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* TOP ARTICLE =
IN THIS=20
CATEGORY FOR 2010:
1/Rick=20
Warren's "Apologetics" Weekend Should Apologize =
for=20
Representing "Another Gospel"Eight years =
after=20
the release of The Purpose Driven Life and numerous =
efforts by=20
discerning Christian believers to warn others of this=20
movement, the Saddleback Apologetics Weekend =
unveils =20
more clearly than ever the spiritual=20
direction toward which the evangelical church is =
racing .=20
. .
2/Letter to=20
Charles Stanley: Is In Touch Getting Out-of-Touch With =
the=20
True Gospel? A few years ago, we spoke =
with one=20
of Stanley's top assistants, with the hope that he =
would ask=20
Charles Stanley to read A Time of Departing =
and/or=20
Faith Undone, which we sent to the assistant =
for Dr.=20
Stanley. We never heard whether he read the books, but =
seeing=20
Anne Lamott and Sara Miles names in his current issue =
of=20
In Touch is very disheartening. Why won't =
Christian=20
leaders bring themselves up to speed on these matters =
and=20
begin warning rather than abetting?
3/ Christian =
Leaders Remain=20
Silent on Warning of Apostasy in the Church - Attempt =
to=20
Discredit Contenders of the Faith =
As the=20
organized Christian church and church leaders continue =
in=20
their plunge toward apostasy, turning their heads and =
ignoring=20
the truth, all the while attempting to discredit those =
who are=20
trying to warn, more and more people are being pulled =
into=20
this tidal wave of deception. When Lighthouse Trails =
wrote a press release in =
2005=20
showing that Rick Warren was planning on using New =
Age=20
sympathizer Ken Blanchard to help implement his Global =
P.E.A.C.E. Plan and train leaders, attempts=20
were made to discredit Lighthouse Trails. =
4/ Author/Lecturer Roger Oakland =
Says=20
Good-bye to Calvary Chapel Roger Oakland, =
author,=20
lecturer, missionary is saying farewell to =
a 29-year=20
relationship with Calvary Chapel. It began for Roger =
in 1977=20
when he went from being an evolutionist biology =
professor at a=20
Canadian university to becoming a born-again, =
Bible-believing=20
Christian. His life had been turned right side =
up by=20
the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Roger zealously became a =
servant=20
of the Lord. In contrast to his years teaching =
evolution, in=20
1991, he spoke on national Russian television to a =
potential=20
audience of over 200 million people and shared the=20
Gospel.5/Is BSF=20
(Bible Study Fellowship) Heading in the Contemplative=20
Direction? Recently, a number of =
BSF=20
supporters/participants contacted Lighthouse Trails =
with=20
concerns that the organization may be becoming =
influenced by=20
contemplative sources, most likely unbeknownst to many =
or most=20
of BSF board of directors and Bible Study teachers. In =
the May=20
2010 issue of the BSF magazine, a book list includes =
three=20
contemplative proponents: contemplative pioneer Dallas =
Willard, emerging proponent Dan Allender, and Pastor =
Timothy=20
Keller of Redeemed Presbyterian in New York.
6/Jim Wallis=20
Points to Lighthouse Trails - Defends Position of=20
Sojourners The questions many may be =
asking,=20
what DOES Jim Wallis believe in and stand for, and =
should he=20
be representing biblical Christianity and standing on=20
platforms with evangelical speakers, addressing =
Christian=20
youth whose parents believe their kids are attending a =
"Christian" event with Bible-believing speakers? In =
other=20
words, do Wallis' beliefs line up with the main =
message in the=20
Bible, which is the Cross and atonement of Jesus =
Christ, the=20
foundation of true Christianity.
7/Christianity Today Treats =
Contemplative=20
Controversy as Legitimate Issue in Cover Story About =
Beth=20
Moore In the August 2010 cover =
story of=20
Christianity Today, the magazine has brought out two =
things=20
that the major Christian media has thus far ignored - =
one,=20
that Beth Moore, described as "the most popular Bible =
teacher=20
in America" by CT is a proponent of contemplative =
prayer, and=20
two, that there is a debate over whether contemplative =
meditation is of Eastern religious origin or not. This =
Lighthouse Trails special report will look at both of =
these=20
facets, Beth Moore's contemplative propensities =
(incidentally,=20
she is noted in CT for influencing "millions" of =
women) and=20
the vital question as to whether contemplative prayer =
is=20
indeed rooted in Eastern mysticism.
8/Richard Foster's Renovare Turns =
to=20
Panentheist Mystic Richard Rohr and Emerging Darling =
Phyllis=20
Tickle For New Book Project In an =
email=20
sent out by Richard Foster's Renovare organization =
this week,=20
it was announced that Renovare is working together =
with=20
HarperOne publishers on a booklet titled 25 Books =
Every=20
Christian Should Read: A Guide to the Essential =
Devotional=20
Classics.The email sent out asks readers to visit the =
Renovare=20
website and fill in a form stating which 5 books they =
"think=20
are foundational and all Christians should =
read."
9/Concern Expressed Over Voice of =
the Martyrs=20
Article on Mystic Madame Jeanne =
Guyon In the=20
November 2010 Voice of the Martyrs magazine, there is =
a=20
feature "Christian Martyrs" article on 17th century =
mystic,=20
Madame Jeanne Guyon. Lighthouse Trails contacted Voice =
of the=20
Martyrs last week to discuss their article and to =
remind them=20
that they had brought some attention to themselves in =
2009=20
when they promoted emerging futurist Erwin McManus' =
book, The=20
Barbarian Way, and Eugene Peterson's The Message=20
paraphrase.
10/Brian McLaren and Richard =
Foster's=20
Editorial Team Agree with Lighthouse Trails - =
Contemplative=20
Prayer and Eastern Mysticism Are Same=20
Thing The headline in this =
article may=20
seem preposterous - Brian McLaren and two other =
contemplative=20
prayer proponents (Richard Rohr and Phyllis Tickle) =
agreeing=20
with what Lighthouse Trails has been trying to say for =
eight=20
years now? That the same contemplative prayer which is =
advocated by mainstream Christian leaders (Beth Moore, =
Chuck=20
Swindoll, Rick Warren, Focus on the Family, etc) is =
the very=20
same thing as eastern mysticism (i.e., =
Hinduism/Buddhism). How=20
can we say such a statement? |