By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jun 27, 2011 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features, Rob Bell
Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God, which he obtained with his own blood. I know that after my departure fierce wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock; and from among your own […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jun 27, 2011 in Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism, Current Issues, Features
The following by Dr. Gary Gilley, pastor of Southern View Chapel, is republished at Apprising Ministries with permission: Ortberg, a teaching pastor at Willow Creek Community Church, published The Life You’ve Always Wanted in 1997 and expanded it in 2002. The book provides a good taste of the style and content of the teaching at […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jun 26, 2011 in AM Missives, Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism, Current Issues, Features, Rick Warren
Therefore I was provoked with that generation, and said, ‘They always go astray in their heart; they have not known my ways.’ (Hebrews 3:10) Turning To Pagan Spirituality Apprising Ministries continues to tell you the truth about an infestation of ne0-Gnostic corruption called Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism (CSM), which is now pandemic within mainstream evangelicalism through its […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jun 25, 2011 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features
“Do two walk together, unless they have agreed to meet?” (Amos 3:3) Fashioning God Into The Image Of Man As part of our online apologetics and discernment labors Apprising Ministries has been documenting the New Downgrade within evangelicalism and I’ve been talking about The Build-A-God Shop, a venue where you can come in and share […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jun 25, 2011 in Current Issues, Features, Quotes
The Church at this moment needs men, the right kind of men, bold men… We languish for men who feel themselves expendable in the warfare of the soul, who cannot be frightened by threats of death because they have already died to the allurements of this world. Such men will be free from the compulsions […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jun 24, 2011 in Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features
Unfortunately the spiritually obtuse seem to think the sinfully ecumenical neo-liberal cult of the Emergent Church aka the Emerging Church is dead. However, what Apprising Ministries has been documenting for you is that we’ve now witnessed an upgrade to the Emerging Church 2.0, which claims its “big tent” postmodern Progressive Christianity aka Emergence Christianity is […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jun 24, 2011 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features
No, I imply that what pagans sacrifice they offer to demons and not to God. I do not want you to be participants with demons. You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You cannot partake of the table of the Lord and the table of demons. (1 Corinthians 10:20-21) […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jun 24, 2011 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features, Theology
men, not professing the Christian religion, [cannot] be saved in any other way whatsoever, be they never so diligent to frame their lives according to the light of nature, and the laws of that religion they do profess. And, to assert and maintain that they may, is very pernicious, and to be detested [Westminster Confession […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jun 24, 2011 in Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features
By Special Apprising Ministries Correspondent Dustin Segers Pastor, Shepherd’s Fellowship of Greensboro Introduction: Thanks for your prayers for me as I went to take the gospel to the Emergent church unbelievers at the Wild Goose Festival in Shakori Hills, NC. The speakers line-up included the “Who’s Who’s” list of apostasy with people such as Brian […]