By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Apr 10, 2012 in Current Issues, Features
By Pastor Larry DeBruyn of Guarding His Flock Ministries, republished here with permission: Spectacles, Stories and Diminishing Scripture “And do not become idolaters as were some of them. As it is written, ‘The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play’.” (1 Corinthians 10:7, NKJV) “Believers, Beware!” EXODUS THIRTY-TWO may soon be coming to a theater-church near you! […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Apr 10, 2012 in Current Issues, Features
In pieces like Perry Noble Whines About Critics…Again here at Apprising Ministries I told you that Noble is one of the new breed prophet-pastors who’re basically the Popes Of The Carolinas. You may be aware that Noble is the mentor to his faithful Seeker Driven/attractional disciple Steven Furtick, though the truth is, Furtick has already far surpassed Perry Noble. This isn’t to say […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Apr 10, 2012 in Current Issues, Features
See also: EVANGELEPHANT EMERGING ECUMENICAL EVANGELEPHANTS AND THE WORD FAITH MOVEMENT STEVEN FURTICK, JAMES MACDONALD, AND JOEL OSTEEN
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Apr 9, 2012 in Current Issues, Features
“Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few. (Matthew 7:13-14) At once we are reminded of […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Apr 9, 2012 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Features
Apprising Ministries continues our coverage of the sad slide in the love of self (cf. 2 Timothy 3:2) going on within apostatizing mainstream evangelicalism. While the Church Growth Movement is at the heart of it, it was seriously accelerated by its infected arm which became known as the Emerging Church aka the Emergent Church. Other […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Apr 8, 2012 in Current Issues, Features, Roman Catholicism
See also: HAS THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH REALLY CHANGED? THE DECEIVERS OF ROMAN CATHOLICISM THINK YOU’RE A ROMAN CATHOLIC IF YOU DISAGREE WITH THE POPE; BETTER THINK AGAIN
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Apr 8, 2012 in Current Issues, Devotions, Features
Whoever then annuls one of the least of these commandments, and teaches others to do the same, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever keeps and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. (Matthew 5:19) The New Testament presents a paradox concerning God’s law. On one hand, it is abolished, on the […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Apr 7, 2012 in Current Issues, Features
Luke 24:1-12 The resurrection of Christ is one of the great foundation-stones of the Christian religion. In practical importance it is second only to the crucifixion. The chapter we have now begun directs our mind to the evidence of the resurrection. It contains unanswerable proof that Jesus not only died, but rose again. We see, […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Apr 7, 2012 in Current Issues, Devotions, Features
When my soul fainted within me I remembered the LORD: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple. They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy. (Jonah 2:7-8) The difficulty all along has been to get to the end of you, for when a man gets to the end of himself, he has […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Apr 7, 2012 in Current Issues, Devotions, Features
Apprising Ministries reminds you that the concept of sin comes from the Greek word hamartia. It’s an archery term that means “to miss the mark.” Now, the thinking person is going to ask here: Well, what mark is it that we miss? The answer is: The absolute perfect righteousness of Jesus Christ. Here then from Christ […]