By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Mar 22, 2010 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features, Marcus Borg | Comments Off on DO WE BELIEVE IN THE SAME JESUS PHILIP CLAYTON?
“I told you that you would die in your sins; if you do not believe that I am [the eternal God], you will indeed die in your sins.” (John 8:24, Greek) Christians Who Don’t Believe In Jesus? In the earlier Apprising Ministries piece Ken Silva Answers Philip Clayton I told you that in his post SHOULD the […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Sep 10, 2009 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features | Comments Off on DID JESUS ARGUE DOCTRINE?
Jesus said to them, “Is this not the reason you are wrong, because you know neither the Scriptures nor the power of God? For when they rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven. And as for the dead being raised, have you not read […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Sep 2, 2009 in Quotes | Comments Off on JOHN MACARTHUR: JESUS ON HIS GOSPEL
To a typical Pharisee, what Jesus was saying to Nicodemus [in John 3] would likely have come across as highly offensive. Jesus was attacking the very core of Nicodemus’s belief system, plainly implying that Nicodemus was lost, spiritually lifeless, and ultimately no better off in his rigid Pharisaism than an utterly immoral Gentile without God. Indeed, […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Apr 13, 2009 in Quotes | Comments Off on DR. WALTER MARTIN: THE CULTURE DOES NOT ANNUL THE LAW OF GOD
The culture does not annul the Law of God; God’s Law stands whether the culture stands or not. What you are getting from the Cult of Liberalism is what is known as moral relativism. Do you understand that; moral relativism, which means you get away with whatever you think in your heart you can get away […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Mar 29, 2009 in AM Missives, Apologetics, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features, Rick Warren, Southern Baptist Convention | Comments Off on IF YOU TRULY LOVE "JESUS" THERE ARE NO BOUNDARIES FOR THE "CHRIST-FOLLOWERS"
because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved. For the Scripture says, “Everyone who believes in him will […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Sep 10, 2008 in Marcus Borg | Comments Off on MARCUS BORG VS. JESUS
I told you that you would die in your sins; if you do not believe that I am [the eternal God], you will indeed die in your sins.” (John 8:24, Greek) Always Learning But Never Able To Acknowledge The Truth At his website A Portrait of Jesus, Jesus Seminar Fellow, Marcus Borg explains the “Jesus” […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Sep 9, 2008 in Devotions | Comments Off on A SHORT WORD ON WITNESSING FOR JESUS
He who listens to you listens to Me; he who rejects you rejects Me; but he who rejects Me rejects Him who sent Me. (Luke 10:16) Avoid The Confusion And Share The Gospel As one who’s been in the ministries of apologetics and countercult evangelism for over twenty years I can tell you from firsthand […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Sep 5, 2008 in Apologetics | Comments Off on WILL THE REAL JESUS PLEASE STAND UP?
“…let it be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead—by him this man is standing before you well. This Jesus is the stone that was rejected by you, the builders, which has […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Nov 29, 2007 in Current Issues | Comments Off on HOLLYWOOD MOVIE ON JESUS’ ‘MISSING YEARS’ DRAWS REBUKE