Category: Emergent Church
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Aug 18, 2010 in Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features
As I bring to your attention a short post by pastor Larry DeBruyn Apprising Ministries is pleased to remind you concerning his fine oline apologetic and discernment work in the Lord Guarding His Flock Ministries. This particular piece appears as part of a longer article Reinventing Clergy over at Herescope, which was part of a series I highly recommend […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Aug 16, 2010 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features
The online apologetics and discernement work Apprising Ministries has long been covering the foolish embrace by mainstream evangelicalism of the sinfully ecumenial Emerging Church aka Emergent Church—which has grown into a full-blown neo-liberal cult operating within its walls. This is because what we’re now dealing with is an upgraded Emerging Church 2.0 complete with its new version of Progressive Christian theology that they’re referring to as “big tent” Emergence Christianity; and […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Aug 15, 2010 in Apologetics, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features, Theology
By Apprising Ministries correspondent Mike Ratilff of Possessing the Treasure In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. (John 1:1-2 ESV) I heard a sermon once a long time ago in which the preacher defined a cult as any […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Aug 13, 2010 in AM Missives, Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Marcus Borg, Spiritual Formation
The online apologetics and discernment work Apprising Ministries has told you that apostatizing pretending to be Protestant evangelicalism is paying a heavy price for its foolish embrace of the sinfully ecumenial Emerging Church aka Emergent Church—which has grown into a full-blown neo-liberal cult operating within its walls; and what we’re now dealing with is an upgraded Emerging Church 2.0 complete with its new version […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Aug 11, 2010 in AM Missives, Brian McLaren, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features
For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths. (2 Timothy 4:3-4) Gathering Their Teachers For the past 5+ years now Apprising Ministries has closely monitored the sinfully […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Aug 11, 2010 in AM Missives, Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features, Spiritual Formation
Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons. (1 Timothy 4:1) Demons Do Have Doctrines and One Of Them Is So-Called Great “Human Potential” As an example of what I mean in the title of this semi-reductio Apprising Ministries piece, here’s […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Aug 6, 2010 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features, Homosexuality/"Christian"
“Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. And a person’s enemies will be those of his […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Aug 6, 2010 in Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features
By Apprising Ministries correspondent Mike Ratilff of Possessing the Treasure Therefore, brothers, be all the more diligent to make your calling and election sure, for if you practice these qualities you will never fall. (2 Peter 1:10 ESV) Some “evangelical leaders” in our time will tell you that transformation is actually part of the gospel […]
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