The idea here at Apprising Ministries is to begin helping you understand this New Spirituality as well as giving you a proper Christian perspective of it. Firmly rooted as it is in pagan Eastern religions which lurk beneath the New Age movement, this so-called “Christian” mysticism is right now slithering deep into the evangelical camp […]

“But as for those whose hearts are devoted to their vile images and detestable idols, I will bring down on their own heads what they have done, declares the Sovereign LORD.” (Ezekiel 11:21) Living Spiritual Teachers, Spiritual Masters, Roshis, and Yogis What you are about to read below is the definition of Contemplative/Centering Prayer, or […]

Apprising Ministries is very pleased to point you to this concise but dead on target review from Dr. Gary Gilley of  , the classic book which spawned The Cult of Guru Richard Foster. Gilley says: Written over twenty-five hears ago, and proclaimed by Christianity Today as one of the ten best books of the twentieth century, the influence […]

I have strongly felt led to put a few of my other projects on hold in order that I might more fully train some of the guns of Apprising Ministries onto a counterattack of the Devil’s penetration into the mainstream of the Church of Jesus Christ. This he has largely accomplished through his “reimagined” spiritually corrupt Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism (CSM) and its Contemplative/Centering Prayer […]

As we prepare to discuss the Contemplative Mystic Thomas Merton we will be entering the very Temple of the Contemplative Spirituality Movement (CSM) itself to touch one of its most “anointed” Buddhas. Those who teach Contemplative Spirituality Mysticism such as Richard Foster, the Quaker mystic who is listed among the “living spiritual teachers” at the […]

Apprising Ministries brings you this warning concerning an upcoming Emergent Church conference, which is called Reclaiming Paul: The Apostle in the Emerging World (RP). At its website we’re given a “Conference Synopsis” of RP: A conversation among emerging church leaders & biblical scholars, pastors & educators. When: October 22 – 24, 2008 Location: Kansas City, […]

…and will turn away their ears from the truth and will turn aside to myths. (2 Timothy 4:4, NASB) The Historical And Mythical Jesus Of Marcus Borg We begin by reminding the reader that in his book Velvet Elvis (VE) emerging church pastor/communicator Rob Bell recommends via footnote [Endnotes: 1; 57] The Heart of Christianity […]

In this excellent piece at the blog of Midwest Christian Outreach pastor G. Richard Fisher completely dismantles the false front of tolerance which Emergent Church Swami Brian McLaren has erected for himself. In setting up a very revealing quote from McLaren’s latest book Finding Our Way Again on so-called Spiritual Formation straight out of The […]

In the Apprising Ministries article Origin of Contemplative/Centering Prayer I point you to Emergent Church anti-theologian Tony Jones who introduces you to John Cassian, who is the father of the man-centered compromise which has come to be known as semi-pelagianism: Like the Jesus Prayer, Centering Prayer grew out of the reflections and writings of the […]

Do not rebuke a mocker or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man and he will love you. Instruct a wise man and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man and he will add to his learning. “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy […]