By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Sep 8, 2013 in Current Issues, Features
As you probably know by now I’m still recovering from the spinal infection Osteomyelitis, Discitis, which had hospitalized me for a good three months. We remain deeply grateful for all of your prayer and support. It is greatly appreciated because I’m convinced that without it I simply would not be here. As I said before, I […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Sep 6, 2013 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Features
It’s time for some brutal honesty. The evangelical community in America continues to wander almost aimlessly through this nation, which has now become as foreign a mission field as the deepest depths of the rain forests in Africa. An ostensibly Christian group that is apostatizing at an alarming rate. Unfortunately there are those who don’t […]
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 Sep 3, 2013 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Features
By C. Michael Majewski This is a repost of an original article on Christian Research Network Chris Pinto, host of the Noise of Thunder radio program and documentary film-maker is a man who, as of late, has become something of a self-anointed expert in the field of textual criticism and ancient manuscripts. The problem is that […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Aug 31, 2013 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Devotions, Features
Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you—unless you believed in vain. For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Aug 30, 2013 in Current Issues, Features, Roman Catholicism
By Dr. Bill Jackson “Insistence on the visibility of the Church has been a standard feature of Roman Catholic ecclesiology from the late Middle Ages until the middle of the present century.” – Avery Cardinal Dulles, S.J., Models of the Church. What is the significance of these dates? The “late Middle Ages” saw in the […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Aug 29, 2013 in Current Issues, Features
The following is originally published by Herescope and is republished here with permission: A New Cosmology for the Church, Part 6 Alien Encounters: A Book Review Who are these children? Not all of those, who appear human are in fact so. Woe to him who forgets it! – Der Untermensch [1] …what we find in abduction phenomena is […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Aug 26, 2013 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Features
Apprising Ministries has been a leading voice exposing the extreme dangers posed by the Emerging Church, also known as the Emergent Church, which slithered out into view in the late ’90s. I warned that it had as a core doctrine Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism (CSM) as taught by key EC mentors Living Spiritual Teacher and Quaker mystic Richard Foster and his spiritual twin Dallas Willard. EC leader Brian […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Aug 22, 2013 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Features
But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction. And many will follow their sensuality, and because of them the way of truth will be blasphemed. And in […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Aug 21, 2013 in Current Issues, Features
Further reading CONCERNING FREE WILL OR THE BONDAGE OF THE WILL GOOD NEWS: KEN SILVA OUT OF THE HOSPITAL AL MOHLER AND SBTS EXECUTIVE TEAM VISIT RICK WARREN