By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Oct 14, 2012 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Features
Apprising Ministries has been covering what seems to be a developing story concerning Elephant Room curator James MacDonald and a website called The Elephant’s Debt put up a two former members of his HBC. Today I was pointed to the following update at TED entitled Recent Developments: James MacDonald addresses the issue of detractors with […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Oct 14, 2012 in Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features
I’ve pointed out many times now that as a general rule, and a courtesy, we do not publish email without the permission of the sender. 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 edification. Such is […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Oct 14, 2012 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Features
Apprising Ministries is an online apologetics and discernment work the Lord has raised up to help you see the abysmal apostasy spreading now even throughout the mainstream of the evangelical community. 1 Peter 4:17 judgments sent by Jesus Himself are falling upon His visible church as spiritual darkness grows. A good example would be the […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Oct 14, 2012 in Current Issues, Features, Quotes
Looking back on the creepy cults of the 70s and the self-indulgent excesses of the televangelists of the 80s can be a little like watching an episode of some ghastly ‘reality TV show’: as the freaks and frauds parade on the television screen, that subtle sentiment of “I thank thee Lord that I am not […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Oct 13, 2012 in Current Issues, Features
At Apprising Ministries I’ve talked a lot about how a growing syncretism with Word Faith prosperity preaching is receiving a real assist from the emerging ecumenical magisterium springing up around the Elephant Room. In ER 2, along with his cohost New Calvinist Mark Driscoll, James MacDonald opened the door into the mainstream of evangelicalism for T.D. […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Oct 13, 2012 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Features, Southern Baptist Convention
Apprising Ministries is doing what we can to draw attention to the New Downgrade No-Controversy happening within evangelicalism and growing syncretism as spiritual blindness and apostasy increase. Unfortunately, at a time when the church visible could desperately use one, I’m afraid there doesn’t appear to be a Charles Spurgeon arising. If anything mainstream Christendom seems to heading away […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Oct 13, 2012 in Current Issues, Features
I’ve pointed out many times now that as a general rule, and a courtesy, we do not publish email without the permission of the sender. 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 edification. Such is […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Oct 13, 2012 in Current Issues, Features, Rick Warren
Christian Research Network is a sister work of Apprising Ministries. In Rick Warren, Joel Osteen To Appear On Oprah’s ‘Lifeclass CRN Associate Editor Erin Benziger of Do Not Be Surprised… brought to our attention that Robert Schueller disciples of human potential teaching Joel Osteen and Rick Warren recently joined Oprah Winfrey. Well, now she takes a look at ‘I Have Aha Moment Exhaustion!’ My Afternoon With Oprah and Pastor Rick […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Oct 12, 2012 in Current Issues, Definitions, Features
By Nephy Lim PARAPASTRIX [par–uh pas’ -trīx, [Greek, para-, combining form representing pará (preposition) beside, alongside of, by, beyond. Pastor, n., a person having spiritual care of a number of persons, Latin pāstor shepherd, literally, feeder, equivalent to pās-, base of pāscere to put to pasture, feed + -tor -tor. Trix, A suffix borrowed […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Oct 12, 2012 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Features
Apprising Ministries continues warning the Rip Van Winkle’s in evangelical leadership that major figures of Word Faith mythology are rapidly gaining stature within the mainstream of professing Christendom. I’ve talked a lot about how this is receiving a real assist from the emerging ecumenical magisterium springing up around the Elephant Room, e.g. Steven Furtick As Televangelist […]