By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Sep 4, 2013 in Apologetics, Current Issues, Features
By Dr. Gary Gilley, pastor of Southern View Chapel, republished at Apprising Ministries with permission: Much confusion surrounds the numerous stories coming from Islamic people concerning their dreams and visions leading to conversions. “Think on These Things” published an article by Richard Fisher in 2008 entitled “Don’t You Believe It.” The next two issues will be composed of an […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Feb 13, 2013 in Apologetics, Current Issues, Features
Published on Sep 7, 2011 (Posted with permission from Dr. James White) The Trinity is an essential Christian doctrine, but these days it seems to be all but forgotten in terms of what is taught from the pulpit. Dr. James White expounds upon this subject in “The Forgotten Trinity.” Personally, I can say that understanding the […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Feb 12, 2013 in Apologetics, Current Issues, Features
There is hardly a page of Scriptures which unbelief, often parading under the name of science and truth, has not touched and soiled with blasphemous hands. But no other doctrine has so challenged the most desperate efforts of unbelievers inside and outside of the Church than that of the person and office of Christ. The […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Dec 24, 2012 in AM Missives, Apologetics, Current Issues, Features
“…let it be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead—by him this man is standing before you well. This Jesus is the stone that was rejected by you, the builders, which has […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Nov 13, 2012 in Apologetics, Current Issues, Features
The following was originally published at Stand Up For The Truth and is republished here with permission: John 5:17,18 – “My Father has been working until now, and I have been working.” Therefore the Jews sought to kill Him, because He not only broke the Sabbath, but also said that God was His Father, making Himself equal with […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jul 27, 2012 in Apologetics, Current Issues, Features
By Dr. Orrel Steincamp, republished with permission It was Palm Sunday in our local church. The focus of the whole service was the death and passion of our Lord Jesus Christ. The pastor proceeded to verbally paint a picture of the holy week in Jerusalem. This included the agony in Gethsemane, the political and religious […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Feb 6, 2012 in Apologetics, Current Issues, Features
Does it matter? Jesus said that the Father is seeking worshipers who will worship in spirit and in truth. God is not honored by the worship of false gods. And we are hardly benefited by worshiping something or someone that does not exist. True Christian worship is founded upon Christian truth. We have to have […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Feb 5, 2012 in Apologetics, Current Issues, Features
By Apprising Ministries special correspondent Rob Willmann of Shepherd’s Heart Bible Study This is a repost of an original article on Shepherd’s Heart Bible Study Recently at the Elephant Room 2, Bishop TD Jakes was interviewed by Mark Driscoll and James MacDonald. These two men supposedly questioned Jakes’ position on the Holy Trinity to such a […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Feb 5, 2012 in AM Missives, Apologetics, Current Issues, Features, Theology
The doctrine of the Divine Unity is a truth of natural religion; the doctrine of the Trinity is a truth of revealed religion. The various systems of natural theism present arguments for the Divine existence, unity, and attributes, but proceed no further. They do not assert and endeavor to demonstrate that the Supreme Being is […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jan 29, 2012 in AM Missives, Apologetics, Current Issues, Devotions, Features, T.D. Jakes
A true and accurate knowledge of the Trinity is a blessing in and of itself. Any revelation of God’s truth is an act of grace, of course, but the Trinity brings to us a blessing far beyond the worth normally assigned by believers today. Why? Because, upon reflection, we discover that the Trinity is the highest […]