Jesus said, “If you hold to My teaching, you are really My disciples. Then you will know the Truth, and the Truth will set you free.” (John 8:31-32) It Is Not Love To Withhold The Truth  In the Apprising Ministries piece Outlaw Preachers And The Emerging Church I show you concrete proof that this rather rapscallion bunch, […]

I’ve pointed out previously that as a general rule, and a courtesy, we do not publish email without the permission of the sender. However at the same time, all email sent to AM and Christian Research Network is considered the property of Apprising Ministries so we may indeed publish unsolicited email for the purposes of […]

If you are familiar with Apprising Ministries you’ll know that I’m not an advocate of what I call “the plus-minus” apologetic. By that I mean, one already knows a given author is not in favor of the subject at hand; yet, the author begins with a few “positive” aspects of the subject, followed by many […]

Yesterday, as of this writing, Dr. James White of the excellent apologetics work Alpha & Omega Ministries tweeted the following concerning Rob Bell, the Elvis of the egregiously ecumenical Emerging Church aka Emergent Church—morphing into Emergence Christianity (EC): So you think @realrobbell would direct me to a listing of his sources for his “What is the Gospel” video? Esp. his claims about […]

From the website of the Iron Sharpens Iron radio program hosted by Chris Arnzen: Apprising Ministries pointed out recently Shane Hipps Accepts Teaching Pastor Job With Rob Bell at Mars Hill Bible Church in Grand Rapids, MI. [Hipps is] MHBC’s new co-pastor alongside Rob Bell, who, as our guest today, Ken Silva, describes as “the Elvis of the […]

Being one who began in ministry over 20 years ago in the fields of apologetics, Comparative Religion, and evangelizing those in non-Christian cults, I can tell you that a classic tactic of every cult is an attempt to circumvent the authority of the Bible. As I said in the Apprising Ministries piece Accusations Of “Bibliolatry” Not […]

Tonight Shane Hipps, new co-pastor with Rob Bell, the Elvis of the egregiously ecumenical Emerging Church aka Emergent Church de-formation of the Christian faith—now morphing into Emergence Christianity, at Mars Hill Bible Church in Grand Rapids, MI. tweets: big thanks to apprising ministries for producing a transcript of the last sermon I preached at @marshillorg: http://tinyurl.com/yglx3tu (Online source) O, you’re very […]

My friend Lane Chaplin intros Episode 2 of his webcast: These days, it seems like everyone declares themselves to be evangelical, but what does this term really mean? Does it have any historical basis? Who are some that are calling themselves evangelical that really aren’t, and why is it important to defend the historic position? These […]

It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery. (Galatians 5:1, NASB) Returning To The Yoke Of Spiritual Bondage Apprising Ministries pointed out recently Shane Hipps Accepts Teaching Pastor Job With Rob Bell at Mars Hill Bible Church in Grand Rapids, […]

Joel Taylor of 5 pt. Salt has the video, which you can see here. See also: JOHN MACARTHUR: SEEKER-FRIENDLY MOVEMENT IS THE NEW LIBERALISM IT’S WELL PAST TIME TO GET READY JOHN MACARTHUR: WHEN BEING “NICE” IS WRONG READ THE BIBLE, PRAY, AND DO WHAT IT SAYS THERE IS NO SPIRITUAL SWITZERLAND JOHN MACARTHUR: EXISTENTIAL NEO-ORTHODOXY DENIES […]