John 3:16.–[For God so loved the world, etc.] Our Lord, in this verse, shows Nicodemus another “heavenly thing.” Nicodemus probably thought, like many Jews, that God’s purposes of mercy were entirely confined to His chosen people Israel, and that when Messiah appeared He would appear only for the special benefit of the Jewish nation. Our […]

Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped,  but made himself nothing, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself […]

Even though it costs, with donations now nearing a critical low, which threatens our future, the online apologetics and discernment work Apprising Ministries still continues to warn you that there is a tsunami of apostasy—pushed along by 1 Peter 4:17  judgments—headed toward the church visible. In this follow-up to Tim Keller And Contemplative Spirituality I’ll give you reason to be concerned […]

Apprising Ministries continues documenting the growing influence of Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism(CSM) right into the timid heart of the squishy evanjellyfish pretending to be Protestant community. I’ve told you that the main catalyst for this spiritual skubalon is the Living Spiritual Teacher and Quaker mystic Richard Foster along with his spiritual twin, Southern Baptist minister Dallas Willard; […]

By Apprising Ministries special correspondent John Beardsley of The Beardsley Ministry Spurgeon warned in his day that, “When the old faith is gone, and enthusiasm for the gospel is extinct, it is no wonder that people seek something else in the way of delight. Lacking bread, they feed on ashes; rejecting the way of the […]

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By Anton Bosch, pastor of Sun Valley Community Church, Sun Valley, CA In the last article we began to examine the Scriptural basis for relying exclusively on the Bible rather than accepting various extra-biblical “revelations” as being at the same level, or higher, authority as the Bible. This is a view that is fast dying out […]

God be praised that He’s seen fit to place Apprising Ministries among the leading online apologetics and discernment works. This undeserved forum allows me to quickly alert the church visible to important issues it must face. One of which is the very rapid penetration of apostasy into the heart of the mainstream evangelical community—particularly in its younger […]

By Apprising Ministries special correspondent Mike Ratilff of Possessing the Treasure Οὐ γὰρ ἐπαισχύνομαι τὸ εὐαγγέλιον, δύναμις γὰρ θεοῦ ἐστιν εἰς σωτηρίαν παντὶ τῷ πιστεύοντι, Ἰουδαίῳ τε πρῶτον καὶ Ἕλληνι. δικαιοσύνη γὰρ θεοῦ ἐν αὐτῷ ἀποκαλύπτεται ἐκ πίστεως εἰς πίστιν, καθὼς γέγραπται· ὁ δὲ δίκαιος ἐκ πίστεως ζήσεται. (Romans 1:16,17 NA27) For I am not […]

Apprising Ministries first introduced you to prophet-pastor Eric Dykstra, who’s good friends with Steven Furtick and a disciple of Bill Cornelius, in Eric Dykstra And The Crossing Church. You may recall I explained that he’s “lead pastor” of The Crossing Church (TCC) in Elk River, MN—along with pastrix Kelly Dykstra—so this church is already off […]