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By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Feb 18, 2010 in Current Issues, Features, Quotes
[T]he picture is clear: Inclusivists hold that faith can save people even though it is deficient in theological content, yet there is no place in Scripture that asserts this. Indeed, Scripture teaches the precise opposite. While I agree that people are not saved simply by assenting to discrete information, I nevertheless maintain that saving faith […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Feb 18, 2010 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features
You’re likely aware that the online apologetics and discernment work Apprising Ministries has shown you the sinfully ecumenical Emerging Church aka Emergent Church—that morphed into Emergence Christianity (EC) was a creation of Leadership Network right along with it Purpose Driven/Seeker Driven Pope Rick Warren. In Emerging Towards Convergence Christian researcher Sarah Leslie at Herescope explains: We know that the current Emergent Church is a […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Feb 17, 2010 in AM Missives, Brian McLaren, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church
Apprising Ministries has taken a lot of flak for being an alleged ODM, which is a shorthand usually used in a derogatory sense for online discernment ministry. For five years now I’ve been saying that with Brian McLaren, a leading guru in the sinfully ecumenical Emerging Church aka Emergent Church—that morphed into Emergence Christianity (EC), you’ve been dealing with someone whose neo-liberal […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Feb 17, 2010 in AM Missives, Brian McLaren
…having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with them. (2 Timothy 3:5) An Evangelical Denying What Evangelicals Believe? Apprising Ministries has been among the online apologetics and discernment ministries who’ve been covering the sinfully ecumenical Emerging Church aka Emergent Church—that morphed into Emergence Christianity (EC) for some five plus years now. As it concerns […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Feb 16, 2010 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features
You know from reading Apprising Ministries that quasi-universalist Doug Pagitt is a leading voice in the sinfully ecumenical Emerging Church aka Emergent Church—that morphed into Emergence Christianity (EC). In Doug Pagitt And Arrogance Of Liberal/Progressive Christians you may recall I reminded you Pagitt was the one selected by Leadership Network (LN) to head-up the project of bringing together some of the top young up-and-coming ministers of […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Feb 16, 2010 in AM Missives, Brian McLaren, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features, Jay Bakker
Apprising Ministries was given the below tweet as a piece of Intel from quasi-universalist Spencer Burke, founder of the aptly named THEOOZE.com, a popular website in the sinfully ecumenical Emerging Church aka Emergent Church—that morphed into Emergence Christianity (EC): I had a lot of fun doing this episode with Brian McLaren: Q1 – The Narrative Question, from his new book on […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Feb 16, 2010 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Features, Word Faith
But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves. Many will follow their shameful ways and will bring the way of truth into disrepute. In their greed these […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Feb 15, 2010 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features, Homosexuality/"Christian", Jay Bakker
And I will keep on doing what I am doing in order to cut the ground from under those who want an opportunity to be considered equal with us in the things they boast about. (2 Corinthians 11:12) The Lord Has His Witness On The Internet This is a brief follow-up to the Apprising Ministries […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Feb 14, 2010 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features, Homosexuality/"Christian", Jay Bakker
For there are many who are insubordinate, empty talkers and deceivers… (Titus 1:10, ESV) God’s Truth Is Being Heard Via The Net This note of encouragement, which I pray lifts the spirits of everyone who supports this Apprising Ministries outreach of CRBC where I’m pastor, as well as my fellow soldiers in the still developing field of online […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Feb 13, 2010 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features
In Dissention Growing Around The Emerging Church here at Apprising Ministries I told you that there are those who are beginning to look harder through the postmodern fog of the sinfully ecumenical Emerging Church aka Emergent Church—that morphed into Emergence Christianity—(EC). I also brought to your attention a young man by the name of Jeremy Bouma, author of the (un)offensive gospel of Jesus, who wrote […]
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