By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jun 14, 2011 in Current Issues, Features
There is no shortage of perplexing realities in our world today, but counted among them must be the fact that many rather well informed people seem to be shocked that Christians believe the doctrines of Christianity. Over the weekend, Rep. Anthony Weiner announced that he will request a leave of absence from the House of […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jun 14, 2011 in Apologetics, Current Issues, Features
Question: “What is Chrislam?” Answer: Chrislam is an attempt to syncretize Christianity with Islam. While it began in Nigeria in the 1980s, Chrislamic ideas have spread throughout much of the world. The essential concept of Chrislam is that Christianity and Islam are compatible, that one can be a Christian and a Muslim at the same […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jun 13, 2011 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Features
Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump? (1 Corinthians 5:6) Slowly Imbibing Theological Poison A main focus of this particular online apologetics and discernment work here at Apprising Ministries, has been monitoring and exposing the Emerging Church, now upgraded to version 2.0 with its newer, more clearly delineated, […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jun 13, 2011 in Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features, Quotes, Theology
Open theism arose in evangelicalism over a decade ago when evangelicals posited a God to whom one can easily relate and who is manageable in place of a God who punishes sinners for their sin. This they did by proposing a model of Christ’s atonement that was not substitutionary. To do so they adopted the model of […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jun 12, 2011 in AM Missives, Brian McLaren, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features, Jay Bakker
The online apologetics and discernment work Apprising Ministries has been covering the damage that’s been done by evangelicalism’s embrace of the sinfully ecumenical neo-liberal cult of the Emergent Church aka the Emerging Church—with its “big tent” Progressive Christianity aka Emergence Christianity. By using warped and toxic teachings of EC leaders like Emerging Church rock star pastor Rob Bell the mainstream of […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jun 12, 2011 in Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features
See also: DR. WALTER MARTIN EXPOSES THE ROTTEN ROOTS OF THE POSTLIBERAL EMERGING CHURCH OF POSTEVANGELICALISM BIG TENT CIRCUS OF POSTMODERN LIBERALISM BIG TENT PROGRESSIVE CHRISTIANITY AS LIBERALISM 2.0
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jun 12, 2011 in Current Issues, Features
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. Sadly, this is a time of growing spiritual darkness and blindness, which is why I’ve been warning you about […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jun 11, 2011 in Current Issues, Features, Theology
by Gary F. Zeolla Process Theology is a rather recent and very controversial movement. This article will explain and evaluate its beliefs. But first, a look at the background and history of Process Theology. History of Process Theology Process Theology (PT) has its roots in the Grecian, philosopher Heraclitus (c.504 BC). Heraclitus viewed reality in […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jun 11, 2011 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features
As I begin this piece here at Apprising Ministries I develop further an analogy I heard originally from Chris Rosebrough; The Build-A-God Shop, a venue where you can come in and share the characteristics of the god of your choosing. Then after you place your order, people scurry down to the basement of the store and get […]