By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jul 4, 2011 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features, Rob Bell
The Narrow Road: What is Bell’s understanding of Matthew 7:13-14, a key passage he does not discuss in Love Wins? 13 “Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. 14 But small is the gate and narrow the road […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jul 3, 2011 in Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features, Rob Bell
See also: ROB BELL, FAREWELL POSTMODERN MYTH AND SOME HOMEBREWED ROB BELL ROB BELL AND POSTMODERN NEO-LIBERALISM
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jul 3, 2011 in Current Issues, Features
See also: CHRISLAM AND THE GOSPEL OF ISLAM THE RISE OF CHRISLAM? EVANGELICAL CHURCHES PROMOTING ISLAM?
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jul 2, 2011 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features
Apprising Ministries, an online apologetics and discernment labor in the Lord, is doing what we can to help you see the dire consequences now occurring in the church visible after years of corruption stemming from the semi-pelagian (at best) the Church Growth Movement, which was spewed out of Fuller Theological Seminary circa early 1970’s.[1] Leadership Network, another travesty infecting the Christian […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jul 2, 2011 in Current Issues, Features, Roman Catholicism
By Dr. Bill Jackson Christians Evangelizing Catholics Why do they come streaming across the Mexican border? Is it to find a better life style and a chance to enjoy much bettter existence? They would answer positively to this. If you asked the same question to a sovereign God, He would give you a much different […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jul 2, 2011 in Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features, Spiritual Formation
[John] MacArthur was speaking on the pursuit of godly life. “There were some things that settled into my heart very early into my life and ministry…” “The two most dominant realities that captivated my heart very early in my Christian experience were the authority of Scripture and the necessity of holiness…” “How do I get […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jul 2, 2011 in Current Issues, Features, New Apostolic Reformation
The following is originally posted on Herescope and republished with permission: By Dr. Orrel Steinkamp[1] IHOP is starting to feel its Dominion oats We are not merely to have the message of the Kingdom, but become the message. We are to be living epistles and God’s Word incarnate if we are to meet the needs […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jul 1, 2011 in Current Issues, Features
In a day of pluralism and tolerance, apologetic and discernment ministries are viewed by some as antiquated, unneeded, and in the way of getting together and getting along. In a day when unity is put far above truth, counter-cult ministries are seen as passé and even obstructionist. Televangelists and Word Faith teachers can draw tens […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jul 1, 2011 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features
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 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 postmodern form of Progressive Christian quasi-universalism under their […]