By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Aug 13, 2010 in AM Missives, Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Marcus Borg, Spiritual Formation | Comments Off on THE EMERGING CHURCH, MIKE MORRELL, AND MARCUS BORG
The online apologetics and discernment work Apprising Ministries has told you that apostatizing pretending to be Protestant evangelicalism is paying a heavy price for its foolish embrace of the sinfully ecumenial Emerging Church aka Emergent Church—which has grown into a full-blown neo-liberal cult operating within its walls; and what we’re now dealing with is an upgraded Emerging Church 2.0 complete with its new version […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Mar 7, 2010 in Brian McLaren, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features, Marcus Borg | Comments Off on MARCUS BORG AND CHRISTIANS WHO DON'T BELIEVE IN JESUS
It’s always interesting how the Lord works. I’d been feeling led to discuss the issue of how, right now, belief concerning Who Jesus actually is has all but been pushed to the side for the sake of unity in the visible Christian church. But then I started thinking that it’s even kind of silly to have to bring it up at all; until I […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Apr 17, 2009 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Features, Marcus Borg, Rob Bell | Comments Off on MARCUS BORG AND ROB BELL: THE BIBLE IS NOT A DIVINE PRODUCT WITH DIVINE FINAL AUTHORITY?
DOWN WITH SOLA SCRIPTURA! All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness. (2 Timothy 3:16) The Bible Was Written By God Himself Though Men Whom He Guided Personally Living Spiritual Teacher and “Progessive Christian” scholar Marcus Borg speculates [read: wishes] the Bible is not a divine product. By now the following quote from Rob […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Apr 6, 2009 in Marcus Borg | Comments Off on MARCUS BORG CHRISTIAN?
If you think the following from Living Spiritual Teacher and “Progessive Christian” scholar Marcus Borg is even remotely a Christian testimony, then you’d better think again: I affirm, along with many others, that the major enduring religions of the world are all valid and legitimate. I see them as the responses to the experience of God in the various […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Apr 2, 2009 in AM Missives, Brian McLaren, Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Features, Marcus Borg | Comments Off on FOR BRIAN MCLAREN AND MARCUS BORG BEING "BORN AGAIN" IS REACHING "ENLIGHTENMENT"?
In this short piece Apprising Ministries now draws to your attention one of the reasons why the postliberal cult of Emergence Christianity, being championed e.g. by Guru Brian McLaren and the Elvis of Emergence Rob Bell, is actually embracing the world at the expence of the exclusive Gospel of God. Thinking people need to ask themselves: Why are these Emerging leaders working […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jan 9, 2009 in Current Issues, Features, Marcus Borg | Comments Off on MARCUS BORG ON THE BIBLE AND HIS "JESUS"
Combining a couple of posts from Christian Research Network, which is an outreach of Apprising Ministries: Here is Marcus Borg speaking about his view of the Bible. After watching this video, we strongly advise that you read Chris Rosebrough’s excellent apologetic article entitled “The Greatest Expert on the Scriptures Who Ever Lived And His View […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Oct 13, 2008 in Marcus Borg | Comments Off on MARCUS BORG: "NON-EXCLUSIVE" AND "PROGRESSIVE CHRISTIAN"
Marcus Borg tells us in Jesus And Buddha: The Parallel Sayings of which he is editor: I write as a Jesus scholar and a devoted non-exclusivist Christian. Buddhists might see matters differently and I know that some Christians would. But the cumulative product of my thinking and experience is the conclusion that Jesus and the […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Sep 10, 2008 in Marcus Borg | Comments Off on MARCUS BORG VS. JESUS
I told you that you would die in your sins; if you do not believe that I am [the eternal God], you will indeed die in your sins.” (John 8:24, Greek) Always Learning But Never Able To Acknowledge The Truth At his website A Portrait of Jesus, Jesus Seminar Fellow, Marcus Borg explains the “Jesus” […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Aug 26, 2008 in Current Issues, Emergent Church, Marcus Borg, Rob Bell | Comments Off on ROB BELL AND MARCUS BORG
…and will turn away their ears from the truth and will turn aside to myths. (2 Timothy 4:4, NASB) The Historical And Mythical Jesus Of Marcus Borg We begin by reminding the reader that in his book Velvet Elvis (VE) emerging church pastor/communicator Rob Bell recommends via footnote [Endnotes: 1; 57] The Heart of Christianity […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Apr 23, 2008 in Marcus Borg | Comments Off on HERETICAL MARCUS BORG TO INFECT WISCONSIN
Phil Haslanger informs us in The Captital Times that so-called Progressive Christian and scholar Marcus Borg: is one of those rare public religious scholars whose low-key demeanor masks the passion he generates across the spectrum of Christian groups.For some, he represents the worst heresies of liberal Christianity, wrapped up in the notion that he questions rather […]