By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on May 19, 2009 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features
For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the Spirit is life and peace, because the mind set on the flesh is hostile toward God; for it does not subject itself to the law of God, for it is not even able to do so, and those who are in the [...]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on May 19, 2009 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features, Homosexuality/"Christian", Youth Ministry
DOWN WITH SOLA SCRIPTURA! Only those with their heads buried seriously deep in the spiritual sand won’t recognize an inclusive and quite aggressive agenda upon the part of the extremely ecumenical Emerging Church concerning homosexuality, which is the sin of committing sexual immorality with someone of the same sex. Their heretical goal is to bring [...]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on May 18, 2009 in Quotes
R.J. Stevens writes, “I want to challenge you to take the 10 or 15 minutes necessary to read Mike Horton’s excellent piece titled Gnostic Worship, which is linked below. Here are a few excerpts from that article: Essential to this Gnostic orientation is the immediacy of the divine-human relationship. At the time of the Reformation, [...]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on May 17, 2009 in Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church
DOWN WITH SOLA SCRIPTURA! But I do not allow a woman to teach or exercise authority over a man, but to remain quiet. (1 Timothy 2:12, NASB) Evangelicalism Opening The Same Door Of No Return As Did Mainline Denominations As Apprising Ministries showed you in Tony Jones And His Pastor Doug Pagitt With JoPa [...]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on May 17, 2009 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features
DOWN WITH SOLA SCRIPTURA! But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction. And many will follow their sensuality, and because of them the way of truth [...]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on May 16, 2009 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features, Tony Jones
DOWN WITH SOLA SCRIPTURA! These are the men who are hidden reefs in your love feasts when they feast with you without fear, caring for themselves… (Jude 12, NASB) Stealing The Christian Faith Right From Under Your Noses Today’s post Why Christianity 21? from Tony Jones over at his blog at the interspiritual website [...]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on May 13, 2009 in AM Missives, Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism, Current Issues, Features
The following is excerpted from Donald Whitney and Spiritual Disciplines: Spirituality Without Boundaries by Bob DeWaay, pastor of Twin City Fellowship: The people who asked me to review [Donald] Whitney were concerned about mysticism. I am concerned too, not merely because Whitney is a mystic without qualifications (he is not), but that he has opened the door [...]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on May 13, 2009 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features
DOWN WITH SOLA SCRIPTURA! These are the men who are hidden reefs in your love feasts when they feast with you without fear, caring for themselves… (Jude 12, NASB) C’mon Now Rip Van Winkle’s In Evangelical Leadership; It’s Way Past Time To Wake Up! Have you ever wondered what seducing spirits espousing doctrines of demons look [...]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on May 12, 2009 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Homosexuality/"Christian"
Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. (1 Corinthians 6:9-10, KJV) It’s Not Loving And Tolerant To [...]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on May 12, 2009 in Devotions
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind: Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away. (Matthew 13: 47-48, KJV) Remember how the Lord Jesus Christ said, concerning those [...]