Stand Up for the Truth

The Bible warns us about a great delusion that will take place prior to the second coming of Jesus Christ. Jesus Himself wants to warn us so that we will be prepared, and said that many of us will fall away.  Is that delusion already underway in our Body of Christ today? We’ve talked about [...]

Not only has McLaren not backed down, but more and more leaders are joining him.  Check out the related articles at the end of this one. This is a piece the Lighthouse Trails Editors wrote a couple of years ago, and it is an excellent reminder in light of recent developments in which more and more emergent [...]

The greatest military leaders are ones who can see beyond the current battle conditions and take a strategic look at what the enemy is up to.  They understand that deception is a big part of warfare and that enemies often try to lull their opponents into a false sense of security as they lay a [...]

There seem to be a few new wrinkles in the continuing saga of the King’s Way controversy, and it has to do with Rick Warren’s Saddleback Church apparently embracing The Camel Method–what some say is a questionable method Christian missionaries have been using to reach into Muslim world. One of our listeners sent me a [...]

When bad spinach or broken brake lines harm consumers, a swift recall alert is issued to ensure no one else suffers from flawed or infected products.  So shouldn’t the same standard apply to products that harm us spiritually–perhaps even eternally?   Our guest today, Pirate Christian Radio’s Chris Rosebrough of Fighting for the Faith issued a [...]

There is an entire culture, complete with its own language, shaped around what has become the “business” of doing Church. Rather than focusing on feeding the sheep or equipping the saints to bring the Good News of the Gospel to those who don’t know Him, it would seem the Next Church is about the business [...]

NO. I’d end this article here, because that is your answer, should anyone ever ask you. And with the presidential election on the horizon, it is more than likely that Mormonism and Christianity might come up in conversation. Already the high-profile Christian leaders are being asked about it. Saddleback Church’s Rick Warren sort of answered [...]

Here is a discernment site to bookmark in your favorites. I’m sharing a This and That post from the Do Not Be Surprised blog for your enjoyment. The first article is a little satire to whet your whistle, but I’m afraid the headlines that follow are not to be taken lightly. In fact those are [...]

With all of the strange twists and turns in the Saddleback saga these past few weeks, you almost need a playbook to keep track of how this curious situation came to be. Thankfully, Marsha West has put together a 30,000-foot overview of why things are as sticky as they are for Pastor Rick Warren and [...]

This week we’ve been talking about the Kingdom Circles methodology of reaching out to Muslims, Buddhists and other religions, especially in light of the story we reported last week about a Saddleback Pastor who leads the King’s Way initiative, and who was photographed teaching at an ecumenical seminar in France with the Kingdom Circles diagrams [...]