By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Dec 17, 2011 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Features, Rob Bell
For many years Apprising Ministries—one of the few online venues who would tell you the truth straight up—has tracked the sad decline of Rob Bell, the rock star pastor of the Emerging Church. You likely know that he’s resigned from Mars Hill Bible Church and turned it over to his good friend and fellow apostate […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Dec 16, 2011 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Features
A fundamental doctrine of true Christianity is the divine birth of the child Jesus. This doctrine is not generally comprehended by the world. The paternity of Jesus Christ is one of the “mysteries of godliness” comprehended only by the spiritually minded. (See 1 Timothy 3:16; D&C 19:10.) The Apostle Matthew recorded: “Now the birth of […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Dec 16, 2011 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Features, Steven Furtick
And the Lord said to me: “The prophets are prophesying lies in my name. I did not send them, nor did I command them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a lying vision, worthless divination, and the deceit of their own minds.” (Jeremiah 14:14) Leaven Continues To Spread Due to increasing syncretism […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Dec 15, 2011 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Features
This is why I left you in Crete, so that you might put what remained into order, and appoint elders in every town as I directed you—if anyone is above reproach, the husband of one wife, and his children are believers and not open to the charge of debauchery or insubordination. For an overseer, as […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Dec 13, 2011 in AM Missives, Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism, Current Issues, Features, Spiritual Formation
In earlier Apprising Ministries articles like and Christian Soldiers Standing Up For Jesus? and the semi-satirical Recipe For Spiritual DisasterI’ve been trying to bring to your attention how a Rodney King theology of, “Can’t we all just get along” is serving to cripple the witness of the church visible. A major factor contributing to this […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Dec 13, 2011 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Features
By Apprising Ministries special correspondent Justin Edwards of airō The American church continues to give evidence of its ever-deteriorating state. No longer can we, without rebuke, “equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ” (Ephesians 4:12) that we might “no longer be children, tossed to and fro by […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Dec 10, 2011 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Features, Joel Osteen, T.D. Jakes, Word Faith
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. This you can see for yourself e.g. […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Dec 10, 2011 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Features, Roman Catholicism
Apprising Ministries continues to warn you of increasing spiritual darkness falling across Christendom as a whole and evangelicalism in particular. This is part of 1 Peter 4:17 judgment Jesus Himself is sending to shake the visible Christian church. It’s well past time for you to realize the time in which we live. One of deceitful spirits […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Dec 9, 2011 in AM Missives, Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism, Current Issues, Features, Roman Catholicism
For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery. (Galatians 5:1) In this chapter the Apostle Paul presents the doctrine of Christian liberty in a final effort to persuade the Galatians to give up the nefarious doctrine of the false apostles. To accomplish his […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Dec 8, 2011 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Features, Roman Catholicism
Being in the field of online apologetics and discernment here at Apprising Ministries I’m often accused of writing in anger. Well, indeed, this is sometimes quite true. However, as one Jesus also called as a pastor-teacher, I offer that it isn’t my anger I’m expressing. Such is the case here as I cover more of this New Downgrade […]