By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Apr 30, 2010 in Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features
Apprising Ministries told you in The Emerging Church TransFORM East Coast Apostasia-Palooza I told you about this latest heresy-fest of the neo-liberal cult of the upgraded Emergent Church 2.0 that kicked off today. Our source inside TransFORM tells me that if the Emerging Church is dead, the hundreds in the packed-out place “missed the memo.” Here’s the opening video concerning “theologies” […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Apr 29, 2010 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features
He must hold firm to the trustworthy word as taught, so that he may be able to give instruction in sound doctrine and also to rebuke those who contradict it.For there are many who are insubordinate, empty talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision party. They must be silenced, since they are upsetting whole […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Apr 29, 2010 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Features, Southern Baptist Convention
Apprising Ministries has pointed out before that Southern Baptist pastor Ed Young, Jr is the very popular Purpose Driven/Seeker Driven pastor of a megachurch known as Fellowship Church (FC) in Grapevine, TX. You may recall allegations of living an overly luxurious lfestyle by Young, Jr. from ABC affiliate WFAA News 8 in Dallas/Fort Worth. I showed you his response in Ed Young Jr […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Apr 28, 2010 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features, Homosexuality/"Christian", Jay Bakker
Beloved, although I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints. (Jude 3, ESV) Jay Bakker Gets Ready For Prime Time Over this past year Apprising Ministries has been […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Apr 28, 2010 in Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features
This is a brief follow-up to the Apprising Ministries post Emerging Church Theologian Leonard Sweet To Speak At Pastor Skip Heitzig’s Calvary Chapel Church where I linked to New Age Sympathizer Leonard Sweet To Speak at Pastor Skip Heitzig’s Calvary Chapel Church from Lighthouse Trails Research. There we’re told: This coming June, Calvary Chapel Albuquerque (a veteran Calvary […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Apr 27, 2010 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Features
Apprising Ministries points you to a disturbing story at the Crosstalk Blog, which has now been updated by Ingrid Schlueter. In the original post she gave the link to “listen to the prayer at Harambee Church in Renton, Washington back in March.” Schlueter then tells us: The sound of the Islamic call to prayer echoed through this Acts 29 Network […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Apr 26, 2010 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Features, Rick Warren
Purpose Driven Pope Rick Warren, whom Dr. John Piper has made the ill-advised decision to bring into the Desiring God Conference 2010 as the keynote speaker, participated the other day in an interfaith panel held at Temple Sinai in Los Angeles. Talk show host Tavis Smiley was host for “Meet the Faith”, which featured an interfaith panel comprising a Muslim Najeeba Syeed-Miller, Reverend Cecil “Chip” […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Apr 26, 2010 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Features, Rick Warren
This online apologetics and discernment work Apprising Ministries has been among those who’ve been reporting on an ill-advised decision by Dr. John Piper to bring Purpose Driven Pope Rick Warren into the Desiring God Conference 2010 as the keynote speaker. And so, Warrengate is now slowly simmering because, unfortunately, it got even worse when Dr. Piper defended his decision: At root I think [Rick […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Apr 25, 2010 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Features, Homosexuality/"Christian"
But now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone who bears the name of brother if he is guilty of sexual immorality or greed, or is an idolater, reviler, drunkard, or swindler—not even to eat with such a one. (1 Corinthians 5:11) The Sad Truth Has Now Come Emerging By now you may know […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Apr 23, 2010 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features, Rob Bell
In The Progressive Resurrection Of Rob Bell here at Apprising Ministries I discussed his spoken word presentation in the recent video Resurrection. The truth is, I’ve long been covering the drift of Rob Bell, the rock star Elvis of the Emerging Church, and its new version of Progressive Christianity aka Emergence Christianity. And in pieces like Through Rob Bell “The Great Enlightened […]