Category: Current Issues
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jul 17, 2009 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features, Homosexuality/"Christian"
Apprising Ministries is attempting to do what we can to warn of impending disaster concerning mainstream evangelicalism, which continues its drift further into apostasy. One of the issues we’ve been using as an illustration is the deviant lifestyle of those practicing homosexuality, as in having sexual relations with another of the same sex. The reason this sin of […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jul 17, 2009 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features, Rob Bell
Rob Bell and the other pastors at Mars Hill Bible Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan have some serious explaining to do and need to repent, big time, for the rank heresy that’s been spewing from their pulpit lately. First it was Phyllis Tickle preaching on the “feminine attributes” of the Holy Spirit and waxing eloquent […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jul 16, 2009 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features, Homosexuality/"Christian"
Apprising Ministries noted yesterday that “gay affirming” pastor Jay Bakker will be keynote speaker for the newly formed inclusive “New Bridges Faith Community” (NBFC) as seen in Jay Bakker In Memphis On Same-Sex Marriage. AM also pointed out a while back in Jay Bakker To Speak For ELCA Gathering that Bakker is going to be bringing his warped […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jul 16, 2009 in Current Issues, Homosexuality/"Christian"
As the egregiously ecumenical Emerging Church aka Emergent Church, now morphing into Emergence Christianity (EC), prepares to fire it’s opening salvo openly affirming homosexuality—from within the walls of mainstream evangelicalism itself—it’ll be interesting to see how long “senior managing editor” of Christianity Today Mark Galli, and CT itself, will be maintaining their stance articulated in the article “The […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jul 14, 2009 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Features, Southern Baptist Convention
Within a source paper called Spiritual Disciplines: Pathway to Christian Maturity (SDPCM), from the Georgia Baptist Convention (SBC), we learn what is now considered consistent with a proper Protestant approach to spirituality for Christians in the Southern Baptist Convention. Continuing along the lines of Richard Foster Forming Protestant Southern Baptist Convention Spirituality here Apprising Ministries begins with the following from Living Spiritual Teacher and Quaker […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jul 12, 2009 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Homosexuality/"Christian", Jay Bakker
Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. (1 Corinthians 6:9-10) A Sin By […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jul 11, 2009 in Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Rob Bell
An unusual look at the recently concluded [False] Poets Prophets Preachers conference sponsored by Zondervan and hosted by Rob Bell, a popular icon in the Emerging Church aka Emergent Church—now morphing into Emergence Christianity. You can read this post at Discerning The World by clicking here. In the video below: Rob Bell interviews Shane Hipps about his new book “Flickering Pixels” during […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jul 10, 2009 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Homosexuality/"Christian", Jay Bakker
I will bow down toward Your holy temple and will praise Your name for your love and Your faithfulness, for You have exalted above all things Your name and Your word. (Psalm 138:2) What Exactly Is There To Argue About; If You Really Do Believe What The Bible Says A little bit ago in the Apprising Ministries piece Status […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jul 10, 2009 in AM Missives, Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Erwin McManus, Jay Bakker, Richard Foster, Rob Bell, Southern Baptist Convention, Spiritual Formation
Apprising Ministries has long been covering something known as Emerging Church aka Emergent Church, now morphing into Emergence Christianity (EC). Those familiar with AM pieces like Emergent Church: A Diseased Tree and A Conversation About The Emerging Church With Mike Clawson And Ken Silva know my view that this EC, as we now know it, essentially begins circa 1997. I’ve […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jul 9, 2009 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features, Rob Bell
This continues along the same lines of Something’s Off—Who Is Shane Hipps, And What Is He Saying? by John Chisham, pastor of River of Life Alliance Church in Marshall, Minnesota. In the segment below from What on Earth Was Being Taught at Rob Bell’s Poets, Prophets, Preachers Conference?, which aired on his Pirate Christian Radio network, Christian apologist Chris Rosebrough completely dismantles […]
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