By this divine work the sinner is re-created in and to newness of life, has the defilement of his heart cleansed or “washed” away (Ezek. 36:25-26; John 3:5; Titus 3:5), and is [supernatually] enabled to “see” and to “enter” the kingdom of God by faith (John 3:3, 5).
He is also enabled to believe in Jesus [...]

In articles like Dr. Jay McDaniel And Mysticism At Northwest Nazarene Universary and Southern Baptist Convention Embracing The Emerging Church and Rick Warren And Peter Scazzero With Messed-Up Monk-ee Bizness here at Apprising Ministries I continue to warn of the crippling effects of corrupt Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism (CSM) ala Living Spiritual Teacher and Quaker mystic Richard Foster, with an assist from his spiritual twin Dallas [...]

Along with other online apologetics and discernment ministries such as Lighthouse Trails Reseach (LTR) here at Apprising Ministries I’m doing what I can to alert you as to how far corrupt Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism (CSM) ala Living Spiritual Teacher and Quaker mystic Richard Foster, with an assist from his spiritual twin Dallas Willard, has now penetrated mainstream evangelicalism.
You need to understand that this refried Roman Catholic Counter Reformation [...]

All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work. (2 Timothy 3:16-17, NASB)
Thus Saith The Lord; Or Human Authors Of Scripture?
Apprising Ministries brings to your attention Gene Robinson: Same-sex acts unnatural for heterosexuals, which [...]

Apprising Ministries told you in Southern Baptist Convention Embracing The Emerging Church about a grievous mistake being made by the Baptist General Association Of Virginia (BGAV) aka the Virginia Baptist Mission Board. You may recall that the BGAV is one of the two Virgina state conventions aligned with the national Southern Baptist Convention; the other being the Southern Baptist Conservatives Of Virginia.
In [...]

*UPDATE* The interested reader is encouraged to examine the additional information in ED YOUNG JR SAYS HE’S SETTING THINGS STRAIGHT.
More bad news for those of us still with the Southern Baptist Convention. In the video below we’re told of an alleged cover up involving popular Southern Baptist pastor Ed Young Jr.
At his A Little Leaven website [...]

Apprising Ministries correspondent and Christian Research Network contributor Jim Lupacchino has an important story at his Watcher’s Lamp website that’s related to the AM post The Morphing Emerging Church Movement. In his Virginia Baptists Promoting Emergent Phyllis Tickle Luppachino informs us:
The Baptist General Association of Virginia’s (BGAV) Mission Board shares The Parish Paper :

The Virginia Baptist [...]

In articles such as Doug Pagitt And Arrogance Of Liberal/Progressive Christians I’ve told you here at Apprising Ministries that heretical quasi-universalist pastor Doug Pagitt is unquestionably a leading voice  ‘round the Emerging Church aka Emergent Church—that morphed into Emergence Christianity (EC)—and which was originally propped up and advanced by Leadership Network (LN).
Today well respected EC theologian Scot McKnight tweets:
Mainline emerging movement: http://blog.beliefnet.com/jesuscreed/2010/02/the-living-emerging-movement.html (Online source)
The above link [...]

In Rick Warren And Peter Scazzero Up To Monk-ee Business earlier at Apprising Ministries I told you Leadership Network’s propped up Purpose Driven Pope Rick Warren has conference called Radicalis that’s set to begin next Tuesday February 9 at Saddleback Church.
Radicalis now features Dr. Ed Stetzer along with his Acts 29 cohort Mark Driscoll, Perry Noble, Kerry Shook, and Andy Stanley; I also [...]

Professing to be wise, they became fools… (Romans 1:22, NASB)
Meeting In The Deception Of Mystery
Apprising Ministries has pointed out e.g. Tony Jones, The Emerging Church And Progressive Christianity that the term to watch for now ‘round the circles of the sinfully ecumenical Emerging Church de-formation of the Christian faith aka Emergent Church—that’s now morphed into Emergence [...]