By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Apr 25, 2011 in Devotions
“Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.” “And whoever does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me. Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Apr 21, 2011 in Current Issues, Quotes
He who does not hate the false does not love the true; and he to whom it is all the same whether it be God’s word or man’s, is himself unrenewed at heart. Oh, if some of you were like fathers you would not have tolerated in this age the wagon loads of trash under […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Apr 20, 2011 in Current Issues, Devotions, Features, Quotes
One of the fundamental differences between the [Roman] Catholic and the Reformed theologies is the question of the doctrine of the fall. Or, to put it in another way; of what is man capable of at the present time? Rome would teach that man is quite capable of storing up merit by a system of […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Apr 19, 2011 in Current Issues, Features
By Apprising Ministries correspondent Mike Ratilff of Possessing the Treasure But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’ (Luke 18:13 ESV) In our day it is not unusual to hear a man-centered version of the […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Apr 11, 2011 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features
Apprising Ministries has been warning you about the judgments coming upon the church visible now that mainstream evangelicalism has embraced the sinfully ecumenical neo-liberal cult of the Emergent Church aka the Emerging Church; which is why EC rock star pastor Rob Bell can argue for the heresy of Christian Universalism in his Love Wins mythology and still be considered an evangelical. […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Apr 10, 2011 in Devotions
“Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I am going to the Father.” (John 14:12) The bold words from Charles Spurgeon below undoubtedly ring as true to this tepid and tolerant generation of today as […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Apr 8, 2011 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features, Rob Bell
As a leading online apologetics and discernment work, Apprising Ministries has been warning you about the teachings the Emerging Church rock star pastor Rob Bell, co-teaching pastor at Mars Hill Bible Church along with his good friend Shane Hipps. For at least the past five years now I’ve also been covering the growing infestation within evangelicalism of critical thinking skills-numbing corrupt Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism (CSM), such as that taught by Living […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Apr 7, 2011 in Devotions
Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father. But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not, therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows. (Matthew 10:29-31) The Incredible Security Of The Child Of God Do you want […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Apr 5, 2011 in Current Issues, Features
By Apprising Ministries correspondent Mike Ratilff of Possessing the Treasure Now when Mary came to where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet, saying to him, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.” When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come with her also weeping, […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Apr 4, 2011 in Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features, Rob Bell
Robbed Hell – C.A.S.T. Pearls Presents from Canon Wired on Vimeo. See also: APPRISING MINISTRIES: ROB BELL RESOURCES ROB BELL DEFENDING LOVE WINS MYTHOLOGY SOMETHING SEEMS OFF AT MARS HILL BIBLE CHURCH