By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jun 9, 2010 in Current Issues
You may be aware that I’m General Editor of the Christian Research Network, which is a sister outreach with Apprising Ministries. Below is an unsolicited testimony piece from Jon Cardwell, pastor of Sovereign Grace Baptist Church, which originally ran at CRN. Pastor Cardwell also serves as a member of the board of directors for AM […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jun 9, 2010 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Features, New Apostolic Reformation
The following Critical Issues Commentary by Christian apologist Bob DeWaay and is republished at Apprising Ministries with permission: “So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and are of God’s household, having been built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus Himself being the […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jun 9, 2010 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Features
A main function of the online apologetics and discernment work here at Apprising Ministries is to alert you to developing trends within the visible church. In that regard you may recall the recent post The Coalescing Of The Christian Right With Apostolic Dominionism, which was built around an in-depth and well-researched article at Herescope from my friend Dr. Orrel […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jun 9, 2010 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Features
Right in line with the Apprising Ministries post Root Of This New Downgrade, in this time of Rodney King, “Can’t we all just get along” theology, on his latest DL program (video below) Dr. James White of Alpha & Omega Ministries asks: a simple question: where is the church in the Ergun Caner Scandal? Why is it that […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jun 8, 2010 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Devotions, Features
“How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray?” (Matthew 18:12, KJV) This New Downgrade Today Creates No Controversy Apprising Ministries has been warning about, and documenting, the […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jun 8, 2010 in AM Missives, Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features, Leonard Sweet, New Apostolic Reformation
…they mixed with the nations and learned to do as they did. They served their idols, which became a snare to them. (Psalm 106:35-36, ESV) The Convergence Apprising Ministries introduced you to Mike Morrell, a largely behind the scenes networker in the neo-liberal cult of the Emergent Church in Mike Morrell On Matthew Fox, John Wimber, And The […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jun 8, 2010 in Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features
Christian Research Network is a sister outreach of Apprising Ministries; and CRN contributor Chris Rosebrough, host of the Fighting for the Faith program on Pirate Christian Radio, announced today via this tweet: I am now free to announce that I will be debating Doug Pagitt on the topic of Hell in October in Newberg Oregon. Details forthcoming. (Online source) But […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jun 7, 2010 in AM Missives, Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features, Leonard Sweet
Apprising Ministries continues documenting the growing influence of Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism (CSM) right into the timid heart of the squishy evanjellyfish pretending to be Protestant community. I’ve told you that the main catalyst for this spiritual skubalon is the Living Spiritual Teacher and Quaker mystic Richard Foster along with his spiritual twin, Southern Baptist minister Dallas Willard; both of whom teach the same spurious spirituality, which they’ve […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jun 6, 2010 in Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features, Leonard Sweet
*UPDATE* Below I refer to, and quote from, an article which is entitled Slaughtering Sacred Cows: Part 3 “The Felt-Presence of God” by Frank Viola and provided an online source. Apparently Frank Viola has had the access to this source blocked as now if you go there you’ll see: However, the article in question is also online […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jun 5, 2010 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features, New Apostolic Reformation
Back in November of 2005 the online apologetics and discernment work Apprising Ministries warned you about what is now a full blown cult of neo-liberalism operating within mainstream evangelicalism, the sinfully ecumenical Emerging Church. These past few years this EC has been busy forging together its new form of postmodern liberal theology, a Liberalism 2.0 […]