That man should not think he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all he does. (James 1:8-9, NASB) Believing Reformation Doctrine And That The Church Of Rome Is Christian? In the Apprising Ministries feature article Rick Warren Says “Great Spiritual Awakening Coming” I brought to your attention that […]

Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Indeed, has God said, ‘You shall not eat from any tree of the garden’?” (Genesis 3:1) I Don’t Know What It Means, I Just Know You’re Wrong! But in his book […]

I solemnly charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by His appearing and His kingdom: preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with great patience and instruction. For the time will come when they will […]

Chris Rosebrough of Extreme Theology has brought out some important points concerning the Apprising Ministries piece A Pastor’s Assessment of Richard Abanes and the completely unsubstantiated allegation of libel within it. A charge which is still being maintained by Christian apologist Richard Abanes of Saddleback Church where Rick Warren is pastor. In his first post at Christian Research […]

As pastoral advisor as well as contributor at the original Slice of Laodicea, with its almost legendary battles in the combox there (hi, Bob Hyatt), I can most certainly second what Ingrid Schlueter says in this post when she says: I removed the comments from Slice some time ago. They were out of control. While some readers were using […]

From the website of The Mike Corley Program: Mike interviews Ken Silva, President of Apprising Ministries and General Editor of the Christian Reasearch Network, concerning successful efforts by Richard Abanes recently to shut down Aprrising’s website. What are the implications of this? What led up to this action. What can we as believers learn from this?  You […]

Over at Christian Research Net, which is itself an outreach of Apprising Ministries, Chris Rosebrough of Extreme Theology points out: Richard Abanes is spending a lot of time doing damage control. His attempt to have an article removed from the internet that he felt undermined his reputation has not only failed, it has ignited a fire storm […]

Coram Deo takes a look from a different angle at the sad situation involving Richard Abanes and Ken Silva, which would cause the old website of Apprising Ministries to go dark. In this piece at DefCon he points out: For those who may be unaware of the present situation one Richard Abanes – Saddleback apologist and PDL insider […]

From the Crosstalk website: Free speech is increasingly being threatened on the Internet, as the exploding number of blog sites that provide an outlet for opinions and interaction with readers has caused some to try to silence those with whom they disagree. Traditionally, blog sites that invite comments often create a lively exchange that if […]

Noting my email inbox at Apprising Ministries it appears there are still questions and concerns about the article A Pastor’s Assessment of Richard Abanes. While answering an email from my friend Wes it occured to me that what I was explaining to him would actually help put this opinion piece back into its actual context. As a pastor I am mainly assessing […]