By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jul 25, 2011 in AM Missives, Creationism, Current Issues, Features, Youth Ministry
It has become fashionable amongst Christians to see the Genesis account of creation as not literal. The reason is mainly an attempt to find common ground between so-called “science” and the Bible. The problem with “science” There is a proper way and an improper way of “doing” science. There are a few good, and many more bad scientists in the world today. (By [...]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jul 25, 2011 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features, Youth Ministry
There are some believers with strong and vigorous faith. Soaring high, they can mount up with wings as eagles. Fleet of foot, they can run, and not be weary; or, with steady progress, they can walk, and not faint. But all are not so highly pivileged. I suppose there is seldom a family which has no sickly member. However [...]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jul 23, 2011 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Devotions, Features
Having spent much time in prayer over this, I’m convinced that the mainstream Christian community is approaching a crossroad. It is my firm conviction in the Lord that those of us in the Body of Christ need to begin to cry out to Him, as His Church, for His direction because it certainly seems that we have sought the [...]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jul 23, 2011 in Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features, Rob Bell, Semi-Satire, Youth Ministry
See also: KEN SILVA INTERVIEWS LARRY DIXON, AUTHOR OF “FAREWELL, ROB BELL” ROB BELL AND POSTMODERN NEO-LIBERALISM ROB BELL ON THE RECORD CONCERNING SCRIPTURE Print this entry
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jul 23, 2011 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Features, Youth Ministry
It has been five years since Christianity Today published Collin Hansen’s article titled “Young, Restless, Reformed.” Hansen later expanded the article into a book with the same title (Wheaton: Crossway, 2008). He has carefully documented a very encouraging trend: large numbers of young people (college age and younger) are discovering the doctrines of grace, embracing [...]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jul 22, 2011 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features, Youth Ministry
See also: THE EMERGING CHURCH, POSTMODERNISM, & IRRATIONAL PHILOSOPHY POSTMODERN LIBERALISM PITS JESUS AGAINST THE BIBLE BIG TENT CIRCUS OF POSTMODERN LIBERALISM Print this entry
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jul 22, 2011 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features, Youth Ministry
Online apologetics and discernment work Apprising Ministries is pleased to point you to Johnny Farese as he shares his most humbling testimony of God’s sovereign saving grace in his life on the nationally syndicated television show produced by CrossTV. What a far cry from those Apostles Of Unbelief in the sinfully ecumenical neo-liberal cult of the Emergent Church [...]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jul 22, 2011 in Devotions
If you neglect the Church, you neglect your soul. Your attitude towards the priority of a local church reveals much about the condition of your soul and whether you are really part of the body of Christ. One of the first signs of backsliding toward apostasy is neglecting meeting with the brethren faithfully. If you [...]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jul 21, 2011 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Features, Homosexuality/"Christian"
As you know, Apprising Ministries is blessed by God to be one of His leading online apologetics and discernment works helping to blaze a new mission field that was previously largely unused. [1] I’ve told you before we never dreamed this would be the case; even so, the Lord has seen fit to steadily increase the exposure and readership [...]
