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… Steven Furtick and his Elevation Church kicked off 2012 with a bang. The Code Orange Revival was twelve nights of celebrity preachers, loud worship music and subsequent emotional highs. Speakers ran from across […]

Apprising Ministries has laid out the theory that there appears to be a new emerging ecumenical magisterium (EEM) growing up around the Elephant Room (ER) of co-hosts James MacDonald and Mark Driscoll. In September of last year, while she was discussing the then up-coming R12 conference, CRN associate editor Erin Benziger actually gave us a peek at quite a […]

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 following is excerpted from Beth Moore’s book, The Beloved Disciple. Consider the implications of the claims she makes in the following paragraphs. Bold emphasis is added: Beloved, I am convinced one of our […]

Christian Research Network is a sister work of Apprising Ministries. Readers of this online apologetics and discernment ministry know I’ve been warning of false unity and syncretism between mainstream evangelicals and hyper-Pentecostal/charismatics in the warped Word Faith camp. Perhaps the most blatant was seen in Elephant Room 2 with Word Faith mogul T.D. Jakes ushered into heart of […]

As this online apologetics and discernment ministry (OADM) Apprising Ministries continues monitoring Intel along the Internet front of this war against error it’s impossible not to notice a New Downgrade No Controversy. Briefly, what I mean by the term is first of all an attempt to harken the Christian back to what became known as the […]

Further reading RICK WARREN’S SADDLEBACK CHURCH MEN’S GROUP STUDIES JOYCE MEYER ANDY STANLEY ON JOYCE MEYER’S “ENJOYING EVERYDAY LIFE” PROGRAM TODAY CHRISTINE CAINE SAYS WORD FAITH TEACHER JOYCE MEYER IS HER “SPIRITUAL MOTHER”

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… Now that the U.S. and Russian governments have reassured all that the world will not end on December 21, we can focus on a more important and even closer date: 12-12-12. Why is this date so crucial? […]

Due to increasing syncretism it’s now become increasingly difficult to cover the various strains of unbiblical teaching as they slither their way into the church visible; and which, are quickly blending together in ways we’d previously never even have imagined. As such Apprising Ministries is an online apologetics and discernment ministry (OADM) which has begin specializing in analyzing these current trends […]

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… As December approaches, Saddleback Church appears poised, like many churches, to deliver appropriately themed sermons throughout the month. It seems as though Saddleback’s sermon series will be titled, “Christmas Is…” and will feature […]

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 […]