By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on May 16, 2011 in Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features
Our Lord clearly expects His true disciples to be able to spot spiritual imposters and wolves in sheep’s clothing—especially those who are purveyors of deadly false doctrines. Rob Bell certainly fits that category. He relentlessly casts doubt on the authority and reliability of Scripture. He denies the Bible’s perspicuity, disavows its hard truths, and ridicules […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on May 16, 2011 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features
I bow down toward your holy temple and give thanks to your name for your steadfast love and your faithfulness, for you have exalted above all things your name and your word… Thus says the Lord: “Stand by the roads, and look, and ask for the ancient paths, where the good way is; and walk […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on May 16, 2011 in Current Issues, Features, Quotes
But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having the appearance of […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on May 14, 2011 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features
See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ. (Colossians 2:8) A Wonderland Of Humpty Dumpty Language Apprising Ministries is an online apologetics and discernment work specializing in analyzing current trends in the […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on May 14, 2011 in Current Issues, Features, Word Faith
By Apprising Ministries correspondent Chrystal Whitt of Slaughter of the Sheep Paula White has a brand new show, and it’s called, “Just Paula.” It premiere[d] on Wednesday, May 4, 2011, at 9:00 p.m. on TBN. To be honest, if this video is any indicator, it looks like a mixture of reality show and ministry. Still […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on May 13, 2011 in Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features
The online apologetics and discernment work Apprising Ministries has been showing you that Progessive Christianity aka liberal theology will be showing up more and more around the circles of the sinfully ecumenical neo-liberal cult of the Emergent Church aka the Emerging Church with it’s so-called “big tent” Emergence Christianity. It’s a reimagined and postmodern form of Progressive […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on May 13, 2011 in Current Issues, Features
I’ve pointed out many times now that as a general rule, and a courtesy, we do not publish email without the permission of the sender. At the same time, all email sent to AM and Christian Research Network is considered the property of Apprising Ministries so we may indeed publish unsolicited email for the purposes […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on May 13, 2011 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Features, Southern Baptist Convention
And when they came to the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah put out his hand to the ark of God and took hold of it, for the oxen stumbled. And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Uzzah, and God struck him down there because of his error, and he died there beside the […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on May 13, 2011 in Current Issues, Features, Homosexuality/"Christian"
By Apprising Ministries correspondent Mike Ratilff of Possessing the Treasure You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. (James 4:4 ESV) During my trip to Oklahoma at the end of April […]