By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Oct 20, 2008 in Current Issues, Features
For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery. (Galatians 5:1, ESV) Apostate Roman Catholic Mystical Spiritual Formation Has No Place In The Body Of Christ My friend and brother in arms along this often ugly and neglected Internet Front of the Truth War […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Oct 19, 2008 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Spiritual Formation
They were continually devoting themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. (Acts 2:42, NASB) Disciples Of Christ Growing In The Lord Through The Means Of Grace Today we are witnessing the spread of The Cult of Guru Richard Foster deep within mainstream Protestant evangelicalism and with it a […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Oct 14, 2008 in Current Issues
My friend Chris Rosebrough of Extreme Theology and Pirate Christian Radio shares his eyewitness testimony of Day One. Interesting that Greg Hawkins, Executive Pastor of Willow Creek “is bringing up 4 different pastors who, according to Reveal, are doing it right. One of the pastors said that he is a disciple of Dr. Fred Price (prosperity teacher).” You can […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Oct 14, 2008 in AM Missives, Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism, Current Issues
But [Jesus] answered and said, “It is written, ‘MAN SHALL NOT LIVE ON BREAD ALONE, BUT ON EVERY WORD THAT PROCEEDS OUT OF THE MOUTH OF GOD.’” (Matthew 4:4, NASB) Christ Jesus Himself Is The One Who First Taught Us Sola Scriptura This post was actually borne out of a couple of discussions I’ve been having lately […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Oct 13, 2008 in Current Issues
Apprising Ministries presents the email below from an AM Reader showing another church slipping away from Sola Scriptura and the sufficiency of Scripture. Like so many we see today God’s way is exchanged for pragmatic man-centered methods and the highly subjective Spiritual Formation aka Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism straight out of The Cult of Guru Richard Foster: Thank you for holding the […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Oct 13, 2008 in Current Issues
We at Apprising Ministries are always pleased to have readers share tips as to possible issues/people/ministries to cover as well as links for us to examine. Oftentimes they are quite helpful and as a pastor I know that God will many times use people others would not expect Him to. My point being I learned […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Oct 12, 2008 in Current Issues
When Silas and Timothy came from Macedonia, Paul devoted himself exclusively to preaching, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ. (Acts 18:5) Looking For A Few Like Silas And Timothy To Help The issues which caused the new Apprising Ministries website to be built have finally subsided and readership has increased to well over double where it was […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Oct 11, 2008 in Current Issues, Emergent Church
The email below is presented by Apprising Ministries to make you more aware of what’s going on in evangelical schools and is published with the permission of its author. What follows is an eyewitness account and personal testimony as to what they have seen thus far in their Christian education: A Chapel with Leonard Sweet Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Oct 11, 2008 in AM Missives, Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism, Current Issues, Emergent Church, Southern Baptist Convention
“The LORD said, ‘Who will entice Ahab to go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?’ And one said this while another said that. “Then a spirit came forward and stood before the LORD and said, ‘I will entice him.’ “The LORD said to him, ‘How?’ And he said, ‘I will go out and be a deceiving spirit in […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Oct 10, 2008 in Current Issues
And after [Jesus] had said these things, He was lifted up while they were looking on, and a cloud received Him out of their sight. And as they were gazing intently into the sky while He was going, behold, two men in white clothing stood beside them. They also said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking […]