Even though it costs, with donations now nearing a critical low, which threatens our future, the online apologetics and discernment work Apprising Ministries still continues to warn you that there is a tsunami of apostasy—pushed along by 1 Peter 4:17  judgments—headed toward the church visible. In this follow-up to Tim Keller And Contemplative Spirituality I’ll give you reason to be concerned […]

Apprising Ministries continues documenting the growing influence of Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism(CSM) right into the timid heart of the squishy evanjellyfish pretending to be Protestant community. I’ve told you that the main catalyst for this spiritual skubalon is the Living Spiritual Teacher and Quaker mystic Richard Foster along with his spiritual twin, Southern Baptist minister Dallas Willard; […]

In recent articles like Acts 29 Network And Reformed Counter Reformation Spirituality and John Piper, Rick Warren & Foster-Willardism I’ve expressed concern here at Apprising Ministries about so-called New Calvinism, which itself appears to be a postmodern form of Calvinism embracing both Reformation theology and the spurious spirituality of Counter Reformation Roman Catholicism. [1] Then […]

Having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people. (2 Timothy 3:5) New Protholic Spirituality Leading online apologetics and discernment work Apprising Ministries has been helping you to survey the battlefield of this spiritual Vietnam of a Truth War. We can see now that the new liberalism of the Church Growth Movement and its […]

For at least the past six years now online apologetics and discernment ministries like Lighthouse Trails Research, as well as here at Apprising Ministries, have been warning about the sinfully ecumenical [i.e. Reformation repudiating] Emergent Church aka the Emerging Church. Sadly, it’s now grown into a neo-liberal cult operating within evangelicalism infecting it with their new […]

For at least the past six years now online apologetics and discernment ministries like Lighthouse Trails Research, as well as here at Apprising Ministries, have warning about the sinfully ecumenical [i.e. Reformation repudiating] Emergent Church aka the Emerging Church. Sadly, it’s now grown into a neo-liberal cult operating within evangelicalism infecting it with their new […]

O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? It was before your eyes that Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified. Let me ask you only this: Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law or by hearing with faith? Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected […]

The following by Dr. Gary Gilley, pastor of Southern View Chapel, is republished at Apprising Ministries with permission: Ortberg, a teaching pastor at Willow Creek Community Church, published The Life You’ve Always Wanted in 1997 and expanded it in 2002.  The book provides a good taste of the style and content of the teaching at […]

*UPDATE* Since this article went online at Apprising Ministries the page to the interview of Rick Warren by John Piper appears to have vanished. However, I was able to retrieve the video page—at least for now. AM already has the pdf transcript on file and put it at the bottom of this piece, but unfortunately […]

Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by the flesh? (Galatians 3:3) Peter Scazzero And Rick Warren Are Spreading  Contemplative Spirituality As part of the online apologetics and discernment work being done here at Apprising Ministries we’ve been covering the upgrading of the sinfully ecumenical Emerging Church aka Emergent Church into a full […]