By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Apr 9, 2012 in Current Issues, Features
“Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few. (Matthew 7:13-14) At once we are reminded of […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Apr 9, 2012 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Features
Apprising Ministries continues our coverage of the sad slide in the love of self (cf. 2 Timothy 3:2) going on within apostatizing mainstream evangelicalism. While the Church Growth Movement is at the heart of it, it was seriously accelerated by its infected arm which became known as the Emerging Church aka the Emergent Church. Other […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Apr 8, 2012 in Current Issues, Features, Roman Catholicism
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By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Apr 8, 2012 in Current Issues, Devotions, Features
Whoever then annuls one of the least of these commandments, and teaches others to do the same, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever keeps and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. (Matthew 5:19) The New Testament presents a paradox concerning God’s law. On one hand, it is abolished, on the […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Apr 7, 2012 in Current Issues, Features
Luke 24:1-12 The resurrection of Christ is one of the great foundation-stones of the Christian religion. In practical importance it is second only to the crucifixion. The chapter we have now begun directs our mind to the evidence of the resurrection. It contains unanswerable proof that Jesus not only died, but rose again. We see, […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Apr 7, 2012 in Current Issues, Devotions, Features
When my soul fainted within me I remembered the LORD: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple. They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy. (Jonah 2:7-8) The difficulty all along has been to get to the end of you, for when a man gets to the end of himself, he has […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Apr 7, 2012 in Current Issues, Devotions, Features
Apprising Ministries reminds you that the concept of sin comes from the Greek word hamartia. It’s an archery term that means “to miss the mark.” Now, the thinking person is going to ask here: Well, what mark is it that we miss? The answer is: The absolute perfect righteousness of Jesus Christ. Here then from Christ […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Apr 5, 2012 in Current Issues, Features
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By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Apr 4, 2012 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Features
As I urged you when I was going to Macedonia, remain at Ephesus so that you may charge certain persons not to teach any different doctrine, nor to devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies, which promote speculations rather than the stewardship from God that is by faith. The aim of our charge is love […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Apr 4, 2012 in Current Issues, Devotions, Features
For truly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or stroke shall pass from the Law until all is accomplished. (Matthew 5:18) To be a follower of Jesus Christ is to accept what He says about Scripture and to wholeheartedly echo Peter’s sentiment: “You have words of eternal life” (John 6:68). […]