The following by Dr. Gary Gilley, pastor of Southern View Chapel, is adapted from his Think On These Things article The Kingdom of Emergent Theology – Part 1 and is published with permission: Emergent Eschatology Emergent and emerging leaders may differ over any number of issues but they present a united front when it comes to the kingdom of God—and the kingdom […]

Let’s get this straight; [in the penal substitutionary atonement] we’re either seeing the truth, or a lie. This either is the Gospel, or, it is not. The dividing line is abundantly clear; we either believe that the sum and substance of the Gospel is that a holy and righteous God—Who must demand a full penalty […]

…and those who are in the flesh cannot please God. However, you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you But if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Him. (Romans 8:8-9, NASB) Mysticism Is Opposed To Sola Scriptura […]

Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons. (1 Timothy 4:1, ESV) There’s Nothing New Here Under The Sun This Apprising Ministries piece comes about because of a post today from Cambourne Christian Fellowship called (One of) The Poisonous […]

Apprising Ministries brought to your attention a while back that  Shane Hipps is the new co-teaching pastor now along with his good friend, and Emerging Church (EC) icon Rob Bell, at Mars Hill Bible Church in Grand Rapids, MI. as I pointed out in Silence Shane Hipps, both having a Masters Degree from Fuller Theological Cesspool, which vomited forth the semi-pelagian (at best) Church Growth […]

Jim Trageser of North Country Times begins his February 5, 2010 piece Popular author McLaren to address local Episcopal conference by asking “What is an evangelical leader doing talking to a bunch of Episcopalians at a Methodist church?” Well, only in the postmodern world of Humpty Dumpty language could Brian McLaren even remotely be considered “an evangelical leader.” But […]

Earlier today Apprising Ministries told you that Brian McLaren responded to Scot McKnight’s review of his book. McLaren, an influential leader in the Emergent Church (EC), is busy making the rounds promoting his latest book  A New Kind of Christianity (ANKoC) where he may have made a tactical error in clearly laying out his updated version of old liberalism, which is really […]

Apprising Ministries has told you about Purpose Driven/Seeker Driven Popes Of TheCarolinas like Perry Noble and his disciple Steven Furtick, who are the next generation fruit of Leadership Network’s propped-up Purpose Driven Pope Rick Warren. As a matter of fact Noble has really come of age now after being a featured speaker for his mentor Rick Warren at his […]

You may be aware that the online apologetics and discernment work Apprising Ministries extends from CRBC, the local church where I am pastor. It is aligned (for now) with the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC). This is one of the reasons I have watched with sadness the drift of SBC megapastor Ed Young, Jr; who happens to […]

So says John H. Armstrong, president of ACT 3, in his blog post today Whither Brian McLaren? This is not to be seen as an endorsement of Armstrong by Apprising Ministries; but rather, I draw your attention to this piece from Armstrong because he tells us: I started reading Brian when his first book came out years ago. On […]