And when they came to the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah put out his hand to the ark of God and took hold of it, for the oxen stumbled. And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Uzzah, and God struck him down there because of his error, and he died there beside the […]

By Apprising Ministries correspondent Mike Ratilff of Possessing the Treasure You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. (James 4:4 ESV) During my trip to Oklahoma at the end of April […]

“I am the door. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture. The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy.” “I came that they may have life and have it abundantly. I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for […]

You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. (James 4:4) There Can Be No Unity With Such As These Apprising Ministries has been attempting to alert you e.g. in Doug Pagitt […]

Now that mainstream evangelicalism has embraced the sinfully ecumenical neo-liberal cult of the Emergent Church aka the Emerging Church at Apprising Ministries I’ve been warning you about the judgments coming upon the church visible. This is why EC rock star pastor Rob Bell can argue for the heresy of Christian Universalism in his Love Wins mythology […]

Indeed, all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted, while evil people and impostors will go on from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived. (2 Timothy 3:12-13) Christian Soldiers Standing Up For Jesus? In many of our local fellowships on a given Sunday we could hear a congregation […]

Apprising Ministries is very grateful for the ways God has been extending this labor in the Lord, far beyond anything we’d ever dreamed or imagined when we began this fully integrated auxiliary from Connecticut River Baptist Church (SBC), where I serve as pastor-teacher. And as I’ve mentioned previously, even though my local church is affiliated […]

Apprising Ministries has been warning about, and documenting, the sad slide of largely pretending to be Protestant evangelicalism into becoming what I’ve referred to as The Ecumenical Church Of Deceit (ECoD); and much of the current sorry state of the church visible can be traced back through to the semi-pelagian (at best) man-centered Church Growth […]

By Apprising Ministries correspondent Mike Ratilff of Possessing the Treasure Οἴδαμεν δὲ ὅτι τοῖς ἀγαπῶσιν τὸν θεὸν πάντα συνεργεῖ εἰς ἀγαθόν, τοῖς κατὰ πρόθεσιν κλητοῖς οὖσιν. (Romans 8:28 NA27) And we know that to the ones who love God, He works all things together for their good according to His purpose. (a direct translation of […]

Question: “Is hell real? Is hell eternal?”It is interesting that a much higher percentage of people believe in the existence of heaven than believe in the existence of hell. According to the Bible, though, hell is just as real as heaven. Answer: The Bible clearly and explicitly teaches that hell is a real place to […]