Books are being written on the topic of Paul and the law faster than anyone can read them. The books are often very detailed, with redefined words, new jargon, and totally foreign approaches to Pauline theology which leave even seasoned theologians baffled. So what or whose NP view/views of Paul and the law should be […]

Being that I used to perform music on street corners in Compton and L.A. I’m really not an easy one to shock. But I do have to admit I was more than a little surprised to see the below from Emergent Church pastor Doug Pagitt over at his blog today. Although he doesn’t mention Way of the […]

Brethren, join in following my example, and observe those who walk according to the pattern you have in us. For many walk, of whom I often told you, and now tell you even weeping, that they are enemies of the cross of Christ, whose end is destruction, whose god is their appetite, and whose glory […]

In an email published with permission a reader of Apprising Ministries writes in to ask: Are you familiar with the New Perspective on Paul? In Richard Foster and Contemplative Mysticism: A Powerful Ecumenical Bond you referenced the website Bible Study Notes which had an article under the “Categories” section titled Pauline Gospel. When reading articles on a new site, it […]

All Words And Music By Ken Silva Maybe it’s a cold night in December, Maybe you’re all alone when you remember; Somewhere a family in Christ is missing you; Somewhere your church family wants to see you through… Maybe your faith has died to an ember, Maybe you’re falling asleep and you remember; Sometimes the […]

A landslide of writings from the viewpoint of the New Perspective on Paul (NPP) are like boulders and debris that have littered the road leading to an accurate understanding of salvation. However, in spite of the massive amount of literature aimed at destroying two millennia of clarity regarding the relationships of works, righteousness, faith, and […]

Beloved, while I was very diligent to write to you concerning our common salvation, I found it necessary to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints. (Jude 3, NKJV) Mixed Messages Now From Dr. J.I. Packer In an interview at Exiled Preacher the other day […]

History of the Church, 5:467 I wish the lawyer who says we have no powers in Nauvoo may be choked to death with his own words. Don’t employ lawyers, or pay them money for their knowledge, for I have learned that they don’t know anything. I know more than they all. History of the Church, […]

Recent decades have witnessed a change in views of Pauline theology. A growing number of evangelicals have endorsed a view called the New Perspective on Paul (NPP) which significantly departs from the Reformation emphasis on justification by faith alone. The NPP has followed in the path of historical criticism’s rejection of an orthodox view of […]

As you can see in the Apprising Ministries article Rob Bell On The Emerging Issue of Homosexuality: Mum’s the Word pastor Rob Bell, an icon in the postliberal cult of the Emergent Church, tells practicing homosexuals that “God loves you just as you are. Period.” Well, over at Slice of Laodicea Ingrid Schlueter points out that apparently […]