Feb

Written by Lighthouse Trails author Warren B. Smith

Warren Smith was a spiritual seeker. That journey led him down a yellow-brick road of pied-piper spirits, landing him in a metaphysical New Age where the Christ proclaimed wasn’t the real Christ at all.

Following signs and wonders, he jumped through spiritual hoops with almost flawless precision, until one day he realized that the light he was following was not light at all but rather darkness. Concerned that today’s church is being seduced by the same false teachings and the same false Christ that drew him into the New Age, Smith shares his story in a most compelling way.

The following article is taken from Warren Smith’s book, A “Wonderful” Deception

Chapter 10: Rick Warren, Leonard Sweet, and Sweet’s “New Light” Heroes

Quantum spirituality bonds us to all creation as well as to other members of the human family… This entails a radical doctrine of embodiment of God in the very substance of creation… But a spirituality that is not in some way entheistic (whether pan- or trans-), that does not extend to the spirit-matter of the cosmos, is not Christian.(1) –Leonard Sweet

Shortly after Deceived on Purpose was published, I came across a book titled Quantum Spirituality: A Postmodern Apologetic written by Rick Warren’s “Evangelical” colleague Leonard Sweet. Also, around the same time, I was given a cassette tape set of a presentation Sweet had done with Warren in 1995. Their recorded discussion is titled The Tides of Change and was packaged as part of an ongoing series called “Choice Voices for Church Leadership.” At the time this audio project took place, Sweet was a Christian author, Methodist minister, and the Dean of the Theological School at Drew University. According to information on the tape set, this presentation was about ministry on the emerging “new frontier.”(2)

Challenging pastors to make changes in their ministry to meet the emerging postmodern culture and the changing times, Sweet and Rick Warren present themselves not only as pastors but also as modern-day change agents. In their conversation together, Sweet enthusiastically remarked to Warren: “I think this is part of this New Spirituality that we are seeing birthed around us.”(3)

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Jan

James Cameron’s movie, Avatar, is a spellbinding blockbuster whose effects are so astonishing that they vividly transport the audience into another worldly realm where worshipping a tree and communing with spirits are not only acceptable, they are attractive. Avatar is also markedly pantheistic and essentially, the gospel according to James Cameron. This pantheistic theme that equates God with the forces and laws of the universe is outwardly depicted by the heroes and heroine in the movie who all worship Eywa, the “All Mother” goddess, who is described as “a network of energy” that “flows through all living things.”

Overall, the movie is strewn with ritualistic magic, communion with spirits, shamanism, and blatant idolatry as it conditions the audience to believe these pagan occult lies. In addition, the audience is led to sympathize with the Avatar and even ends up pulling for him as he is initiated into pagan rituals. Even the lead scientist becomes a pagan in the end, proclaiming that she is “with Eywa, she’s real,” and goes to be with her upon her death.

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Dec

Inconvenient Truths or Convenient Lies?

The sordid revelations discovered in recently leaked e-mails from the University of East Anglia’s Climate Research Unit further confirm what many of us have long suspected regarding the global-warming hoax: that elitists are cherry-picking data, rigging peer reviews, ignoring pertinent facts and using “tricks.” All of this in an effort toward perpetuating a myth of manmade global warming to sell the world on a Chicken Little “The Sky is Falling” scenario.

Whether it is a CRU scientist acknowledging, “We can’t account for the lack of warming at the moment and it is a travesty that we can’t,” or Phil Jones, head of Hadley CRU, advocating they “hide the decline” of global temperatures, the CRU weather balloon, filled with so much hot air, is out of the bag! This revelation of CRU’s dark underbelly, however, is only the tip of the iceberg in what will very likely go down as the greatest scientific fraud of the 21st century.

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Nov

“Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil…”

In the movie Legion, which hits the silver screen on January 22, 2010, we have one of the most blasphemous and deceptive movies to ever be propagated on the general public. If there was ever a movie that illustrates God’s warning that the wicked would call evil good and good evil, and put darkness for light and light for darkness, Legion is that movie!

The movie Legion appears to be part and parcel of an ongoing spiritual indoctrination process to turn the world against God the Creator in anticipation of the prophesied worship of the coming Antichrist. Legion begins by letting the audience know that the movie is suppose to be about the “end of days” recorded in Holy Scripture. However, it is really a movie wherein the bible is blatantly turned inside out and on its head…

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Oct

Michael Jackson and the Moral Decline of America

With the film release of “Michael Jackson: This Is It” on October 28, 2009, the King of Pop is still receiving idolatrous praise by many in the liberal media, despite the preponderance of evidence suggesting that he was a child rapist. Tragically, as we have learned through the Roman Polanski saga, if you have been anointed by the liberal media and have even a modicum of talent, they will give you a free pass to rape America’s children.

Stacy Brown, co-author of “Michael Jackson: The Man Behind the Mask,” illustrates how even fans who acknowledged Jackson’s guilt seemed to give Jackson a pass because he could sing and dance. Brown admits, “Let’s face it, I’m not one to believe that Michael was innocent of molesting children, but he was never convicted.” However, despite her belief that Jackson was guilty of child molestation, the star-struck Brown praises Michael Jackson as “Elvis, the Rolling Stones, Frank Sinatra, and the Beatles all rolled into one.” Should we place OJ Simpson on a pedestal because of his incredible running ability and conclude, “Let’s face it, I’m not one to believe that OJ was innocent of murdering people, but he was never convicted?” (more…)

Oct

America, Hollywood & Pedophiles

I was shocked recently when reading a Huffington Post blog defending fugitive child rapist, Roman Polanski, even though the Huffington Post is notorious for its far left views and borderline celebrity worship.

The blog, written by Joan Shore, presented the most reprehensible arguments imaginable in an attempt to absolve film director, Polanski, of drugging, raping and sodomizing a 13-year-old child! Again and again, the HP blog twists the facts of Polanski’s rape of this young girl to diminish the seriousness of his crime.

Incredibly, near the beginning of Shore’s blog, we read that she was able to “excuse” the Swiss for aiding and abetting the Nazis by allowing their “military trains to transit their country,” but said she could never forgive the Swiss for acting on an “extradition treaty with the U.S.” and seizing Polanski, an escaped felon. Really, Joan?

Read pastor Joe’s exclusive commentary on WorldNetDaily…

Aug

Are church leaders aligning themselves with Allah?

Has anyone noticed how hundreds of professing Christian leaders are compromising their faith by uniting with Muslims? Could it be that we are witnessing the formation of the prophesied one world religion under Antichrist? (Revelation 13:1-18) For example, Brian McLaren, a prominent Emerging Church leader, announced plans to celebrate the Islamic holiday, Ramadan, commemorating Muhammed’s reception of the Quran. On the fourth of July, when most Americans were celebrating the birth of our nation, Rick Warren, “America’s Pastor”, addressed the Islamic Society of North America; which, the Department of Justice categorized two years ago as a co-conspirator in financing a foreign terrorist group!

Read pastor Joe’s exclusive commentary on WorldNetDaily…

Aug

“Wicca is one of the fastest-growing religions in the United States.”

—MTV News

Is it true that media blockbusters like Twilight and Harry Potter are playing a decided role in seducing young people into Satanism and witchcraft? Even MTV has acknowledged that such movies have played a surprising role in making Wicca [witchcraft] one of the fastest growing religions in America.

In Pastor Joe Schimmel’s compelling new article, “Twilight, Harry Potter, The Wizard of Oz and the Wiccan Revival,” we explore this phenomenon, its origins, and much more.

Very few people are aware of the shocking truth that both Stephenie Meyer, who authored the Twilight saga, and J. K. Rowling, who authored the Harry Potter series, appear to have channeled their novels as evil spirits directed them. Rowling admitted that the initial story of Harry Potter, as well as many of the novel’s characters, was communicated to her through a stream of consciousness… “The character of Harry just strolled into my head… I really did feel he was someone who walked up and introduced himself in my mind’s eye,” said Rowling, “I was staring out the window” she says, “and the idea for Harry just came. He appeared in my mind’s eye, very fully formed.” (Source: Reuters, “Harry Potter ‘Strolled into My Head’” July 17, 2000)

Stephenie Meyer, author of Twilight, states, “Bella and Edward [the vampire] were, quite literally, voices in my head. They simply wouldn’t shut up. I’d stay up as late as I could stand trying to get all the stuff in my mind typed out, and then crawl, exhausted, into bed… only to have another conversation start in my head.” (Source: www.stepheniemeyer.com)

Those who desire to remain true to Christ must be ever vigilant to discern the tactics of the devil, lest they succumb to devilish doctrines taught by seducing spirits. While Satan appears to reward few of his servants well (albeit, temporarily)… Stephenie Meyer went from never having written a single book to becoming a renown author. J. K. Rowling went from rags to riches, from collecting welfare stamps to becoming the “richest woman in the world”… Jesus warned,

“What profit will a person have if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul?” –Mark 8:36

Jesus also warned of the impending judgment,

“but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him to have a heavy millstone hung around his neck, and to be drowned in the depth of the sea.” –Matthew 18:6

Get the whole story! Read Pastor Joe’s entire article, “Twilight, Harry Potter, The Wizard of Oz and the Wiccan Revival” here…

View a FREE video clip on Harry Potter and author J.K. Rowling, taken from our DVD Hollywood’s War on God”, in our Good Fight theater by clicking here…

Jul

Posted by Tony Palacio

“There shall not be found among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire, or one who practices witchcraft, or a soothsayer, or one who interprets omens, or a sorcerer, or one who conjures spells, or a medium, or a spiritist, or one who calls up the dead. For all who do these things are an abomination to the LORD, and because of these abominations the LORD your God drives them out from before you. You shall be blameless before the LORD your God”

–Deuteronomy 18:10-13

With the recent release of the sixth installment in the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, we felt it necessary to once again address what we call “Potter Mania” and the spiritual deception behind this growing phenomenon. There is still a growing trend towards the occult, with some reports calling Wicca one of the fastest growing religions in America. A quick glance at Potter’s box office revenues as of July 20th, 2009, just five days after its July 15th release, and we see that Potter Mania is further fueling this trend towards the occult ($78MM in its opening weekend alone, and over $404MM worldwide as of July 20th).

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Jul

by Jan Markell

On July 5 the Washington Times online reported that Pastor Rick Warren told his Islamic audience, the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), that he envisions “a coalition of faith”. Whether Pastor Warren knows this or not, this is just another term for the coming one-world religion outlined in Revelation 13. It is further outlined in Revelation 17. I have not taken on the issue of Rick Warren all that often, but after reading what the Washington Times had to say about his message to a group of spiritually lost Muslims, I feel I must address this in an open letter to who many say is the most influential pastor in America and some would say the world.

Pastor Warren, you pleaded with 8,000 Muslim listeners on Saturday, July 4, to work together to solve the world’s greatest problems by cooperating in a series of interfaith projects. You said, “Muslims and Christians can work together for the common good without compromising my convictions or your convictions.” (more…)

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