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By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Aug 4, 2009 in AM Missives, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Jay Bakker
To be sure, through his Twitter bio Jay Bakker wants us to know that he’s an “Outlaw Preacher who love’s Grace.” This runs along the lines of these self-proclaimed Outlaw Preachers, one of which Bakker repeats i.e. draws attention to: (source) Then Bakker decided to add: (source) Did he really mean to call me a fool? Now, for those […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Aug 4, 2009 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church
For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires, and will turn away their ears from the truth and will turn aside to myths. (2 Timothy 4:3-4, NASB) They’re Here; And Without The Authority Of The Bible, […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Aug 3, 2009 in Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church
There’s a new breed of preachers growing within the postliberal cult of the egregiously ecumenical Emerging Church aka Emergent Church—morphing into Emergence Christianity—who call themselves Outlaw Preachers. One of their main issues is seeking unity and inclusiveness through their god with the man-shaped hole in its heart, doing so by over-emphasing the grace of the one true […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Aug 3, 2009 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features, Rob Bell
The first to plead his case seems right, Until another comes and examines him. (Proverbs 18:17, NASB) We Can Be Protestant Evangelicals Not Believing What Protestant Evangelicals Believe Apprising Ministries has asserted all along that at its rotten root the postliberal cult of the egregiously ecumenical Emerging Church aka Emergent Church—morphing into Emergence Christianity—(EC) is an attack […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Aug 2, 2009 in AM Missives, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church
I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she must be silent. (1 Timothy 2:12) If You Truly Love Jesus Then You Will Do What God Says Apprising Ministries has been reminding you about an important upcoming “gathering” in the egregiously ecumenical Emerging Church aka Emergent Church—morphing into Emergence […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Aug 1, 2009 in Quotes
In the early days, when Christianity exercised a dominant influence over American thinking, men and women conceived the world to be a battleground. Our fathers believed in sin and the devil and hell as constituting one force, and they believed in God and righteousness and heaven as the other. By their very nature, these forces […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Aug 1, 2009 in Apologetics, Quotes
In Matthew 19:3-6, the eyewitness biographer records this exchange between Jesus and the Pharisees: Matt. 19:3 And Pharisees came up to him and tested him by asking, “Is it lawful to divorce one’s wife for any cause?” 4 He [Jesus] answered, “Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Aug 1, 2009 in AM Missives, Brian McLaren, Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism, Current Issues, Dallas Willard, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Erwin McManus, Features, Homosexuality/"Christian", Jay Bakker, Marcus Borg, Richard Foster, Rick Warren, Rob Bell, Roman Catholicism, Southern Baptist Convention, Spiritual Formation
It’s important you understand that mainstream evangelicalism continues moving further away from the certainty of Sola Scriptura in favor of highly subjective Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism (CSM). As you’ll see in Disciplines To Deception In Southern Baptist Convention entire state SBC conventions e.g. North Carolina are openly using teachings from Living Spiritual Teacher and Quaker mystic Richard Foster. Under under Discipleship Resources of the State Board of […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jul 31, 2009 in Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features, Homosexuality/"Christian", Jay Bakker
Beloved, although I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints. (Jude 3, ESV) Grace Does Not Relieve The Christian From Their Duty To Contend For Proper Doctrine As I […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jul 31, 2009 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Features, Homosexuality/"Christian", Jay Bakker
In Jay Bakker Dreaming yesterday here at Apprising Ministries we happened to mention that “pastor” Connie Waters, after having Bakker speak at her emerging New Bridge Faith Community last week, thinks he’s a real scholar. Now it seems that “pastor” Waters decided to weigh in on the AM piece Gay Marriage: Backlash Against Anglican Leader Expected. Therein, I gave the proper Biblical definition of marriage per Jesus Christ […]
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