By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Oct 24, 2012 in Current Issues, Features, Southern Baptist Convention | 0 Comments
Apprising Ministries reminds you that while the issue of women being ordained elders and pastors has been debated within some of evangelicalism, up until now it’s essentially been contained within the more charismatic and Pentecostal fringes. The more mainstream denominations, e.g. the Southern Baptist Convention, have for the most part still maintained the proper Biblical position that women […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jul 31, 2012 in AM Missives, Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism, Current Issues, Features | 0 Comments
Apprising Ministries continues warning about the corrupt Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism (CSM) a la neo-Gnostics like Living Spiritual Teacher and Quaker mystic Richard Foster and his spiritual twin Dallas Willard. It’s been slithering into the mainstream of evangelicalism under the guise of so-called Spiritual Formation. I told you earlier in SBC’S Beth Moore Merely Pretending To Be Protestant no less an authority than Emergent Church guru Brian McLaren informs us Foster and Willard are “key […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Nov 4, 2011 in Current Issues, Features, Rob Bell | Comments Off on ALTAR TO AN UNKNOWN LOVE: ROB BELL, C.S. LEWIS
The following by Dr. Gary Gilley, pastor of Southern View Chapel, is republished at Apprising Ministries with permission: In this volume Beasley concurs with the criticism heaped on Rob Bell and his heretical book Love Wins. But he is justly confused as to why others, particularly C.S. Lewis who taught essentially many of Bell’s errors, […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Aug 24, 2011 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Features | Comments Off on CALL TO BOYCOTT CHRISTIAN TV'S TBN AND GLENN BECK
With TBN we’re not dealing with actual Christian television; and I’m all for people avoiding the Trinity Blasphemy Network, Glenn Beck or no Glenn Beck. More on that in a moment. God be praised, for those who were concerned, two donors have already stepped up and covered about half of what we lost when a couple of […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jul 4, 2011 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features, Rob Bell | Comments Off on HOW DOES ROB BELL UNDERSTAND MATTHEW 7:13-14?
The Narrow Road: What is Bell’s understanding of Matthew 7:13-14, a key passage he does not discuss in Love Wins? 13 “Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. 14 But small is the gate and narrow the road […]