A dog barks when his master is attacked. I would be a coward if I saw that God’s truth is attacked and yet remained silent. John Calvin

Apprising Ministries continues our coverage of an accusation made by Wade Burleson in his post Forcibly Removing the Tulips at SWBTS. One which Robin Foster of SBC Today has referred to as Tabloid Blogging: Because of the recent tabloid blogging that has occurred at this site here and here, we at SBC Today have been busy answering questions […]

Yesterday in *Update* Calvinists To Be “Let Go” From Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (SBC) here at Apprising Ministries I made you aware of something my friend Mike Corley pointed out to me from his blog The Expositor. Mike had placed up a link to a post from Wade Burleson called Forcibly Removing the Tulips at […]

At his Grace and Truth to You blog, where Wade Burleson shares “Personal Reflections on the Southern Baptist Convention,” he informs us of some startling news: Yesterday Dr. Paige Patterson met with professors in the theology school at SWBTS and said that the seminary would be letting go the five point Calvinist professors from the […]

*Update* Joanne Brokaw notified me via email yesterday that her post had gone online while still only in draft form so she had removed it, which is why there was no way for people to comment yesterday. Today her post has been republished and the link below is to her new piece. The Apprising Ministries post Christian Band […]

Looks like Apprising Ministries hit some kind of nerve here with Christian Band Family Force 5 On How To Become A Christian concerning the “Christian crunk rock band” Family Force 5. I received a bit of email, and with the permission of the authors, as a pastor I feel led to share with you the ones below, […]

Means of grace are ordained by God; not discovered by man. You know, it took many years before I finally decided just to use this terminology. I wanted a term to describe what God ordained that we would walk in so that He would be at work in our lives if we do it in […]

I cannot believe in the spirituality of any Christian man who keeps an eye open for the approval of others, whoever they may be. The man after God’s own heart must be dead to the opinion of his friends as well as his enemies. He must be willing to cross important persons as obscure ones. […]

The following email concerning the Contemporary Christian Music (CCM) scene, and more specifically the Christian band Family Force 5, was sent to Apprising Ministries and is published here by permission of the young person who wrote it. As a pastor I felt led to post it because it speaks so loudly and clearly to the detrimental […]

Tadd Grandstaff, lead pastor goat-herder, and his Pine Ridge Church wants to put God to the test. Here are some of the contest…oops…tithe challenge rules: I understand that this form must be completed and received by the Pine Ridge Church Finance Team prior to the beginning of the 60-day Tithe Challenge Period. I understand that my household qualifies […]