Category: Current Issues
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on May 13, 2009 in AM Missives, Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism, Current Issues, Features
The following is excerpted from Donald Whitney and Spiritual Disciplines: Spirituality Without Boundaries by Bob DeWaay, pastor of Twin City Fellowship: The people who asked me to review [Donald] Whitney were concerned about mysticism. I am concerned too, not merely because Whitney is a mystic without qualifications (he is not), but that he has opened the door […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on May 13, 2009 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features
DOWN WITH SOLA SCRIPTURA! These are the men who are hidden reefs in your love feasts when they feast with you without fear, caring for themselves… (Jude 12, NASB) C’mon Now Rip Van Winkle’s In Evangelical Leadership; It’s Way Past Time To Wake Up! Have you ever wondered what seducing spirits espousing doctrines of demons look […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on May 12, 2009 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Homosexuality/"Christian"
Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. (1 Corinthians 6:9-10, KJV) It’s Not Loving And Tolerant To […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on May 11, 2009 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features, Homosexuality/"Christian", Rob Bell
Claiming to be wise, they became fools, and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things. Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves, because they exchanged the truth about God for […]
By AM on May 11, 2009 in Current Issues
From Christian Research Net: As you can see in the CRN post Richard Abanes on Phil Johnson’s “Deep-seated Pathology” Revealed In His Recent “Sexist Hit Piece” Richard Abanes, a long-time member of the Saddleback Church of Rick Warren, has some quite uncomplimentary things to say about Phil Johnson, who is known to many in the blogosphere through […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on May 9, 2009 in AM Missives, Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism, Current Issues, Dallas Willard, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features, Richard Foster, Rob Bell, Southern Baptist Convention, Spiritual Formation
In his latest article at Christian Issues Commentary, which is a must read, pastor Bob DeWaay weighs in on “spiritual disciplines” as it concerns Donald Whitney and Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. DeWaay notes the close similarity between Whitney’s teachings and those of Living Spiritual Teacher and Quaker mystic Richard Foster. Within DeWaay’s scholarly piece he correctly points out that the subjective […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on May 7, 2009 in Current Issues
Here’s a curious bit of news at From the Lighthouse Blog…: According to Mark Driscoll’s church calendar and other reports as well, Mark Driscoll will be speaking at Robert Schuller’s Crystal Cathedral on June 14th. While many evangelical leaders have promoted Driscoll, he has been the topic of a number of Lighthouse Trails articles. Driscoll […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on May 7, 2009 in Brian McLaren, Current Issues, Quotes, Rick Warren
I’ve said this many times: I can listen to a guy preach—put anybody in front of me—and I’ll tell you what his view of Scripture is by what he says. If he doesn’t preach out of the Bible, I know what his view of Scripture is, I don’t care what he says. I don’t care […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on May 4, 2009 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features, Rob Bell
So says Greg Gilbert of 9 Marks. Gilbert begins his piece by telling us: In my travels last week, I missed this interview of Rob Bell by Christianity Today’s Mark Galli. I’ve interacted with some of Rob’s other materials on this site, and my conclusion has been that what he is holding out as the […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on May 2, 2009 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Features
DOWN WITH SOLA SCRIPTURA! “When you come to appear before Me, who has asked this of you, this trampling of My courts? Stop bringing meaningless offerings! Your incense is detestable to Me. New Moons, Sabbaths and convocations—I cannot bear your evil assemblies. Your New Moon festivals and your appointed feasts My soul hates. They […]
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