By Apprising Ministries special correspondent and Christian Research Network contributor Jim Lupacchino of Watcher’s Lamp. Rick Warren has announced the new church growth marketing campaign “What on earth am I here for?” in honor of the 10th year anniversary of his record selling book, The Purpose Driven Life. From the Saddleback Church Sign up page: This transformative book has been expanded and reimagined with 2 […]

From the Curator of the Museum of Idolatry at A Little Leaven We had no idea that Baptists venerated saints. Come to think of it, we had no idea that a Bible twister and false teacher like Rick Warren was considered worthy of such an honor by any self respecting orthodox Christian. But, someone at Southwestern […]

By Christian Research Network Associate Editor Erin Benziger of Do Not Be Surprised… This is a repost of an original article on Do Not Be Surprised… As December approaches, Saddleback Church appears poised, like many churches, to deliver appropriately themed sermons throughout the month. It seems as though Saddleback’s sermon series will be titled, “Christmas Is…” and will feature […]

Apprising Ministries continues in our labors along the Internet Front to track church trends for you, for example Kay Arthur Tells Charles Stanley About When God Spoke To Her and Word Faith Pastor Robert Morris Calls Mormon Glenn Beck “A Believer.” We’re blessed here at AM to be among the few online apologetics and discernment ministries (OADM) […]

By Jim Bublitz In the Purpose Driven Life book, Rick Warren says “To discover your purpose in life you must turn to God’s Word, not the World’s wisdom“. He further states “you must build your life on eternal truths, not pop-psychology, success motivation, or inspirational stories“. After you read the following excerpts from his book however, […]

Posted by John Hendryx The following are excerpts from David Wells’ excellent book, Above All Earthly Pow’rs: Christ in a Postmodern World, (Pg. 158-175) The casual embrace of what is postmodern has increasingly led to an embrace of its spiritual yearning without noticing that this embrace carries within it the seeds of destruction for evangelical faith. […]

By way of putting this in perspective for you, a couple of years ago in Tim Keller And Contemplative Pastrix Adele Calhoun here at Apprising Ministries I showed you that New Calvinist mentor Tim Keller actually endorses this book of Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism by pastrix Adele Calhoun: (source) The following by Dr. Gary Gilley, pastor of Southern View Chapel, […]

Apprising Ministries continues to expose the sad syncretism going on in the apostatizing evangelical community. If you have ears that hear then you’ll know that the root of this goes back to the ill-fated decision to embrace the neoliberal cult operating within the Emerging Church aka the Emergent Church. This simply cannot be stressed enough; […]

Kay Arthur still remembers the precise spot on Highway 153 where the Lord spoke to her and released her from the guilt and frustration of feeling like a failure. She was founder of Precepts Ministries, an author, and a national radio personality. And her own son–the one she had taken to church and Bible study for years–was […]

Further reading THE ALPHA COURSE RECEIVES PRAISE FROM MOODY RADIO’S JANET PARSHALL CALVARY CHAPEL’S CHUCK SMITH JOINING THE EMERGING ECUMENICAL MAGISTERIUM? DIRECTOR OF PRECEPT MINISTRIES’ TRANSFORM STUDENT MINISTRIES AND KEN SILVA DISCUSS THEIR STEVEN FURTICK POST