Lighthouse Trails Research Journal
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“Bringing light
to areas of darkness”
n the year 2000, we learned that a mantra-style meditation
coupled with a mystical spirituality had been introduced to the
evangelical Christian church and was infiltrating youth groups,
churches, seminaries, and Bible studies at an alarming rate.
In the spring of 2002, we began Lighthouse Trails Publishing
with the hope of exposing this dangerous and pervasive mystical
paradigm—six months later we published our first release, A Time
of Departing by Ray Yungen.
As we learned more about contemplative spirituality (also known
as the Spiritual Formation movement), we came to realize it had
entered the church through a number of avenues.
Because the premise of this spirituality is both pantheistic (God is
all things) and panentheistic (God is in all things), thus refuting the
Gospel message of the Cross, we are compelled to address this subject.
Lighthouse Trails Publishing and our research ministry, Lighthouse
Trails Research Project, are here as a service to the body of Christ.
Since publishing A Time of Departing, Lighthouse Trails has grown
from one couple, David and Deborah Dombrowski, to about 35
authors and several editors and web assistants. We all have one thing
in common and that is our desire to contend for biblical Christian
faith and defend the message of the Cross.
Since we began, we have come to identify certain elements in
society and in the church that are leading people away from the
Gospel and toward death. These include mysticism, evolution, the
New Age, homosexuality, abortion, Communism/Marxism, anti-
Semitism, pornography, and pedophilia. Thus, you will see in our
writings that we talk about these issues, exposing them in the light of
God’s Word. You will see articles, blog posts, books, booklets, CDs,
and DVDs about the evolution/creation debate, the holocaust, the
emerging church, child sexual abuse, and so forth.
We also seek to bring forth the writings of men and women who
encourage, exhort, and edify the body of Christ and reach out to
the lost through teachings that lift up the name of Jesus Christ and
present the Gospel of salvation.
Each of the books, booklets, DVDs, and CDs we publish and/or
distribute has been prayerfully chosen . . . and we believe the message
in each one will help equip Christian believers with biblical truth and inspiration to stand in courage and strength while defending
the faith and walking with Jesus Christ. We join you in that effort,
knowing it is only by His grace that we are able to stand.
AUTHOR WEBSITES AND SUPPORT: Lighthouse Trails has created
author websites for several of our authors (see page 31). On these
sites, you can learn more about the authors, get contact information,
and help financially support the ones who are in full-time ministry. PDF, MOBI, & E-BOOKS & BOOKLETS: Most Lighthouse Trails’ books
and booklets are available in PDFs, Mobi (Kindle), and E-Pub. These
need to be purchased online at our store. When you buy one, you
will automatically receive a link to download the book. The difference
between PDFs, Mobis, and E-Pubs is that most computers can read
PDFs, but you will need a special reader for the E-Pubs; and the Mobi
products are for the digital Kindle.
WANT TO SEE LIGHTHOUSE TRAILS BOOKS IN YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY?
If you would like your local library to carry any of our books, you
can request that your librarian order them through Baker & Taylor.
It won’t cost you anything to do this.
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SOMETHING ABOUT US
FROM THE LIGHTHOUSE BLOG WITH DAILY NEWS & UPDATES: http://
www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com/blog.
LIGHTHOUSE TRAILS RESEARCH PROJECT: Nearly 800 web pages of
research, over 2000 articles, and 25,000 external links of research
material: http://www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com.
Volume 7—No. 5
Editors, staff, and authors | Lighthouse Trails Publishing, Inc.
You may view our doctrinal statement on both of our websites. Also we
now have the Booklet: The Story Behind Lighthouse Trails (BKT-LT).
OUR HISTORY
March 2002—Lighthouse Trails Publishing officially began.
September 2002—Published first book, A Time of Departing.
Spring 2004—Began Lighthouse Trails Research Project, the From the
Lighthouse blog, and the e-newsletter (sent out 3x/month via e-mail).
2005—Published Trapped in Hitler’s Hell by Anita Dittman, the first
book in our Remembering the Holocaust series. Later we published
books by Corrie ten Boom and Diet Eman, giving Lighthouse Trails
three Holocaust survivor authors.
2007—Published Faith Undone, a powerful expose of the emerging
church by Roger Oakland.
2010—Relocated to Montana from Oregon; also began The Shep-
herd’s Garden, a “tent-making” effort to help support Lighthouse
Trails—created our own Shepherd’s organic Bible verse tea.
2011—Began working with Understand the Times mission work, the
Bryce Homes for Widows and Children in Kenya.
2012—Celebrated the 10 th year anniversary of Lighthouse Trails; also
started the Widows in Kenya basket project as a way to help widows sup-
port themselves. Began outreach to Native Americans and First Nations
people through Muddy Waters and other Native Spirituality books and
DVDs. Sold Oregon property and purchased ten acres in NW Montana.
2013—In January, began this Lighthouse Trails Research Journal;
also began the Booklets, and in the fall, released Warren B. Smith’s
book on Jesus Calling, “Another Jesus” Calling.
2015—Moved onto property in Montana having built a 2800sf of-
fice and warehouse for Lighthouse Trails.
2016—In September 2016, we released our 100 th Booklet; also in
2016, LT authors Ray Yungen and Caryl Matrisciana passed away.
2017—Lighthouse Trails Publishing changed from an LLC to a
corporation in the State of Montana.
SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2019