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GARY GILLEY ON SPIRITUAL FORMATION AT WORSHIP »

The following by Dr. Gary Gilley, pastor of Southern View Chapel, is republished at Apprising Ministries with permission: Within spiritual formation and similar circles, there has been much criticism of worship as found in evangelical Protestantism.  Much of this criticism is aimed at the seeker-sensitive churches with their push for polished performances, entertainment, and the desire […]

FAITH »

FAITH is needed at every step of this life on this fallen planet. Our Saviour knows what He is doing with you, beloved of the Lord. Consider the faith passage, Hebrews 11, what a list of trials and seeming disasters it gives to us. Recently a missionary and his two sons from Australia were burned alive […]

POSTMODERNISM »

Further reading AN EVENING WITH EMERGING APOSTATE ROB BELL EMERGENT APOSTATES LIKE TONY JONES ARE NOT INTERESTED IN HONEST CONVERSATION BRIAN MCLAREN LEADS CEREMONY AT SON’S SAME-SEX WEDDING

WARNINGS CONCERNING MARK CAHILL »

Christian Research Network is a sister outreach of Apprising Ministries. The following comes from CRN contributor Justin Edwards of airo: Mark Cahill is well known in the Christian evangelism community. He has authored three books and provides many resources at his website to encourage Christians to be bold in sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ. […]

HAVE YOU AN OPEN MIND? »

Where there is no prophetic vision the people cast off restraint, but blessed is he who keeps the law.  (Proverbs 29:18) But God Has Already Spoken In The Revelation Of Holy Scripture This spiritual darkness continues to spread apostasy and Satan continues making huge inroads into the visible church through deceitful spirits sowing their teachings of demons. O yes indeed, our culture is tolerant—tolerant […]

SCURRILOUS SHEPHERDS & THEIR STARVING SHEEP »

The following is originally published by Herescope and is republished here with permission: The Cult of Evangelical Leadership, Part 4   It has become obvious that Shepherding-Discipleship is not merely an aberration that affects individual personal lives, but is a broad-based ecumenical outreach designed to conform the entire Church to an authoritarian structure with the purpose of achieving […]

ROCKING WITH RICK WARREN AT HIS HALLOWEEN BLOCKTOBER »

Apprising Ministries was among the first to break the story that Dr. John Piper made the unfortunate mistake of asking Rick Warren to be a keynote speaker for the Desiring God Conference 2010. I’m afraid that when he opened the door for Warren into such a respected area of the Reformed circle as the DG conference, and then came to Warren’s […]

AN EVENING WITH EMERGING APOSTATE ROB BELL »

Apprising Ministries last talked about Rob Bell, former rock star icon of the Emerging Church, in pieces such as Rob Bell Affirms Gay “Christians” & Brian McLaren Is Really Happy and Influence Of Richard Rohr On Rob Bell And His Love Wins Mythology. You’ve seen that since departing Mars Hill Bible Church Bell has been coming out of the closet as the full […]

STUFFED SHIRTS & THEIR SYCOPHANTS »

The following is originally published by Herescope and is republished here with permission: The Cult of Evangelical Leadership, Part 3   Stuffed Shirt: Someone viewed as exceedingly competent, a notch above others, extraordinary, superior, elite, a surpassing expert, a change agent, above average, higher up, unrivaled, first-class, a higher degree, hardly ever wrong, and wealthier than average. Stuffed Shirts […]

FREE REFORMATION DAY BOOKS AND RESOURCES »

By Chris Rosebrough, used with permission Happy Reformation Day! I am firmly convinced that if you understand the history of the Reformation including an understanding of Medieval Roman Catholicism and Martin Luther’s torturous sojourn through it that you will have the ability to better spot the false theology that has crept into today’s church. To […]

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