In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have a strong city; salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks. Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in. Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth […]

 I will bow down toward Your holy temple and will praise Your name for your love and Your faithfulness, for You have exalted above all things Your name and Your word. (Psalm 138:2) What Exactly Is There To Argue About; If You Really Do Believe What The Bible Says A little bit ago in the Apprising Ministries piece Status […]

 Apprising Ministries has long been covering something known as Emerging Church aka Emergent Church, now morphing into Emergence Christianity (EC). Those familiar with AM pieces like Emergent Church: A Diseased Tree and A Conversation About The Emerging Church With Mike Clawson And Ken Silva know my view that this EC, as we now know it, essentially begins circa 1997. I’ve […]

Jay Bakker, pastor of Revolution Church where they want us to know they’re “sorry for being self-righteous judgmental bastards,” has taken issue with what Chris Rosebrough of Pirate Christian Radio said in the Apprising Ministries post Jay Bakker And Westboro Baptist Church Suffer Same Spiritual Disease. Like more and more associated with Emerging Church aka Emergent Church, now morphing into Emergence Christianity (EC), […]

This continues along the same lines of Something’s Off—Who Is Shane Hipps, And What Is He Saying? by John Chisham, pastor of River of Life Alliance Church in Marshall, Minnesota. In the segment below from What on Earth Was Being Taught at Rob Bell’s Poets, Prophets, Preachers Conference?, which aired on his Pirate Christian Radio network, Christian apologist Chris Rosebrough completely dismantles […]

Shocking yes; but sadly, quite true. As Chris Rosebrough brings out in his Pirate Radio broadcast below Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) and Fred Phelps end up with all law and no gospel. However, Emergence Christianity pastor Jay Bakker is also guilty of what Rosebrough correctly calls a “theological smörgåsbord-i-tis” of selective Biblical reading i.e. picking and choosing what you […]

DOWN WITH SOLA SCRIPTURA!    Quite obviously Apprising Ministries is opposed to the spurious spirituality and corrupt theology espoused by both Tony Jones and his friend Phyllis Tickle. However, what Jones says below from his blog post today is helpful for clarification concerning this egregiously ecumenical Emerging Church de-formation of the Christian faith aka Emergent Church—now morphing into Emergence Christianity, which […]

But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ. (Ephesians 4:15) In an effort to get the work of the Lord done we often lose contact with the Lord of the work and quite literally wear our people out as well. I have heard more […]

 My friend—and fellow CRN contributor—John Chisham, pastor of River of Life Alliance Church in Marshall, Minnesota shares some commentary concerning the recently concluded Poets, Prophets and Preachers (PPP) hosted by Rob Bell and featuring Peter Rollins and Shane Hipps. In the piece referenced below pastor Chisham gives us much cause for concern as to the odd direction the spurious […]

To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out. And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice. (John 10:3-4, KJV)Hundreds of years ago, when men to sea at […]