Category: Emergent Church
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Sep 22, 2010 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features
they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen. (Romans 1:25) Now Look What The Emerging Church Is Trying To Bring In Apprising Ministries has pointed out that heretical universalist pastor Doug Pagitt, along with his heretical progressive “theologian in residence” Tony Jones and Emerging Church guru Brian […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Sep 21, 2010 in AM Missives, Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features
“But my people did not listen to my voice; Israel would not submit to me. So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts, to follow their own counsels.” (Psalm 81:11-12) Contemplative Spirituality In Evangelicalism This online apologetics and discernment work Apprising Ministries has been documenting for you how doctrinal lines continue to be erased […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Sep 17, 2010 in AM Missives, Brian McLaren, Current Issues, Dallas Willard, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Erwin McManus, Features, Jay Bakker, Leonard Sweet, Quotes, Richard Foster, Rick Warren, Rob Bell, Word Faith
People say, ‘Do not be negative; let us be positive; let us just preach the simple gospel’. But the Bible is full of negatives, full of warnings, ever showing us these terrible possibilities. If you find in yourself a dislike of the warnings of the Scripture and of this negative teaching, it is obvious that […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Sep 16, 2010 in AM Missives, Apologetics, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features, Theology
1. The warning against false teachers Christ then said, “Beware of false prophets” (Matthew 7:15). For every true prophet calling people to the narrow way, are a multiplicity of false prophets calling people to the broad way that leads to destruction. Christ’s warning [about false teachers] was not new. Deuteronomy 13:1-5 documents the presence of […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Sep 15, 2010 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features
Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with him.” Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Sep 15, 2010 in Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features, Jay Bakker
Her prophets are fickle, treacherous men; her priests profane what is holy; they do violence to the law. (Zephaniah 3:4) Jay Bakker Does A Little Preaching Via Twitter Apprising Ministries has told you e.g. in Jay Bakker Reflects The Sad Condition Of The Visible Church that gay-affirming “pastor” Jay Bakker heads up a rather rapscallion, and largely […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Sep 13, 2010 in AM Missives, Brian McLaren, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features
As we have said before, so now I say again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you received, let him be accursed. (Galatians 1:9) How Is A Different Gospel Now Considered The Same Gospel? Apprising Ministries has long been covering the sinfully ecumenical neo-liberal cult of the Emerging Church—a […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Sep 13, 2010 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features, Leonard Sweet
…always learning and never able to arrive at a knowledge of the truth. (2 Timothy 3:7) Sweet Hegelian Dialetic Double-Speak In Apprising Ministries articles like Leonard Sweet, Frank Viola, And The Third Way and Leonard Sweet, Frank Viola, And Mystic Meister Eckhart I’ve shown that the man-centered semi-pelagian theology of Leonard Sweet—beyond question a leading theologian within […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Sep 12, 2010 in AM Missives, 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) There’s No Big Tent By The Narrow Gate Apprising Ministries told you in posts such as Pretending That Big Tent Christianity Is The Church and […]
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