Question: “What is Lectio Divina?” Answer: LectioDivina is Latin for “divine reading,” “spiritual reading,” or “holy reading” and represents a method of prayer and scriptural reading intended to promote communion with God and to provide special spiritual insights. The principles of lectio divina were expressed around the year A.D. 220 and practiced by Catholic monks, […]

Having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people. (2 Timothy 3:5) New Protholic Spirituality Leading online apologetics and discernment work Apprising Ministries has been helping you to survey the battlefield of this spiritual Vietnam of a Truth War. We can see now that the new liberalism of the Church Growth Movement and its […]

The one who states his case first seems right, until the other comes and examines him. (Proverbs 18:17) Things Aren’t As Simple As They May Appear   Apprising Ministries has been among those pioneering the mission filed of online apologetics and discernment ministry and it’s a well known fact that a major focus of mine has been the sinfully ecumenical neo-liberal cult […]

For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery. (Galatians 5:1) Right Back To The Dark Ages A main focus of the online apologetics and discernment ministry Apprising Ministries has been covering the rise in popularity within Protestant evangelicalism of practicing corrupt Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism (CSM) […]

“But my people did not listen to my voice; Israel would not submit to me. So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts, to follow their own counsels.” (Psalm 81:11-12) Contemplative Spirituality In Evangelicalism This online apologetics and discernment work Apprising Ministries has been documenting for you how doctrinal lines continue to be erased […]

It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery. (Galatians 5:1, NASB) Right Back To The Dark Ages Following a trail that was initially cut by the online apologetics and discernment ministry Lighthouse Trails Research years before Apprising Ministries has […]

Under Links to Our Sites at the Focus on the Family (FoF) website we will find one to Brio magazine. Once there at “Brioland” we’re told: Brio is an Italian word that means full of energy, life and enthusiasm. It’s the name of our magazine because it’s a terrific definition of our readers! For more than […]

In his May 2007 edition of Think On These Things “Mystical Youth Ministry” Dr. Gary Gilley gives us a run down of the so-called “spiritual discipline” of Lectio Divina. In doing so Gilley turns to Dr. Kenneth Boa, President of Reflections Ministries and teacher of Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism (CSM) who personally recommends and teaches: The ancient […]

In a package that comes with the return address Dr. J. Chris Schofield, Baptist State Convention of North Carolina today at Apprising Ministries we received the booklet Inviting God’s Presence: Congregational Committees Seeking God’s Direction published by BSCNC, which is the state convention of Southern Baptists in NC. As further example of the growing influence […]

“If [lectio divina] is promoted with efficacy, I am convinced it will produce a new spiritual springtime in the Church” Pope Benedict XVI, September 16, 2005 The following concerns what Dan Kimball, a very prominent spokesman for the new cult of liberalism which is the Emergent Church, has said about the practice of Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism […]