Thank you to my good friend Jim Luppachino of Watcher’s Lamp for the following: Chris Arnzen of New York’s Iron Sharpens Iron radio program speaks with Pastor Ken Silva of Apprising Ministries. The topic is the influx Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism into the evangelical camp under the guise of Spiritual Formation through the growing influence of The […]

The Lord be praised for the opportunity for me to join host Chris Arnzen of the Iron Sharpens Iron radio program. The topic is the influx Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism into the evangelical camp under the guise of Spiritual Formation through the growing influence of The Cult of Guru Richard Foster who is not an evangelical but a […]

Apprising Ministries directs you to Herescope and a helpful article by pastor Larry DeBruyn. In it he explains how the corrupt Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism, which flowered in the antibiblical monastic traditions of apostate Roman Catholicism has highjacked and twisted the idea of meditating upon Scripture. It’s a crucial issue because that same form of corrupt “Christian” mysticism is a core doctrine of […]

This is a companion piece to the Apprising Ministries post Rob Bell In A Nutshell: The Bible. From the article The Emergent Mystique which appeared in the November 2004 issue of Christianity Today: Rob Bell: We’re rediscovering Christianity as an Eastern religion, as a way of life. From an audio sermon on “Breathing” dated 5/29/05, 17:10-17:45, transcript on […]

For those who are according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who are according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the Spirit is life and peace, because the mind set on […]

They are full of superstitions from the East; they practice divination like the Philistines and clasp hands with pagans. (Isaiah 2:6) Chanting With Roman Catholic Henri Nouwen In A Baptist Seminary If you’ve been following this work in the Lord at Apprising Ministries you will have seen that I have written quite a bit lately […]

The following is based on an unsolicited email I received here at Apprising Ministries. Please understand that I do not think any pastor-teacher is above reproach [insert typical Emerging Church whining here], etc. What I wish to bring out is how easy, and I’ll argue how arrogant as well, it is for people to simply […]

Apprising Ministries is pleased to point you to the following book review by my friend Dr. Gary Gilley, pastor of Southern View Chapel in Springfield, IL. In addition Gilley also produces a fine series of ongoing articles called Think on These Things which deal with a wide range of important issues facing the Body of […]

The Mush God of Mystical “Illumination”: [Jesus] said, GOD IS LOVE — period. But there is more to the message of Jesus. He insisted that His Father is crazy with love, that God is a kooky God who can scarcely bear to be without us. (teacher of Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism Brennan Manning, The Ragamuffin Gospel, 171) […]

Those who live according to the sinful nature have their minds set on what that nature desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires. The mind of sinful man is death, but the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peace; the sinful […]