Category: Henri Nouwen
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jan 15, 2011 in AM Missives, Bibliology, Brian McLaren, Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism, Current Issues, Dallas Willard, Doug Pagitt, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features, Henri Nouwen, Homosexuality/"Christian", Jay Bakker, Jim Wallis, Leonard Sweet, Marcus Borg, New Spirituality, Peter Rollins, Richard Foster, Rick Warren, Rob Bell, Robert Schuller, Roman Catholicism, Shane Claiborne/New Monasticism, Shane Hipps, Southern Baptist Convention, Spiritual Formation, Tony Campolo, Tony Jones, Youth Ministry
First, it is necessary to understand what sola Scriptura does and does not assert. The Reformation principle of sola Scriptura has to do with the sufficiency of Scripture as our supreme authority in all spiritual matters. Sola Scriptura simply means that all truth necessary for our salvation and spiritual life is taught either explicitly or implicitly in [...]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Nov 22, 2010 in AM Missives, Brian McLaren, Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism, Current Issues, Dallas Willard, Dan Kimball, Doug Pagitt, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Erwin McManus, Features, Henri Nouwen, Jay Bakker, Jim Wallis, Joel Osteen, John Hagee, Leonard Sweet, Marcus Borg, New Apostolic Reformation, New Spirituality, Peter Rollins, Richard Abanes, Richard Foster, Rick Warren, Rob Bell, Robert Schuller, Roman Catholicism, Shane Claiborne/New Monasticism, Shane Hipps, Southern Baptist Convention, Spiritual Formation, T.D. Jakes, Tony Campolo, Tony Jones, Who Is..., Word Faith, Youth Ministry
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By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Aug 19, 2010 in AM Missives, Brian McLaren, Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism, Current Issues, Dallas Willard, Doug Pagitt, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Erwin McManus, Features, Henri Nouwen, Jay Bakker, Leonard Sweet, Marcus Borg, New Spirituality, Peter Rollins, Richard Foster, Rick Warren, Rob Bell, Shane Claiborne/New Monasticism, Shane Hipps, Southern Baptist Convention, Spiritual Formation, Tony Campolo, Tony Jones, Youth Ministry
This online apologetics and discernment work Apprising Ministries has been blessed of Jesus to be used as one of His “go-to” ministries in the area of the ne0-Gnostic corruption called Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism (CSM), which is now pandemic within mainstream evangelicalism through its foolish embrace of the sinfully ecumenical neo-liberal cult of the Emerging Church aka Emergent Church with its quasi-universalism in a [...]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jul 26, 2010 in Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism, Current Issues, Dallas Willard, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features, Henri Nouwen, New Spirituality, Richard Foster, Spiritual Formation, Youth Ministry
The Bible nowhere describes an inward journey to explore the realm of the spirit. God chose to reveal the truth about spiritual reality through His ordained, Spirit-inspired, biblical writers. What is spiritual and not revealed by God is of the occult and, therefore, forbidden. We have discussed this in many articles and have produced DVD [...]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jun 4, 2010 in Brian McLaren, Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism, Current Issues, Dallas Willard, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features, Henri Nouwen, Leonard Sweet, New Spirituality, Richard Foster, Rob Bell, Shane Hipps, Spiritual Formation, Tony Campolo, Youth Ministry
The following by Dr. Gary Gilley, pastor of Southern View Chapel, is republished at Apprising Ministries with permission: Pietism & Subjective Christianity Balance. Is there anything more elusive? Most of us are constantly striving for balance, whether it is with our time, money, diet or relationships. If few of us are ever content that we [...]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jun 4, 2010 in Brian McLaren, Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism, Current Issues, Dallas Willard, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features, Henri Nouwen, Leonard Sweet, New Spirituality, Richard Foster, Rob Bell, Shane Claiborne/New Monasticism, Shane Hipps, Spiritual Formation, Tony Campolo, Youth Ministry
The following by Dr. Gary Gilley, pastor of Southern View Chapel, is republished at Apprising Ministries with permission: Mysticism’s Inroads Most evangelical Christians probably would not recognize themselves in the previous discussion of mysticism (as found in our last three papers), but there are subtle influences at work drawing believers in this direction even without [...]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jun 4, 2010 in Brian McLaren, Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism, Current Issues, Dallas Willard, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features, Henri Nouwen, Leonard Sweet, New Spirituality, Richard Foster, Rob Bell, Shane Claiborne/New Monasticism, Shane Hipps, Spiritual Formation, Tony Campolo, Youth Ministry
The following by Dr. Gary Gilley, pastor of Southern View Chapel, is republished at Apprising Ministries with permission: Contemplative Prayer, the Heart of Mysticism The heart and soul of mysticism, any type of mysticism, Christian or otherwise, is the art of meditation or contemplation. Georgia Harkness informs us that “among the church fathers, ‘contemplation’ was [...]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jun 4, 2010 in Brian McLaren, Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism, Current Issues, Dallas Willard, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features, Henri Nouwen, Leonard Sweet, New Spirituality, Richard Foster, Rob Bell, Shane Claiborne/New Monasticism, Shane Hipps, Spiritual Formation, Tony Campolo, Youth Ministry
The following by Dr. Gary Gilley, pastor of Southern View Chapel, is republished at Apprising Ministries with permission: Modern Christian Mysticism Medieval mysticism has managed to survive within small pockets of Roman Catholicism for centuries but has gone largely unnoticed by evangelicals. It is true that a few groups, such as the Quakers, have always [...]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jun 4, 2010 in Brian McLaren, Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism, Current Issues, Dallas Willard, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features, Henri Nouwen, Leonard Sweet, New Spirituality, Richard Foster, Rob Bell, Shane Claiborne/New Monasticism, Shane Hipps, Spiritual Formation, Tony Campolo, Youth Ministry
The following by Dr. Gary Gilley, pastor of Southern View Chapel, is republished at Apprising Ministries with permission: Mysticism, a Way of the Past, the Wave of the Future I am often asked what I see as the next important challenge facing evangelical Christianity. Such questions are asked in the wake of major movements that [...]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jun 4, 2010 in AM Missives, Brian McLaren, Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism, Current Issues, Dallas Willard, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features, Henri Nouwen, Richard Foster, Rob Bell, Shane Claiborne/New Monasticism, Shane Hipps, Spiritual Formation, Tony Campolo, Youth Ministry
Apprising Ministries is a online apologetics and discernment labor in the Lord and part of my commission as pastor-teacher is to help make you aware of trends within the church visible. I wish I had better news but as I survey the horizon I see a tsunami of apostasy on the way; in large part [...]
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