The following is excerpted by permission from The Emergent Church: Redefining Christianity, an excellent book from pastor Bob DeWaay of  Critical Issues Commentary. As one who’s been studying the neo-liberal cult of the Emerging Church with its Emergence Christianity for years now I can tell you, quite frankly, this is simply the best book on the subject: Missionary or […]

While assessing The Narrative Question of “What Is The Overarching Story Line of the Bible,” in A New Lind of Christianity by Emerging Church leader Brian McLaren, where McLaren refers to a supposed “Greco-Roman six-line narrative” Jeremy Bouma astutely observes: Notice what Brian does here: 1) he rejects the historic doctrine of original sin, which […]

This persuasion did not come from Him who calls you. A little leaven leavens the whole lump of dough. (Galatians 5:8-9, NASB) Samir Selmanovic And Lava Lamp Theology Something that seems to be lost upon people today in the church visible is that Satan deals in counterfeits. And just the same as our troops wear camouflage in […]

Earlier in the Apprising Ministries posts Encouragement Concerning The Emerging Church And Jay Bakker and Jay Bakker Is Going To Have To Grow Up I talked about the Emergent Church conference Theology After Google (TAG), which begins Wednesday, as well as the EC Pastors’ Social Media Boot Camp in Dallas-Fort Worth this April 9. The latter “social media” event is scheduled as the first of a series of […]

…and those who are in the flesh cannot please God. However, you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you But if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Him. (Romans 8:8-9, NASB) Mysticism Is Opposed To Sola Scriptura […]

It’s always interesting how the Lord works. I’d been feeling led to discuss the issue of how, right now, belief concerning Who Jesus actually is has all but been pushed to the side for the sake of unity in the visible Christian church. But then I started thinking that it’s even kind of silly to have to bring it up at all; until I […]

Shane Hipps is the new co-teaching pastor along with the Emerging Church rock star Rob Bell at the highly influential Mars Hill Bible Church. Just the same as his close friend Bell we know that Hipps is also a mystic who rejects Sola Scriptura in place of practicing highly subjective Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism (CSM).  The section below is from Hipps’ sermon A Gentle Stillness , which […]

Apprising Ministries brought to your attention a while back that  Shane Hipps is the new co-teaching pastor now along with his good friend, and Emerging Church (EC) icon Rob Bell, at Mars Hill Bible Church in Grand Rapids, MI. as I pointed out in Silence Shane Hipps, both having a Masters Degree from Fuller Theological Cesspool, which vomited forth the semi-pelagian (at best) Church Growth […]

Over at his website Emerging Church leader Brian McLaren shares Song to brighten your day and lift your heart … If you’re a regular reader of Apprising Ministries you’ll know that the first time I heard this childish ode to the mystic mush god with a man-shaped hole in its heart—filled with pet Emergent Church straw […]

Jim Trageser of North Country Times begins his February 5, 2010 piece Popular author McLaren to address local Episcopal conference by asking “What is an evangelical leader doing talking to a bunch of Episcopalians at a Methodist church?” Well, only in the postmodern world of Humpty Dumpty language could Brian McLaren even remotely be considered “an evangelical leader.” But […]