By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Sep 21, 2009 in Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church
Apprising Ministries points you to an interesting piece concerning emerging church philosopher/theologian Peter Rollins Darling Of Emergence Christianity by my friend John Chisham, pastor of River of Life Alliance Church and fellow Christian Research Net contributor. For those who’ve actually listened to Peter Rollins, which you can do for example in Adele Sakler And Peter Rollins, you’ll know that the picture to the left […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Sep 21, 2009 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Devotions
But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtlety, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Sep 19, 2009 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features
…always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. (2 Timothy 3:7, NASB) Old Liberal Fallacies Have Been Upgraded Today I received the following here at Apprising Ministries: I wanted to say thank you for the post on outlaw preachers yesterday. I had posted an item of facebook, and it was swiftly […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Sep 18, 2009 in AM Missives
Today Andrew (Drew) Tatusko Tweets: @dtatusko: our authority comes not from scripture alone, but from the risen christ. #outlawpreachers #badpresbyterian (Online source) You may recall that Apprising Ministries introduced you to Tatusko, who has just enough formal education to confuse himself, in Jay Bakker, Radical Love, And Homosexuality when he made the following stupid statement: trying to pick a fight […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Sep 18, 2009 in Devotions
Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them. Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt. (Exodus 3:9-10) Yes, if evangelical Christianity […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Sep 17, 2009 in Quotes
The Church of Christ is continually represented under the figure of an army; yet its Captain is the Prince of Peace; its object is the establishment of peace, and its soldiers are men of a peaceful disposition. The spirit of war is at the extremely opposite point to the spirit of the gospel. Yet nevertheless, […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Sep 17, 2009 in Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church
This morning Tony Jones, half of the dubious duo of the emerging church along with his “pastor” Doug Pagitt putting on the upcoming heresy-fest Christianity 21, Tweets: More great options added to Christinianity21! http://is.gd/3nu6k #C21 As we follow the link to the C 21 site we’re told: Christianity21 is designed as an entire experience. To this end […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Sep 16, 2009 in AM Missives, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church
In posts such as Christianity 21: Emerging Voices Of A Pseudo-Christian Faith earlier Apprising Ministries has been among those warning of an upcoming conference of the egregiously ecumenical Emerging Church aka Emergent Church—morphing into Emergence Christianity (EC)—called Christianity 21. For those many new readers of AM, C 21 is being put on by JoPa Prodictions, the […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Sep 16, 2009 in Current Issues, Rick Warren
Apprising Ministries draws your attention to the fact that popular Reformed blogger Tim Challies writes today: Last week I met Rick Warren. I was in Los Angeles to speak at the Christian Web Conference (where my topic was “Tweeting Truth With Love: Grace in an Age of Instant Communication”) and at the conference I bumped into […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Sep 16, 2009 in Current Issues
Recently in the Apprising Ministries post E-Book With Analysis Of Jesus Wants To Save Christians By Rob Bell I introduced you to my friend Chris Jensen, who has an online apologetics website called The Red Pen. There I said that having read through this excellent e-book by Jensen, who happens to also be an English teacher, I […]