By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Aug 10, 2009 in AM Mailbag
I’ve pointed out previously that as a general rule, and a courtesy, we do not publish email without the permission of the sender. However at the same time, all email sent to AM and Christian Research Network is considered the property of Apprising Ministries so we may indeed publish unsolicited email for the purposes of edification. In this case the email below concerns John [...]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jul 25, 2009 in AM Mailbag
May God be praised for touching lives through Apprising Ministries well beyond our local community via the Lord using the Internet to spread His Truth, not unlike He once did house churches in the ancient Church. The email below, published with permission of its author, comes from the same person we first met in AM Testimony: Contemplative Spirituality. [...]
By AM on Jul 6, 2009 in AM Mailbag
The Lord be praised for His kindness and encouragement through His figurative 7,000 who’ve not bowed their knee to Baal while this apostasy continues to spread. May God help them know how much it’s appreciated during this time of financial setbacks: Dear Apprising Ministries, May God protect you and help you in the battles that [...]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jun 17, 2009 in AM Mailbag, AM Missives
May God be praised for touching lives through Apprising Ministries well beyond our local community via the Lord using the Internet to spread His Truth, not unlike He once did house churches in the ancient Church: Ken, Just a quick response to your mailbag post questioning anti-emergent church accuracy in God’s will. I would just say God is not [...]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jun 14, 2009 in AM Mailbag, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Jay Bakker
Please know that as a general rule, and a courtesy, we do not publish email without the permission of the sender. However at the same time, all email sent to AM and Christian Research Network is considered the property of Apprising Ministries. The Lord knows I have spent much time these past four years privately answering emails [...]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jun 11, 2009 in AM Mailbag, Homosexuality/"Christian"
Please know that as a general rule, and a courtesy, we do not publish email without the permission of the sender. However, at the same time, all email sent to AM and Christian Research Network is considered the property of Apprising Ministries and we may indeed publish unsolicited email for the purposes of edification, as if the case here: Hello [...]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jun 5, 2009 in AM Mailbag, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church
The unsolicited email to follow is a good example of a pet Emerging Church argument, which really finds its root in an age-old question: Yea, hath God said? —– Original Message —– From: AM Reader To: apprising@hughes.net Sent: Friday, June 05, 2009 10:57 AM Subject: Emerging Church Question — Apprising Ministries contact form Dear Sir: [...]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jun 1, 2009 in AM Mailbag, General Information
Please know that as a general rule, and a courtesy, we do not publish email without the permission of the sender. However, at the same time, all email sent to AM and CRN is considered the property of Apprising Ministries and we may indeed publish unsolicited email for the purposes of edification. That said, all email sent via the contact forms [...]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Mar 16, 2009 in AM Mailbag, AM Missives, Current Issues, Features, Richard Foster, Spiritual Formation
The following is from unsolicited email received from a brother pastor-teacher and is published with his permission. He was writing in response to the recent Apprising Ministries article Richard Foster A Reliable Source For Proper Christian Spirituality? Sadly, Celebration of Discipline, a piece of spiritual skubalon by Living Spiritual Teacher and Quaker mystic Richard Foster, which Dr. Gary Gilley has rightly called “a [...]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jan 9, 2009 in AM Mailbag
No matter how clearly we demonstrate it there are still those who express surprise and disbelief concerning the level to which corrupt quasi-Eastern Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism (CSM) rooted in the Counter Reformation of apostate Roman Catholicism has penetrated the apostatizing and largely non-protesting “Protestant” Southern Baptist Convention. Below is eyewitness testimony to that end from an AM Reader who originally contacted me concerning the Apprising [...]