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 […]

Appealing To Apostate Roman Catholic Mystics For Protestant “Spiritual Formation” Due to the importance of the issues concerning the influx into evangelicalism of corrupt Contemplative/Spirituality/Mysticism (CSM) and its so-called “Christian” meditation of Contemplative/Centering Prayer(CCP)—which flowered in the antibiblical monastic traditions of apostate Roman Catholicism, i.e. no longer Christian—Apprising Ministries is doing all we can to bring […]

holding to a form of godliness, although they have denied its power; Avoid such men as these. (2 Timothy 3:5, NASB) Maybe The Reformers Were Wrong About Roman Catholic Mystics In Christianity Today Promoting the Cult of Richard Foster a couple of weeks back Apprising Ministries told you about a feature interview with Living Spiritual Teacher and Quaker mystic Richard Foster in […]

The introduction for this video clip of Living Spiritual Teacher and mystic Thomas Keating informs us that it’s an edited version of his beginners session—a kind of “How To”—which is “designed to encourage further exploration of the ancient mystical prayer practice that can lead to Contemplation.” For those who don’t know, these terms contemplative and […]

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, NASB) Be Careful What You Go […]

The LORD reigns; he is robed in majesty; the LORD is robed; he has put on strength as his belt. Yes, the world is established; it shall never be moved. Your throne is established from of old; you are from everlasting. (Psalm 93:1-2) Deceiving Spirits Asking: “Did God Actually Say?” Apprising Ministries now brings to your […]

And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness. (2 Thessalonians 2:10-12, KJV) Modernism To PostModernism—Liberalism To Postliberalism I begin this article for  with an explanation as to why Apprising Ministries has […]

This short piece from Apprising Ministries is to help you recognize that more and more people are becoming convinced through the dubious doctrines of spurious Spiritual Formation to see corrupt Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism (CSM) and its Contemplative/Centering Prayer (CCP), which flowered in the antibiblical monastic traditions of apostate Roman Catholicism as a viable way to approach […]

In Christianity Today Promoting The Cult of Richard Foster at Apprising Ministries we 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. As you’ll also see in Spiritual Formation: Just Say No, with an able assist from Foster’s spiritual twin Dallas Willard and the postliberal […]

In Christianity Today Promoting The Cult of Richard Foster at Apprising Ministries we 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. As you’ll also see in Spiritual Formation: Just Say No, with an able assist from Foster’s spiritual twin Dallas Willard and the postliberal […]