Category: Emergent Church
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jun 6, 2011 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features
Apprising Ministriesis an online apologetics and discernment work which has begin specializing in analyzing these current trends in the visible church, apprising you as to what they are, and then informing you as to how you can deal with them. Due to increasing syncretism it’s now become increasingly difficult to cover the various strains of […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jun 5, 2011 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features
This just in from Internet News headquarters, where our motto is: If it’s news; it’s news to us. Dateline Anywhere USA; maybe even Your Town: This just in…the world’s gone mad. Ok, that’s not so new; but did you know that the ego of “Protestant” Purpose Driven Pope Rick Warren has apparently expanded to the point […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jun 2, 2011 in Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features, Homosexuality/"Christian"
As you may know, Apprising Ministries is an online apologetics and discernment work specializing in analyzing current trends within the visible church, apprising you as to what they are, and how you can deal with them. One trend we’ve watched very carefully since 2005 was the rise of the egregious Emergent Church aka the Emerging Church; now […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on May 29, 2011 in Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features
All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work. (2 Timothy 3:16-17) Contemplative Mysticism Cripples Biblical Faith Apprising Ministries continues documenting the growing influence of Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism (CSM) right into the […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on May 24, 2011 in Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features
By Apprising Ministries correspondent Christine Pack of Sola Sisters In a recent article, popular emergent author Donald Miller (Blue Like Jazz) pondered who feels closer to God: liberal theologians or conservative theologians. In this article, Miller also deconstructed the personality traits of both liberals v. conservatives through the use of something known as the Enneagram […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on May 20, 2011 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features, Homosexuality/"Christian", Jay Bakker
As part of our online apologetics and discernment labors Apprising Ministries been documenting the New Downgrade within evangelicalism, the root of which roughly begins with the charismatic revival as it spreads through the Jesus People/Movement circa early 1970′s out into various denominations and into what became the Fuller Theological Seminary School of World Mission.[1] This is […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on May 18, 2011 in Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features
The judgmentless gospel may be the most attractive counterfeit being proposed oday. The entire tide of our culture is turning toward a type of pluralism that would deny the reality (and even the need) for divine justice. Here are some ways we can keep from falling for these forms of the judgmentless gospel: Recognize the […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on May 17, 2011 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features
Hear the word that the Lord speaks to you, O house of Israel. Thus says the Lord: “Learn not the way of the nations, nor be dismayed at the signs of the heavens because the nations are dismayed at them, for the customs of the peoples are vanity. A tree from the forest is cut […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on May 17, 2011 in AM Missives, Brian McLaren, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features
No, I imply that what pagans sacrifice they offer to demons and not to God. I do not want you to be participants with demons. (1 Corinthians 10:20) If You Love Someone You’ll Tell Them The Truth Apprising Ministries has been warning you about the judgments coming upon the church visible now that mainstream evangelicalism […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on May 16, 2011 in Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features
Our Lord clearly expects His true disciples to be able to spot spiritual imposters and wolves in sheep’s clothing—especially those who are purveyors of deadly false doctrines. Rob Bell certainly fits that category. He relentlessly casts doubt on the authority and reliability of Scripture. He denies the Bible’s perspicuity, disavows its hard truths, and ridicules […]
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