By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Apr 9, 2009 in Devotions
Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business. (Acts 6:3) Let us watch that we do not slide imperceptibly to a state where the women do the praying and the men run the churches. Men who do not […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Apr 8, 2009 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Features, Homosexuality/"Christian"
DOWN WITH SOLA SCRIPTURA! All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work. (2 Timothy 3:16-17, NASB) Without Sola Scriptura Mainstream Evangelicalism Will Be Adrift On The Sea Of Relativity Apprising Ministries has been […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Apr 8, 2009 in Current Issues
Steve Camp over at Camp On This offers some commentary on the subject of online discernment and apologetics ministries such as Apprising Ministries, Christian Research Net, A Little Leaven, and Slice of Laodicea: Fellow blogger, Tim Challies, lit up the blogosphere yesterday with a controversial post of his called, “Evil as Entertainment.” He was addressing the […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Apr 8, 2009 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Devotions
An oracle is within my heart concerning the sinfulness of the wicked: There is no fear of God before his eyes. (Psalm 36:1) Fear Of The Lord Is The Beginning Of Wisdom; Why The Visible Church Is As It Is The time has arrived where those of us who truly love our Lord, and our fellow […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Apr 7, 2009 in Quotes
Jewish and Christian Apologists have always used satire in the defense of the faith and the ridicule of unbelief. The satire of Elijah on Mt. Carmel was as brilliant as it was brutal (1 Kings 18:27). Jesus and Paul did not lack in the use of satire (Gal. 5:12). John Bunyan and many great Christian […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Apr 7, 2009 in Quotes, Theology
The supporters of open theism have posited it as a paradigm that offers a real relationship between God and His people. Rather than an all-knowing and all-powerful sovereign God, we are presented with a God of give-and-take. Since this God does not know or control the future, the future is open to both Him and […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Apr 7, 2009 in Current Issues
From Christian Research Net: Now that “blogger, author and web designer” Tim Challies made the decision to wade into the water of “watchdog” blogs, in this piece at Slice of Laodicea Ingrid Schlueter, who founded CRN, brings out a couple of very important issues when she says: Tim Challies today has decided to criticize those blogs that he believes use bad news as “entertainment.” […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Apr 7, 2009 in Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features
At Pyromaniacs Phil Johnson offers some salient commentary concerning this video below. Johnson explains that it’s “a panel discussion that took place two weeks ago at the Christian Book Expo in Dallas.” The subject being discussed is the Emerging Church rebellion against Sola Scriputura with its god that has a man-shaped hole in its heart. Now morphing into […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Apr 7, 2009 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Devotions, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features
“Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. I tell you the truth, until Heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Apr 7, 2009 in Quotes
The Cross of Jesus is the revelation of God’s judgment on sin. Never tolerate the idea of martyrdom about the Cross of Jesus Christ. The Cross was a superb triumph in which the foundations of hell were shaken… The Cross did not happen to Jesus: He came on purpose for it. He is “the Lamb […]