The following by Dr. Gary Gilley, pastor of Southern View Chapel, is republished at Apprising Ministries with permission: One of the most popular and strongly promoted activities within spiritual formation is known as “The Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius Loyola.” As the name implies, these are exercises or activities invented by the Roman Catholic monk Ignatius […]

Apprising Ministries has alerted you in Rick Warren Now Openly Promoting Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism to the upcoming Radicalis conference at Saddleback Church this February. One of the speakers to be featured by Purpose Driven Pope Rick Warren, in addition to Andy Stanley, Perry Noble and Mark Driscoll, is Peter Scazerro; and in Peter Scazzero Promoted By Rick Warren you’ll see where Warren tells us that Scazzero […]

We begin here as Apprising Ministries first draws your attention to what is called the Prayer of Examen as recommended by Mars Hill Bible Church and its teaching pastor Rob Bell, the Elvis of the Emergent Rebellion against Sola Scriptura: Prayer of Examen Description The Prayer of Examen is a daily spiritual exercise developed by St. Ignatius Loyola. This […]

For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery. (Galatians 5:1, ESV) “You’re Not The Boss Of Me; And I’ll Worship God Any Way I Wanna!” Circle up the wagons folks; the Emerging Church and the Elvis of Emergent Rob Bell want to take your young […]

“The LORD said, ‘Who will entice Ahab to go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?’ And one said this while another said that. “Then a spirit came forward and stood before the LORD and said, ‘I will entice him.’ “The LORD said to him, ‘How?’ And he said, ‘I will go out and be a deceiving spirit in […]

Well, not exactly; but we have sure do reason for concern here. As you’ll see in the Apprising Ministries video clip below, we really are not that far off at all in a case like Eric Dykstra And The Crossing Church. I’ve already told you before about a deadly blight rapidly growing now within the camp of contemporary […]

By Apprising Ministries special correspondent Bob DeWaay In February 2008, Christianity Today ran a glowing cover story about Evangelicalism’s recent embrace of medieval Roman Catholic mysticism entitled The Future lies in the Past.1 The article traced the beginning of the movement as follows: “The movement seems to have exploded in a 24-month period in 1977-1978, which saw the publication of Richard […]

The following by Dr. Gary Gilley, pastor of Southern View Chapel, is republished at Apprising Ministries with permission: (February/March 2012 – Volume 18, Issue 1) Almost everyone on the cutting edge of Christianity is talking about spiritual formation.  From books to magazine articles to sermons to seminary courses, spiritual formation is a hot topic.  What […]

Apprising Ministries has warned in posts e.g. Calvinist Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism? and Disciplines To Deception In Southern Baptist Convention that for years now Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism (CSM) as taught by Living Spiritual Teacher and Quaker mystic Richard Foster along with his spiritual twin and Southern Baptist minister Dallas Willard has been rapidly spreading throughout mainstream evangelicalism under […]

Apprising Ministries continues to warn you about the corrupt Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism (CSM) ala the Living Spiritual Teacher and Quaker mystic Richard Foster and his spiritual twin, Southern Baptist minister Dallas Willard, slithering around—even within the young, restless, and reformed camp. I’m showing you that the prolonged practice of spurious CSM always ends up blurring doctrinal lines—at […]