Category: Youth Ministry

TONY JONES: INFLUENTIAL THEOLOGIAN OF THE EMERGENT CHURCH OUT OF THE CLOSET »

Tony Jones, author of the book The New Christianity Christians and a leading theologian in the Emergent Church is out of the closet now concerning his views that unrepentant practicing homosexuals can become Christians, which Apprising Ministries first pointed out in Tony Jones and the Emergent Church: “Christian” Gay is A-Ok.
We took a lot of heat for bringing it out [...]

A LANE CHAPLIN PRODUCTION: CHRIS ROSEBROUGH AND KEN SILVA ON FIGHTING FOR THE FAITH PODCAST CONCERNING ROB BELL AND EASTERN-STYLE MYSTICISM »

A recent edition of Fighting for the Faith podcast hosted by Chris Rosebrough also featured Ken Silva of Apprising Ministries joining him in breaking down a recent sermon by Emerging Church icon Rob Bell where he attempts to exegete Philippians 3: 2 — Watch out for those dogs, those men who do evil, those mutilators of the flesh.
On this program, which [...]

EMERGING EASTERN-STYLE MEDITATION FOR GLOBAL PEACE…AND WORSE… »

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 [...]

EVANGELICAL RIP VAN WINKLES EMPLOY QUAKER MYSTIC RICHARD FOSTER FOR BEDTIME FABLES »

In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and in view of his appearing and his kingdom, I give you this charge: Preach the Word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage—with great patience and careful instruction.
For the time will come [...]

IS ROB BELL EVANGELICAL? »

For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires, and will turn away their ears from the truth and will turn aside to myths. (2 Timothy 4:3-4)
So Tickle Our Ears with Some Good Bedtime Stories Rob
Unfortunately [...]

ROB BELL MAKES ME ANGRY: A PASTORAL RESPONSE TO VELVET ELVIS »

I did not send these prophets, yet they have run with their message; I did not speak to them, yet they have prophesied. But if they had stood in My Council, they would have proclaimed My Words to My people and would have turned them from their evil ways and from their evil deeds. (Jeremiah [...]

ROB BELL FAILS THE TEST »

Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world (1 John 4:1).
It Is Certainly Written
Test the spirits to see whether they are from God. It will be critical in these perilous times as we stand for [...]

TONY JONES: EMERGENT CHURCH DIVINE INTERVENTION »

In 2006 Tony Jones, anti-theologian of the postliberal cult of the Emergent Church, wrote a little book called Divine Intervention: Encountering God Through the Ancient Practice of Lectio Divina (DIEG). Of course it was endorsed by his friend “author/networker” Brian McLaren–whom Jones lists among his “faith heroes” (19).
…but they mingled with the nations and adopted [...]

*CROSSTALK* “CHRISTIAN” MYSTICISM »

In Christianity Today Promoting The Cult of Richard Foster you will see Apprising Ministries point out that the current September 2008 issue of CT features an interview embracing Living Spiritual Teacher and Quaker mystic Richard Foster as a teacher of proper Christian spirituality. Consider that a few pages later in the same issue there’s a puff piece on Emergent Church Guru [...]

CONTEMPLATIVE SPIRITUALITY/MYSTICISM AS METHODOLOGY FOR SPIRITUAL FORMATION »

“…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 [...]

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