For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery. (Galatians 5:1) Creating Your Own Way To Worship God Apprising Ministries has shared some concern about this New Calvinism as expressed e.g. by Matt Chandler and particularly Mark Driscoll, founder of Acts 29 Network, in recent posts such as […]

…they are full of things from the east and of fortune-tellers like the Philistines, and they strike hands with the children of foreigners. (Isaiah 2:6, ESV) Neo-Reformed Contemplative Spirituality? In recent posts such as Acts 29 Network And Reformed Counter Reformation Spirituality? and Acts 29 Pastor Matt Chandler On Being A Reformed Charismatic here at Apprising Ministries I’ve shared some concern […]

 Apprising Ministries draws your attention to an interesting tweet last night from New Calvinist leader Mark Driscoll, who heads the Acts 29 Network:  Teaching @ a Foursquare pastors conference tonight & thankful for the invite. (Online source)  Here’s more about this event from Lake Samm Foursquare Church:  I want to invite you to our next “church planters tribe meeting” […]

Christian Post brings us an interesting piece, which ends up actually being about growing pietism within semi-pelagian squishy evanjellyfish: A Dallas, Ga., pastor is encouraging Christians to lose their religion and become authentic followers of Christ. After 22 years of being in ministry, Brian Bloye of West Ridge Church has seen a lot of people claiming the […]

Yesterday Emerging Church evangelical theologian Leonard Sweet tweeted:  “Go tell your friends what great things the Lord has done for you” (Mark 5:19). The “good news” is about “great things” stories . . . (Online source) No Leonard Sweet, the Gospel is about repentance and the forgiveness of sins in Jesus’ Name; the great thing our Great […]

Pastor Michael Newnham aka Phoenix Preacher is angry that his friend, Emerging Church evangelical theologian Leonard Sweet, was “disinvited” to a conference which is to use a Calvary Chapel church’s facilities. And so he shares the below concerning the online apologetics and discernment works Moriel Minstries, Lighthouse Trails Research and Apprising Ministries: A cursory look at these […]

Apprising Ministries points you to the below tweet from Rob Bell, the rock star pastor of the neo-liberal cult of the Emerging Church, and its new version of Progressive Christianity aka Emergence Christianity. It concerns his friend and co-teaching pastor Shane Hipps:   (Online source) In the coming days, when the tsunami of apostasy headed toward mainstream evangelicalism finally hits, the […]

Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so. (Acts 17:11, ESV) Could A New Postmodern Form Of Calvinism Be Emerging? In a little bit of a follow-up to Acts 29 Pastor Matt Chandler On Being […]

Apprising Ministries points you to the following tweet today from InterVarsity Press: Wondering what it might look like if Jesus made church for those on the outside? http://ow.ly/1PKIy (Online source) The link above goes to something IVP wanted to make sure we saw; it takes us to HollywoodJesus.com and a piece by United Methodist minister Jacob Sahms called What Will It Take To […]