By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Dec 26, 2009 in Current Issues, Features
I’ve pointed out many times now that as a general rule, and a courtesy, we do not publish email without the permission of the sender. However at the same time, all email sent to AM and Christian Research Network is considered the property of Apprising Ministries so we may indeed publish unsolicited email for the purposes of […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Dec 23, 2009 in Current Issues, Homosexuality/"Christian"
A little while ago the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America tweeted the partial quote below: “A prison cell, in which one waits, hopes … and is completely dependent on the fact that the door of freedom has… http://bit.ly/8kLG6m (Online source) The above link takes us to the ELCA facebook page for the entire quote from Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Evangelical Lutheran […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Dec 22, 2009 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Features, Homosexuality/"Christian"
Let not many of you become teachers, my brethren, knowing that as such we will incur a stricter judgment. (James 3:1, NASB) Did Hanson Share His Own View Or Did He Not? Through the evil influence of the the egregiously ecumenical Emerging Church aka Emergent Church—morphing into Emergence Christianity (EC)—which is a cult of postliberalism now […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Dec 22, 2009 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features, Homosexuality/"Christian"
“Be careful,” Jesus said to them. “Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.” (Matthew 16:6) Someone Who Is Sincere, Can Be Sincerely Wrong Apprising Ministries brought the video below to your attention yesterday in Andrew Marin Adrift With Tony Jones? where I also pointed out that Marin has the reputation of […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Dec 21, 2009 in Current Issues
Apprising Ministries first mentioned Andrew Marin in Andrew Marin And Phyllis Tickle when covering an interview he conducted with Phyllis Tickle, the empress of the egregiously ecumenical Emerging Church de-formation of the Christian faith aka Emergent Church—morphing into Emergence Christianity (EC)—which is a cult of postliberalism now firmly within mainstream evangelicalism. I purposely didn’t comment previously upon Marin who is: the President […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Dec 21, 2009 in Current Issues, Features, Rick Warren
Apprising Ministries has alerted you in Rick Warren Now Openly Promoting Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism to the upcoming Radicalis conference at Saddleback Church this February. One of the speakers to be featured by Purpose Driven Pope Rick Warren, in addition to Andy Stanley, Perry Noble and Mark Driscoll, is Peter Scazerro; and in Peter Scazzero Promoted By Rick Warren you’ll see where Warren tells us that Scazzero […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Dec 21, 2009 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features
My friend John Chisham is pastor of River of Life Alliance Church in MN as well as an Apprising Ministries and CRN correspondent. Today he’s written an interesting post which is actually a response to How Important Is Mary’s Virginity? by Tony Jones, an heretical leader within the egregiously ecumenical Emerging Church aka Emergent Church—morphing into Emergence Christianity (EC)—which is a cult of […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Dec 21, 2009 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Features, Homosexuality/"Christian"
Apprising Ministries has been covering the growing gay agenda within the church visible for the past year. It’s simply beyond question that it is causing major problems in the dying mainline denominations who long ago kicked out Sola Scriptura in favor of highly subjective Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism, which is actually a new form of Gnosticism. Through […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Dec 19, 2009 in AM Missives, Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism, Current Issues, Dallas Willard, Features, Richard Foster, Southern Baptist Convention, Spiritual Formation
It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery. (Galatians 5:1, NASB) Right Back To The Dark Ages Following a trail that was initially cut by the online apologetics and discernment ministry Lighthouse Trails Research years before Apprising Ministries has […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Dec 19, 2009 in Current Issues
When I met with [Mormon apologist] Robert Millet I expressed my conviction as clearly as possible that the God of the Bible is a completely different God from the god of Mormonism, that the Christ of Scripture is a wholly different Christ from the christ of Mormonism, and the true gospel is a radically different […]