By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Sep 25, 2008 in AM Missives, Devotions
But if I say, “I will not remember Him, Or speak anymore in His name,” Then in my heart it becomes like a burning fire, Shut up in my bones; And I am weary of holding it in, And I cannot endure it. (Jeremiah 20:9) Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism Leads To Reimagined Neo-Gnostic Asceticism The original Cult of Liberal […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Sep 23, 2008 in AM Missives, Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism, Current Issues
God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change, And though the mountains slip into the heart of the sea; Though its waters roar and foam, Though the mountains quake at its swelling pride. There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, The holy […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Sep 22, 2008 in AM Missives, Richard Foster, Spiritual Formation
Then the LORD said to me, “The prophets are prophesying lies in my name. I have not sent them or appointed them or spoken to them. They are prophesying to you false visions, divinations, idolatries and the delusions of their own minds.” (Jeremiah 14:14) Evangelical Rip Van Winkles Call A Quaker Mystic For Their Bedtime Stories […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Sep 21, 2008 in AM Missives, Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism, Current Issues, Spiritual Formation
At this point as we are Meditating On Contemplative/Centering Prayer I am going to shift gears a bit and begin to take a closer look at why it is we’re told we must practice the so-called “Christian” meditation of Contemplative/Centering Prayer (CCP)—that actually flowered in the antibiblical monastic traditions of apostate Roman Catholicism and which is central to the theology of […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Sep 20, 2008 in AM Missives, Rob Bell
The following is adapted from the Apprising Ministries post Rob Bell In A Nutshell: The Bible: Emerging Church pastor Rob Bell The Bells started questioning their assumptions about the Bible itself–discovering the Bible as a human product,” as Rob puts it, rather than the product of divine fiat. “The Bible is still in the center for us,” […]
By AM on Sep 18, 2008 in AM Missives, Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism, Current Issues
Ken Silva of Apprising Ministries joins Ingrid Schlueter on her Crosstalk radio program to address an important aspect the current drift away from Sola Scriptura in contemporary evangelicalism. In Christianity Today Promoting the Cult of Richard Foster a couple of weeks back we told you about a feature interview with Living Spiritual Teacher and Quaker mystic Richard Foster in this month’s edition of Christianity Today […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Sep 18, 2008 in AM Missives, Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism, Spiritual Formation
They are full of superstitions from the East; they practice divination like the Philistines and clasp hands with pagans. (Isaiah 2:6) Selfish Subjectivity With Scripture Invites In Spurious Spirituality Apprising Ministries has recently been laboring to show that it’s simply beyond question the vast majority of those in leadership within postevangelicalism and the Emerging Church actually […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Sep 16, 2008 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Emergent Church
Those controlled by the sinful nature cannot please God. You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ. But if Christ is in you, your body is […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Sep 14, 2008 in AM Missives, Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism, Southern Baptist Convention
See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, according to the tradition of men, according to the elementary principles of the world, rather than according to Christ. (Colossians 2:8) CSM Of Apostate Roman Catholic Mystics Now Considered “Protestant” Unfortunately in this piece Apprising Ministries must show you that Georgia Baptist Convention (GBC), […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Sep 12, 2008 in AM Missives, Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism, Current Issues
holding to a form of godliness, although they have denied its power; Avoid such men as these. (2 Timothy 3:5, NASB) Maybe The Reformers Were Wrong About Roman Catholic Mystics In Christianity Today Promoting the Cult of Richard Foster a couple of weeks back Apprising Ministries told you about a feature interview with Living Spiritual Teacher and Quaker mystic Richard Foster in […]