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By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Mar 15, 2009 in Quotes
If Jesus had preached the same message that ministers preach today, He would never have been crucified. Leonard Ravenhill
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Mar 15, 2009 in Quotes
If Jesus had preached the same message that ministers preach today, He would never have been crucified. Leonard Ravenhill
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Mar 14, 2009 in AM Missives, Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism, Current Issues, Features, Richard Foster, Spiritual Formation
Then the LORD said to me, “The prophets are prophesying falsehood in My name I have neither sent them nor commanded them nor spoken to them; they are prophesying to you a false vision, divination, futility and the deception of their own minds.” (Jeremiah 14:14, NASB) Hammering Out The Golden Buddha Of The Mystic Mush […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Mar 12, 2009 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Rob Bell
Over at Reformed Nazarene Manny Silva, no relation that I know of other than being in Christ, begins his post concerning pastor Rob Bell of the Emergence rebellion against Sola Scriptura: The title** for today’s post (coincidentally we are studying 1st John in Sunday School class) could actually apply to any of a number of emergent “high priests” who […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Mar 12, 2009 in Current Issues
This piece of satire should make one pause and remember an old adage: Be careful what you pray for; you just might get it… Ignatius from travis hawkins on Vimeo. HT: Slice of Laodicea
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Mar 10, 2009 in Current Issues
Evangelical apologist Richard Abanes, whose pastor for years is the PDL Pope Rick Warren, has clarified his position a bit more concerning so-called “Online Discernment Ministries”: I do think that if all of these ODMs are indeed saved/regenerate, then I don’t think it would be too far off base to say that all of them, or […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Mar 10, 2009 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Features
Pastor John Chisham with an poignant post at his blog The Downgrade, which builds a bit on the CRN post An Ode to the Naive. He begins by asking the critical question for Christians: What is the reality of the condition of the American Church today? C?RN.info writers claim that everything is okay, except for the Synagogue […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Mar 9, 2009 in Current Issues
Some very illuminating comments from February 2009 by Richard Abanes are reprinted below. We note further that Abanes has also said, “The Body of Christ is finally beginning to pull the mask away from these ODMs to reveal their true nature,…” (Online source) Well now, as one Jesus has sent as a pastor-teacher, I’d say that […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Mar 9, 2009 in Devotions
But even after that we had suffered before, and were shamefully entreated, as ye know, at Philippi, we were bold in our God to speak unto you the gospel of God with much contention. (1 Thessalonians 2:2) It is good for us to remember how strong He is–and how weak we are. I settled this […]
By AM on Mar 8, 2009 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Features
From the Christian Research Net: Richard Abanes thinks so. In his article Don’t Believe Everything You Read…On the Internet the apologist for Rick Warren writes: It’s almost beyond belief that individuals supposedly indwelt by the Holy Spirit could be partakers of such activity. But the facts show that a significant number of “Christian” blogs & websites have […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Mar 7, 2009 in Devotions
All words and music by Ken Silva Father, I want to know what You know; Father, I want to go where You go- Father, I want your Son living inside of me. Father, I know the world is dyin’; Father, somewhere we quit tryin’- Father, only Jesus, can set us free… Father, I know how […]
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