Category: Features

SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION EMBRACING THE EMERGING CHURCH »

Apprising Ministries correspondent and Christian Research Network contributor Jim Lupacchino has an important story at his Watcher’s Lamp website that’s related to the AM post The Morphing Emerging Church Movement. In his Virginia Baptists Promoting Emergent Phyllis Tickle Luppachino informs us: The Baptist General Association of Virginia’s (BGAV) Mission Board shares The Parish Paper : The […]

THE MORPHING EMERGING CHURCH MOVEMENT »

In articles such as Doug Pagitt And Arrogance Of Liberal/Progressive Christians I’ve told you here at Apprising Ministries that heretical quasi-universalist pastor Doug Pagitt is unquestionably a leading voice  ‘round the Emerging Church aka Emergent Church—that morphed into Emergence Christianity (EC)—and which was originally propped up and advanced by Leadership Network (LN). Today well respected EC theologian Scot McKnight tweets: Mainline emerging movement: http://blog.beliefnet.com/jesuscreed/2010/02/the-living-emerging-movement.html (Online source) […]

RADICAL APOSTATES, RICK WARREN AND PETER SCAZZERO »

In Rick Warren And Peter Scazzero Up To Monk-ee Business earlier at Apprising Ministries I told you Leadership Network’s propped up Purpose Driven Pope Rick Warren has conference called Radicalis that’s set to begin next Tuesday February 9 at Saddleback Church. Radicalis now features Dr. Ed Stetzer along with his Acts 29 cohort Mark Driscoll, Perry Noble, Kerry Shook, and Andy Stanley; I […]

IN THE EMERGING CHURCH OOZE CONVERSION IS OUT »

Professing to be wise, they became fools… (Romans 1:22, NASB) Meeting In The Deception Of Mystery Apprising Ministries has pointed out e.g. Tony Jones, The Emerging Church And Progressive Christianity that the term to watch for now ‘round the circles of the sinfully ecumenical Emerging Church de-formation of the Christian faith aka Emergent Church—that’s now morphed […]

EMERGING CHURCH: HUMBLE AND CERTAIN AT THE SAME TIME? »

The answer, of course, is yes. Dr. John MacArthur was once asked why he didn’t give his opinion concerning matters and only quoted Scripture when asked what he thought of a given issue. His answer was certain, and it was humble, as MacArthur said: “God’s opinion is my opinion.” If you are studied up on […]

ANDREW MARIN METHODOLOGY »

Apprising Ministries has talked a little about Andrew Marin e.g. in Andrew Marin And Tony Jones, which gives you a peek at the current drift left by Marin, further indicated by his blogroll where we see both Emerging Church guru Brian McLaren and his good friend Tony Jones. If you don’t know, Marin is “the […]

TONY JONES, THE EMERGING CHURCH AND PROGRESSIVE CHRISTIANITY »

A little while ago Tony Jones, heretical “theologian in residence” at the Emerging Church of his equally heretical pastor Doug Pagitt, tweets: New Blog Post: The Future of Progressive Theology and God’s Future http://ow.ly/16s2Q1 (Online source) The above link takes us to the latest post by Jones called The Future of Progressive Theology and God’s Future where he tells […]

TIM KELLER ALSO PROMOTING MYSTIC GURU PETER SCAZZERO »

Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump? (1 Corinthians 5:6, ESV) Romanticizing Rome It would appear so. A while back Apprising Ministries told you that Rick Warren And Peter Scazzero Are Up To Monk-ee Business and also asked is: Tim Keller Endorsing Counter-Reformation Contemplative Spirituality? Briefly, Leadership Network’s propped up Purpose Driven Pope Rick Warren has actually […]

PHIL JOHNSON ON THEOLOGICAL LIBERALISM »

As a Bible-believing Christian, it’s quite likely that more and more as you listen to what’s being taught in your mainstream evangelical church, you are sensing something is “off.” 1) you’re right; it is. And 2) at Pyromaniacs recently Phil Johnson has done the Church a service is exposing why.  He’s put together a couple […]

PRAYER FOR THE ELCA »

The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) tells us “that, Martin Luther sought reform for the church in the 16th century, laying the framework for our beliefs.” And this morning the ELCA tweets the below, which leads us to the ELCA Facebook page: Jesus tells us, “Pray without ceasing.” What is your prayer today? http://bit.ly/6E6lhu (Online source)   […]

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