I’ve pointed out many times now that as a general rule, and a courtesy, we do not publish email without the permission of the sender. At the same time, all email sent to AM and Christian Research Network is considered the property of Apprising Ministries so we may indeed publish unsolicited email for the purposes of edification. I received […]

Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. (1 John 4:1, NASB) Tuning Out The Ways Of God To Tune In The Traditions Of Men  It is true that I don’t happen to agree with everything the late […]

There has been much talk concerning, and questions about, a book written by William P. Young called The Shack. In an editorial review by contemplative and Emerging Church author Eugene Peterson at Amazon.com for The Shack by William P. Young we read: When the imagination of a writer and the passion of a theologian cross-fertilize the […]

This message, originally published August 31, 2005 just a couple of days after the original Apprising Ministries web site went online, is one that I truly never wanted to have to write. As one who loves Jesus and His Church it pains me to share this with you. But beloved, who with any amount of discernment could […]

The great English evangelist Leonard Ravenhill, a dear brother in Christ that I once had the privilege of corresponding with, said, “That world out there, it’s not waiting for a new definition of Christianity, it’s waiting for a new demonstration of Christianity!” This is along the lines of what I have writing about here at […]

As the Church of our Lord entered the 21st century in reverse, terms like user-friendly and seeker sensitive, pragmatic concepts quite common in the secular business world but completely foreign to the historic orthodox Christian Church, have dominated religious discussions. Christian pastors and leaders, faced with dwindling attendance in their churches, began to wonder how […]