By AM on Nov 21, 2008 in AM Missives, Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism, Current Issues, Emergent Church, Features, New Spirituality, Radio Appearances, Rob Bell
In his sermon I will say it again, and again, and again, Sunday November 16, 2008, Emergent Church icon Rob Bell shares a common mantra of those neo-Gnostics involved in the Contemplative/Centering Prayer of Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism.
For them it is the mystics in various religious traditions who are the great enlightened ones. Bell says:
It’s interesting how many traditions [...]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Nov 21, 2008 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Emergent Church, Tony Jones
To the pure, all things are pure, but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but both their minds and their consciences are defiled. They profess to know God, but they deny him by their works. They are detestable, disobedient, unfit for any good work. (Titus 1:15-16, ESV)
When Our Creator God Spoke Long Ago [...]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Nov 20, 2008 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Emergent Church, Features, Tony Jones, Youth Ministry
Tony Jones, author of the book The New Christianity Christians and a leading theologian in the Emergent Church is out of the closet now concerning his views that unrepentant practicing homosexuals can become Christians, which Apprising Ministries first pointed out in Tony Jones and the Emergent Church: “Christian” Gay is A-Ok.
We took a lot of heat for bringing it out [...]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Nov 19, 2008 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Features, Southern Baptist Convention
It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery. (Galatians 5:1, NASB)
How Would You Know If You Were Being Taught False Doctrine?
At the Lifeway: Biblical Solutions for Life website of the Southern Baptist Convention we read:
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By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Nov 19, 2008 in Current Issues, Features, Southern Baptist Convention
On its present course of apostasy within its “leadership” (can you even have leadership with autonomy as an accountability system?) the Southern Baptist Convention will find out the hard way that the Idol of Autonomy they bow before is an unfaithful harlot.
From the Baptist General Conference of Missouri:
In June representatives from Kansas City area Baptist groups, including [...]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Nov 18, 2008 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Spiritual Formation
Apprising Ministries draws to your attention a story in The Leaf Chronicle of Clarksville, TN; yes, that Clarksville, concerning the way more and more who profess Christianity are currently becoming involved with the corrupt Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism (CSM) at the heart of spurious Spiritual Formation snake-oil sold by Living Spiritual Teacher and Quaker mystic Richard Foster.
Given a veneer of scholasticism by Foster’s spiritual twin Dallas Willard, at its rotten [...]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Nov 18, 2008 in Current Issues, New Spirituality
The following is actually right in line with a couple of recent Apprising Ministries articles Emerging Eastern-Style Meditation for Global Peace…and Worse… along with Phyllis Tickle: Tickling Itching Emergent Ears.
Breitbart.com is reporting:
A website launched Friday with the backing of technology industry and Hollywood elite urges people worldwide to help craft a framework for harmony between all [...]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Nov 18, 2008 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Emergent Church, Features
Below you’ll see religious writer Phyllis Tickle hawking her latest book The Great Emergence (TGE), which is published by Baker Books. Going onto their website as of this writing it’s pretty hard to miss Tickle’s book. Well, there’s really a little more to the story.
For you see, TGE is actually from Baker’s Emersion: Emergent Village resources for [...]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Nov 16, 2008 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Features, Southern Baptist Convention
To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, it is because they have no dawn. (Isaiah 8:20, NASB)
Emergence Theory Of A Coming Higher Consciousness of Man As The New Tower Of Babel
It all started innocently enough; an AM reader asked me what I knew about Dr. Michael [...]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Nov 15, 2008 in Current Issues, Southern Baptist Convention
After being baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove and lighting on Him, and behold, a voice out of the heavens said, “This is My beloved Son, in Whom I am well-pleased.” (Matthew 3:16-17, NASB)
To Deny The Trinity [...]