By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on May 10, 2008 in Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features, Spiritual Formation, Who Is...
In a continuing series Apprising Ministries seeks to introduce the Body of Christ to various teachers of a counterfeit Christianity through their neo-pagan “spiritual disciplines” of Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism (CSM), a corrupt spiritual blight which is currently spreading apostasy through the evangelical camp as quickly as an Oklahoma wildfire under the guise of Spiritual Formation. Know this, [...]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on May 2, 2008 in Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism, Spiritual Formation, Who Is...
Apprising Ministries wants you to know that: F[ather] Thomas Ryan,CSP, [is] a catholic priest and certified Kripalu yoga teacher,coordinates ecumenical and inter-religious relations for the paulist community in the U.S. and Canada. His nine books include Reclaiming the Body in Christian Spirituality; The Sacred Art of Fasting; Four Steps to Spiritual Freedom; Prayer of Heart [...]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Apr 14, 2006 in Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism, Current Issues, Emergent Church, Features, Richard Foster, Roman Catholicism, Spiritual Formation, Who Is...
This is part of an ongoing series here at Apprising Ministries on key players involved with Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism (CSM) within postevangelicalism and the Emergent Church, in particular its chief corruption Contemplative/Centering Prayer. Here we take a look at “St.” Teresa of Avila who was one of the superstars as it were of CSM. The idea here is to keep exposing [...]