By Christian Research Network Associate Editor Erin Benziger of Do Not Be Surprised… This is a repost of an original article on Do Not Be Surprised… Each year, Alpha Course director Nicky Gumbel hosts a leadership conference at his home church of Holy Trinity Brompton (HTB) in London. Well-known and charismatic leaders from various walks of life and differing […]

Apprising Ministries continues showing you that. sadly, syncretism within mainstream evangelicalism is even now slithering ever closer to your own local church. In pieces like Ed Young, Jr. With A Tearful Tribute: The Vision Of “Pastors” Ed And Lisa I’ve talked about an emerging ecumenical magisterium that appears to be forming. This particular group of Seeker Driven and […]

By Christian Research Network Associate Editor Erin Benziger of Do Not Be Surprised… This is a repost of an original article on Do Not Be Surprised… It won’t be long before James MacDonald’s newest book, Vertical Church, hits store shelves and possibly even your local church, as he takes his book to the streets with his Vertical Church Tour. Perhaps MacDonald […]

Apprising Ministries is an online apologetics and discernment labor in the Lord apprising you concerning 1 Peter 4:17 judgments Jesus is sending upon His church visible allowing apostasy to spread throughout mainstream evangelicalism. One earlier judgment was the Church Growth Movement (CGM) vomited out of Fuller Theological Seminary, itself a judgment from God, that’s now so […]

Oneness Pentecostal and Word Faith mogul “Bishop” T.D. Jakes, fresh off his stint preaching for Southern Baptist pastor Ed Young, Jr again, will also be a featured speaker for Bill Hybels and Willow Creek Church this summer. Despite his denial of the Trinity, i.e. the very nature of God, there right alongside Hybels, Andy Stanley, and some others, T. D. […]

By Christian Research Network correspondent Erin Benziger of Do Not Be Surprised… This is a repost of an original article on Do Not Be Surprised… Pastor Robert Morris of Gateway Church perhaps may be best known for his Blessed Life sermon series and accompanying book. His message from this series is quite popular among attractional, seeker-driven pastors. Why? Because the core of this […]

As I continue to battle through lingering health issues here at the online apologetics and discernment work Apprising Ministries, I’m doing my best to carry on and document for you the sheer rapidity with which doctrinal distinctives are now being obliterated. You may recall I explained to you that James MacDonald Was A Bit Late In Mainstreaming T.D. […]

As a regular reader of Apprising Ministries, you’ll know that it’s certainly no secret Word Faith pastrix Christine Caine is very close friends with quasi-elder Beth Moore, who is heavily promoted by Lifeway, the publishing arm of the Southern Baptist Convention. ((http://www.lifeway.com/n/Product-Family/Living-Proof-Live/?type=events&CID=RDR-LivingProof, accessed 6/7/14.)) As a matter of fact, the picture above was tweeted out yesterday […]

Apprising Ministries is doing what we can to warn you of a growing apostasy that I could never have imagined in my wildest dreams. With it has come a growing syncretism as the Gospel shifts from repentance and forgiveness of sins in Jesus’ Name to let’s all work together to make the world a better place. […]

Now when the Pharisees gathered to [Jesus], with some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem, they saw that some of his disciples ate with hands that were defiled, that is, unwashed. (For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands properly, holding to the tradition of the elders, and when they come […]