By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Feb 28, 2009 in Current Issues, Features, Homosexuality/"Christian", Jay Bakker
Ya know, it’s not always easy in the lives of those preaching their doctrines of demons. Jay Bakker, pastor of the goat herd at Revolution Church, has already told us about a personal chat he had with the LORD God Almighty Who apparently has confided in “pastor” Jay that He’s now changed His mind about the practice of […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Feb 27, 2009 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Features, Roman Catholicism, Southern Baptist Convention
As a former Roman Catholic whom in His mercy and grace the Lord delivered from its spiritual bondage into the glorious liberty of the sons of God—and this through absolutely zero effort or seeking Him on my part—I know very well what soli Deo gloria means. And the Roman Catholic Church ain’t even in the […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Feb 26, 2009 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Features
In his 2007 sermon A Nation Abandoned by God Dr. John MacArthur, one of the finest teachers of the Bible in our gelatinous generation, says: One of the most tragic scenes in the Bible and yet one of the most familiar to us is the scene of the strongest man who ever lived, a man […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Feb 26, 2009 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Features, Roman Catholicism
For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery… You were running well. Who hindered you from obeying the truth? This persuasion is not from Him Who calls you. A little leaven leavens the whole lump. (Galatians 5:1, 7-9, ESV) Filed Under: Just How […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Feb 23, 2009 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features
The more I’ve observed Tony Jones, a leading theologian in the Emergence rebellion against Sola Scriptura, the more he reminds me of someone I knew in school. Glen was what we might call an instigator. He was very good at getting others to do things he would suggest in order to see how far the […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Feb 21, 2009 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Features, Southern Baptist Convention
“I tell you the truth, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds. The man who loves his life will lose it, while the man who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.” […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Feb 12, 2009 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Features, Southern Baptist Convention
In a post today at the Founders Ministries Blog Tom Ascol shares his thoughts on Wade Burleson’s contention that “the administration of SWBTS planned to purge Calvinistic faculty in the name of economic cutbacks.” Ascol writes: I received numerous questions via facebook, twitter, email and old-fashioned phone calls about that accusation and the resultant denials […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Feb 10, 2009 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Features, Southern Baptist Convention
Apprising Ministries shares the latest we have concerning a subject we began covering in Calvinists To Be “Let Go” From Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (SBC). It’s been alleged that there was a meeting at SWBTS in preparation to dismiss professors holding to Calvinism. But as AM pointed out in Paige Patterson Hopes Calvinist Professors Won’t […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Feb 9, 2009 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Emergent Church, Features, Rob Bell
The website DefCon posted the following quote from Dr. John MacArthur of Grace to You. Even though I have a couple of points where I don’t agree with MacArthur I am still pleased to recommend him to people as one of the finest teachers of the Bible that Jesus has given His Church in our […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Feb 7, 2009 in AM Missives, Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism, Current Issues, Features
Apprising Ministries presents the below composite email—representing common questions/comments AM receives—for the edification of our readers concerning the corrupt Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism being advanced under cover of spurious Spiritual Formation by Living Spiritual Teacher and Quaker mystic Richard Foster along with his spiritual twin Dallas Willard: Hi Ken, I would like to request your help. My friend and brother in […]