By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on May 27, 2008 in AM Missives, Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism, Current Issues, Dallas Willard, Emergent Church, Richard Foster, Southern Baptist Convention, Spiritual Formation
They are full of superstitions from the East; they practice divination like the Philistines and clasp hands with pagans. (Isaiah 2:6 ) Silence And Solitude Among Evangelical Leaders Concerning CSM Following below Apprising Ministries brings you a quote from ordained Southern Baptist minister Dallas Willard, who works closely with Living Spiritual Teacher and Quaker mystic […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on May 23, 2008 in Current Issues, Features, Rick Warren, Southern Baptist Convention
In this feature piece Apprising Ministries will introduce the Body of Christ to an epidemic disease in the American Christian Church that might come to be referred to as: “Me-no-wanna-see-i-tus.” As one who has been an SBC pastor myself since 1994, this illness is particularly evident concerning my ongoing look at the growing influence of […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on May 21, 2008 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Rick Warren, Southern Baptist Convention
Well, at least Contemplative/Centering Prayer (CCP) isn’t according to Living Spiritual Teacher and Quaker mystic “Christian” Roshi Richard Foster: Contemplative Prayer immerses us into the silence of God. How desperately we in the modern world need this wordless baptism… Contemplative Prayer is the one discipline that can free us from our addiction to words. Progress in […]