Category: Shane Claiborne/New Monasticism
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Nov 14, 2008 in AM Missives, Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism, Current Issues, Dallas Willard, Doug Pagitt, Emergent Church, Features, New Spirituality, Richard Foster, Rob Bell, Shane Claiborne/New Monasticism, Spiritual Formation, Tony Campolo, Youth Ministry
Come, O house of Jacob, let us walk in the light of the LORD. You have abandoned your people, the house of Jacob. They are full of superstitions from the East; they practice divination like the Philistines and clasp hands with pagans. (Isaiah 2:5-6)
Eastern-Style Meditation As The Bridge To Unite All Religions And Transform Mankind
Building on It’s High Time To Realize [...]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Sep 8, 2008 in Shane Claiborne/New Monasticism
Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And [...]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Sep 1, 2008 in AM Missives, Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism, Current Issues, Dallas Willard, Emergent Church, Features, Henri Nouwen, New Spirituality, Richard Foster, Rick Warren, Shane Claiborne/New Monasticism, Southern Baptist Convention, Spiritual Formation, Youth Ministry
“…take one or two others along, so that ‘every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.’ ” (Matthew 18:16)
The Murky Mystic Shadows Of Spurious Spiritual Formation Loom Closer To You
In a court of law it is a common occurrence for trial lawyers to bring in expert witnesses from specialized fields in order [...]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Aug 31, 2008 in Brian McLaren, Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism, Current Issues, Dallas Willard, Dan Kimball, Doug Pagitt, Emergent Church, Features, Marcus Borg, Richard Foster, Rick Warren, Rob Bell, Shane Claiborne/New Monasticism, Southern Baptist Convention, Spiritual Formation, Tony Jones, Youth Ministry
At Apprising Ministries you will likely hear me talking more about the new spirituality which has now slithered its way deep into postevangelicalism from its den in the Emerging Church. The fact is this neopagan Gnostic spirituality is most pointedly on display in the misguided mysticism of the Emergent Church with its reimagined postliberal theology. [...]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Aug 30, 2008 in Brian McLaren, Current Issues, Dallas Willard, Dan Kimball, Doug Pagitt, Emergent Church, Erwin McManus, Features, Joel Osteen, John Hagee, Marcus Borg, Richard Foster, Rick Warren, Rob Bell, Robert Schuller, Roman Catholicism, Shane Claiborne/New Monasticism, Southern Baptist Convention, T.D. Jakes, Theology, Tony Jones, Word Faith, Youth Ministry
Do not quench the Spirit; do not despise prophetic utterances. But examine everything carefully; hold fast to that which is good. (1 Thessalonians 5:21, NASB)
Can You Hear The Voice of The Spirit?
Apprising Ministries is pleased to bring you the following godly and prophetic insight from James Montgomery Boice and Philip Graham Ryken. Herein we see [...]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Aug 30, 2008 in Brian McLaren, Current Issues, Dan Kimball, Doug Pagitt, Emergent Church, Erwin McManus, Rob Bell, Shane Claiborne/New Monasticism, Tony Jones, Youth Ministry
“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves. You will recognize them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? So, every healthy tree bears good fruit, but the diseased tree bears bad fruit.”
“A healthy tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can [...]
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