ezekiel 8:4). What he saw in that
place of worship stunned the prophet. On his guided tour of the inner
court, the Lord showed the prophet where first the people had substituted
an idol image for Yahweh; where second, the elders worshiped animals; where
third, the women sobbed over the death of Tammuz, a mythological fertility
god who had married the Egyptian goddess Ishtar; and where fourth, the
priests worshiped the sun (Ezekiel 8:5-18). Up-close and personal, the
prophet saw how the nation had abominated into apostasy, how Israel had
turned from worshiping the Creator to idolizing the creation and its
creatures (See Romans 1:21-23.).
Yet in the midst of all those "alternative spiritualities," and
like the remnant of Elijah's day who refused to bow their knee to Baal and
kiss the idol god (1 Kings 19:18), some believers preserved themselves to
be holy unto the Lord. So the Lord instructed the angel dressed in white to
mark an "X" on the foreheads of the faithful, a mark that would
spare them from the coming divine judgment (circa 600 BC).[1] Most have
heard about "the mark of the beast", the mark the deceived will
receive at the end of the age, an identity without which they will neither
be able to buy or sell (Revelation 14:9-12). The prophet Ezekiel wrote about
a different mark, an "X" that was to be written on the foreheads
of those in Judah who had refused to go along with the popular spiritual
trends of that day. The "X" would spare them from the coming
divine wrath. So the Lord instructed the angel: "Go through the midst
of the city, even through the midst of Jerusalem, and put a mark on the
foreheads of the men who sigh and groan over all the abominations which are
being committed in its midst" (Ezekiel 9:4). Pause with me . . . for a
moment let's project back to that era and ask ourselves the following
question: If we had been alive in Ezekiel's day, would the angel have
marked us to be spared from divine judgment? Click here to continue reading ...
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Back to (Contemplative) School - Christian Colleges in Crisis
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In
November 2004, Lighthouse Trails Research issued its first alert to Christian colleges that are
promoting contemplative spirituality. The four colleges listed in that
alert were San Francisco Theological Seminary, Biola University, Bethel
University, and Lincoln Christian College and Seminary. Since then, several
other alerts have been issued. What has become all too painfully clear is that
the majority of Christian colleges in North America have in varying degrees
begun to incorporate contemplative spirituality into their colleges. It is
not just a few schools - it is most, and for those who understand the
dangers of contemplative (and emerging), it is obvious that Christian
colleges are in a crisis of faith.
The following is a list of the articles we have written on the college
situation. Is your child's school listed here? It's worth checking out:
Biola University - January 2005
Dallas Theological Seminary - April 2005
Assemblies of God Theological Seminary - May/June 2005
Assemblies of God Theological Seminary - Article #2 -
November 2005
Wheaton College Promoting Contemplative Spirituality -
March 2006
Christian Colleges - A Dangerous Place For Young Christians - June 2006
Azusa Pacific University
Wheaton College
Back to School - Is Your College Student Safe? - August
2006
The Shape of Things to Come - Biola University -
September 2006
Moody Bible - September 2006
Cedarville University - October 2006
Trinity Western University - December 2006
Liberty University - February 2007
A Glimpse of the Future of Christian Higher Education -
March 2007
Prairie Bible Institute - August 2007
Liberty University - Article #2 - August 2007
Moody Bible Institute - Article #2 - September 2007
Briercrest College - September 2007
Southwest Baptist University - October 2007
Baylor University - November 2007
Belmont University - November 2007
Moody Bible Institute - Article #3 - November 2007
Prairie Bible Institute - Article #2 - November 2007
Southeastern University (AOG) - December 2007
Moody Bible Institute - Article #4 - January 2008
Palm Beach Atlantic University - January 2008
Cedarville University - January 2008
Nazarene Universities - February 2008
Liberty University - Article #3 - February 2008
University Student Stands Alone Against Emerging
Spirituality - February 2008
Mount Vernon Nazarene - March 2008
Moody Bible Institute Looks for New President - August
1, 2008
Cedarville University - Article #3 - March 2008
Bethel University New President: "Catholic friends
taught me about contemplative prayer." - July 3, 2008
Jonathan Falwell Becomes Vice-Chancellor at Liberty
University - September 11, 2008
Ambrose University (CMA & Nazarene) Full Speed into
Contemplative/Emergent - October 12, 2008
Biola University Student Reports on Contemplative Chapel
Services - Warns Parents to Avoid Biola - October 20, 2008
Biola University Contacts Lighthouse Trails - Accuses of
Libel - October 21, 2008
Non-Contemplative Pillsbury Baptist Bible College to Close -
November 24, 2008
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary May Be Heading into
Troubled Contemplative Waters - January 12, 2009
Keri Wyatt Kent Continues Leading Women Toward
Contemplative - Moody Bible Institute Helps - February 12, 2009
Trevecca Nazarene University Promoting Contemplative
Spirituality in No Small Way - February 18, 2009
Emergent/Mystical Leaders at Baylor University - April
13, 2009
Point Loma Nazarene University Welcomes Brian McLaren and
Embraces Contemplative Spirituality - April 19, 2009
Gordon College in MA Brings Emerging Contemplative
Spirituality to Students June 19, 2009
For more information:
Our database of Christian colleges using contemplative
materials
Some Christian colleges that DON'T promote contemplative
spirituality
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Confusion over Names: Two Warren Smith's
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Some
confusion has arisen over the last few years regarding Lighthouse Trails
author, Warren Smith, and another Christian writer named Warren Smith. To
help eradicate confusion, Lighthouse Trails Warren Smith is now going by
Warren B. Smith. The other Warren Smith is now going by Warren
Cole Smith. Below
are a few of the public works by each Warren to show their distinction:
 Warren B. Smith
I. Author of the
following books:
Deceived on Purpose (Mountain Stream
Press)
The Light That Was Dark (Mountain Stream
Press)
A "Wonderful" Deception
II. Speaker at the 2008 Calvary
Chapel Senior Pastors Conference:
 Warren
Cole Smith
II. Author of a new book
titled A Lover's Quarrel with the Evangelical Church
III. Writer for Christian Worldview
Network (Worldview Times)
IV. Contributing writer for World Magazine
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More Days - 7 Year Anniversary Fall Special
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 For the month of September and October, Lighthouse Trails is
offering the following special:
A
combination of any 10 titles of books/DVDs for a set price of $77.50, which
is 40%-45% off the retail price of each title.
Normally, we offer 40% off the retail price on our published
products when a customer buys 10 copies of any one title. With this Fall
special, you may purchase any combination of our published books and DVDs,
and as long as it totals 10, the price will be $77.50 (plus shipping).
This is a great chance to buy a variety of titles at
wholesale prices.
To see the qualifying titles and for more information, click here. If you have any
questions about this offer, please feel free to call us at 866/876-3910 or
e-mail us at sales@lighthousetrails.com.
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