By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Sep 2, 2012 in Current Issues, Features
Back in the 2005 piece The Very Dark Side Of The Moon here at Apprising Ministries I told you about Rev. Sun Myung Moon, who referred to himself as “True Father” and “the Savior, Messiah, Returning Messiah, Peace King, and True Parent.” ((http://www.unification.net/2005/20050820.html, accessed 9/2/12.)) Today by way of the Associated Press we find out Fox News is […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Sep 1, 2012 in Current Issues, Features
Many critics of the Reformation have attempted to portray it as the invitation to individualism, as people discover for themselves from the Bible what they will and will not believe. “Never mind the church. Away with creeds and the church’s teaching office! We have the Bible and that’s enough.” But this was not the reformers’ […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Aug 31, 2012 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features
All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work. (2 Timothy 3:16-17) Thus Saith God; Or, The Human Authors Of Scripture? Often in discussions today e.g. with outlaw preachers like gay-affirming “pastor” Jay Bakker—affirming that practicing homosexuality is not […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Aug 31, 2012 in Current Issues, Features, Roman Catholicism
Further reading SOUTHERN BAPTISTS ASSIST THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH TO INFILTRATE EVANGELICALISM RICK WARREN AND TEACHINGS OF DEMONS DID GOD GIVE BETH MOORE THIS VISION?
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Aug 31, 2012 in Current Issues, Features
By Daniel Neades of Better Than Sacrifice This is a repost of an original article on Better Than Sacrifice The Cyberbrethren blog reports that the Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod’s Commission on Theology and Church Relation’s executive staff has warned against the 2011 version of the New International Version translation of the Bible. The NIV 2011 replaces the previous […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Aug 30, 2012 in Current Issues, Features
Apprising Ministries first covered Kong Hee, founder of the largest church in Singapore—City Harvest Church, in Rising Word Faith Pastor Kong Hee Arrested For Alleged Misuse Of Church Funds. Hee is pastor of CHC along with his wife, pastrix Ho Yeow Sun, also known in the pop music world as Sun Ho. Today Christian Post Reporter Katherine […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Aug 30, 2012 in Current Issues, Devotions, Features
And he said unto them, Go into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believes and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believes not shall be damned. (Mark 16:15-16) In the preceding verse our Lord Jesus Christ gives us some little insight into the natural character of the […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Aug 30, 2012 in Current Issues, Features
Part One Part Two Further reading TO OPEN WORSHIP PERRY NOBLE’S NEWSPRING CHURCH ROCKS KISS NEW CALVINIST MARK DRISCOLL HANGOUT WITH CALVARY CHAPEL’S GREG LAURIE ROD PARSLEY TWEETING NUGGETS GIVEN DIRECTLY TO HIM FROM GOD
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Aug 30, 2012 in Current Issues, Features
By Christian Research Network Associate Editor Erin Benziger of Do Not Be Surprised…This is a repost of an original article on Do Not Be Surprised… The heretical Word Faith gospel continues to subtly weave itself into the fabric of the visible church. It seems that James MacDonald’s Elephant Room 2 and the subsequent embracing of prosperity preacher T.D. Jakes […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Aug 29, 2012 in Current Issues, Features
Here at Apprising Ministries we occasionally use humor and satire to communicate the craziness going on in the evangelical world. Well, sometimes real life is loonier than anything we could ever make up. A case in point is the current posting at Tom Horn’s RaidersNewsUpdate.com website. We have covered Tom Horn in a serious vein, and […]