By Pastor Larry DeBruyn of Guarding His Flock Ministries, republished here with permission: Contemplative Prayer and the Lord’s Prayer “For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful. What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also.” 1 Corinthians 14:14-15a, KJV Between contemplative spirituality […]

Apprising Ministries has been telling you that the Word Faith (WF) movement is moving closer and closer to acceptance within mainstream evangelicalism. For example, Christian Research Network associate editor Erin Benziger made us aware of this peculiarity Mark Driscoll Promoting Word Faith Teacher Brian Houston? I’ll now bring to your attention an up and coming Word Faith personality by […]

By Christian Research Network Associate Editor Erin Benziger of Do Not Be Surprised… This is a repost of an original article on Do Not Be Surprised… Nestled in the suburbs of Chicago rests one of America’s most well-known megachurches. Having been at the forefront of the seeker-friendly movement, Willow Creek and its senior pastor, Bill […]

Apprising Ministries has been warning here that a very dark and deviant same sex storm is reaching hurricane force and is only slightly off the coast of the mainstream evangelical community. That’s why I wrote Miley Cyrus And Gay Marriage; while I don’t consider her a Christian, her views do represent young evangelicals. It’s likely not […]

By Dr. Orrel Steincamp, republished with permission Have you ever heard of “panentheism”? It sounds a lot like pantheism but there are those two additional letters “en” inserted after “pan.” The word broken into its constitute parts is pan=all, en= in, and theos= God. Panentheism is the belief the universe is contained within God and […]

See also: BEWARE OF EMERGING SPIRITUALITY AND EMERGENCE THEORY THE EMERGING CHURCH AND THE NEW PROGRESSIVE THEOLOGY ON CHRIST THE EMERGING CHURCH AND THE NEW PROGRESSIVE THEOLOGY ON OTHER RELIGIONS

Apprising Ministries continues showing you that Southern Baptists Are Assisting The Roman Catholic Church To Infiltrate Evangelicalism. In that piece I reminded you that the late Chuck Colson was most prominent among them. The fact is, things are not well in the SBC, which is supposedly a Protestant denomination. Today was the memorial for Chuck Colson […]

Over a year ago Apprising Ministries began warning you that Word Faith Heretics Like Creflo Dollar Draw Nearer To Evangelical Acceptance. I’m sure many thought, “Silva, you’ve lost what’s left of your mind.” But since then we’ve had the Elephant Room 2 try and tell us that T.D. Jakes Is Not A Word Faith Prosperity Preacher. It seems […]

Yesterday in Liberty University, Mitt Romney, And Mormonism here at Apprising Ministries I reminded you of a mini-flap when it was announced that Mitt Romney, a devout member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the Mormons) was to address Liberty University (LU) graduates at the 2012 Commencement ceremony. If you didn’t know, Romney did so this past Saturday, […]

Christian Research Network is a sister work of Apprising Ministries. Today CRN Associate Editor Erin Benziger of Do Not Be Surprised… brings more detail on fallout from the ecumenical Elephant Room II of James MacDonald: On 9 May 2012, Christian Research Network reported the following: After speaking to Harvest Bible Chapel Grayslake, Christian Research Network has confirmed that this […]