I did not send these prophets, yet they have run with their message; I did not speak to them, yet they have prophesied. But if they had stood in My Council, they would have proclaimed My Words to My people and would have turned them from their evil ways and from their evil deeds. (Jeremiah […]

Dear children, this is the last hour; and as you have heard that the antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come. This is how we know it is the last hour. They went out from us, but they did not really belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would […]

No, but I say that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons and not to God; and I do not want you to become sharers in demons. (1 Corinthians 10:20, NASB) Imagine A Perfect World Where Love Of Self Is God The “about” section of his blog Samir Selmanovic informs us: Samir […]

Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world (1 John 4:1). It Is Certainly Written Test the spirits to see whether they are from God. It will be critical in these perilous times as we […]

The Emerging Church Movement is an amorphous sort of loose-knit association of churches that have decided that there is value, there is even virtue in uncertainty about Scripture. The bottom line in the movement is they believe that we aren’t even suppose to understand precisely what the Bible means. And to me, that’s the big […]

In 2006 Tony Jones, anti-theologian of the postliberal cult of the Emergent Church, wrote a little book called Divine Intervention: Encountering God Through the Ancient Practice of Lectio Divina (DIEG). Of course it was endorsed by his friend “author/networker” Brian McLaren–whom Jones lists among his “faith heroes” (19). …but they mingled with the nations and […]

Over at Pyromaniacs Phil Johnson shares some thoughts on recent goings on around the landscape of the Emergent Church. Among other things Johnson says: I think the old “emerging” movement is collapsing on itself. (See also Scot McKnight’s current CT article titled “McLaren Emerging.”) That doesn’t necessarily mean better things are on the horizon, because I […]

It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery. (Galatians 5:1) A Quaker Mystic Is Now Teaching Us Proper Protestant Biblical Spirituality? Apprising Ministries has been warning you that Living Spiritual Teacher and Quaker mystic Richard Foster is hands down the leading proponent […]

At Living in the Way blog we read: It’s finally here… EPISODE 1 of “Living in The Way”, our new teaching podcast! In this commercial-free, 45 minute episode of Living in The Way Pastor Jon Sharp and Pastor Ken Silva of Apprising Ministries discuss the Emerging Church. Our goal in this show is to give […]

“…take one or two others along, so that ‘every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.’ ” (Matthew 18:16) The Murky Mystic Shadows Of Spurious Spiritual Formation Looms Closer To You In a court of law it is a common occurrence for trial lawyers to bring in expert witnesses from specialized fields […]