We open this examination of the history of the Quakers and their core doctrine of the Inner Light that is allegedly within all of mankind with a bit of testimony by Mary Conrow Coelho. Coehlo speaks to us from personal experience as a third generation member of the Religious Society of Friends (the Quakers). She […]

There are those who have been offended that I dared enter the Contemplative Temple and touch their “anointed” Buddha Thomas Merton. But here is another example of the reimagined Gnostic mysticism currently being taught to your pastor through Living Spiritual Teacher and “Christian” Roshi Richard Foster. Through his books the Guru of Contemplation has introduced Evelyn […]

A while back Lighting The Way International published some quotes from Dr. Walter Martin’s message called “Neutering the Bible”, which provides the idea behind this feature piece here at Apprising Ministries. Although I never met him Dr. Martin is one whom the Lord used as a teacher to profoundly impact my early studies in apologetics and as such […]

DOWN WITH SOLA SCRIPTURA!    “Jay Bakker, son of disgraced televangelists, preaches in a New York bar,” writes Tony Allen-Mills to begin this piece from The Sunday Times On Line, where he then continues: the son of Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker, once America’s most popular television evangelists,… Last week pictures of Bakker appeared in a […]

You will say, “How I hated discipline! How my heart spurned correction! I would not obey my teachers or listen to my instructors.” (Proverbs 5:12-13) Rob’s New Emerging Postliberal Religion Of Tepid Trampolinianity A while back Jennifer Gold and Eric Young filed a report for the Christian Post on Emerging Church icon Rob Bell called […]

They are of the world. Therefore they speak as of the world, and the world hears them. (1 John 4:5, NKJV) Apprising Ministries is pleased to bring you the video clip below about Rob Bell, a very influential pastor in the Emergent Church, where my friend Cameron Buettel shares his thoughts concerning the Bell Nooma […]

There are many who obviously are having a problem understanding how Rob Bell severely downplays and all but completely obscures the genuine Gospel of Jesus Christ. So let’s see if we can make this article a bit more direct. Here’s Rob Bell in his book Velvet Elvis: Repainting The Christian Faith (VE): Humans are guilty because of our sin, […]

To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, it is because they have no dawn. (Isaiah 8:20, NASB) Contemplative And Jewish Mysticism Not Part Of Genuine Christianity In Rob Bell In A Nutshell: The Bible here at Apprising Ministries we showed from his own lips and writings […]

This is a companion piece to the Apprising Ministries post Rob Bell In A Nutshell: The Bible. From the article The Emergent Mystique which appeared in the November 2004 issue of Christianity Today: Rob Bell: We’re rediscovering Christianity as an Eastern religion, as a way of life. From an audio sermon on “Breathing” dated 5/29/05, 17:10-17:45, transcript on […]

From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers. And he saith unto them, Follow me, and […]