The following by Dr. Gary Gilley, pastor of Southern View Chapel, is republished at Apprising Ministries with permission: Hearing God was previous published by Regal (1984), then by Harper (1993), and finally InterVarsity (1999) under the tital of In Search of Guidance.  This updated and expanded edition is published under the Formatio wing of InterVarsity Press which offers numerous […]

In Apprising Ministries pieces like Richard Foster Says Bible Reliable Guide Despite “Inconsistencies” and John Piper, Rick Waren & Foster-Willardism has long been warning you about the danger of listening to neo-Gnostics like Living Spiritual Teacher and Quaker mystic Richard Foster. For years now Foster, along with his his spiritual twin Dallas Willard, has been teaching corrupt Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism (CSM) under the guise of so-called Spiritual Formation and horribly corrupted […]

By Dr. Orrel Steincamp, republished with permission Have you ever heard of “panentheism”? It sounds a lot like pantheism but there are those two additional letters “en” inserted after “pan.” The word broken into its constitute parts is pan=all, en= in, and theos= God. Panentheism is the belief the universe is contained within God and […]

The following by Dr. Gary Gilley, pastor of Southern View Chapel, is republished at Apprising Ministries with permission: (April/May 2012 – Volume 18, Issue 2) Of all the spiritual disciplines the Spiritual Formation Movement promotes, none is more important than prayer and the intake of God’s Word. On the surface we would expect little resistance […]

The following by Dr. Gary Gilley, pastor of Southern View Chapel, is republished at Apprising Ministries with permission: (February/March 2012 – Volume 18, Issue 1) Almost everyone on the cutting edge of Christianity is talking about spiritual formation.  From books to magazine articles to sermons to seminary courses, spiritual formation is a hot topic.  What […]

By Apprising Ministries special correspondent Erin Benziger of Do Not Be Surprised… There’s no shortage of teaching and perspectives on prayer today in the “Christian” world. As they have for centuries, people who “feel far from God” continue to seek more “spiritual” experiences, and as such fall into dangerous, demonic deceptions. One such devilish device […]

One of the trends being followed by Apprising Ministries right now along the Internet front within apostatizing evangelicalism is a growing syncretism. It’s already so bad that even heretical Oneness Pentecostal purveyor and Word Faith mogul T.D. Jakes  is being mainstreamed.  I’ve talked about it before e.g. in The Elephant Room, T.D. Jakes & Cindy Trimm; you’ll also […]

As we get set to close out this year and brace ourselves for what appears to be a tsunami of apostasy headed toward the mainstream of the visible church Apprising Ministries says a heartfelt thank you to those who’ve been supporting us in prayer and financially. We are grateful for these fellow soldiers willing to […]

Apprising Ministries continues to warn you about the corrupt Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism (CSM) ala the Living Spiritual Teacher and Quaker mystic Richard Foster and his spiritual twin, Southern Baptist minister Dallas Willard, slithering around—even within the young, restless, and reformed camp. I’m showing you that the prolonged practice of spurious CSM always ends up blurring doctrinal lines—at […]

Even though it costs, with donations now nearing a critical low, which threatens our future, the online apologetics and discernment work Apprising Ministries still continues to warn you that there is a tsunami of apostasy—pushed along by 1 Peter 4:17  judgments—headed toward the church visible. In this follow-up to Tim Keller And Contemplative Spirituality I’ll give you reason to be concerned […]