By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Mar 26, 2009 in Current Issues, Word Faith
Ingrid Schlueter has the sordid sad details at Slice of Laodicea: The “evangelist” who made his name kicking a cancer patient in the stomach and boasting of kicking an elderly women in the face with his biker boots left the center ring of the Pentecostal circus after refusing to reconcile with his wife because of […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Mar 26, 2009 in Current Issues
At the ouset we do wish to ask your forgiveness for my not feeling up to being able to personally answer everyone who has written Apprising Ministries lately. Please know that Issues relating to health remain a concern for me and they are still slowing me considerably. Thankfully, at the same time, there does seem […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Mar 25, 2009 in Current Issues
Apprising Ministries points you to this video clip where Bill Gaither promotes the upcoming Family Fest in the Smokies: You are invited to join Bill & Gloria Gaither along with a great group of their friends for Family Fest in the Smokies. The event, which will take place May 22-24, 2009 at the Gatlinburg Convention […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Mar 25, 2009 in Quotes
The primary task of the Church is not to educate man, is not to heal him physically or psychologically…. I will go further; it is not even to make him good. These are things that accompany salvation; and when the Church performs her true task she does incidentally educate men and give them knowledge and […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Mar 25, 2009 in Current Issues, Word Faith
While Emergence Christianity tries to convince us that everything goes in the Christian Church, all the while attempting to swallow up the visible church, ol’ friend Bud Press of Christian Research Service has this timely warning as concerning: the hyper-Charismatic movement is growing, and has spent years trying to convince Christians that its “apostles,” prophets, teachers, evangelists, and revivalists are legitimate and a […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Mar 25, 2009 in Current Issues, Homosexuality/"Christian"
This following report comes to us from Christian Post: Members of a committee in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) will gather this week to consider proposed changes, including the removal of a negative reference to homosexual behavior, to a historic document. The General Assembly Special Committee on Correcting Translation Problems of the Heidelberg Catechism is scheduled […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Mar 24, 2009 in Quotes
The penal in penal substitution, then, guards (and teaches us about) the infinite preciousness and value and worthiness of God. To say that Adam’s sin should not have resulted in death, to say that our sins do not result in God’s wrath, to shy away from mentioning God’s wrath in private or public, to say […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Mar 24, 2009 in Emergence Christianity
But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. (2 Peter 2:1) Gather ‘Round Children And We’ll Tell You Lovely Stories You Already Wanted To Hear Below you will hear “Father” Richard Rohr, purveyor of apostate Roman Catholicism and leading teacher of Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism (CSM), expounding upon the so-called “new reformation” [read: […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Mar 24, 2009 in Quotes
O soul, consider this deeply: it is the life of a Christian that carries more conviction and persuasion than his words. Even if you, like an angel, talk of Christ, of the gospel, of the doctrines of grace, and of heaven, yet if you indulge devilish tempers, and live under the power of any sinful […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Mar 23, 2009 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Features, Rob Bell
DOWN WITH SOLA SCRIPTURA In posts such as Phyllis Tickle And The Emerging Church: It’s Not If Sola Scriptura Ends But When and Emergence Pastor Rob Bell To Have Friend Peter Rollins In Conference I’ve been doing my part here at Apprising Ministriesto draw attention to this antichrist Emergence rebellion against sola Scriptura ala teachers of […]