You can download and listen to the entire Crosstalk program here. See also: AS IT CONCERNS RICHARD ABANES AND KEN SILVA SETTING RICHARD ABANES STRAIGHT ON MY RICK WARREN “ATTACK”

Over at Slice of Laodicea Ingrid Schlueter, founder of the Apprising Ministries outreach Christian Research Network, tells us: Today on Crosstalk I will be discussing the statement posted recently on several websites by Richard Abanes that likens people such as myself and others to branch Davidian cultists. In his statement, Abanes expresses his deep concern over [...]

I solemnly charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by His appearing and His kingdom: preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with great patience and instruction. For the time will come when they will [...]

Chris Rosebrough of Extreme Theology has brought out some important points concerning the Apprising Ministries piece A Pastor’s Assessment of Richard Abanes and the completely unsubstantiated allegation of libel within it. A charge which is still being maintained by Christian apologist Richard Abanes of Saddleback Church where Rick Warren is pastor. In his first post at Christian Research [...]

From the website of The Mike Corley Program: Mike interviews Ken Silva, President of Apprising Ministries and General Editor of the Christian Reasearch Network, concerning successful efforts by Richard Abanes recently to shut down Aprrising’s website. What are the implications of this? What led up to this action. What can we as believers learn from this?  You [...]

Over at Christian Research Net, which is itself an outreach of Apprising Ministries, Chris Rosebrough of Extreme Theology points out: Richard Abanes is spending a lot of time doing damage control. His attempt to have an article removed from the internet that he felt undermined his reputation has not only failed, it has ignited a fire storm [...]

Coram Deo takes a look from a different angle at the sad situation involving Richard Abanes and Ken Silva, which would cause the old website of Apprising Ministries to go dark. In this piece at DefCon he points out: For those who may be unaware of the present situation one Richard Abanes – Saddleback apologist and PDL insider [...]

From the Crosstalk website: Free speech is increasingly being threatened on the Internet, as the exploding number of blog sites that provide an outlet for opinions and interaction with readers has caused some to try to silence those with whom they disagree. Traditionally, blog sites that invite comments often create a lively exchange that if [...]

Noting my email inbox at Apprising Ministries it appears there are still questions and concerns about the article A Pastor’s Assessment of Richard Abanes. While answering an email from my friend Wes it occured to me that what I was explaining to him would actually help put this opinion piece back into its actual context. As a pastor I am mainly assessing [...]

I am truly humbled by, and undeserving of, what Steve Camp writes in this piece over at his blog Camp On This: When we are wronged, spoken falsely about, our character maligned and reputation smudged, how should we as Christians respond? What does the Word of God teach about this, especially when it comes to the [...]