Concerning Emerging Church leader Spencer Burke, founder of the aptly named THEOOZE.com “dedicated to the emerging Church culture”, in These Christians Radically Rethink What A Church Is we read from Rev. Eddie Gibbs of Fuller Theological Cesspool Seminary: Burke is an “influential thinker” in the emerging-church movement. Burke’s influence stems in part from his website, TheOoze, which discusses issues facing […]

In the recent book An Emergent Manifesto of Hope, put together by co-editors Doug Pagitt and Tony Jones, we are told by Samir Selmanovic of the Emergent Church: God’s table is welcoming all who seek, and if any religion is to win, may it be the one that produces people who are the most loving, the […]

Apprising Ministries brings you the following from “Christian” pastor Samir Selmanovic, a member of the Coordinating Group for Emergent Village, gives us further indication of the reimagined universalism within the postliberalism of the Emerging Church as he writes at his blog: Is the story of God a story of my own soul, a story of […]

As Apprising Ministries pointed out in Rob Bell, Yoga Masters and Jesus? in a sermon on breathing by Emergent Church leader and icon Rob Bell he informs us: [In Yoga] it’s not how flexible you are, it’s not whether you can do the poses, it’s not how much you can bend yourself, it’s can you keep your breath […]

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) The Christian Must Listen To God First; And After That To People Yes, you read that right; I do believe […]

And what I do I will continue to do, in order to undermine the claim of those who would like to claim that in their boasted mission they work on the same terms as we do. For such men are false apostles, deceitful workmen, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ. (2 Corinthians 11:12-13, ESV) Diligently […]

In her post Joel Osteen Hits Milwaukee at Slice of Laodicea Ingrid Schlueter tells us: Joel Osteen brought his show to our city last night. The reporter from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel talked to me longer than I expected, getting a handle on why I and others didn’t support America’s smiling preacher and his happy-talk […]

So does leading theologian in the Emerging Church and influential evangelical teacher Brian McLaren, really think that God—through Muhammad—founded the idolatrous pagan religion of Islam, which denies the Deity of Christ Jesus? Decide for yourself; the following is from McLaren’s book Finding Our Way Again: Christianity, Islam, and Judaism have more in common than many people realize because they […]

Sanctify them by the Truth; Your Word is Truth. (John 17:17, KJV) Caution: Truth May Be Even Bigger Than You Believe In his book A Theory of Everything  philosopher and quasi-Buddhist Ken Wilber, whose work is held in high regard by Emerging Church icon Rob Bell, explains: In this Theory of Everything, I have one major rule: […]

They are full of superstitions from the East; they practice divination like the Philistines and clasp hands with pagans. (Isaiah 2:6) “But Don’t Go Confusing Me With The Facts; I’ve Already Made Up My Mind!” Apprising Ministries, in the time we have left, will continue alerting the Body of Christ to the dangers of Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism (CSM) with its […]