By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Oct 9, 2008 in AM Missives, Devotions
Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him. Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous. He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Oct 8, 2008 in Current Issues
*Update* “Brother” Davis has written and has given me permission to correct the link in his original email: Please update your website with a corrected link by going to the Universal Orthodox site. I was not able to send a correct link because your contact form does not allow for HTML or URLs. Many of […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Oct 8, 2008 in Current Issues
If you’re going to preach immature doctrine you might also want to look the part as well. The “message” you’ll hear below makes about as much sense to us as that of most of today’s seeker-friendly movements, whether they be Purpose Driven, Progressive and Emerging or Word Faith. But hey, you gotta admit at least this guy really […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Oct 8, 2008 in Emergent Church
Apprising Ministries is pleased to point you to the following from Dr. John MacArthur on the postliberal cult of the Emergent Church. The first is excerpted from “What’s So Dangerous About The Emerging Church?”: The bottom line, I think, in the movement is that it is a denial of the clarity of Scripture. It is […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Oct 8, 2008 in AM Missives, Rick Warren
…being a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways. (James 1:8, NASB) Is It Any Real Wonder Why People Want To Embrace The Double-Speak Of Postmodernism From his own mouth you’ll see Purpose Driven Pope Rick Warren speaking as concerning the Protestant Reformation and apostate Roman Catholicism in a way that the Bible refers to as “double-minded.” In Rick […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Oct 8, 2008 in AM Missives, Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism, Current Issues, Richard Foster, Spiritual Formation
It happened that while Jesus was praying in a certain place, after He had finished, one of His disciples said to Him, “Lord, teach us to pray just as John also taught his disciples.” (Luke 11:1, NASB) Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism Was Never Part Of Christ’s Doctrine In that verse from Luke 11 our Lord Christ Jesus of […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Oct 7, 2008 in AM Missives, Emergent Church
They are from the world and therefore speak from the viewpoint of the world, and the world listens to them. (1 John 4:5) Tell Us A Bedtime Story About Your God’s Hopes And Dreams For Our World Doug While Emerging Church Pastor Doug Pagitt is not as well known as some of these spiritually nebulous new breed Christ-followers such […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Oct 7, 2008 in Quotes
We have but to become acquainted with, or even listen to, the big names of our times to discover how wretchedly inferior most of them are. Many appear to have arrived at their present eminence by pull, brass, nerve, gall and lucky accident… [T]he church also suffers from this evil notion. Christians have fallen into […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Oct 7, 2008 in Quotes, Roman Catholicism
Soon after apostolic times there came the old Roman rubbish, which in the end proved a worse hindrance to the gospel than all the errors which had preceded it. This Popish rubbish was found in layers; first one doctrinal error, and then another, and then another, and then another, and then another, until at this […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Oct 7, 2008 in AM Missives, Devotions
The LORD would speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks with his friend. Then Moses would return to the camp, but his young aide Joshua son of Nun did not leave the tent. Moses said to the LORD, “You have been telling me, ‘Lead these people,’ but you have not let me […]