But this question doesn’t come to us from an Emergent Church website, which we’re already accustomed to seeing. No, the question is posed by Todd Rhodes of : MMI: Can Yoga Be Christian? http://bit.ly/afQpYz (Online source) The link takes us to Rhodes’ short post Can Yoga Be Christian? at his Monday Morning Insight. Rhodes explains that he’s […]

Apprising Ministries has told you that gay affirming “pastor” Jay Bakker heads up a a rather rapscallion bunch spiritually who call themselves Outlaw Preachers, which is a subset of the neo-liberal cult of the Emergent Church de-formation of the Christian faith. And Bakker wanted to make sure we knew about: via @huffingtonpost: Why Do Evangelicals Dislike Me So Much? http://huff.to/9ll5ix (Online source) Following […]

Here at Apprising Ministries I’ve been keeping you updated on the events surrounding Warrengate after Dr. John Piper made the unfortunate mistake of asking Rick Warren to be a keynote speaker for the Desiring God Conference 2010. There are a number of concerns and reasons as to why this is wrong; as a former Roman […]

Apprising Ministries introduced you to BrianMerritt, “Senior Minister”of Palisades Community Church in Why Evangelicalism Is Failing A New Generation, As Is The Emerging Church and Fruit Of The New Progressive Theology Advanced By The Emerging Church. The latter post contains his reaction to my deconstructing a HuffPost written by his PCUSA pastrix wife Carol Howard Merritt in the former. The Merritts […]

“You will know them by their fruits.” (Matthew 7:16, NASB)  Rotten Progressive Christianity As a pastor-teacher, I offer this here at Apprising Ministries as a real good look at the fruit being produced by the updated Progressive Christianity being spread by the neo-liberal cult of the Emerging Church with its de-formation of the Christian faith called Emergence Christianity. This is the new […]

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)  Be Careful Who You Listen To Because You Just Might Come To […]

Ever since Dr. John Piper made the unfortunate mistake of asking Rick Warren to be a keynote speaker for the Desiring God Conference 2010 at Apprising Ministries I’ve been keeping you updated on the events surrounding Warrengate. You may know that John Piper released a video detailing the reasons why he decided to extend this […]

Apprising Ministries draws your attention to Is the meaning of Easter being lost? by Kate Shellnutt of the Houston Chronicle where she reminds us of a couple of sad facts. Unfortunately however, Shellnutt is right when she says: Just as Christmas for many has become less about the miracle of the virgin birth, Easter may be losing […]

Apprising Ministries points you to a couple of pieces concerning heretical Emerging Church guru Brian McLaren and his latest book A New Kind of Christianity (ANKoC). Previously I’ve told you that in ANKoC McLaren, through “10 questions that are transforming the faith,” has begun laying out the newer version of Progressive Christianity which the Emergent Church is calling Emergence Christianity. First there’s the curious headline for a […]

Apprising Ministries now brings you a segment from the April 1 edition of the Fighting for the Faith program of Christian apologist Chris Rosebrough on Pirate Christian Radio. In this program, much like those who would stick their head into a dumpster looking for edible scraps of food, you’ll hear people performing a spiritual version of this same fruitless […]