By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jun 15, 2012 in Current Issues, Features, Rick Warren, Southern Baptist Convention
I’m almost beginning to wonder if maybe it’s time for someone at Saddleback Church to take away the Twitter account from sinfully ecumenical Southern Baptist megapastor Rick Warren. For example, consider Rick Warren Tweets His Foot Into His Mouth…Again from Apprising Ministries yesterday where he takes a swipe at Christians who look for Jesus in the text […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jun 15, 2012 in Current Issues, Features
“Take heed what you hear” (Mark 4:24): the word “hear” obviously includes what is read, for that which is written or printed is addressed to the ears of our intellect. Few people today realize the urgent need for “taking heed” unto what they read. Just as the natural food which is eaten either helps or hinders […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jun 15, 2012 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Features
Audience member: My wife and I have two wonderful sons and two daughters. And one son’s at Southern Seminary and he’s kind of mildly, you know, thinking there’s good in the seeker-friendly movement—some of it—and my other son’s totally hostile to it, and I’m caught in the middle. And I was talking to somebody who is very […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jun 14, 2012 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Features, Word Faith
Recent events like the Elephant Room 2 further ushering Word Faith prosperity preacher T.D. Jakes into the mainstream of professing Christendom also opens wider the door for others, e.g. Creflo Dollar. I’ve told you before that Dollar’s been appearing on the Life TV Today program of James Robison for years now. ((e.g. WF PASTRIX PAULA WHITE: AS […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jun 14, 2012 in Current Issues, Features, Rick Warren
Apprising Ministries has long believed that sinfully ecumenical Southern Baptist megapastor Rick Warren benefits greatly from living in this postmodern time. The reason being, his “file card orthodoxy,” as Christian apologist Bob DeWaay once put it, would never survive a generation where more people were able to use critical reasoning skills. Especially when one starts […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jun 13, 2012 in Current Issues, Features
Further reading WF PASTRIX PAULA WHITE: AS PAUL IS TO TIMOTHY, SO T.D. JAKES IS TO ME ELEPHANT ROOM 2′S T.D. JAKES SAYS TBN’S PAUL CROUCH LED BY GOD TO LAUNCH JAKES’ MINISTRY EMERGING ECUMENICAL EVANGELEPHANTS AND THE WORD FAITH MOVEMENT
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jun 13, 2012 in Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism, Current Issues, Dallas Willard, Features, Spiritual Formation
Presented by Bob DeWaay and Dick Kuffel Many Christian colleges are adopting a course of study called “Spiritual Formation” that introduces students to “spiritual disciplines.” We warn about the unbiblical nature of these ascetic and mystical practices by critiquing Dallas Willard’s teachings. Part One Part Two Further reading THE ORIGIN OF CONTEMPLATIVE/CENTERING PRAYER CONTEMPLATIVE PRAYER […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jun 13, 2012 in Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features
I begin this piece here at Apprising Ministries by pointing you to yet another illustration of the type of syncretism slithering into contemporary evangelicalism right now because it chose to open its arms to the neo-liberal cult openly operating within the Emerging Church aka the Emergent Church. For you see, this was the Trojan Horse […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jun 13, 2012 in Current Issues, Features
In the settlement of the great question between the sinner and God, there was to be no bargaining, and no price of any kind. The basis of settlement was laid at the cross; and the mighty transaction on that cross did all that was needed as a price. “It is finished!” is God’s message to […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jun 13, 2012 in Current Issues, Features
To explain, Apprising Ministries points you to this audio clip from pastor Steve Lawson at the 2009 Shepherds’ Conference: Paul is completely astounded and amazed. Why? That they should abandon the gospel so quickly that he had brought to them. To abandon meant to go AWOL — they were deserting at this very hour the […]