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) God Is Not Trying Bring Unity In The Visible Church Apprising Ministries continues documenting the sad slide of evanjellyfish deeper into apostasy as spiritual darkness grows. In […]

Beyond question the dubious duo of Living Spiritual Teacher and Quaker mystic Richard Foster and his spiritual twin, Southern Baptist minister Dallas Willard, are most responsible for the growing infestation within evangelicalism of critical thinking skills-numbing corrupt Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism (CSM). For at least the past six years now online apologetics and discernment ministries like Herescope, […]

THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO JESUS Let’s return to the Roman Catholic priest’s challenge. Certainly if justification by faith alone is so crucial a doctrine, we would expect to find it clearly taught by our Lord. Indeed, that is precisely what we discover. Although Christ made no formal explication of the doctrine of justification (such as […]

See also: WORD FAITH PASTRIX CHRISTINE CAINE PREACHES SUNDAY MORNING SERMON FOR STEVEN FURTICK STEVEN FURTICK HAS CODE ORANGE SERMON OF MATT CHANDLER PULLED STEVEN FURTICK, JAMES MACDONALD, AND JOEL OSTEEN

As I pointed out in the Apprising Ministries article Study In 1 John 4:1—Test The Spirits there is a critical lack of proper Biblical understanding of the Gospel and the actual mission of the Church. This is exactly what’s producing the man-centered pragmatism of the whole Seeker Driven Church Growth Movement, aka attractional, as typified e.g. by Prophet-Führer Steven Furtick […]

Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world. (1 John 4:1) Reality Check: Do Not Just Believe Everything You Hear About God Truthfully—if I might be allowed that term—the only way we will have any real […]

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.  Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way, though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains tremble at its swelling. Selah There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the […]

Apprising Ministries is an online apologetics and discernment work specializing in analyzing current trends in the visible church, apprising you as to what they are, and informing you as to how you can deal with them. One trend we’ve watched very carefully since 2005 was the rise of the Emergent Church aka the Emerging Church; […]

UPDATE: An Elevation Church employee and member of the Code Orange De-vival team says they were following what God wanted them to do when they pulled Matt Chandler’s sermon. I now invite you to see for yourself: STEVEN FURTICK HAS CODE ORANGE SERMON OF MATT CHANDLER PULLED Apprising Ministries is doing what we can to […]

Among the issues Apprising Ministries covers is how even the heretical Word Faith movement continues heading toward acceptance within the mainstream of evangelicalism. Unfortunately, as apostasy spreads like an Oklahoma wild-fire, with timid leaders scared of their own spiritual shadows, we now find ourselves in a nauseating New Downgrade No-Controversy. So, unless you’ve been living in […]