SOUND THE TRUMPET IN THE MIDST OF
APOSTASY: THE ENEMY IS IN THE CAMP
BY DAVID DOMBROWSKI
ver the past decade and a half, we have
watched with a mixture of surprise
and sadness how an apostate church has
materialized before our eyes. It all began for
us here at Lighthouse Trails when we met
Ray Yungen in 2000. 1 Though we were not
publishers back then, he shared with us his
manuscript for A Time of Departing, which
spoke of a coming apostasy in the form
of mystical practices and “spiritual disci-
plines.” Stirred by the content of that book,
we agreed to help him find a publisher.
But, at the time, we never imagined how
relevant and prophetic that book would
be nor how quickly this apostasy would
flourish in the evangelical and mainstream
churches. Today, it is even difficult to find
a church that has not been compromised or
in some way influenced by this contempla-
tive spirituality (i.e., an emerging church
philosophy). Now e-mails, phone calls,
and letters pour into our office telling how
readers who either just discovered us or
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were at one time skeptical of our warnings
are now shocked to see that these things
have entered their churches.
How did this happen, and how did it
happen so quickly? We think this can partly
be explained by what we discovered years
ago. After meeting Ray, we felt compelled
to help him find a publisher for his book,
but after contacting a number of Christian
publishing houses, we soon learned that
they were only looking for books that
would sell well—and that meant books
considered non-controversial and written
by well-known authors. At that point, we
prayerfully decided to start our own pub-
lishing house. But just the lack of interest
that we saw in the publishers was indicative
of what was to happen in the church.
Whether we realize it or not, there is
tremendous spiritual warfare taking place
in our world today. In numerous instances,
we are hearing stories of young people go-
ing to Christian colleges only to have their
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THE LAS VEGAS SHOOTING—
MOURNING THE LOSS IN SO MANY WAYS
BY LT EDITORS
e mourn deeply for the tragic event
that took place in Las Vegas on Octo-
st
ber 1 . We mourn for the families and friends
of those who were murdered, knowing their
lives will never be the same. We mourn at the
thought that some of those who perished may
not have been ready to meet their Maker.
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And while it’s hard at a time like this to even
think of mourning for someone who caused
this horrific rampage of death, we mourn
because another pitiful soul has chosen death
and Hell over eternal life. We mourn because
of the senseless violence and bloodshed that
took the lives of so many people in a country
that was once considered a safe place to live.
MEDITATION’S ROLE IN
THE END OF THE AGE
BY RAY YUNGEN
hroughout my Christian life I have
periodically heard fellow Christians
suggest we are in the last days. Often these
comments were initiated from current
cases of violent crimes, sexual perversions,
war, or natural disasters. Since I knew
history had repeatedly encountered these
calamities, such predictions of Christ’s
imminent return rang hollow.
However, in 1984 I had an unexpected
encounter that changed my entire outlook.
A newfound friend educated me about the
New Age movement and its end-times
implications. After a period of investiga-
tion, I came to believe this could very well
be the time period the book of Revelation
showcases. Instead of a vague and obscure
manifestation of prophecy, I saw some-
thing distinct and pervasive happening in
our churches and society. And incredibly
enough, this shift has been predicted from
both sides of the struggle.
Christians must remember that the
authenticity of Christianity itself is predi-
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And last, we extend our mourning to one
more thing. When we heard the news of the
shooting and took time to ponder and grieve
over the devastation of it, we then turned
our eyes and thoughts toward the present
condition of the Christian church, of which
we also mourn.
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November/December 2017