By Apprising Administrator on Sep 18, 2005 in Current Issues, Features | Comments Off on WHY DIDN'T WE RECOGNIZE THE NEW DOWNGRADE?
As the Church of our Lord entered the 21st century in reverse, terms like user-friendly and seeker sensitive, pragmatic concepts quite common in the secular business world but completely foreign to the historic orthodox Christian Church, have dominated religious discussions. Christian pastors and leaders, faced with dwindling attendance in their churches, began to wonder how […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Dec 30, 2012 in Current Issues, Features | 0 Comments
The following is originally published by Herescope and is republished here with permission: A number of years ago there was a joke circulating that went like this: Q: How can a man avoid falling hair? A: Jump out of the way! This is also a formula for avoiding heresy. One must “jump out of the way” whenever it comes near. […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Dec 21, 2012 in Current Issues, Features | 0 Comments
The following was originally published at Stand Up For The Truth and is republished here with permission: What’s with all the hoopla and hysteria about the date December 21, 2012? No, mainstream media, it’s not about the Mayan calendar predicting the end of the world. But it is the culmination of a 25-year plan in the making that those […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Dec 1, 2012 in Current Issues, Features | 0 Comments
By Christian Research Network contributor Christine Pack of Sola Sisters This is a repost of an original article on Sola Sisters The following video, by producer Elliot Nesch, is a must-watch video for Christians today who are alarmed over the state of the church today, and want to know why the church is the way it is. This film […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jul 20, 2012 in Current Issues, Features | 0 Comments
by David Troxell There has been considerable controversy and diverse opinions about reviews of the book, “The Harbinger” by Jonathan Cahn. “The Harbinger” is a book in fiction format. And, in addition, much criticism has been directed at recognized authors and discernment teachers who examined this book according to the Word of God, and drew various […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Mar 17, 2012 in Current Issues, Features | Comments Off on WORSHIP THE GOD IN SCRIPTURE
I bow down toward your holy temple and give thanks to your name for your steadfast love and your faithfulness, for you have exalted above all things your name and your word… Thus says the Lord: “Stand by the roads, and look, and ask for the ancient paths, where the good way is; and walk […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on May 16, 2011 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features | Comments Off on WORSHIP THE GOD OF SCRIPTURE
I bow down toward your holy temple and give thanks to your name for your steadfast love and your faithfulness, for you have exalted above all things your name and your word… Thus says the Lord: “Stand by the roads, and look, and ask for the ancient paths, where the good way is; and walk […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Feb 7, 2008 in Current Issues, Features | Comments Off on A DIFFERENT MESSAGE FOR A DIFFERENT TIME?
There are some of us who see this current proliferation of false teachers gaining mainstream acceptance, such as Brian McLaren and Rob Bell in the cult of the new liberal theology within the emerging church, as among judgments sent from the Lord to serve as a wake up call to His Body. A couple of […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Sep 22, 2014 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Features | 0 Comments
Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.” Nicodemus said to him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born?” Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Sep 20, 2014 in AM Missives, Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism, Current Issues, Features | 0 Comments
By Dr. Orrel Steincamp, The Plumbline Newsletter Archive Unbelievable and largely unseen ecumenical coalitions and ad hoc alliances are forming. These alliances are being forged by a small cadre of seeker-driven mega church celebrity pastors/authors. These vision-casting celebrities are in effect acting as power brokers in forming ecumenical coalitions. As with all coalitions these players are […]