The modern day church has the strange idea that we can somehow separate Jesus from His Word, thus allowing professing believers to subtly maintain their autonomy from God’s authority. But the Scripture clearly teaches that you cannot love Jesus apart from loving and obeying His Word. Study it out for yourself: Matthew 12:50; 13:23; Luke […]

 because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved. For the Scripture says, “Everyone who believes in him will […]

For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand? (Revelation 6:17) What a great responsibility God has laid upon us preachers of His gospel and teachers of His Word. In that future day when God’s wrath is poured out, how are we going to answer? How am I going […]

DOWN WITH SOLA SCRIPTURA!    “thus invalidating the word of God by your tradition which you have handed down; and you do many things such as that.” (Mark 7:13)  Selfish Subjectivity With Scripture Invites In Spurious Spirituality Of Emergence Apprising Ministries wants you to know it’s simply beyond question that the vast majority of those in […]

 The following look at the Emergence Christianity of pastor Rob Bell is from Rob Bell’s Abstract “Elvis”: A Critique of Velvet Elvis by Christian apologist Bob DeWaay:  In historical Christian theology, the inerrant Bible interpreted according to a valid hermeneutic that sought to know the Biblical author’s meaning was the standard “picture” of the real thing. […]

The Kansas City Star tells us, in this story, that “Former President Jimmy Carter” is trying to lead unsuspecting Baptists “in search” of compromised Christianity oops, make that “common ground”: He’s coming to Kansas City next week to push forward his efforts to unify Baptists, who tenaciously hold to both their faith and their freedom… “We are […]

For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths. (2 Timothy 4:3-4, ESV) A Master Story-Teller With His Sleepy Bed-Time Stories To Hit The […]

Apprising Ministries is pleased to point you to the following from Dr. John MacArthur on what is now developing into a postliberal cult of Emergence Christianity. The following is excerpted from an interview conducted by Phil Johnson of Pyromaniacs with MacArthur concerning this Emerging Church rebellion against Sola Scriptura and appears as What’s So Dangerous About The Emerging Church?: PHIL: […]

The following look at the Emergence Christianity of pastor Rob Bell is from Rob Bell’s Abstract “Elvis”: A Critique of Velvet Elvis by Bob DeWaay, pastor of  Twin City Fellowship:  In Velvet Elvis, Bell asserts that all people are already forgiven, reconciled, without having to respond to the Gospel in the manner Jesus said in […]

As pointed out in the Apprising Ministries post Emergence Pastor Rob Bell To Have Friend Peter Rollins In Conference this July pastor Rob Bell, the Elvis of Emergence, will be featuring his “friend” Peter Rollins in Bell’s upcoming pastors conference. In fact, Bell refers to Rollins as “one of the freshest voices” that he’s heard in this Emergence rebellion against Sola Scriptura, whose basic […]