By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Oct 1, 2008 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Emergent Church, Rob Bell
For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires, and will turn away their ears from the truth and will turn aside to myths. (2 Timothy 4:3-4) Tickle Our Ears With Some Bedtime Stories Rob Unfortunately […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Sep 30, 2008 in Current Issues
The apostatizing evangelical community has not heard the last of these kinds of Christian confessions as they follow the fickle lead of postevangelicalism’s Burger King “have it your way” version of the Christian faith. Don’t worry; be happy, everything’s ok as long as you’re singing right along with Lennon and McCartney: “All you need is love.” For […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Sep 29, 2008 in Current Issues
Do I mean then that a sacrifice offered to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything? No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God, and I do not want you to be participants with demons. You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Sep 26, 2008 in Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism, Current Issues
Recently I had the opportunity to join Ingrid Schlueter to discuss the new reimagined Gnostics and their supposed superior mystic spirituality currently infesting the evangelical community fueled by the spurious Spiritual Formation of Living Spiritual Teacher and Quaker mystic Richard Foster . You can find the link to that program in *Crosstalk* “Christian” Mysticism. The sad fact is we are now witnessing the rise of a Cult […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Sep 26, 2008 in AM Missives, Brian McLaren, Current Issues, Emergent Church, Homosexuality/"Christian"
Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals, nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God. (1 Corinthians 6:9-10, NASB) Talking Loud But Saying Absolutely Nothing That […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Sep 25, 2008 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Homosexuality/"Christian"
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) Unrepentant Homosexual Practice […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Sep 25, 2008 in Current Issues, Emergent Church
Apprising Ministries brings you the prophetic words of Dr. Walter Martin (1928-1989), founder of the Christian Research Institute and the original “Bible Answer Man.” Here from his lecture on The Cult of Liberal Theology circa 1987. This important message is available at Walter Martin Religious InfoNet and thoroughly exposes the theologically rotten roots that are even now slithering into mainstream evangelicalism underneath the […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Sep 24, 2008 in Current Issues, Rick Warren
In the Apprising Ministries article Man-Centered Gospel vs. God-Centered Gospel I pointed out that sola fide and sola gratia as used in the Protestant Reformation mean that while the sinner is dead in his trespasses and sins God Himself sovereignly regenerates those whom He will, which is the soli Deo gloria of monergism. And I also shared that the contemporary American […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Sep 24, 2008 in Current Issues
The reason I left you in Crete was that you might straighten out what was left unfinished and appoint elders in every town, as I directed you. An elder must be blameless, the husband of but one wife, a man whose children believe and are not open to the charge of being wild and disobedient. […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Sep 23, 2008 in AM Missives, Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism, Current Issues
God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change, And though the mountains slip into the heart of the sea; Though its waters roar and foam, Though the mountains quake at its swelling pride. There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, The holy […]