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By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on May 23, 2008 in Dallas Willard, Spiritual Formation
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on May 23, 2008 in Dallas Willard, Spiritual Formation
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on May 10, 2008 in Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features, Spiritual Formation
In a continuing series Apprising Ministries seeks to introduce the Body of Christ to various teachers of a counterfeit Christianity through their neo-pagan “spiritual disciplines” of Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism (CSM), a corrupt spiritual blight which is currently spreading apostasy through the evangelical camp as quickly as an Oklahoma wildfire under the guise of Spiritual Formation. Know this, […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on May 2, 2008 in Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism, Spiritual Formation
Apprising Ministries wants you to know that: F[ather] Thomas Ryan,CSP, [is] a catholic priest and certified Kripalu yoga teacher,coordinates ecumenical and inter-religious relations for the paulist community in the U.S. and Canada. His nine books include Reclaiming the Body in Christian Spirituality; The Sacred Art of Fasting; Four Steps to Spiritual Freedom; Prayer of Heart […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Apr 29, 2008 in AM Missives, Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism, Current Issues, Dallas Willard, Emergent Church, Richard Foster, Southern Baptist Convention, Spiritual Formation
They did not destroy the peoples, as the LORD commanded them, but they mixed with the nations and learned to do as they did. They served their idols, which became a snare to them. (Psalm 106:34-36) CSM Was A Core Doctrine Of The Emerging Church We can point to Apprising Ministries articles Beth Moore The Mystic and Alabama Baptist Convention (SBC) Encourages You […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Apr 26, 2008 in Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism, Dallas Willard, Richard Foster, Spiritual Formation
“Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.” (Matthew 11:28-30, NASB) Dismantling Dallas […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Apr 14, 2006 in Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism, Current Issues, Emergent Church, Features, Richard Foster, Roman Catholicism, Spiritual Formation
This is part of an ongoing series here at Apprising Ministries on key players involved with Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism (CSM) within postevangelicalism and the Emergent Church, in particular its chief corruption Contemplative/Centering Prayer. Here we take a look at “St.” Teresa of Avila who was one of the superstars as it were of CSM. The idea here is to keep exposing […]
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