Category: Emergence Christianity

BRIAN MCLAREN AND EVANGELICAL PANENTHEISM (PART 2) »

Of old You founded the earth, And the heavens are the work of Your hands. Even they will perish, but You endure; And all of them will wear out like a garment; Like clothing You will change them and they will be changed. But You are the same, And Your years will not come to an end. (Psalm 102:25-27, NASB) […]

NON-GOSPEL OF BRIAN MCLAREN AND ROB BELL »

 The other day Apprising Ministries pointed out in Brian McLaren Of Emerging Church To Celebrate Ramadan that Brian McLaren, unquestionably a leading theologian in the the egregiously ecumenical Emerging Church aka Emergent Church—currently morphing into Emergence Christianity—(EC) will be “will be joining Muslim friends in the fast which begins August 21.” Now in the clip below from the […]

BRIAN MCLAREN AND THEOSIS »

Apprising Ministries moves forward discussing an ongoing shift, drift would be the more applicable word, in the theology of the egregiously ecumenical Emerging Church aka Emergent Church—currently morphing into Emergence Christianity—(EC) toward panentheism with a flawed theosis (deification of man) as its logical conclusion; particularly evident with Brian McLaren. In the soteriology of the Eastern Orthodox Church the word theosis is classically used in […]

ROB BELL AND ANOTHER GOSPEL »

 I did not send these prophets, yet they have run with their message; I did not speak to them, yet they have prophesied. But if they had stood in My Council, they would have proclaimed My Words to My people and would have turned them from their evil ways and from their evil deeds. (Jeremiah […]

CONTEMPLATIVE SPIRITUALITY GROWING WITHIN MAINSTREAM EVANGELICALISM »

 but every man did that which was right in his own eyes. (Judges 17:6) Contemplative Spirituality Has Slithered Right Into The Mainstream Of Evangelicalism Over at the fellow online apologetics and discernment ministry Slice of Laodicea the other day Ingrid Schuleter further highlighted mainstream evangelicalism’s embrace of corrupt Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism (CSM) ala Living Spiritual Teacher and Quaker mystic Richard Foster and […]

DOUG PAGITT INVITES YOU TO CHRISTIANITY 21 »

In articles such as Christianity 21: Emerging Voices Of A Pseudo-Christian Faith and Tony Jones And Christianity 21: The Future Of Apostate Christianity, a while back, Apprising Ministries first brought this upcoming Emerging Church C21 conference to your attention. AM also showed you that among alleged “innovative” and “most important voices for the future of […]

LEONARD SWEET, DAVID SPANGLER, AND QUANTUM SPIRITUALITY »

Lighthouse Trails Research offers us Chapter 11 of the book A “Wonderful” Deception by Warren Smith. It’s a must read if you want to understand things like Brian McLaren Of Emerging Church To Celebrate Ramadan. We are no longer surprised as Smith brings out the following: Sweet expresses his personal gratitude in [his book] Quantum Spirituality to […]

JESUS DIED FOR OUR REPTILIAN BRAIN »

 Well, at least so says Michael Dowd, author of author of Thank God for Evolution. If you weren’t concerned about how far from genuine Christianity the egregiously ecumenical Emerging Church aka Emergent Church—morphing into Emergence Christianity (EC)—has slithered then just give listen to the below. The aptly named TheOoze.TV informs us: In a recent interview with ThinkFwd: host, Spencer […]

BRIAN MCLAREN OF EMERGING CHURCH TO CELEBRATE RAMADAN »

Apprising Ministries asks if you might remember Anne Holmes Redding, who claims to be both a Muslim and Christian simultaneously, and whom we discussed in An Emerging Christian Muslim Priestess For Allah Says, “Jesus Led Me Into Islam.” Well, the Global Family takes another step forward; we just couldn’t make this kind of stuff up as, at his […]

AM MAILBAG: DR. WALTER MARTIN ON APOSTASY »

I’ve pointed out previously that as a general rule, and a courtesy, we do not publish email without the permission of the sender.  However at the same time, all email sent to AM and Christian Research Network is considered the property of Apprising Ministries so we may indeed publish unsolicited email for the purposes of edification. Subject: Dr Walter Martin — Apprising Ministries […]

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