In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and in view of his appearing and his kingdom, I give you this charge: Preach the Word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage—with great patience and careful instruction. For the time will […]

*Update* In a what is a familar theme the long arm of Saddleback censors requested embedding be disabled. So, if you wish to see America’s Pastor Warren make his appearance you may do so here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qntd6sIeb8 When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. […]

I don’t agree with all of her conclusions but here’s some food for thought from Surph’s Side. Many of you will recall Denise from when she was with the now defunct Emergent-No blog along with Carla Rolfe. They will always have a tender place in my heart because they were among the very first to […]

This following subjective spiritual babble from Living Spiritual Teacher and Quaker mystic Richard Foster is not evangelical Christianity but yet this is the man your pastors turn to for their “Protestant” Spiritual Formation. Better wake up soon… “The Immanuel Principle is ultimately cosmic,” according to Foster. “We are to reign with God and be with God forever and forever. […]

When I graduated from a Sourthern Baptist seminary I was versed in Karl Barth,…and Jugen Multmann; all the German theology that closed every church in Germany. And it wasn’t until I got in the Bible that I realized that most of what I had learned was worthless. And so you get into God’s Word; you get—you want […]

Adapted from Yes Lord, May You Save Us! Yes Lord, may You save us. May You save us from weak-kneed effete Christian cowards today afraid of their own spiritual shadow who masquerade as ministers of God. May You wake up Your Church and give us eyes to see the dark red sky this morning. O Lord, send […]

You adulterous people, don’t you know that friendship with the world is hatred toward God? Anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God. Or do you think Scripture says without reason that the spirit he caused to live in us envies intensely?  (James 4:4-5) Give The People What […]

knowing this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture comes from someone’s own interpretation. For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit. (2 Peter 1:20-21, ESV) Physical Training Is Of Some Value, But Godliness Has Value For […]

Over at Watcher’s Lamp my good friend Jim Luppachino and associates have been closely following, and attempted to dialogue with, the Virginia Baptist Mission Board (SBC) concerning their current dealings with “Progressive Evangelical” [read: postliberal] Tony Campolo. In the Apprising Ministries piece Tony Campolo to Enlighten Southern Baptists in Virginia we pointed out that Emergent Evangelical Prophet Tony Campolo is […]

An Apprising Ministries reader wrote in to share some thoughts we now publish with permission: I’ve got to tell you I’ve gone to your website many times today to feel refreshed so to speak. I can’t help it, but I need to stop, reading all these Christian blogs about Obama’s win. I can’t tell you […]