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. 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 theological […]

In recent posts such as Leonard Sweet, Frank Viola, And The Third Way and Root Of This New Downgrade here at Apprising Ministries I’ve been showing you how deeply the practice, and results, of Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism (CSM) within the pretending to be Protestant squishy evanjellyfish community. And in Mark Driscoll And Neo-Reformed New Calvinist Contemplative Spirituality I’ve also shown you that […]

 *UPDATE* Now Frank Turk has specifically said he is not talking about Christian Research Network in the below post so I have edited the post to reflect what he has said today.  Frank Turk is perhaps best known for his blogging at Pyromaniacs with Phil Johnson, who’s the executive director of John McArthur’s fine Grace to You ministry. […]

 He went on his way through towns and villages, teaching and journeying toward Jerusalem. And someone said to him, “Lord, will those who are saved be few?” And he said to them, “Strive to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able. When once […]

You may be aware that I’m General Editor of the Christian Research Network, which is a sister outreach with Apprising Ministries. Below is an unsolicited testimony piece from Jon Cardwell, pastor of Sovereign Grace Baptist Church, which originally ran at CRN. Pastor Cardwell also serves as a member of the board of directors for AM […]

The following Critical Issues Commentary by Christian apologist Bob DeWaay and is republished at Apprising Ministries with permission: “So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and are of God’s household, having been built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus Himself being the […]

A main function of the online apologetics and discernment work here at Apprising Ministries is to alert you to developing trends within the visible church. In that regard you may recall the recent post The Coalescing Of The Christian Right With Apostolic Dominionism, which was built around an in-depth and well-researched article at Herescope from my friend Dr. Orrel […]

 Right in line with the Apprising Ministries post Root Of This New Downgrade, in this time of Rodney King, “Can’t we all just get along” theology, on his latest DL program (video below) Dr. James White of Alpha & Omega Ministries asks: a simple question: where is the church in the Ergun Caner Scandal? Why is it that […]

“How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray?” (Matthew 18:12, KJV) This New Downgrade Today Creates No Controversy Apprising Ministries has been warning about, and documenting, the […]

…they mixed with the nations and learned to do as they did. They served their idols, which became a snare to them. (Psalm 106:35-36, ESV) The Convergence Apprising Ministries introduced you to Mike Morrell, a largely behind the scenes networker in the neo-liberal cult of the Emergent Church in Mike Morrell On Matthew Fox, John Wimber, And The […]