By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Mar 17, 2009 in AM Missives, Devotions
But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Mar 16, 2009 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Features, Richard Foster, Spiritual Formation
The following is from unsolicited email received from a brother pastor-teacher and is published with his permission. He was writing in response to the recent Apprising Ministries article Richard Foster A Reliable Source For Proper Christian Spirituality? Sadly, Celebration of Discipline, a piece of spiritual skubalon by Living Spiritual Teacher and Quaker mystic Richard Foster, which Dr. Gary Gilley has rightly called “a […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Mar 16, 2009 in Quotes
Men tell us that our preaching should be positive and not negative, that we can preach the truth without attacking error. But if we follow that advice we shall have to close our Bible and desert its teachings. The New Testament is a polemic book almost from beginning to end . . . . It […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Mar 15, 2009 in Quotes
An almost Christian, if we consider him in respect to his duty to God, is one that halts between two opinions; that wavers between Christ and the world; that would reconcile God and Mammon, light and darkness, Christ and Belial. It is true, he has an inclination to religion, but then he is very cautious […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Mar 15, 2009 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Features, Rob Bell
as it is written: “None is righteous, no, not one; no one understands; no one seeks for God. All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one.” (Romans 3:10-12, ESV) The god of Rock And Roll Does Soothe The Soul Of Many Modern Christians And postmodern professing Christians as well it seems. O, […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Mar 15, 2009 in Quotes
If Jesus had preached the same message that ministers preach today, He would never have been crucified. Leonard Ravenhill
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Mar 14, 2009 in AM Missives, Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism, Current Issues, Features, Richard Foster, Spiritual Formation
Then the LORD said to me, “The prophets are prophesying falsehood in My name I have neither sent them nor commanded them nor spoken to them; they are prophesying to you a false vision, divination, futility and the deception of their own minds.” (Jeremiah 14:14, NASB) Hammering Out The Golden Buddha Of The Mystic Mush […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Mar 12, 2009 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Rob Bell
Over at Reformed Nazarene Manny Silva, no relation that I know of other than being in Christ, begins his post concerning pastor Rob Bell of the Emergence rebellion against Sola Scriptura: The title** for today’s post (coincidentally we are studying 1st John in Sunday School class) could actually apply to any of a number of emergent “high priests” who […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Mar 12, 2009 in Current Issues
This piece of satire should make one pause and remember an old adage: Be careful what you pray for; you just might get it… Ignatius from travis hawkins on Vimeo. HT: Slice of Laodicea
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Mar 10, 2009 in Current Issues
Evangelical apologist Richard Abanes, whose pastor for years is the PDL Pope Rick Warren, has clarified his position a bit more concerning so-called “Online Discernment Ministries”: I do think that if all of these ODMs are indeed saved/regenerate, then I don’t think it would be too far off base to say that all of them, or […]