And one of the scribes came up and heard them disputing with one another, and seeing that he answered them well, asked him, “Which commandment is the most important of all?”  Jesus answered, “The most important is, ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. And you shall love the Lord your […]

The online apologetics and discernement work Apprising Ministries has long been covering the foolish embrace by mainstream evangelicalism of the sinfully ecumenial Emerging Church aka Emergent Church—which has grown into a full-blown neo-liberal cult operating within its walls. This is because what we’re now dealing with is an upgraded Emerging Church 2.0 complete with its new version of Progressive Christian theology that they’re referring to as “big tent” Emergence Christianity; and […]

You are likely aware that this online apologetics and discernment work Apprising Ministries has been among those who’ve been reporting on an ill-advised decision by Dr. John Piper to bring Purpose Driven Pope Rick Warren into the Desiring God Conference 2010 as the keynote speaker. As I’ve pointed out before, sadly, it got even worse when Dr. Piper offered the below […]

They would not listen, but were stubborn, as their fathers had been, who did not believe in the Lord their God. They despised his statutes and his covenant that he made with their fathers and the warnings that he gave them. They went after false idols and became false, and they followed the nations that […]

By Apprising Ministries correspondent Mike Ratilff of Possessing the Treasure In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. (John 1:1-2 ESV) I heard a sermon once a long time ago in which the preacher defined a cult as any […]

Apprising Ministries brings to your attention an article by Brett McCracken called The Perils of ‘Wannabe Cool’ Christianity, which appeared online yesterday at The Wall Street Journal. If you didn’t know, the title of this piece is a play off the title of McCracken’s just published book Hipster Christianity: Where Church and Cool Collide. His book bio tells us that his […]

The online apologetics and discernment work Apprising Ministries has told you that apostatizing pretending to be Protestant evangelicalism is paying a heavy price for its foolish embrace of the sinfully ecumenial Emerging Church aka Emergent Church—which has grown into a full-blown neo-liberal cult operating within its walls; and what we’re now dealing with is an upgraded Emerging Church 2.0 complete with its new version […]

Is Benny Hinn A Patron of the Arts? An inquiring mind wanted to know by Bud Press, Director Christian Research Service August 13, 2010 The August 2, 2010 edition of the NATIONAL ENQUIRER hit the newsstands on July 23, and featured a two-page article on an alleged “Torrid Affair” between American televangelists Benny Hinn and Paula White. […]