LTRP Note: The following guest commentary is written by a long-time Lighthouse Trails reader. For other related information, please see the links at the bottom of this post.

photo: The Islamic Center of America, the largest mosque in the United States, located in Dearborn, Michigan. (Wikipedia, public domain)

By Jesse Marshall

With the recent democratic primary win of Abdul El-Sayed for Michigan’s upcoming senatorial race, those aware of trends in news and on social media note a marked uptick in activity and posts related to Islam.

El-Sayed, a progressive member of the Democratic party, placed second to Gretchen Whitmer in Michigan’s 2018 gubernatorial primary race. El-Sayed’s primary win follows Zohran Mamdani’s installation as the 112th mayor of New York City. Both El-Sayed and Mamdani are Muslims.*

“Buzz” around these political races has caught the attention of an increasing number of Bible believers and others who understand the implications culturally, religiously, and politically of a growing Muslim population in the United States who hold to Islamic doctrines and practices and their increased presence in elected offices. Over 4.5 million Muslims reside in the U.S.1

That Muslims have obtained an increasing number of elected offices in the U.S. was highlighted in a recent FaceBook post by CAIR, the Council on American-Islamic Relations. The post boasted of a record-breaking year for Muslims’ success: 255 elected officials in 26 states.2

Founded in 1994 “…to enhance understanding of Islam, protect civil rights, promote justice, and empower American Muslims,” CAIR’s manifold mission encompasses research, civil rights work, lobbying efforts, media relations and more.3 Combating ‘Islamophobia’ in CAIR’s vision “…looks toward the time when being Muslim carries a positive connotation and Islam has an equal place among many faiths in America’s pluralistic society.”4

CAIR’s aims, associations, and practices led it to being designated a terrorist organization by Texas Governor Greg Abbott recently who stated, “The Muslim Brotherhood and CAIR have long made their goals clear: to forcibly impose Sharia law and establish Islam’s ‘mastership of the world;” he continued, “The actions taken by the Muslim Brotherhood and CAIR to support terrorism across the globe and subvert our laws through violence, intimidation, and harassment are unacceptable.”5

In July, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis moved similarly.6 Such a move by state governors is unprecedented; these designations are normally made federally.7

Though not entirely taught or observed monolithically, Islam’s doctrines, aims, and practices—and their effects on others—are well documented over 1,400 years to the present. Political scientist Samuel Huntington states, “Islam’s borders are bloody.”8

Islam’s followers must hear the gospel of Christ that they might believe on Christ and be saved (see 1 Corinthians 15:3-4, Romans 1:16). The times call us to equip ourselves to spread the gospel among Muslims and become informed about Islam and its incompatibility with western values and our constitutional rights and freedoms which afford protections for all.
We ask God for wisdom to appropriately evaluate these things, to steward our roles as voters, and to talk and act regarding these things in a Christ-honoring way.

This is a call to prayer, education, and action.

* CAIR backed their candidacies – https://freebeacon.com/democrats/cair-quietly-puts-100k-behind-zohran-mamdanis-bid-for-nyc-mayor/ – https://thenationalpulse.com/2026/08/06/dem-candidate-el-sayeds-campaign-funded-by-members-of-terror-linked-cair-organization/

• Endnotes:
  1. https://www.theglobalstatistics.com/muslim-population-in-us/
  2. https://www.facebook.com/CAIRNational/posts/pfbid032CjfYBrTkxtqTakn31WNoywrmYkSZswtKbo4G15zPRxi7U1qk5saYPnWoKDWpSXol
  3. https://www.cair.com/about_cair/about-us/
  4. https://www.cair.com/about_cair/cair-at-a-glance/
  5. https://gov.texas.gov/news/post/governor-abbott-designates-muslim-brotherhood-cair-as-foreign-terrorist-organizations
  6. https://www.flgov.com/eog/news/press/2026/governor-ron-desantis-announces-implementation-florida-law-combat-terrorist
  7. https://www.hstoday.us/featured/cair-and-muslim-brotherhood-terrorists-or-not-experts-weigh-in-on-why-or-why-not-the-groups-should-be-designated-terrorist-organizations/
  8. https://www.frontpagemag.com/death-and-destruction-wherever-christians-and-raymond-ibrahim/

Related Information:

“Judgment Day: Islam, Israel, and the Nations” by Dave Hunt (The Berean Call)

Chrislam – The Blending Together of Islam & Christianity by Mike Oppenheimer

The Last Days, Israel, and Islam (Conflict of the Ages) – DVD – Lecture by Mike Oppenheimer

How God Loves the Muslims – Gospel Tract 

By Jessica Russak-Hoffman
Jerusalem News Syndicate

Joel and Yael Eis did not uproot their four children from Thornhill, Ontario, because they felt they had to flee Canada. Their relatives were already in Israel, and the timing felt right, they told JNS at a Nefesh B’Nefesh party attended by hundreds of new olim, immigrants to Israel, on a patio outside the nonprofit’s Jerusalem offices.

“I think day-to-day, we felt safe,” Yael Eis, 40, told JNS. “We were in a bubble, part of a really nice, comfortable, easy Jewish community.”

That bubble required security around Jewish schools and an increased police presence, she told JNS. Their synagogue was among three in the Toronto area struck by gunfire in March. Click here to continue reading.

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(image of Canadian flag from bigstockphoto.com; used with permission)

(Columbus, OH) A groundbreaking new book by Lighthouse Trails will equip children with the truth about the “pride” agenda.

What’s Really True about Rainbows and Pride by Linda Harvey is a Christian workbook for students ages 9 to 13, It walks children through the biblical account of God’s creation of the rainbow in contrast to today’s “LGBTQ” movement with its explicit sexual overtures, misleading banners and prideful parades.

Mrs. Harvey is president of Mission America and has monitored and reported about the homosexual/transgender advocacy movement for thirty years, focusing on its activism in schools. As a radio commentator, author and conservative influencer, she has witnessed and documented the tremendous damage “LGBTQ” proponents are inflicting upon unprepared children and families, using the schools as their primary venue for grooming and indoctrination.

“My heart is broken over the young lives that have fallen prey to this deception,” said Harvey. “Rainbows and Pride will prepare children to understand, at an age appropriate level, what this rebellious rainbow celebrates, and be empowered to say NO, turning away from ungodly identities and behaviors. Instead, they will appreciate God’s beautiful design of humans as male and female, and God’s purpose for marriage and family.”

The 50-page full color workbook is accompanied by a parent/grandparent/teacher guide that can be found on the Mission America website. (See Table of Contents and two sample pages.)

As some schools observe October as “LGBTQ History Month,” this new workbook is a resource for families to teach their children a different view. With biblical references about marriage, homosexuality and gender confusion, children will learn to recognize school-centered deception and embrace the truth instead.

“In most schools, children quickly grasp that only one viewpoint is allowed,” Harvey explained. “Rainbows and Pride presents children with a choice to believe the hope and common sense of God’s instruction instead of reckless, harmful myths.”

Many schools and libraries will observe “Banned Books Week” during the first week of October. This is the American Library Association’s annual campaign to intimidate parents into remaining silent about some of the highly offensive titles promoted to children and teens. Yet Harvey sees an open door for Mission America’s helpful new resource.

“Families will love the sensitive message of What’s Really True about Rainbows and Pride,” Harvey said. “It is our hope that, in a welcoming spirit of true diversity, this book will be embraced not just by parents, but utilized by teachers and schools.”

Churches, home school networks and youth groups will also find Rainbows and Pride to be a helpful tool to cover a sometimes difficult subject, one that is too often avoided.

BOOK INFORMATION:

RELEASE DATE: September 28, 2026
RETAIL PRICE: $10.00 (Quantity discounts available through Lighthouse Trails)
SAMPLE PAGES: See Table of Contents and two sample pages.

PRE-ORDERS: The book can be pre-ordered now at Lighthouse Trails (and they will ship on the 9/28) (here); and also at Barnes and Noble (here) and other major online book outlets.

LTRP Note: At Lighthouse Trails, we believe that many Christians have been seduced by “another Jesus” who has come as an angel of light, goodness, and love through books such as Jesus Calling and The Shack. The Bible warns of “seducing spirits,” but many in the church (including much of church leadership) ignore such warnings while embracing the “Jesus” of these books.

Dear Lighthouse Trails,

I want to share my experience with the book Jesus Calling in hope that my account might help someone else who has been deceived as I have. I am so grateful for your work in exposing this kind of deception. Converted 51 years ago, absolutely devoted to Jesus Christ and the Bible, teaching other women the same, and yet . . .

MY DECEPTION—Sarah Young’s book Jesus Calling, given to me by a Catholic friend, immediately brought me a serenity, a remarkable feeling of peace, a revelation, a fresh insight to the Gospel. I had never seen Jesus in such a freeing way! I soon was relieved of “burdens” and obligations from many biblical commands, not that they were unimportant (this Jesus assured me they were) but that this wonderfully simplified access to God would cover all those bases anyway. I had only to turn my mind over to this Jesus, the correct interpreter. He would guide me so well. I felt free from serious studying of the Word, of searching out meaning, of obeying it, because this loving Jesus would tell me about it when needed, and there was no reason to labor needlessly. Didn’t he say his burden was light? How could I have missed it?

Of course, all of God’s recorded teachings were still valid to me, but because there are so many of them to think about and coordinate, this “One-size-fits-all” approach was refreshingly simple. There were Scriptures included with each teaching that I could always refer to, but they were appropriately in more subdued print indicating his assurance that I didn’t have to read them unless I particularly wanted to. Either way was OK. He would bring them all together for me anyway, and I could shift my focus away from what my flesh was often wrestling with, those corrections from Scripture. I no longer felt scriptural warnings, including the need to repent, because it was now unnecessary. I wasn’t obligated to study for myself, but could rely on what he personally translated to me. He would let me know the real meaning when it was needed, so I could relax and take it easy in that regard. My only job was to clear my mind and let him fill it with his words. At last, I had come fully into my Mary role, sitting at his feet! By just letting him have constant and exclusive control of my thinking (well, it was my goal, at least), I could be sure that I was meeting all his requirements in this wonderfully simplified way. I realized that my previous struggles against sin were now really a matter of giving him a blank slate, of relinquishing my thoughts. How “light” my load became!

Feeling blessed beyond measure and thinking, “Why me, Lord, what have I done to deserve this goodness,” I entered into a state of great humility, knowing that as unworthy as I was, I had been included in an exclusive, blessed group, encasing me in love. At the same time, this feeling of love set up a longing in me that others would come in also, so I bought more copies of Jesus Calling to give away, spreading the good news to dear friends and more. Humility and love—I had both!

MY DELIVERANCE—Surprisingly, and to my great disappointment, my godly daughter was horrified when I introduced this to her because as she read it, superficial and unscriptural qualities jumped out at her immediately. It frightened and sickened her that there was now a chasm between us. She kindly and firmly resisted my attempts to get her into the circle, and her son joined in earnest prayer for me. She frantically searched the Internet for a book to convince me that Jesus Calling was dangerously wrong and found Warren Smith’s Another Jesus Calling which she asked me to read immediately. I patiently laid it aside, meaning to “get to it” when I could. God then led another godly daughter to sit up late reading Mr. Smith’s book and to share its contents next morning with her mom.

Apparently, prayers had gotten me ready for this encounter because what followed could only be described as divine intervention. As I listened in astonishment, my eyes were immediately and completely opened to the truth of this enormous, beguiling, occultic deception, and suddenly, it all became so clear. God, full of mercy, was rescuing this foolish, gullible, female from the lure of a false Jesus. Truly, I had been deceived by a spirit disguised as an angel of light, one who had presented himself as so sweet, peaceful, and loving that I had been his willing victim. I will be forever grateful to Warren Smith and a praying, persevering family for my deliverance.

E. H., an 80-something great-grandmother
Atlanta

(originally posted in 2019)

(photo from the cover of “Another Jesus” Calling; used with permission from Mountain Stream Press)

By Tony Pearce
Light for the Last Days Ministries

Are You not from everlasting, O Lord my God, my Holy One? We shall not die. O Lord, You have appointed them for judgment; O Rock, You have marked them for correction. Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he? (Habakkuk 1:12-13)

Why doesn’t God stop all the trouble in the world? God has purer eyes than to behold evil; surely, He can’t use evil people to chastise good people; that goes against God’s whole character. He’s got to be on the side of the good against the evil.

Yes! That is right. Well, yes, but also no. There’s a time when God will allow the wicked to chastise the good for His purposes, to bring them to Himself, and He says, you have appointed them for judgment . . . You have marked them for correction, which is true.

But He says we shall not die, which is also true. God is going to bring them through this.

There’s a kind of idea that, somehow, God shouldn’t allow this to happen because, as Habakkuksays, God is too pure to behold evil, surely He can’t use the bad guys against the good guys.

Actually, that’s not necessarily the case. Otherwise, how do we explain evil people coming to power throughout the Earth?

There has always been this battle between God and evil, God and Satan; and God allows Satan a certain amount of freedom to act. God is going to have His way ultimately in bringing Satan down, but in the meantime, we have to live in a world in which evil often triumphs over the good; and we have to learn how to live with it.

But the prophet asks, how can God hold His tongue when the wicked devours a person more righteous than he? Surely this is against Your will, surely, you’ve got to do something to save us. You can’t let the wicked devour the righteous; you can’t favor a wicked pagan people over your covenant people, over Israel.

And so, Habakkuk says he’ll see what God has to say. In chapter 2 verse 1, he then says:

I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.

Habakkuk admits: Okay, maybe I do need a bit of correction on this. Maybe I’ll just see what God has to say. And he recognized he may have gotten it wrong. He says he’ll wait and see what God has to say about it. He’ll wait and see how God will use these events. He asks Him what will be His answer.

There are times also, when we need to ask ourselves and ask God: Have we got it right on everything?

I need to do that myself, and we need to be humble and recognize that there may be things which God actually wants to correct in us on how we view things. And we need to recognize that we don’t have everything sorted out ourselves. Even if, like me, you’ve studied the Bible for 50 years and you think you’ve got it all figured out.

Maybe there are things which we need to see that God may want to change in us. And God continually wants to change things in us. He wants us to understand Him truly.

Habakkuk wanted to see how God would answer when he was corrected. He wanted to see what God was going to say to him and how God would use these events.

Now, he’s asking Him and we see what He will answer. As I said, we need to be ready for God to correct us, to make us see what is true and what is not true.

In verses 2 to 4, in chapter 2, the Lord answers:

And the Lord answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it. For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry. Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.

God says to Habakkuk: write down the vision; make it clear so people can read it and understand it. Put it on a billboard if you like so people can walk by and see what it is, what it has to say . . . so they can see what’s going to come and act in response to it. God says this is going to come for the appointed time. It will surely come. He says: whether you want like it or not, this is going to happen.

And there are things which we don’t like, and we think we can stop from happening. But, actually, they’re going to happen whether we like it or not.

There are two main responses here: that of the proud, and that of the just.

It says the soul of the proud is not upright in him, but the just shall live by his faith.

This tells us there are two ways in which we’re going to respond to the Word of the Lord:

1. The proud refuse the Word of the Lord; they refuse to repent of their sins and to believe in the Lord.

• They refuse to see the signs; they refuse to heed the prophetic word.
• They carry on without God.
• They say we’ve got it all figured out, we’ll trust in our own righteousness.
• We can work it out, we’re clever people we know what to do and we can work it out without God.

Basically, the spirit of the world today is that we can work it out without God.

• We don’t need God; ‘we don’t need Him telling us that we need to repent and believe the Gospel.
• We don’t need Him telling us that Jesus is coming again: that’s all a load of baloney!
• We’re going to sort it out.
• We’re strong; we know what to do.

And God says that the proud are actually going to be brought down because they don’t sort it out, and the vision will happen.

What will happen is going to happen, and God has written about it in his Word. Therefore, if it’s written in the Word of God, it’s going to happen whether we like it or not.

2. Then He says: the just shall live by faith. Those who do repent (acknowledge their sinfulness and turn toward God) and believe will and have a true faith in God; they will live.

They may suffer outwardly, but they will have the life of God in them which will enable them to come through the trials and tribulations with faith and victory.

And when you go to the Book of Daniel, you see there that you have people who had faith, who were justified, who believed in God, and who, in the Babylonian situation, had the victory.

They demonstrated also that their faith was going to stand and that they were to stand against all of the forces which were coming against them.

God says to those who have faith today that:

• If you have Me in you, you have the Holy Spirit within you.
• You have the God who made the Heavens and the Earth within you.
• You have Jesus who died on the cross and rose from the dead within you.
• You have the Holy Spirit within you.
• You have the power of God within you and greater is he that is in you than he that is in the world.

Therefore, if you have any sense, if you have any understanding of the situation which we’re in this present day—always in this world because we’re always facing trouble and death—if you have any sense, you’re going to believe the Gospel and believe in Jesus and have the Holy Spirit within you.

The just shall live by faith, of course, is a verse which is quoted three times in the New Testament. The most famous one is in Romans chapter 1 verses 16-17 where it says:

For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.

There is a way in which every person on the face of the Earth can be justified with God: By having faith in God through Jesus the Messiah who makes us justified with God. Jesus Christ died for our sins, was buried, and rose again from the dead to give us eternal life; and He promises to keep all those who trust in Him through good and bad circumstances. So, whatever happens, trust in Him.

In our time, we can see that although there is Tribulation coming, there is a hope in Jesus the Messiah.

We can tell people about this hope in Jesus; we can tell people there is a way out of the crisis which is coming on the Earth.

In Salvation we have the promise of God to keep us.

Revelation chapter 3 verses 10-11 says:

Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth. Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.

A promise is there, of God, to keep you from the hour of trial which will come upon the whole world. That hour of trial does seem to represent the Tribulation time which is coming to test those who dwell on the Earth. It says, I’m coming quickly.

Jesus promises He is going to come again, to come again to save those who believe in Him. Therefore, we should hold fast what we have that no one may take our crown.

There is this issue: Does it mean “I will keep you from the hour of trial”? I will take you out of the world before the hour of trial begins? The issue of the pre-Tribulation Rapture view? Or does it mean I will keep you in the hour of trial, I’ll keep you through the hour of trial?

Personally, I favor the pre-Tribulation view. But, as it hasn’t happened yet, I should warn you that if it doesn’t happen this way and we end up going through the Tribulation, either way, we have to have Jesus in our lives. And He’s the One who’s going to keep us and help us through this time.

He’s the only help and so, write it down and read it, and believe it! And know that the just shall live by faith.

(Photo from bigstockphoto.com; used with permission.)

Tony Pearce is the director of a ministry in the U.K. called Light for the Last Days. There are two ministry websites you may wish to visit: http://www.lightforthelastdays.co.uk and http://messiahfactor.com, both of which have many articles, book extracts, and much valuable information. Also, his Light for the Last Days website is available in several different languages. You may e-mail Tony at enquiries@lightforthelastdays.co.uk.

By Media Line Staff
The Jerusalem Post

A coalition of Christian lawmakers, religious leaders and civic figures urged President Donald Trump to establish an expedited legal pathway for Jewish Canadians seeking to relocate to the United States because of antisemitic persecution and threats to their safety. 

The National Association of Christian Lawmakers (NACL) sent the request to Trump on Thursday, asking his administration to use existing refugee, humanitarian, and visa authorities while maintaining US security and admissibility requirements. Click here to continue reading.

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