You may know from reading Apprising Ministries that my late mom was from Sydney, Nova Scotia; and Canada has always been dear to my heart. In Look who’s Teaching the Teachers over at her informative More Books and Things my friend Carla has been alerting those north of the border about the upcoming: Christian Principals Spring Conference […]

 By now you likely know 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: At root I think [Rick Warren] is theological and doctrinal […]

Apprising Ministries has been warning you concerning the “big tent” version of Progressive Christianity [read: universalism] still being cobbled together by the likes of uber-liberal Harvey Cox along with his friend panentheist progressive/liberal theologian Dr. Philip Clayton, himself friends with Emerging Church guru Brian McLaren. We know from Scripture that the enemy controling the seducing spirits using such as these is already driving them all […]

Take me out to the church house, Take me out with the saints; Buy me some crackers and “communion” wine, I don’t care if I never get back. Let me root, root, root for the Lord’s team, If they don’t win, it’s a shame. For it’s one, two, three strikes, you’re out, At the old church house. Gotta get […]

The online apologetics and discernment work Apprising Ministries continues to keep you updated on Warrengate since Dr. John Piper suffered a lapse in judgment by inviting Purpose Driven Pope Rick Warren to be a keynote speaker at the Desiring God Conference 2010. Frank Turk’s snark aside, not everyone gets it. In his Coming Soon – The John Piper And Rick Warren […]

Apprising Ministries has been discussing something called A Covenant for Civility, e.g. in Diana Butler Bass On Chris Rosebrough, Ingrid Schlueter, And Ken Silva In Sin, where you’ll find the link to the Crosstalk radio program Bass—one of the original signers—and her friend pastor BrianMerritt took exception. The document can be traced back through Southern Baptist ecumenicist Chuck […]

Unfortunately well-respected evangelical pastor Dr. John Piper exhibited a real error in judgment by inviting Dr. Rick Warren who, because of bullying tactics so often used in hostile Purpose Driven Church takeovers I refer to as The Purpose Driven Pope [1], to be the keynote speaker at the Desiring God Conference 2010. This is now slowly opening up a bit of a Warrengate across the blogosphere as more and  […]

Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter! (Isaiah 5:20, ESV) Tolerance But For Their Own Beliefs As one who is a pastor-teacher I’m presenting this piece here at the online apologetics and discernment work Apprising Ministries for your […]

Following are the godly thoughts of the great Bible commentator Matthew Henry concerning — Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth […]

A main function of the online apologetics and discernment work Apprising Ministries is to alert you to developing trends within the visible church. For example, I’ve been showing you the shift within the Emergent Church to the new kind of progressive/liberal Christianity that Emerging Church guru Brian McLaren has begun to lay out systematically in his latest book A New […]