By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Oct 15, 2011 in Current Issues, Devotions, Features
“Then Jesus spoke again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that follows me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.” (John 8:12) Are you, my reader, a searcher of this life? Are you breathing for it, panting after it, seeking it? Then be it known […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Oct 14, 2011 in Current Issues, Devotions, Features
The trait of holiness, though absent from much modern preaching and writing, is a central character trait of God in the Bible. It may even be the central essential facet of God. Holiness virtually defines God. How can I say that? The prophet Isaiah writes “thus says the One who is high and lifted up, […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Oct 14, 2011 in Current Issues, Devotions, Features
Contrary to the comfortable and convenient feeling as one sails along on that Sea of Relativity, that there is no such thing as absolute truth, the fact remains, there is. Today I bring to you as a storm the claims of Jesus of Nazareth in an attempt to not only rock your boat, but to warn you […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Oct 13, 2011 in Current Issues, Features
“If at first your dream appears delayed, you never have to worry. For you see, unless it’s not, then it probably is. So you just believe God and then release yourself to dream His dreams. And one day, you’ll be like me.” Steven Osteen Author of Believe It: God Got It Right With Me
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Oct 13, 2011 in Current Issues, Features
By Apprising Ministries special correspondent Justin Edwards of airō Ever so often I have heard about the Christian testimony of renowned serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer. I never observed any evidence of this until a brother shared the following video with me this week. Just as we witnessed in the testimony of another serial killer, David […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Oct 13, 2011 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Features
Over on his TGC blog, Colin Hansen has posted a blog article entitled The Rise and Fall of an Evangelical Empire. Hansen posed an interesting question to us in the question over why the Christian landscape is littered with the corpses of Gospel and evangelical ministries… [T]he problem with evangelicals in general is their poor […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Oct 12, 2011 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Features
The other day in Mormonism Is A Non-Christian Cult here at Apprising Ministries I reminded you 1 Peter 4:17 judgments sent by Jesus Himself are falling upon His visible church as spiritual darkness grows. As an example I pointed you to the Christian Post piece Romney Not Cultist, Fuller President Says Cautiously. Therein we’re told Richard Mouw, who […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Oct 12, 2011 in Current Issues, Features
By Truthinator “Peace, dudes and dudettes. Hey man, I welcome you to Ecumenical Fellowship of the Universe. My name is elder Chongy Cheech and today we celebrate our history as an organization.” “Um, we began in this building as First King James Only Baptist Church in 1950, man. The through many generations of progressive, inclusionary, and tolerant […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Oct 12, 2011 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features
First of all, we do know Emerging Church Leader Samir Selmanovic Worships With Witches. Even so, there doesn’t seem to be any truth to the rumor Selmanovic will chair this new pagan council. Well, at least not yet; however, tis the season of Samhain. Ya never know. Be that as it may, just a bit ago Apprising […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Oct 12, 2011 in Current Issues, Features, Steven Furtick
Online apologetics and discernment labors in the Lord like Apprising Ministries are designed by Jesus to be first responders; we’re monitoring the Intel of enemy forces along the Internet front in order to alert you as to what’s going on. Unfortunately, you live in a time where so many of your leaders are so scared of […]