By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Sep 30, 2008 in Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church
For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires, and will turn away their ears from the truth and will turn aside to myths. (2 Timothy 4:3-4, NASB) Phyllis, Will You Please Tickle Our Ears… […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Sep 29, 2008 in AM Missives, Rick Warren
So Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you; as the Father has sent Me, I also send you.” (John 20:21, NASB) Talking Together About Their Books And Tickling Their Own Ears In their September 27, 2008 story “Warren Urges Larger Role for Churches to Solve Global Problems” Christian Post reports that publicity seeking Purpose Driven […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Sep 29, 2008 in Emergent Church
Over at Pyromanics Phil Johnson posted three PoMotivators. This first one is so dead on target re. Doug Pagitt of the Emerging Church it’s gotta leave a mark. In my opinion Pagitt wouldn’t know platonic thought if he fell over it. And frankly, whenever I hear Emerging Church Pastor Doug Pagitt speak I’m reminded of an old James Brown […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Sep 29, 2008 in Current Issues
Do I mean then that a sacrifice offered to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything? No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God, and I do not want you to be participants with demons. You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Sep 28, 2008 in Quotes
Now do you see what the laborer brings with him? It is a sickle. His communications with the corn is are sharp and cutting. He cuts right through, cuts the corn down, and casts it on the ground. The man whom God means to be a laborer in his harvest must not come with soft and […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Sep 27, 2008 in Quotes
Never apologize for your Lord. The words of the Lord hurt and offend until there is nothing left to hurt or offend. Jesus Christ has no tenderness whatever toward anything that is ultimately going to ruin a man in the service of God. Our Lord’s answers are based not on caprice, but on a knowledge […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Sep 26, 2008 in Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism, Current Issues
Recently I had the opportunity to join Ingrid Schlueter to discuss the new reimagined Gnostics and their supposed superior mystic spirituality currently infesting the evangelical community fueled by the spurious Spiritual Formation of Living Spiritual Teacher and Quaker mystic Richard Foster . You can find the link to that program in *Crosstalk* “Christian” Mysticism. The sad fact is we are now witnessing the rise of a Cult […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Sep 26, 2008 in AM Missives, Brian McLaren, Current Issues, Emergent Church, Homosexuality/"Christian"
Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals, nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God. (1 Corinthians 6:9-10, NASB) Talking Loud But Saying Absolutely Nothing That […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Sep 25, 2008 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Homosexuality/"Christian"
Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. (1 Corinthians 6:9-10) Unrepentant Homosexual Practice […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Sep 25, 2008 in Current Issues, Emergent Church
Apprising Ministries brings you the prophetic words of Dr. Walter Martin (1928-1989), founder of the Christian Research Institute and the original “Bible Answer Man.” Here from his lecture on The Cult of Liberal Theology circa 1987. This important message is available at Walter Martin Religious InfoNet and thoroughly exposes the theologically rotten roots that are even now slithering into mainstream evangelicalism underneath the […]