By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Mar 29, 2009 in AM Missives, Apologetics, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features, Rick Warren, Southern Baptist Convention
because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved. For the Scripture says, “Everyone who believes in him will […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Mar 28, 2009 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features
DOWN WITH SOLA SCRIPTURA! “thus invalidating the word of God by your tradition which you have handed down; and you do many things such as that.” (Mark 7:13) Selfish Subjectivity With Scripture Invites In Spurious Spirituality Of Emergence Apprising Ministries wants you to know it’s simply beyond question that the vast majority of those in […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Mar 28, 2009 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Features, Rob Bell
The following look at the Emergence Christianity of pastor Rob Bell is from Rob Bell’s Abstract “Elvis”: A Critique of Velvet Elvis by Christian apologist Bob DeWaay: In historical Christian theology, the inerrant Bible interpreted according to a valid hermeneutic that sought to know the Biblical author’s meaning was the standard “picture” of the real thing. […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Mar 28, 2009 in Current Issues
The Kansas City Star tells us, in this story, that “Former President Jimmy Carter” is trying to lead unsuspecting Baptists “in search” of compromised Christianity oops, make that “common ground”: He’s coming to Kansas City next week to push forward his efforts to unify Baptists, who tenaciously hold to both their faith and their freedom… “We are […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Mar 28, 2009 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features, Rob Bell
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, ESV) A Master Story-Teller With His Sleepy Bed-Time Stories To Hit The […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Mar 28, 2009 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Features
Apprising Ministries is pleased to point you to the following from Dr. John MacArthur on what is now developing into a postliberal cult of Emergence Christianity. The following is excerpted from an interview conducted by Phil Johnson of Pyromaniacs with MacArthur concerning this Emerging Church rebellion against Sola Scriptura and appears as What’s So Dangerous About The Emerging Church?: PHIL: […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Mar 27, 2009 in Current Issues, Features, Rob Bell
The following look at the Emergence Christianity of pastor Rob Bell is from Rob Bell’s Abstract “Elvis”: A Critique of Velvet Elvis by Bob DeWaay, pastor of Twin City Fellowship: In Velvet Elvis, Bell asserts that all people are already forgiven, reconciled, without having to respond to the Gospel in the manner Jesus said in […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Mar 27, 2009 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity
As pointed out in the Apprising Ministries post Emergence Pastor Rob Bell To Have Friend Peter Rollins In Conference this July pastor Rob Bell, the Elvis of Emergence, will be featuring his “friend” Peter Rollins in Bell’s upcoming pastors conference. In fact, Bell refers to Rollins as “one of the freshest voices” that he’s heard in this Emergence rebellion against Sola Scriptura, whose basic […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Mar 27, 2009 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Rob Bell
See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the basic principles of this world rather than on Christ. (Colossians 2:8) Don’t Believe Everything You Read In Books From Authors Of Emergence Christianity In the segment below from Fighting for the Faith Chris Rosebrough, of […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Mar 27, 2009 in Current Issues, Devotions
Interesting how the following words circa 1960 from A.W. Tozer actually fit quite well concerning the so-called new reformation of Emergence Christianity and its rebellion against Sola Scriptura: (For all the Athenians and strangers which were there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new thing.) (Acts 17:21) The temptation to […]