By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on May 5, 2012 in Devotions
Blessed is he that watcheth. (Revelation 16:15) “We die daily,” said the apostle. This was the life of the early Christians; they went everywhere with their lives in their hands. We are not in this day called to pass through the same fearful persecutions: if we were, the Lord would give us grace to bear the test. But the […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on May 5, 2012 in Devotions
“So when you give to the poor, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may be honored by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full. (Matthew 6:2) Giving to the poor literally means any act of mercy, but it came […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on May 4, 2012 in Current Issues, Features
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By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on May 4, 2012 in Current Issues, Features, Homosexuality/"Christian"
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By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on May 4, 2012 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Features
Apprising Ministries is a leading online apologetics and discernment work the Lord raised up in June of 2005 at the local church where I am pastor and then caused a website to be given to us. The Internet was the farthest thing from our minds when we conceived AM. Yet in addition to the Apprising […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on May 3, 2012 in AM Missives, Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism, Current Issues, Features
They did not destroy the peoples, as the LORD commanded them, but they mixed with the nations and learned to do as they did. They served their idols, which became a snare to them. (Psalm 106:34-36) CSM Was A Core Doctrine Of The Emerging Church We can point to Apprising Ministries articles Beth Moore The Mystic and Alabama Baptist Convention (SBC) Encourages You […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on May 3, 2012 in Current Issues, Features
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By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on May 2, 2012 in Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism, Current Issues, Features, Richard Foster
By Apprising Ministries special correspondent Bob DeWaay In February 2008, Christianity Today ran a glowing cover story about Evangelicalism’s recent embrace of medieval Roman Catholic mysticism entitled The Future lies in the Past.1 The article traced the beginning of the movement as follows: “The movement seems to have exploded in a 24-month period in 1977-1978, which saw the publication of Richard […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on May 2, 2012 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Features
Apprising Ministries wants you to know that due to a plethora of women in men’s pants who are in evangelical leadership it’s largely been lost that when we confront error in the church, or criticize other religions, we are simply following the perfect Example of our Lord Jesus Christ. The Master never shied away from confronting […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on May 2, 2012 in Current Issues, Features
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