By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Mar 9, 2011 in Current Issues, Devotions, Features
Whenever they persecute you in one city, flee to the next; for truly I say to you, you will not finish going through the cities of Israel until the Son of Man comes. (Matthew 10:23) We should never seek our persecution or want to endure it for its sake—or even ostensibly for Jesus’ sake. God […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Mar 8, 2011 in Current Issues, Features
The online apologetics and discernment work Apprising Ministries continues 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) […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Mar 8, 2011 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features, Rob Bell
Evangelical churches began using warped and toxic teachings of leaders in the sinfully ecumenical neo-liberal cult of the Emergent Church aka the Emerging Church—with its “big tent” Progressive Christianity aka Emergence Christianity—such as EC rock star pastor Rob Bell, so for years now they’ve been poisoning their own young, and have advanced Bell right into the very heart of the church visible. Another indication of […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Mar 8, 2011 in Current Issues, Features, Rob Bell
Incredibly, the worst aspect of hell is not its terrifying description… It is the fact that hell will continue forever. Jesus and his apostles plainly teach the endlessness of hell. Jesus pronounces woes on thos who take no precautions to avoid being “thrown into eternal fire . . . the fire of hell” (Matt. 18:8-9). […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Mar 6, 2011 in Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features, Rob Bell
This online apologetics and discernment work Apprising Ministries has been among those who’ve been reporting on the awful decline of mainstream evangelicalism, which made the tragic mistake of embracing the sinfully ecumenical neo-liberal cult of the Emergent Church aka the Emerging Church—with its “big tent” Progressive Christianity aka Emergence Christianity. Now, because evangelical churches began using warped and toxic teachings e.g. of […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Mar 6, 2011 in Devotions
The most obvious way we can show mercy is through physical acts. Jesus specifically commands us to feed the hungry, clothe the naked, visit the sick and imprisoned, and offer any other practical help to those who need it. When we serve others in need, we demonstrate a heart of mercy. The way of mercy […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Mar 6, 2011 in Current Issues, Features
By Apprising Ministries correspondent Mike Ratilff of Possessing the Treasure Why do you pass judgment on your brother? Or you, why do you despise your brother? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God; for it is written, “As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Mar 5, 2011 in Devotions
“When I saw among the spoil a beautiful cloak from Shinar, and 200 shekels of silver, and a bar of gold weighing 50 shekels, then I coveted them and took them. And see, they are hidden in the earth inside my tent, with the silver underneath.” (Joshua 7:21) The sin of one man brings great effect […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Mar 4, 2011 in Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features, Rob Bell
The sad fact is that mainstream evangelicalism embraced the sinfully ecumenical neo-liberal cult of the Emergent Church aka the Emerging Church—with its its “big tent” Progressive Christianity aka Emergence Christianity—and e.g. began using warped and toxic teachings of EC leaders like Emerging Church rock star pastor Rob Bell, and has been poisoning its own young. So Apprising Ministries has been giving you peeks at its bleak future of division […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Mar 4, 2011 in Current Issues, Features, Quotes, Theology
“Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels… And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.” (Matthew 25:41, 46) [v. 41] “Then He will also say to those on His left, ‘Depart […]