By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Dec 18, 2007 in Emergent Church, Marcus Borg | Comments Off on MARCUS BORG: BUDDHA WAS BORN AGAIN
In this excerpt from Reading The Bible Again for the First Time by Marcus Borg the non-exclusivist and progressive Christian teaches that the allegedly enlightened Buddha was born “from above” and “of the Spirit”—in other words, [he was] “born again.” Of course to get to this blasphemous idea first we first have to reinterpret/reimagine/repaint…frankly, more […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Dec 7, 2007 in Emergent Church, Marcus Borg | Comments Off on MARCUS BORG: JESUS AND BUDDHA WERE EQUALS AND CHRISTIANITY IS A WAY
Marcus Borg tells us in Jesus And Buddha: The Parallel Sayings of which he is editor: I write as a Jesus scholar and a devoted non-exclusivist Christian. Buddhists might see matters differently and I know that some Christians would. But the cumulative product of my thinking and experience is the conclusion that Jesus and the […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on May 17, 2007 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Emergent Church, Marcus Borg, Rob Bell | Comments Off on ROB BELL: SOUNDING MORE AND MORE LIKE “PROGRESSIVE” CHRISTIAN MARCUS BORG WHO DENIES THE DEITY OF JESUS CHRIST AND HIS BODILY RESURRECTION
For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths. (2 Timothy […]
By Apprising Administrator on May 16, 2007 in Current Issues, Emergent Church | Comments Off on DR. MARCUS BORG: JESUS AND THE BUDDHA ARE EQUALS
By Apprising Administrator on Apr 9, 2007 in Emergent Church | Comments Off on MARCUS BORG: “BELOVING” OR BELIEVING
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jun 5, 2014 in Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism, Current Issues, Features | 0 Comments
As evidenced e.g. by articles like On Contemplative Spirituality and Charismania, one of the issues I’ve been covering here at Apprising Ministries is the influx of hyper-charismatic excesses and full-on Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism (CSM) into mainstream evangelicalism. Take for example charismaniacs Rick Warren and NAR’s Samuel Rodriguez ERLC at the SBC and Catalystt Contemplative Lab led by CSM Guru Phileena Heuertz. As I survey […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Feb 1, 2013 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Features | 0 Comments
But he answered, “It is written, “‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’” … So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Dec 27, 2012 in Current Issues, Features | 0 Comments
Apprising Ministries has warned there’s a progressive New Downgrade No-Controversy going on within broader evangelicalism; and, like the proverbial frog slowly boiling to death in a pot, over the past couple of decades people simply haven’t noticed. During this time, tragically, the Gospel has painstakingly been changed from repentance and forgiveness of sins in Jesus’ Name into some supposed […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Dec 24, 2012 in AM Missives, Apologetics, Current Issues, Features | 0 Comments
“…let it be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead—by him this man is standing before you well. This Jesus is the stone that was rejected by you, the builders, which has […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Nov 13, 2012 in Apologetics, Current Issues, Features | 0 Comments
The following was originally published at Stand Up For The Truth and is republished here with permission: John 5:17,18 – “My Father has been working until now, and I have been working.” Therefore the Jews sought to kill Him, because He not only broke the Sabbath, but also said that God was His Father, making Himself equal with […]