Category: Emergent Church
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jul 2, 2011 in Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features, Spiritual Formation
[John] MacArthur was speaking on the pursuit of godly life. “There were some things that settled into my heart very early into my life and ministry…” “The two most dominant realities that captivated my heart very early in my Christian experience were the authority of Scripture and the necessity of holiness…” “How do I get […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jul 1, 2011 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features
For at least the past six years now online apologetics and discernment ministries like Lighthouse Trails Research, as well as here at Apprising Ministries, have warning about the sinfully ecumenical [i.e. Reformation repudiating] Emergent Church aka the Emerging Church. Sadly, it’s now grown into a neo-liberal cult operating within evangelicalism infecting it with their new postmodern form of Progressive Christian quasi-universalism under their […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jun 30, 2011 in Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features
See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ. (Colossians 2:8) The Self-Refuting Philosophy Of Postmodernism As I continue here at Apprising Ministries tracking this The New Downgrade And Its Apostles Of Unbelief in […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jun 30, 2011 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features
Many Christians today are greatly concerned about the rising influences of communism, humanism, secularism, and social injustice. Yet those evils, great as they are, do not together pose the threat to Christianity that false shepherds and pastors do. Throughout the history of redemption, the greatest threat to God’s truth and God’s work has been false […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jun 29, 2011 in Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features
The sinfully ecumenical Emergent Church aka the Emerging Church has proven to be a Trojan Horse where Satan was able to off-load his ne0-Gnostic mystic corruption Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism (CSM) right within the very heart of the church visible. So now a large part of our online apologetics and discernment labors Apprising Ministries is to document the New Downgrade within evangelicalism, which accelerated when […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jun 29, 2011 in AM Missives, Brian McLaren, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features
Apprising Ministries has been maintaining that Mainstream Evangelicalism Is Now On The Rapid Slide To Apostasy because of its ongoing embrace of the sinfully ecumenical neo-liberal cult of the Emergent Church aka the Emerging Church with its postmodern Progressive Christian theology, which these rebels against the final authority of the Word of God will often […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jun 28, 2011 in AM Missives, Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism, Current Issues, Dallas Willard, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features, Spiritual Formation
O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? It was before your eyes that Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified. Let me ask you only this: Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law or by hearing with faith? Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jun 27, 2011 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features, Rob Bell
Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God, which he obtained with his own blood. I know that after my departure fierce wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock; and from among your own […]
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