By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on May 21, 2008 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Rick Warren, Southern Baptist Convention
Well, at least Contemplative/Centering Prayer (CCP) isn’t according to Living Spiritual Teacher and Quaker mystic “Christian” Roshi Richard Foster: Contemplative Prayer immerses us into the silence of God. How desperately we in the modern world need this wordless baptism… Contemplative Prayer is the one discipline that can free us from our addiction to words. Progress in […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Apr 12, 2008 in Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism, Current Issues, Features, Rick Warren
Concerning the 19th Annual National Conference on Preaching (NCP) Jim Luppachino of Watcher’s Lamp has written a timely piece called James Emery White’s Purpose Driven Mysticism. Now in this article Apprising Ministries examines the issue further and shows you beyond the shadow of a doubt that White is indeed promoting Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism.
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jan 4, 2008 in Brian McLaren, Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism, Current Issues, Emergent Church, Erwin McManus, Features, Joel Osteen, John Hagee, Rick Warren, Rob Bell, Roman Catholicism, T.D. Jakes, Theology, Word Faith
In the Apprising Ministries post Man-Centered Gospel vs. God-Centered Gospel we discussed what is meant by our use of these particular terms. A man-centered gospel is the belief that the determining factor in whether or not a man is eternally saved, in the end, relies (at some level) upon an act of his own will […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Dec 21, 2007 in AM Missives, Brian McLaren, Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism, Current Issues, Emergent Church, Erwin McManus, Joel Osteen, John Hagee, Rick Warren, Rob Bell, Roman Catholicism, Southern Baptist Convention, T.D. Jakes, Word Faith
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