Category: Current Issues
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Aug 13, 2010 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Features, Rick Warren, Southern Baptist Convention
The online apologetics and discernment work Apprising Ministries, which extends as an outreach of the local church where I’m pastor—SBC (for now)—has long been critical of the Purpose Driven Pope Rick Warren. In addition to his twisting of the Bible as if it’s his personal piece of Play-Doh, as a former Roman Catholic, I am personally offended by his double-minded […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Aug 12, 2010 in Current Issues, Rick Warren, Southern Baptist Convention
This is a bit of a follow up/update of the Apprising Ministries post Rick Warren Defends Church Challange where I told you that Purpose Driven Pope Rick Warren tweeted the below boast. Warren then deleted it within a couple of hours, and yet today the self-professed “Pastor to pastors” who, “Leads network of churches in 195 nations-PEACE Plan,” […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Aug 12, 2010 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Features, Rick Warren, Southern Baptist Convention
…is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways. (James 1:8) Rick Warren’s “Now You See It; Now You Don’t” Teaching Style Apprising Ministries has been among the online apologetics and discernment ministries who brought to your attention 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. Standard […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Aug 11, 2010 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Features, Homosexuality/"Christian"
Apprising Ministries continues covering the sad saga of Anne Rice because it’s also an indicator of evangelicalism, in very much the same way as gay affirming “pastor” Jay Bakker Reflects The Sad Condition Of The Visible Church. In addition, as I said in Anne Rice In Apostasy, if she would drop this and move, then I wouldn’t […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Aug 11, 2010 in AM Missives, Brian McLaren, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features
For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths. (2 Timothy 4:3-4) Gathering Their Teachers For the past 5+ years now Apprising Ministries has closely monitored the sinfully […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Aug 11, 2010 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Features, Rick Warren
The 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. Unfortunately, it got even worse when Dr. Piper defended his decision; and so, Warrengate is still slowly simmering: At root I think [Rick Warren] is […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Aug 11, 2010 in AM Missives, Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features, Spiritual Formation
Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons. (1 Timothy 4:1) Demons Do Have Doctrines and One Of Them Is So-Called Great “Human Potential” As an example of what I mean in the title of this semi-reductio Apprising Ministries piece, here’s […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Aug 10, 2010 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Features, Word Faith
*UPDATE* See JACK HAYFORD TO REMARRY WF HERETIC BENNY HINN TO EX-WIFE After a report of an alleged affair between top level Word Faith heretics Benny Hinn and Paula White surfaced in The National Enquirer, in posts such as Paula White: Is She, Or Isn’t She? and Benny Hinn And Paula White Side By Side here at Apprising […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Aug 10, 2010 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Features, Roman Catholicism
And then many will fall away and betray one another and hate one another. And many false prophets will arise and lead many astray. 12 And because lawlessness will be increased, the love of many will grow cold. But the one who endures to the end will be saved. (Matthew 24:10-13) Thanks, But No Thanks; I’ll Just […]
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