By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jun 15, 2012 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Features
Audience member: My wife and I have two wonderful sons and two daughters. And one son’s at Southern Seminary and he’s kind of mildly, you know, thinking there’s good in the seeker-friendly movement—some of it—and my other son’s totally hostile to it, and I’m caught in the middle. And I was talking to somebody who is very […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jun 14, 2012 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Features, Word Faith
Recent events like the Elephant Room 2 further ushering Word Faith prosperity preacher T.D. Jakes into the mainstream of professing Christendom also opens wider the door for others, e.g. Creflo Dollar. I’ve told you before that Dollar’s been appearing on the Life TV Today program of James Robison for years now. ((e.g. WF PASTRIX PAULA WHITE: AS […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jun 14, 2012 in Southern Baptist Convention
Further reading RESPONSE TO STATEMENT OF TRADITIONAL SOUTHERN BAPTIST VIEW OF SALVATION THE DEMONIC VISION OF BETH MOORE SOUTHERN BAPTISTS ASSIST THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH TO INFILTRATE EVANGELICALISM
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jun 14, 2012 in Devotions
“So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.” (Matthew 6:34) Making reasonable provisions for the future is sensible, but to “worry about tomorrow” is foolish and unfaithful. God is the God of tomorrow as well as the God of today and eternity. “The Lord’s lovingkindnesses indeed never cease, for His […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jun 14, 2012 in Current Issues
[mejsvideo src=”https://www.apprising.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Hawkins.mp4″ width=640 height=360] HT: Email Brigade Further reading SIZE OF A DISCERNMENT BLOGGER’S BRAIN REVEALED MARK DRISCOLL WITH PREACHER QUALIFYING PROPER DECORUM ANNOUNCED FOR AUDIENCE MEMBERS AT ELEPHANT ROOM 3
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jun 14, 2012 in Current Issues, Features, Rick Warren
Apprising Ministries has long believed that sinfully ecumenical Southern Baptist megapastor Rick Warren benefits greatly from living in this postmodern time. The reason being, his “file card orthodoxy,” as Christian apologist Bob DeWaay once put it, would never survive a generation where more people were able to use critical reasoning skills. Especially when one starts […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jun 14, 2012 in Devotions
The voice of the Lord flashes forth flames of fire The voice of the Lord shakes the wilderness; the Lord shakes the wilderness of Kadesh. The voice of the Lord makes the deer give birth and strips the forests bare, and in his temple all cry, “Glory!” The Lord sits enthroned over the flood; the Lord sits enthroned as king forever. May the Lord give strength to his people! May the Lord bless his people with peace! […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jun 13, 2012 in Current Issues, Features
Further reading WF PASTRIX PAULA WHITE: AS PAUL IS TO TIMOTHY, SO T.D. JAKES IS TO ME ELEPHANT ROOM 2′S T.D. JAKES SAYS TBN’S PAUL CROUCH LED BY GOD TO LAUNCH JAKES’ MINISTRY EMERGING ECUMENICAL EVANGELEPHANTS AND THE WORD FAITH MOVEMENT
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jun 13, 2012 in Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism, Current Issues, Dallas Willard, Features, Spiritual Formation
Presented by Bob DeWaay and Dick Kuffel Many Christian colleges are adopting a course of study called “Spiritual Formation” that introduces students to “spiritual disciplines.” We warn about the unbiblical nature of these ascetic and mystical practices by critiquing Dallas Willard’s teachings. Part One Part Two Further reading THE ORIGIN OF CONTEMPLATIVE/CENTERING PRAYER CONTEMPLATIVE PRAYER […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jun 13, 2012 in Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features
I begin this piece here at Apprising Ministries by pointing you to yet another illustration of the type of syncretism slithering into contemporary evangelicalism right now because it chose to open its arms to the neo-liberal cult openly operating within the Emerging Church aka the Emergent Church. For you see, this was the Trojan Horse […]