Dear Lighthouse Trails:
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I live in Canada, north of Toronto, Ontario, and have kept track of your website for at least ten plus years now. I am not sure how I came across your site, but I had been reading books by the Berean Call, and they had books on the emerging church and such so maybe they had links to your site. I have bought a number of your books over the years.
As I was reading your email updates, I noticed the booklet on the origins of Lighthouse Trails and its timing as well. Your story mirrors our experience in so many ways. Having been saved in 1969 as a 19-year unchurched young man, I became involved with the Brethren assemblies which were at that time conservative evangelical. Some are still today, but many are dying out. Getting married and having children certainly changes your focus and as you point out, certain things began to change in the pulpits largely unnoticed by me. Eschatology and prophecy definitely took a back seat to newer leaders. I remember being encouraged to get involved with âPromise Keepersâ as well, but I wasnât keen on sharing my life with complete strangers so passed on that. It was only years later I found out they are ecumenical and have Catholic roots. I also remember the NIV becoming the best thing since sliced bread in the 70s, and over the years we have been swamped with a plethora of new improved versions. So trying to follow the preacher as he reads from ever-changing texts has become impossible. The music bands and all the camps: emphasis on raising up âyoung leaders.â Where have they disappeared to? Most have walked away from the church.
Around 2006, having moved north of Toronto, we started going to _____________, and we liked it there; even though Brethren do not traditionally have pastors, this one did. Anyways, as a bit of a speaker sometimes, I was asked to lead a home Bible study. The book I was to use was on prayer by a fellow I had never heard of named Richard Foster. The Chapel had also recently (prior to us joining the church) used Rick Warrenâs book, A Purpose Driven Life. While reading Fosterâs book, I was shocked by its content. It was speaking about Catholic mystics and popes in glowing terms and then about Ignatius of Loyola and his spiritual disciplines. Fortunately, the Internet was available, and I researched the author and the persons referred to like Merton and Henri Nouwen. Most of the elders of the church were in the Bible study I led, and they got an expose of the author and the book. Sadly, I donât think most of them agreed with me or cared. Later, I got an earful for daring to research the author. There were and are still some in that church who care for the truth but many just want to be told pleasant words by which to live by preachers who take anecdotes from life and apply it to believers. Nice people, but prophecy is considered a dubious topic.
It was around that time that I began to have more time to read again and began reading books by Ray Yungen, David Cloud, and Dave Hunt among others. It really opened my eyes to the changes that had taken place in the church at large. I do believe the Lord put us in that church to act as a breakwater to the flood of emergent and ecumenical teachings. I believe we had some success for a while. Over the years as older ones died or moved away, Christians from the Middle East with an anti-Israel bias became more dominant and though not openly stated, I could feel a chill whenever I mentioned Israel. One Sunday a number of years ago, I mentioned how shameful it was that our city was flying the pride flag together with the Canadian flag. Afterward, a sister who had been there for many years came and rebuked me gently saying being gay wasnât sin but an illness. In my mind, I thought, what Bible is she reading? How can so-called Christians sit and take the Lordâs supper and hear about how He died for our sin and rose from the dead, year after year, and yet be so clueless? Then came the Covid lockdown which our church, along with 99% of churches in Canada, embraced fully and still are locked down or restricted in many ways. So, after all these years, we felt we had come to the end of the road with our church home and are waiting on the Lord to open up another door.
After reading your beginnings, I was impressed how similar your experiences have been to ours when trying to confront the growing apostasy and the apathy of many believers toward these terrible doctrines of demons. I apologize for such a long letter. God bless you as you serve Him. Just to let you know Canada is not a Christian country and has not been for many decades. We are the canary in the coalmine for you in the States, so whatever you see up here is coming your way on a much larger scale.
Yours in Christ,
Allan
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â ⊠what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?â Micah 6:8b
There is no conflict between mercy and justice, between loving mercy and doing justly. As a matter of fact, itâs necessary that they be united. If I do not love mercy, I will not do justly. I wonât be equal and just with people, and I wonât make a just application of the truth.
Mercy creates a buffer that will allow me to communicate truth to people that are not in line with the truth. I deal with people in mercy. I donât change the truth, but I exercise mercy while I teach truth. That will enable them to receive truth and make it more palatable to them. It will make it easier for them to receive and apply it.
We have to be careful that we do not endorse the devilâs methods to get Godâs work done. The enemy is an intimidator. He intimidates people into doing wrong. God never intended for me to intimidate people into doing right, to insult them into doing right, to get them to do right by being harsh and unkind. God intended for me to love people to righteousness and use truth with a mercy that makes it easier to receive, to help people to come to the knowledge of the truth and do what is right. God intended for mercy, truth and justice to be united. -D.C
Prepared by Roger Fulk, from the âBaptist Breadâ December12th, 2021 devotional by author DR. DENNIS CORLE, Evangelist, Claysburg, PA. With permission from Tim Green, editor Baptist Bread.
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Appendix B Ten Affirmations Concerning Our Baptist Heritage
NUMBER 10 OF 10 By James R. Beller ⊠â Page 262, The Collegiate Baptist History Workbookâ, by James R. Beller.
âIgnorance of Baptist heritage, which is so infectious in our pulpits and pews today, is dangerous and must be over come with a renewed teaching of our Baptist heritage and heroes of past generations.â
Brother Beller was the most prolific Baptist historian of our generation.
I highly recommend his many books on Baptist history such as America in Crimson Red, Sacred Betrayal, The Collegiate Baptist History Workbook, Soul of St. Louis, etc. Please visit his book store at: prairiefirepress.com
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In 1979, Tim LaHaye wrote a book titled âThe Battle For the Family.â
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Creates Unnecessary Competition Between Husband and Wife
Blurs the Distinction Between the Sexes
Creates Unnecessary Dissatisfaction With
Being a Housewife and Mother
Causes Insecurity in Women
Destroys Femininity
Causes Insecurity in Men
Makes Children Insecure
Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish
plucketh it down with her hands. Proverbs 14:1 (KJB)
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Tit 2:1 ¶ But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine:
Tit 2:2 That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience.
Tit 2:3 The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;
Tit 2:4 That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,
Tit 2:5 To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.
Tit 2:6 Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded.
Tit 2:7 In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity,
Tit 2:8 Sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you.
Tit 2:9Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own masters, and to please them well in all things; not answering again;
Tit 2:10 Not purloining, but shewing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things.
Tit 2:11 ¶ For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,
Tit 2:12 Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;
Tit 2:13 Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;
Tit 2:14 Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
Tit 2:15 ¶ These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee.
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Volume 22, Issue 28 - July 9, 2021
NEW STUDY SHOWS ONLY TINY PERCENTAGE OF AMERICANS HAVE A BIBLICAL WORLDVIEW (Friday Church News Notes, July 9, 2021, www.wayoflife.org, fbns@wayoflife.org, 866-295-4143) -
The following is excerpted from âTop 10 Most Seductive Unbiblical Ideas Embraced by Americans,â Cultural Research Center, June 22, 2021: âThe American public flaunts its free will in many ways, not the least of which is by embracing a number of seductive--but decidedly unbiblical beliefs--as part of their worldview. According to new analysis of data from the American Worldview Inventory 2021 from the Cultural Research Center at Arizona Christian University, the âTop 10â most prevalent âseductive unbiblical ideasâ embraced by American adults include: the spiritually inclusive idea that âhaving faith matters more than what faith you haveâ (62%); all faiths are of equal value (62%); belief in âkarmaâ (57%); the dismissal of absolute truth (67%); the idea that people are âbasically goodâ (69%); sexual relations apart from marriage are morally acceptable (68%). ... The AWVI 2021 shows that even the 6% of adults who have a biblical worldview harbor many of these counter-biblical ideas as part of their personal philosophy of life. ... [M]illions of Americans have moved away from believing that the Bible contains relevant and reliable moral absolutes for their lives.â
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HERE IS HOW TO STOP BEING CONFUSED!
START TODAY AND NEVER LOOK BACK!
What causes all the confusion?
THREE THINGS!
(1) Modern Bible Versions
(2) Lack of Baptist Church History TRUTH
(3) and lack of proper Biblical Interpretation methods!
IN A NUTSHELL ... THE ROOT CAUSE IS ⊠a SPIRITUAL, a HEART AND an IGNORANCE PROBLEM ⊠that ⊠causes all the other things mentioned ⊠which are the symptoms!
âMAJOR CAUSES OF PROBLEMS IN THE CHURCH".
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âMost Christians do not read the Bible. Many Christians who read the Bible ignore what the Bible says. Some Christians who ignore the Bible don't see that as a problem.â "Baptist Bread" July 17th, 2017 devotional by author Dr. Guy Goodell, Pastor, Bible Baptist Church, Hudson Falls, NY. with permission from Tim Green The Baptist Bread
- âIgnorance of Baptist heritage, which is so infectious in our pulpits and pews today, is dangerous and must be overcome with a renewed teaching of our Baptist heritage and heroes of past generations.â Appendix B Ten Affirmations Concerning Our Baptist Heritage, " Page 262, âThe Collegiate Baptist History Workbook", by James R. Beller
- Lack of training in proper Biblical Interpretation methods, including Prophecy.
What causes all the confusion? Modern Bible Versions and Lack of Baptist History TRUTH and lack of proper Bible Interpretation! This is the root cause of all the other things that were mentioned.
SOLUTION:
We teach the entire counsel of God, based on the Authorized King James Bible, Proper methods of Biblical Interpretation, including prophecy and True Baptist Church History and Distinctives.
The Ten Câs âŠ.. there may be more âŠ.. Now here are Ten!
Greatest Commandments Matthew 22:36-40
Great Commission Matthew 28:16-20
Earnestly Contend for the faith Jude 3-4, 20-25
All the Counsel of God Acts 20:26-27
One Christ Ephesians 4:4-6
Another Christ 2 Corinthians 11:4
With Compassion, Christians are to have compassion
(1 Pe. 3:8; 1 Jn. 3:17; Jude 22). [See Charity, Labor, Love, Mercy.]
Pray without ceasing I Thessalonians 5:17
Creation Genesis 1:1-2, John 1:1-5 The seven câs of creation!
His Commandments in Old & New Testaments Revelation 22:14C
How to stop all this confusion out there?
- Get saved so you âcanâ understand!
- Start reading the KJB and pray every day!
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- Learn and practice the entire counsel of God!
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"Three Major Problems In The Church" by Guy Goodell "Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God. " Matthew 22:29 KJV The church claiming preference as the "Body of Christ" is in trouble. I speak ...
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