Category: Features
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Oct 1, 2009 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features
They are full of superstitions from the East; they practice divination like the Philistines and clasp hands with pagans. (Isaiah 2:6) Having A Form Of Godliness As I previously pointed out in Shane Hipps Exposed at the beginning of this clip below from the September 23 Fighting for the Faith (F4tF) program of Christian apologist Chris Rosebrough, which airs on his Pirate Christian […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Oct 1, 2009 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features, Rob Bell
Those who can’t see the dramatic drift away from orthodox Christianity by Rob Bell, the Elvis of the egregiously ecumenical Emerging Church aka Emergent Church de-formation of the Christian faith—now morphing into Emergence Christianity (EC)—just don’t want to see it. Bell isn’t using innovative methods as an alternative way to reach people with the Gospel; no, he’s using his obvious […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Sep 30, 2009 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Features, Homosexuality/"Christian"
I’ve pointed out previously that as a general rule, and a courtesy, we do not publish email without the permission of the sender. However at the same time, all email sent to AM and Christian Research Network is considered the property of Apprising Ministries so we may indeed publish unsolicited email for the purposes of […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Sep 30, 2009 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features
these teachers will exploit you with stories they have made up. (2 Peter 2:3) Turning Faith To Myth In the beginning of this clip below from the September 23 Fighting for the Faith (F4tF) program of Christian apologist Chris Rosebrough, which airs on his Pirate Christian Radio network, Rosebrough reminds us that recently Hipps preached a whacked-out sermon at Mars […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Sep 28, 2009 in Brian McLaren, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features
They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths. (2 Timothy 4:4) Have It Your Way Christian Spirituality We now begin the final part of our look at curious spiritual associations that Brian McLaren has been making through the years, as well as some of the odd inclusivistic statements in his […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Sep 26, 2009 in Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features, Rob Bell
…and those who are in the flesh cannot please God. However, you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you; But if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Him. (Romans 8:8-9, NASB) Turning The Truth Into Mythology In posts like […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Sep 25, 2009 in Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features
Apprising Ministries has reminded you a few times now about the next EC conference, an apostasy-fest called Christianity 21 (C 21), which is called coming up October 9-11. C 21 will be put on by JoPa Productions, the company formed by heretical theologian Tony Jones and his equally heretical quasi-universalist pastor Doug Pagitt. The dubious duo of Jones and Pagitt are highly influential within the egregiously ecumenical Emerging […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Sep 24, 2009 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features
Apprising Ministries has reminded you a few times now about the next EC conference, an apostasy-fest called Christianity 21 (C 21), which is called coming up October 9-11. C 21 will be put on by JoPa Productions, the company formed by heretical Emerging Church theologian Tony Jonesand his equally heretical quasi-universalist Emergent Church pastor Doug Pagitt. AM has also previously pointed out Jo-Pa have informed us that […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Sep 24, 2009 in Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features, Homosexuality/"Christian"
In Did ELCA Pastrix Nadia Bolz-Weber Just Call Jesus “A Schmuck”? I reminded our many new readers, particularly those who’ve come to Apprising Ministries because of our coverage of the recent tragic vote mortally wounding the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (ELCA), that AM has long been maintaining Mainstream Evangelicalism Is Now On The Rapid Slide To Apostasy. The main reason for […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Sep 22, 2009 in Brian McLaren, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features
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, ESV) Strange Bedfellows Come Emerging We continue with our examination of the oxymoron that would be/is Brian McLaren and “evangelical” panentheism, and just how this might shed some light on rather […]
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