By Apprising Ministries correspondent Mike Ratilff of Possessing the Treasure Οὐ περὶ τούτων δὲ ἐρωτῶ μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ περὶ τῶν πιστευόντων διὰ τοῦ λόγου αὐτῶν εἰς ἐμέ, ἵνα πάντες ἓν ὦσιν, καθὼς σύ, πάτερ, ἐν ἐμοὶ κἀγὼ ἐν σοί, ἵνα καὶ αὐτοὶ ἐν ἡμῖν ὦσιν, ἵνα ὁ κόσμος πιστεύῃ ὅτι σύ με ἀπέστειλας. (John 17:20-21 […]

People will be lovers of self. (2 Timothy 3:2) Pleasing Themselves Rather Than God Apprising Ministries has been warning about, and documenting, the sad slide of largely pretending to be Protestant evangelicalism into becoming what I’ve referred to as The Ecumenical Church Of Deceit (ECoD); and much of the current sorry state of the church […]

For at least the past six years now online apologetics and discernment ministries like Lighthouse Trails Research, as well as here at Apprising Ministries, have been warning about the sinfully ecumenical [i.e. Reformation repudiating] Emergent Church aka the Emerging Church. Sadly, it’s now grown into a neo-liberal cult operating within evangelicalism infecting it with their new […]

It takes a certain courage to look at what the Bible teaches, not like it all that much, and still believe it. I am thankful for brothers and sisters who believe in hell or believe in complementarianism or believe in election and reprobation or believe homosexuality is a sin despite their internal protestations. It’s a […]

The online apologetics and discernment work Apprising Ministries has been documenting the growing falling away of the mainstream evangelical community. And I’ve warned you that there is a tsunami of apostasy—pushed along by 1 Peter 4:17 judgments—headed toward the church visible. Not a few of these judgments have come through evanjellyfish’s foolish embrace of the […]

The original appears at VirtueOnline right here. See also: THE EMERGING CHURCH AND THE WILD GOOSE CHASE INTO PROGRESSIVE CHRISTIANITY BRIAN MCLAREN ADMITS KEN SILVA WAS RIGHT PROGRESSIVE DEGENERATION WITHIN MAINSTREAM EVANGELICALISM

As part of our online apologetics and discernment ministry Apprising Ministries been documenting the New Downgrade within evangelicalism, the root of which roughly begins with the charismatic revival as it spreads through the Jesus People/Movement circa early 1970′s out into various denominations and into what became the Fuller Theological Seminary School of World Mission.[1] This […]

To the teaching and to the testimony! If they will not speak according to this word, it is because they have no dawn. (Isaiah 8:20) It’s Past Time For Some Straight Up Truth Christian apologist Bob DeWaay has a very accurate saying: Deceptions that do not “work” have a short shelf life. We must also […]

See also: ROB BELL ON HIS PRACTICE OF “MILITANT MYSTICISM” THROUGH ROB BELL “THE GREAT ENLIGHTENED ONES” TELL US MAN HAS DIVINE GREATNESS ROB BELL AND SHANE HIPPS TEACHING MYSTICISM

And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” Then I said, “Here am I! Send me.” And he said, “Go, and say to this people: “‘Keep on hearing, but do not understand; keep on seeing, but do not perceive.’ Make the heart of this people dull, […]