By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Oct 22, 2008 in Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism | Comments Off on "PASTOR" RUTH HALEY BARTON ON HER NATIONAL PASTORS RETREATS
But I do not allow a woman to teach or exercise authority over a man, but to remain quiet. (1 Timothy 2:12, NASB) After listening to this deluded drivel about going “into the great silence” from monkette wannabe “Pastor” Ruth Haley Barton, who’s already in violation of God’s Word, I found the Lord really illuminating the critical importance of […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Sep 17, 2008 in Spiritual Formation | Comments Off on WHO IS RUTH HALEY BARTON?
It’s Late And Do You Know Who’s Instructing Your Pastors? We will begin with this past year’s 2008 Zondervan National Pastors Conference (NPC) where the NPC 2008 website at the time informed us that pastors who attended were encouraged to avail themselves of a “special overnight retreat” where, with the help of “The Transforming Center leaders,” they could […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Mar 8, 2013 in AM Missives, Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism, Current Issues, Features | 0 Comments
The following by Dr. Gary Gilley, pastor of Southern View Chapel, is republished at Apprising Ministries with permission: (April/May 2012 – Volume 18, Issue 2) Of all the spiritual disciplines the Spiritual Formation Movement promotes, none is more important than prayer and the intake of God’s Word. On the surface we would expect little resistance to these two disciplines […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Dec 26, 2012 in Current Issues, Features | 0 Comments
The following by Dr. Gary Gilley, pastor of Southern View Chapel, is republished at Apprising Ministries with permission: One of the most popular and strongly promoted activities within spiritual formation is known as “The Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius Loyola.” As the name implies, these are exercises or activities invented by the Roman Catholic monk Ignatius […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Aug 23, 2012 in Current Issues, Features | 0 Comments
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… The True Woman ’12 conference, scheduled for 20–22 September in Indianapolis, is an event sponsored by popular Bible teacher Nancy Leigh DeMoss and her ministry, Revive Our Hearts. Many women see this as a time to fellowship […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Aug 9, 2012 in AM Missives, Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism, Current Issues, Features, Spiritual Formation | 0 Comments
The following by Dr. Gary Gilley, pastor of Southern View Chapel, is republished at Apprising Ministries with permission: In a world filled with noise, many of us long to “unplug” and find a quiet spot far from the hum of technology, the demands of work, the cries of children, the ubiquitous call of advertisement, the […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jun 7, 2012 in Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism, Current Issues, Features, Spiritual Formation | 0 Comments
The following by Dr. Gary Gilley, pastor of Southern View Chapel, is republished at Apprising Ministries with permission: As we have seen in the last two Think on These Things articles, “Spiritual formation is viewed by a growing number of evangelicals as an ancient ministry of the church, concerned with the ‘forming’ or ‘shaping’ of a believer’s […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Apr 18, 2012 in Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism, Current Issues, Features, Spiritual Formation | Comments Off on CONTEMPLATIVE PRAYER
The following by Dr. Gary Gilley, pastor of Southern View Chapel, is republished at Apprising Ministries with permission: (April/May 2012 – Volume 18, Issue 2) Of all the spiritual disciplines the Spiritual Formation Movement promotes, none is more important than prayer and the intake of God’s Word. On the surface we would expect little resistance […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jan 16, 2012 in AM Missives, Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism, Current Issues, Features, Spiritual Formation | Comments Off on PSALM 46:10 DOES NOT TEACH CONTEMPLATIVE/CENTERING PRAYER
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way, though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains tremble at its swelling. Selah There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Sep 15, 2011 in AM Missives, Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism, Current Issues, Features | Comments Off on TIM KELLER AND CONTEMPLATIVE SPIRITUALITY
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; […]