Eugene Peterson is a devotee of the corrupt Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism spewed by Living Spiritual Teacher and Quaker mystic Richard Foster and his spiritual twin SBC minister Dallas Willard as their spurious Spiritual Formation. At this point it’s very important for you to understand that this CSM, and its “Christian” form of transcendental meditation called Contemplative/Centering Prayer, originally flowered in the antibiblical monastic traditions of […]

Justin Taylor has a short post at his Between Two Worlds blog containing links to a couple of articles that should be of concern to those who are so enamored with Emergence Christianity icon Rob Bell. You can read it by clicking here. See also:  IS ROB BELL EVANGELICAL? ROB BELL, PETER ROLLINS AND PHYLLIS TICKLE TOGETHER ADVANCING EMERGENCE CHRISTIANITY ROB […]

Phyllis Tickle, the Empress of Emergence Christianity, from her recent “teaching” at Mars Hill Bible Church where Rob Bell is “teaching pastor”: I wanna be real sure that what I say, is-is-is what you hear. In this day and time—and one of the things about increasing globalization, and media, and information-swap—we’re hearing more and more about the fact […]

DOWN WITH SOLA SCRIPTURA!   For those who guide this people are leading them astray; And those who are guided by them are brought to confusion. (Isaiah 9:16, NASB) If A Little Leaven Ruins The Whole; What About A Whole Movement That’s Full Of It? Apprising Ministries first mentioned this in Rob Bell, Peter Rollins And […]

But I do not allow a woman to teach or exercise authority over a man, but to remain quiet. (1 Timothy 2:12, NASB) Evangelicalism Opening The Same Door Of No Return As Did Mainline Denominations  As Apprising Ministries showed you in Tony Jones And His Pastor Doug Pagitt With JoPa Productions And Christianity 21 through their […]

The Disciplines recommended by Foster, as well as his whole spiritual formation system, are derived from the mystics.  His list of recommended spiritual masters is witness to this:  Ignatius of Loyola (p. 66); Teresa of Avila (p. 166); Jeremy Taylor; William Law; Dallas Willard (pp. 24, 80, 153); Henri Nouwen (pp. 64-65, 110); Father Anthony […]

The unsolicited email to follow is a good example of a pet Emerging Church argument, which really finds its root in an age-old question: Yea, hath God said? —– Original Message —– From: AM Reader To: apprising@hughes.net Sent: Friday, June 05, 2009 10:57 AM Subject: Emerging Church Question — Apprising Ministries contact form Dear Sir: […]

DOWN WITH SOLA SCRIPTURA!   Apprising Ministries first brought this upcoming Emerging Church conference to your attention in Tony Jones And Christianity 21: The Future Of Apostate Christianity. There you’ll see Tony Jones, who tells us he’s “a leader in the emergent church movement and a renowned expert on postmodern theology and the American church landscape,” wanted to make […]

At his Beliefnet blog Tony Jones announces that ”a leader in the emergent church movement and a renowned expert on postmodern theology and the American church landscape.”  Then over at You Tube he introduces the below video: Tony Jones and Peter Rollins say how much they like one another See also: THE NEW CHRISTIANS WITH CHRISTIANITY WORTH […]

…having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with them. They are the kind who worm their way into homes and gain control over weak-willed women, who are loaded down with sins and are swayed by all kinds of evil desires, always learning but never able to acknowledge the truth. (2 […]