Oneness Pentecostal and Word Faith mogul “Bishop” T.D. Jakes, fresh off his stint preaching for Southern Baptist pastor Ed Young, Jr again, will also be a featured speaker for Bill Hybels and Willow Creek Church this summer. Despite his denial of the Trinity, i.e. the very nature of God, there right alongside Hybels, Andy Stanley, and some others, T. D. […]

The following by Dr. Gary Gilley, pastor of Southern View Chapel, is adapted from his Think On These Things article The Kingdom of Emergent Theology – Part 1 and is published with permission: Emergent Eschatology Emergent and emerging leaders may differ over any number of issues but they present a united front when it comes to the kingdom of God—and the kingdom […]

The following is excerpted by permission from The Emergent Church: Redefining Christianity, an excellent book from pastor Bob DeWaay of  Critical Issues Commentary. As one who’s been studying the neo-liberal cult of the Emerging Church with its Emergence Christianity for years now I can tell you, quite frankly, this is simply the best book on the subject: Missionary or […]

Let’s get this straight; [in the penal substitutionary atonement] we’re either seeing the truth, or a lie. This either is the Gospel, or, it is not. The dividing line is abundantly clear; we either believe that the sum and substance of the Gospel is that a holy and righteous God—Who must demand a full penalty […]

While assessing The Narrative Question of “What Is The Overarching Story Line of the Bible,” in A New Lind of Christianity by Emerging Church leader Brian McLaren, where McLaren refers to a supposed “Greco-Roman six-line narrative” Jeremy Bouma astutely observes: Notice what Brian does here: 1) he rejects the historic doctrine of original sin, which […]

This just in, and I wish it was satire: It’s now official; these post-missional, post-futurist, post-emerging post-church-planting post-missiologists have waaaaaaaaaaay too much time on their hands. And then in their best Humpty Dumpty language they actually say stuff like this from Alan Hirsch: The church as we know it is changing. We live in a post-modern, […]

This persuasion did not come from Him who calls you. A little leaven leavens the whole lump of dough. (Galatians 5:8-9, NASB) Samir Selmanovic And Lava Lamp Theology Something that seems to be lost upon people today in the church visible is that Satan deals in counterfeits. And just the same as our troops wear camouflage in […]

Earlier in the Apprising Ministries posts Encouragement Concerning The Emerging Church And Jay Bakker and Jay Bakker Is Going To Have To Grow Up I talked about the Emergent Church conference Theology After Google (TAG), which begins Wednesday, as well as the EC Pastors’ Social Media Boot Camp in Dallas-Fort Worth this April 9. The latter “social media” event is scheduled as the first of a series of […]

…and those who are in the flesh cannot please God. However, you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you But if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Him. (Romans 8:8-9, NASB) Mysticism Is Opposed To Sola Scriptura […]