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Spiritual Research Network (SRN) is an independent Christian outreach committed first and foremost to the Lord Jesus Christ and the integrity of His Word. Our goal is to proclaim the Gospel, encourage biblical discernment and research, inform and warn about the dangers of cults, spiritual abuse, and mystical/occult based spirituality.  ​ Learn more About SRN!
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Articles & Topics

Exposing cults, the occult, spiritual abuse, "Jesus Calling," and more.

Major Bible Themes

Vital Doctrines of The Scriptures Simplified and Explained

Necromancy In Today's Church

Grace Chapel founders Steve & Sarah Berger's 2010 book, 'Have Heart')

Yoga Dangers & "Christian Yoga"

Occult books warn about the dangers of yoga, yet "Christian Yoga" is popular.

Mind Control & Thought Reform

Are well-meaning but deeply misled people knocking on your front door?

Books: Jesus Calling/Have Heart

Have Heart necromancy?  And Jesus Calling  psychic-mediumship?

Spiritual Abuse Questionnaire

Identify spiritual abuse before it ruins your heart and mind and soul.

Dangerous Spiritual Practices

Just because a spiritual practice is popular does not mean it safe.

The Titanic & Today's Church

A Tale of Two Shipwrecks! Rejected warnings and parallels to apostasy!
Reading the Bible Amidst World Crisis!
In an ever-changing landscape of world events, crisis and chaos, where do you stand when it comes to preparing for hard times? We can do our best to make preparations for things like cybersecurity attacks, food shortages, outdoor and urban survival, natural disaster survival, home defense and business security strategies, safe investments, and more. However, when we are confronted with the big crisis, where are our hearts and thoughts, and do we have the peace that we need during world crisis events? Are we really... Watch on Vimeo or YouTube

Letting Sarah Young's Jesus Calling "Jesus" Speak for Himself

Christian sounding devotionals with similarities to psychic-medium material? 

Considering Others - Propriety, Modesty, and Christian Dating

Practical advice and a challenge to Christian teens and young adults to consider propriety.

Naming Names of False Teachers, Prophets, Apostles and Christs

False teachers, prophets, apostles, and Christs - and God names them by name.
Suggested Sites / Videos

Ray Yungen (1952-2016)
​A Time of Departing Ministries
Website / YouTube

Roger Oakland
Understand The Times
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Warren B. Smith
​New Age To Amazing Grace
Website / YouTube

New Booklet: Dead Men Talking—Necromancy in Today’s Church

by W.B. Smith
Twelve months have now passed, in almost every week of which I have been cheered and comforted by messages from my boy, who is nearer and dearer to me than ever before. —William T. Stead, Titanic casualty, How I Know That the Dead Return (1909)

Jim was comforted by Josiah’s visit, and it serves as proof that our son is not dead and gone, but merely moved to a different place to do other things for God. —Pastor Steve & Sarah Berger, Have Heart (2010)

Special Mailing: Lighthouse Trails Does Special Mailing of Titanic Book to Nearly 600 Christian Leaders and Pastors

by Lighthouse Trails Editors
Since 2016, Lighthouse Trails has been sending out topical booklets three times a year* to a growing list of pastors and Christian leaders. Our current list contains 582 names. Last week, we sent out our fifteenth mailing, but instead of sending out booklets, this time we sent each pastor and leader a copy of Warren …

Article: The Voice of the 'Jesus Calling' Series - More Like Jesus Christ or More Like a Deceiver?

To many readers, the narrator of Sarah Young’s devotionals sounds like Jesus Christ of the Bible. His credible use of scripture and compassionate words certainly mimic the true Jesus. His understanding and acceptance of human struggles draw the reader in. His convincing presentation of partial biblical truths allays doubt. But embedded in the messages are peculiar statements that may be missed by the reader—statements that may seem a little “off.”  They don’t sound like Jesus as revealed in Scripture, not because they are in modern language but because they are out of character. It’s as if Young’s “Jesus” occasionally slips up and reveals his true agenda. Some of the more revealing quotations are collected in the following pages, and troubling themes emerge...

Warning List: Potentially Harmful and Dangerous Spiritual Practices

Methods and practices that could lead to occult dangers... or have proven to be harmful and extremely dangerous. Have your church leaders warned you about them? Yoga, meditation, centering prayer, Reiki, energy work, Therapeutic touch, holy laughter, shaktipat, "the Presence," passive-journaling, praying to saints, Ouija/spirit boards, ​seances, soaking prayer, kundalini arousal, spiritual emergencies, Christian yoga, channeling, psychics, angel work, Tarot cards, rod and pendulum, Lectio Divina, Eucharistic adoration, ghost hunting, haunted houses, poltergeists...

Video: Naming Names of False - Teachers, Prophets, Apostles, and Christs​ 

From beginning to end, God warns in His Word—the Holy Bible—about spiritual deception. False teachers, false prophets, false apostles, and even false Christs, are warned about in Scripture. Many times God names them by name. Always, His purpose of warning about them and calling them by name is because He loves humans and wants to protect people from spiritual deception. In our day and age, it seems most church leaders are afraid even to mention the names of famous personalities who are false teachers within the Church...

Article: Jesus Calling Devotional Series—A Path to Mediumship?

Readers of A. J. Russell’s God Calling books and Sarah Young’s Jesus Calling series may reject the idea of becoming a medium, channel, or psychic if it is put plainly before them. However, if it is introduced indirectly through Christian-sounding devotions, and if the spirit being channeled is called “Jesus,” they might be more receptive..

Article: Is the Jesus Calling Series "Consistent with Biblical Truth"?

Many have pointed out general ways in which Sarah Young’s writing departs from biblical truth. Below are twenty-five specific examples from her devotionals that seem to either misuse or disregard Scripture. The following books are used as sources: Jesus Calling (2004), Dear Jesus (2007), Jesus Lives (2009), Jesus Today (2012), Jesus Calling Devotional Journal (2013), Jesus Today Devotional Journal (2014), Jesus Calling Morning & Evening (2015), Jesus Always (2016)...

Video: Letting Sarah Young's Jesus Calling "Jesus" Speak for Himself!​

Christian sounding devotional books with striking similarities to psychic-medium channeled material? New Age/New Spirituality/occult concepts and buzzwords? Blasphemous names, titles, and self-descriptions from a counterfeit "Christ"—in relation to himself? Messages from Sarah Young's "Jesus" that wants his readers to experience his... Articles:

SRN Archive: Jesus Calling and Sarah Young's New Age Occult Teachings

The New York Times bestselling Christian daily devotional Jesus Calling by Sarah Young contains New Age buzzwords, extra-biblical names, pagan concepts, false teachings, and clairaudient (channeling/“clear hearing”) messages from a false Christ (spirit guide). When examining the entire multi-devotional Jesus Calling series as a whole, an elaborate integrated message system containing hidden (occult) teachings is exposed...

The Holy Bible: It's All-Importance

A NATION must be truly blessed, if it were governed by no other laws than those of this blessed book; it is so complete a system, that nothing can be added to it, or taken from it; it contains every thing needful to be known or done; it affords a copy for a king (Deut. xvii. 18), and a rule for a subject...  Continue reading

THE BIBLE contains the mind of God, the state of man, the way of salvation, the doom of sinners, and the happiness of believers. Its doctrines are holy, its precepts are binding, its histories are true, and its decisions are immutable. Read it to be wise, believe it to be safe, and practice it to be holy. It contains light to direct you, food to support you, and comfort to cheer you... Continue reading

Bible Study / Group Study Articles

Are you struggling in your personal walk with God? Are you unable to attend your local fellowship due to the Covid-19 restrictions? Is the fellowship you have been attending leading people astray with false teachings? If you've answered yes to any of these questions it is time for a change!... Continue reading

Video: The Literature—50 Plus Books Church Leaders Need to See

PART ONE (Minute 00:01) Introduction: A biblical warning and brief statement about various genres of mystical and occult oriented Contemplative Spirituality "centering-prayer" literature that are infiltrating churches and Christian communities. PART TWO (Minute 09:35) Considering biblical "separation" from false teachers and false teachings (Romans 16, v.17-19), as opposed to gleaning from "Christian mystics" and experiential practices that are virtually identical to the occult training of the Hindus. PART 3 (Minute 30:33) Fr. Thomas Keating is the Modern Day Pioneer of the international Contemplative Outreach Ltd. "centering-prayer" movement. As such, he seeks to "integrate" Christian spirituality with the occult "Serpent Power" of Hinduism, otherwise known as Kundalini energy. According to Hindu and Buddhist occultists, "Kundalini-shakti" lies coiled at the base of the spine, awaiting arousal via centering prayer/occult meditation. PART 4 (Minute 48:46) Contemplative Spirituality's dangerous Christian Mysticism/occult hybrid form of "Centering Prayer" is inextricably tied to Interfaith (Inter-religious) Dialogue, Ecumenism, and the ever-increasing "Global Oneness" New Spirituality/New Gospel of the New Age movement.

Book: Taizé: A Community and Worship—Ecumenical Reconciliation or an Interfaith Delusion?​

Description: Over 100,000 young people visit Taizé Community in France every year. Many of them are from Christian homes. What's more, an increasing number of churches are introducing Taizé worship practices in their church services. Just what exactly is Taizé?: In the 1940s in France during World War II, a Swiss Reformed Protestant man named Roger Louis Schütz-Marsauche began reaching out to suffering people, in particular refugees from the war. Through his efforts, Taizé Community, located in Taizé, Burgundy, France, was birthed.

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