by Jim Baumgaertel | Oct 3, 2011 | New Life In Jesus Christ
“Your sins are forgiven” or “Rise up and walk”? “So He got into a boat, crossed over, and came to His own city. Then behold, they brought to Him a paralytic lying on a bed. When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, “Son, be of...
by Jim Baumgaertel | Sep 26, 2011 | Commentary, Counterfeit Christianity
Most recent Lighthouse Trails article: Letter to the Editor: Concerned About Voice of the Martyrs Catholic Promotion – added 9/24/2013 “From a Lighthouse Trails reader (who spent years as a missionary in Latin America) who sent the following letter...
by Jim Baumgaertel | Aug 31, 2011 | Commentary, Counterfeit Christianity
As noble as his life and death were, in many ways, I recommend that we should be Acts 17:11 Bereans and compare what Bonhoeffer taught with the Bible. I think the two most important questions to ask are, Did Dietrich Bonhoeffer preach the Biblical Jesus? Did he...
by Jim Baumgaertel | Aug 7, 2011 | Counterfeit Christianity
Increasingly I hear professing Christians approach the search for truth as if at a smorgasbord. “I’ll take this and I’ll take that and I’ll not take this or that.” (“eclectic”) In the 1980s I only heard the so-called...
by Jim Baumgaertel | Jul 30, 2011 | Commentary, The World Religion
Throughout history, on every continent, humans have worshipped created things rather than the Creator. They have worshipped the gods of the land; the gods of their mythologies; the gods of their imaginations. The inspiration for these gods are demons who rebelled...
