By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Sep 8, 2008 in Roman Catholicism
You have been severed from Christ, you who are seeking to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace. For we through the Spirit, by faith, are waiting for the hope of righteousness. For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything, but faith working through love. (Galatians 5:4-6, NASB) What Is Really At Stake […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Sep 7, 2008 in Roman Catholicism
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, ESV) The Roman Catholic Church Speaks We will begin this Apprising Ministries short piece concerning apostate Roman Catholicism by looking at what the Church of […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Sep 7, 2008 in Roman Catholicism
The “new birth” according to the Church of Rome is their so-called “sacrament” of baptism. Here is what the Catechism of the Catholic Church says regarding baptism: 1213 Holy Baptism is the basis of the whole Christian life, the gateway to life in the Spirit (vitae spiritualis ianua),4 and the door which gives access to […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Sep 7, 2008 in Roman Catholicism
by Mary Ann Collins (A Former Catholic Nun) www.CatholicConcerns.com December 2001 Revised November 2002 There is a hidden agenda behind the ecumenical movement. Official Catholic documents from the Second Vatican Council show that the purpose behind ecumenism is to bring Protestants back into the Catholic Church. The Council of Trent anathematized every Christian who disagrees […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Sep 5, 2008 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Features, Roman Catholicism
Surveying the rising ecumenical spirit found in much of the American Christian Church and its love affair with man-centered church growth methods, there is much reason for concern that the Protestant reforms of evangelicalism are not so subtly being reversed in order to find stronger fellowship with the Roman Catholic Church. But is this drift […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Sep 4, 2008 in Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism, Roman Catholicism, Spiritual Formation
In Christianity Today Promoting The Cult of Richard Foster at Apprising Ministries we point out that the current September 2008 issue of CT features an interview embracing Living Spiritual Teacher and Quaker mystic Richard Foster as a teacher of proper Christian spirituality. As you’ll also see in Spiritual Formation: Just Say No, with an able assist from Foster’s spiritual twin Dallas Willard and the postliberal […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Sep 4, 2008 in Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism, Roman Catholicism, Spiritual Formation
In Christianity Today Promoting The Cult of Richard Foster at Apprising Ministries we point out that the current September 2008 issue of CT features an interview embracing Living Spiritual Teacher and Quaker mystic Richard Foster as a teacher of proper Christian spirituality. As you’ll also see in Spiritual Formation: Just Say No, with an able assist from Foster’s spiritual twin Dallas Willard and the postliberal […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Sep 3, 2008 in Roman Catholicism
Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God (Romans 8:21). While discussing the apostate Roman Catholicism in his classic work The Pursuit of God A.W. Tozer, considered by many as a “20th Century Prophet,” states a sad fact when he rightly concludes: Today, […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Sep 3, 2008 in Current Issues, Rick Warren, Roman Catholicism, Southern Baptist Convention
And certain men which came down from Judaea taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved. When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them. (Acts 15:1-2, KJV) The Church Of Rome Absolutely Does Not Preach The Apostolic Gospel Lately, led […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Sep 2, 2008 in Roman Catholicism
Sad and tepid times we now live in. Purpose Driven Pope Rick Warren is on record embracing apostate Roman Catholicism as a viable form of the historic orthodox Christian faith. Through the reimagined corrupt Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism of The Cult of Guru Richard Foster rampant within the postevangelical Ecumenical Church of Deceit scores of people are now being led along […]