By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jun 27, 2010 in Current Issues, Devotions, Features
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. Or do you suppose it is to no purpose that the Scripture says, “He yearns jealously over the spirit that he has made […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jun 26, 2010 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features, Rob Bell
Apprising Ministries continues to sound the warning concerning the false teachings of Rob Bell, who’s without a doubt the rock star pastor of the sinfully ecumenical Emerging Church. A year ago in Through Rob Bell “The Great Enlightened Ones” Tell Us Man Has Divine Greatness I brought to your attention that Bell had finally come right out of his mystic closet in his […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jun 26, 2010 in Current Issues, Features
By Apprising Ministries correspondent Mike Ratilff of Possessing the Treasure This article will be very simple. There are some who claim that the Puritans were Contemplative and Mystical Christians in that the way that they prayed was done in such a way so as to invoke a a higher sense of feeling towards and from […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jun 26, 2010 in Current Issues, Features
Earlier in Alleged Untruths By Dr. Ergun Caner And Liberty University Investigation here at Apprising Ministries I explained that because Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary is reputed to be the largest Christian Evangelical university in the world the current situation concerning Dr. Ergun Caner is most unfortunate. The issue revolves around reports that Dr. Caner has been misrepresenting himself before the world as it concerns his testimony about […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jun 25, 2010 in AM Missives, Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism, Current Issues, Features, Southern Baptist Convention
For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery. (Galatians 5:1) Heading Back Into Law-based Quid Pro Quo Spirituality For quite some time now Apprising Ministries has been covering the influx of corrupt Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism into the Southern Baptist Convention, which is allegedly the largest […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jun 25, 2010 in Current Issues, Word Faith
By Bud Press, Director Christian Research Service The introduction1 atop his website reads, MASTER PROPHET BISHOP JORDAN YOUR MOST TRUSTED NAME IN PROPHECY But, once again, the self-appointed Master Prophet has been snagged in a false prophecy, and has demonstrated, again, that his prophecies cannot be trusted. Beginning at 4:52 into a YouTube video titled, 2010 Powerful Prophecy with […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jun 25, 2010 in Current Issues, Features
Adapted from the Apprising Ministries sister outreach Christian Research Network: At the website we read concerning this episode: On yesterday’s program we asked if John Piper agrees with his upcoming conference speaker Rick Warren’s promotion of mystic Richard Foster’s books on his Saddleback website. I think we have our answer. Thanks to one of our […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jun 25, 2010 in AM Missives, Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism, Current Issues, Features, Spiritual Formation
Apprising Ministries correspondent Christine Pack of Sola Sisters tells us of her interview today on the Crosstalk radio program of Ingrid Schlueter today: During the show, I briefly went over my own testimony of being mercifully saved out of New Age Spirituality (also called New Spirituality), only to find that the same mysticism I had once practiced was now […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jun 23, 2010 in AM Missives, Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism, Current Issues, Features, Spiritual Formation
Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap. For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life. (Galatians 6:7-8) Church Growth Techniques Sowed To The Flesh For […]