By Apprising Ministries correspondent Mike Ratilff of Possessing the Treasure Οὐ περὶ τούτων δὲ ἐρωτῶ μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ περὶ τῶν πιστευόντων διὰ τοῦ λόγου αὐτῶν εἰς ἐμέ, ἵνα πάντες ἓν ὦσιν, καθὼς σύ, πάτερ, ἐν ἐμοὶ κἀγὼ ἐν σοί, ἵνα καὶ αὐτοὶ ἐν ἡμῖν ὦσιν, ἵνα ὁ κόσμος πιστεύῃ ὅτι σύ με ἀπέστειλας. (John 17:20-21 […]

People will be lovers of self. (2 Timothy 3:2) Pleasing Themselves Rather Than God Apprising Ministries has been warning about, and documenting, the sad slide of largely pretending to be Protestant evangelicalism into becoming what I’ve referred to as The Ecumenical Church Of Deceit (ECoD); and much of the current sorry state of the church […]

For at least the past six years now online apologetics and discernment ministries like Lighthouse Trails Research, as well as here at Apprising Ministries, have been warning about the sinfully ecumenical [i.e. Reformation repudiating] Emergent Church aka the Emerging Church. Sadly, it’s now grown into a neo-liberal cult operating within evangelicalism infecting it with their new […]

Lately I’ve written pieces like “Good” Experiences Aren’t Necessarily From God and Supernatural Gatherings In The New Downgrade here at this online apologetics and discernment work Apprising Ministries showing the sad slide of largely pretending to be Protestant evangelicalism and the growing falling away of the mainstream visible Christian community. I’ve been documenting all of this for you as well as giving you much […]

As Os Guinness pointed out in a perceptive series of articles on the church-growth movement, traditional evangelicalism not only resisted worldly influences, but also used to stress “cognitive defiance” of the world spirit. Now, however, “the world has become so powerful, pervasive, and appealing that the traditional stance of cognitive defiance has become rare and […]

Here at the online apologetics and discernment Apprising Ministries, I’ve been following the aftermath of the dubious decision made by Dr. John Piper to have Purpose Driven Pope Rick Warren as the keynote speaker at the DG 2010 conference Think: The Life of the Mind & the Love of God. Piper-Warrengate grew warmer when it […]

…he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways. (James 1:8) First Let Me Say, It’s Not About You; So Here, Now Let Me Tell You All About You Apprising Ministries is pleased to remind you that in his article The Gospel According to Warren a few years ago Dr. Gary Gilley tells us that […]

HT: Rapture Forums See also: RICK WARREN THE THEOLOGICAL CHAMELEON JOHN PIPER, RICK WARREN & FOSTER-WILLARDISM SADDLEBACK CHURCH OF RICK WARREN USING ROB BELL TEACHINGS

As the interview [John Piper conducted with Rick Warren] drew to a close I saw that many of the predominant concerns I have with The Purpose Driven Life as well as Warren’s wider ministry went unaddressed. Let me speak to just 2 of them. And I think this is the crux of what I am […]

Here again the online apologetics and discernment work Apprising Ministries gives you these two items, which seem to keep moving around their websites and/or suddenly disappearing. Embedded media from Saddleback Media Center John Piper Interview Pastor Rick Warren Transcript See also: JOHN PIPER, RICK WARREN & FOSTER-WILLIARDISM SADDLEBACK CHURCH OF RICK WARREN USING ROB BELL […]