By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jun 3, 2012 in Current Issues, Features
By Apprising Ministries special correspondent Bob DeWaay Exegesis of Colossians 2 that Identifies the Nature of the Colossian “Philosophy” “See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, according to the tradition of men, according to the elementary principles of the world, rather than according to Christ.” (Colossians 2:8) The danger of being “taken […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jun 2, 2012 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features
One of the trends I’ve noticed over the past couple of years here at Apprising Ministries is how far the effects of the ill-fated Church Growth Movement have spread. I’ve told you before that mainstream evangelicalism is only just beginning to pay a heavy price for its foolish embrace of the sinfully ecumenical Emergent Church. Now there’s a […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jun 2, 2012 in Devotions
“Whenever you fast, do not put on a gloomy face as the hypocrites do, for they neglect their appearance so that they will be noticed by men when they are fasting. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full.” (Matthew 6:16) The Greek word for “fast” literally means not to eat, to abstain from food. But […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jun 1, 2012 in Current Issues, Features
The following is originally published by Herescope and is republished here with permission: COSMS, CODES, AND CRYPTOLOGIES, Part 2 By Gaylene Goodroad* Are we in possession of messages of extraterrestrial origin? If so, what do they mean? What do these messages from the edge of eternity portend for the future?What has the science of cryptology […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jun 1, 2012 in Current Issues, Features
The following by Dr. Gary Gilley, pastor of Southern View Chapel, is republished at Apprising Ministries with permission: The Harbinger is one of the hottest selling books today. It is a quasi-fictional story reminiscent of novels such as The Da Vinci Code or The Shack. Each of these books involves mystery and intrigue, and has […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jun 1, 2012 in Current Issues, Features
If it sounds like something I made up, I assure you that truth is often stranger than fiction. I’ve often said here at Apprising Ministries that you just simply cannot make this kind of stuff up. People parody themselves now. Turns out that 36 year-old Nadine Schweigert, a divorced yoga instructor from Fargo, North Dakota, could […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jun 1, 2012 in Current Issues, Features
Further reading QUANTUM MYSTICISM IN THE CHURCH WHO YA GONNA CALL: “GOD’S GHOSTBUSTERS!” SHOCK: NEPHILIM TEEN!
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jun 1, 2012 in Devotions
…but deliver us from evil. (Matthew 6:13) If you realize the great danger that temptation poses to your soul, this petition will be a plea for God to provide a protection you can’t give for yourself. You will ask God to watch over your entire being so that in whatever you do or say, see […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on May 31, 2012 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Features
In Apprising Ministries articles such as Emerging Ecumenical Evanphelephants And The Word Faith Movement I reminded you that the Elephant Room 2 conference was like a nuclear explosion in the spirit world. As we look at subsequent events, I wonder, could there be some sort of new ecumenical evangelical magisterium trying to form? Some of this appears to have begun when […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on May 31, 2012 in Devotions
And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a […]