Category: Emergent Church
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Nov 5, 2011 in AM Missives, Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism, Current Issues, Dallas Willard, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features, Richard Foster, Southern Baptist Convention, Spiritual Formation
In earlier Apprising Ministries articles like and Christian Soldiers Standing Up For Jesus? and the semi-satirical Recipe For Spiritual Disaster I’ve been trying to bring to your attention how a Rodney King theology of, “Can’t we all just get along” is serving to cripple the witness of the church visible. A major factor contributing to this is […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Oct 25, 2011 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features, Rob Bell
For many years Apprising Ministries—one of the few online venues who would tell you the truth straight up—has tracked the sad decline of Rob Bell, the rock star pastor of the Emerging Church. You likely know that he’s resigned from Mars Hill Bible Church and turned it over to his good friend and fellow apostate Shane Hipps to […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Oct 23, 2011 in AM Missives, Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features
Apprising Ministries has warned in posts e.g. Calvinist Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism? and Disciplines To Deception In Southern Baptist Convention that for years now Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism (CSM) as taught by Living Spiritual Teacher and Quaker mystic Richard Foster along with his spiritual twin and Southern Baptist minister Dallas Willard has been rapidly spreading throughout mainstream evangelicalism under […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Oct 18, 2011 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features
In pieces like Andrew Marin Methodology here at Apprising Ministries is “the President and Founder of The Marin Foundation” and author of the book Love Is An Orientation. It’s interesting to note that Emerging Church guru Brian McLaren does the foreword to Marin’s book. Though using many of the EC buzzwords Marin, at this time anyway, still has […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Oct 12, 2011 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features
First of all, we do know Emerging Church Leader Samir Selmanovic Worships With Witches. Even so, there doesn’t seem to be any truth to the rumor Selmanovic will chair this new pagan council. Well, at least not yet; however, tis the season of Samhain. Ya never know. Be that as it may, just a bit ago Apprising […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Sep 30, 2011 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features, Rob Bell
It’s no secret that Apprising Ministries—one of the few online venues who would tell you the truth straight up—has been an online apologetics and discernment work used by God to track the sad decline of the rock star pastor of the Emerging Church. This involved Rob Bell, who’s just recently stepped down as teaching pastor at Mars Hill Bible […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Sep 25, 2011 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features, Rob Bell
Apprising Ministries has been busy documenting for you the very rapid penetration of apostasy into the heart of the mainstream evangelical community—particularly in its younger sectors—because of its ongoing embrace of the sinfully ecumenical neo-liberal cult of the Emergent Church aka the Emerging Church. You really need to know that those spreading rumors of its […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Sep 22, 2011 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features, Rob Bell
Apprising Ministries is an online apologetics and discernment work that’s been a leading voice against one of the major players within the sinfully ecumenical neo-liberal cult of the Emergent Church aka the Emerging Church; its original iconic rock star pastor Rob Bell. You may know that Bell’s co-teaching pastor at Mars Hill Bible Church (MHBC) has been his good friend, and […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Sep 19, 2011 in Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features
See also: TIM KELLER EMERGING AS CONTEMPLATIVE PROPONENT MATT CHANDLER AND CURIOUS DECISIONS PHIL JOHNSON DESTROYS LOVE WINS MYTHOLOGY OF ROB BELL
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Sep 17, 2011 in Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features, Rob Bell
Therefore, having this ministry by the mercy of God, we do not lose heart. But we have renounced disgraceful, underhanded ways. We refuse to practice cunning or to tamper with God’s word, but by the open statement of the truth we would commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience in the sight of God. And even if […]
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