By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Oct 1, 2010 in AM Missives, Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism, Current Issues, Features, Southern Baptist Convention | Comments Off on PETER SCAZZERO BRINGING ROME HOME TO HIS CHURCH
Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by the flesh? (Galatians 3:3) Peter Scazzero And Rick Warren Are Spreading Contemplative Spirituality As part of the online apologetics and discernment work being done here at Apprising Ministries we’ve been covering the upgrading of the sinfully ecumenical Emerging Church aka Emergent Church into a full […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Sep 23, 2010 in AM Missives, Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism, Current Issues, Features | Comments Off on PRISCILLA SHIRER POINTS US TO RICHARD ROHR
Understand, O dullest of the people! Fools, when will you be wise? (Psalm 94:8) Contemplative Mysticism Spreading Like A Cancer Apprising Ministries continues documenting how doctrinal lines continue to be erased with great rapidity in what’s becoming The Ecumenical Church Of Deceit (ECoD). If you actually want to understand how the church visible has become so […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Sep 22, 2010 in AM Missives, Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism, Current Issues, Features, Rick Warren | Comments Off on PETER SCAZZERO ENJOYS PRAYING THROUGH APOSTASY
Apprising Ministries has told you that Purpose Driven Pope Rick Warren featured contemplative guru Peter Scazzero at Radicalis this past February at Saddleback Church. You might remember that in an email promoting that conference, Chat Live with Radicalis Speaker, Pete Scazzero, Wednesday, December 9 at 11 am pst, Warren told us: Pete, along with his […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Sep 21, 2010 in AM Missives, Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features | Comments Off on SOJOURNERS OF JIM WALLIS TEACHES US LECTIO DIVINA
“But my people did not listen to my voice; Israel would not submit to me. So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts, to follow their own counsels.” (Psalm 81:11-12) Contemplative Spirituality In Evangelicalism This online apologetics and discernment work Apprising Ministries has been documenting for you how doctrinal lines continue to be erased […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Aug 21, 2010 in Current Issues, Features | Comments Off on LUTHERAN CHURCH IN MINNESOTA OFFERS "CHRISTIAN" FORTUNE-TELLING
North Heights Lutheran Church (NHLC) of Arden Hills and Roseville, MN was originally with the ELCA but: The charismatic church, which has sites in Arden Hills and Roseville, [changed] its affiliation to the Alliance of Renewal Churches, a Minnesota-based association of churches that emphasize spirit-filled worship. (Online source) If, like me, you sense something’s off here and […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Aug 18, 2010 in Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features | Comments Off on MOVE OVER PASTORS FOR SPIRITUAL DIRECTORS/GURUS
As I bring to your attention a short post by pastor Larry DeBruyn Apprising Ministries is pleased to remind you concerning his fine oline apologetic and discernment work in the Lord Guarding His Flock Ministries. This particular piece appears as part of a longer article Reinventing Clergy over at Herescope, which was part of a series I highly recommend […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Aug 4, 2010 in Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism, Current Issues, Features, Southern Baptist Convention | Comments Off on DREAMY MYSTICISM UNDERESTIMATES SIN
Free and warm reception into the divine favor is the strongest of all motives in leading a man to seek conformity to Him who has thus freely forgiven him all trespasses… [But t]he tendency of the present day is to underestimate sin and to misunderstand its nature. From the Cross of Christ men strike out […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Aug 3, 2010 in AM Missives, Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism, Current Issues, Features, Word Faith | Comments Off on ERWIN LUTZER ON "THE DISCIPLINES OF THE SOUL"
The critics of online apologetics and discernment works such as Apprising Ministries are under the mistaken impression that someone like myself goes “looking for” these issues I’ve been covering these past 5+ years as Jesus has built this ministry of His Gospel. They couldn’t be more wrong. What usually happens is I’ll receive an email at […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jul 26, 2010 in AM Missives, Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism, Current Issues, Features, Southern Baptist Convention, Spiritual Formation | Comments Off on PRISCILLA SHIRER AND CONTEMPLATIVE/CENTERING PRAYER
Apprising Ministries reminded you recently in Beth Moore Attacks The Protestant Reformation that both Moore and Priscilla Shirer were part of the Be Still…And Know That I Am God DVD, which is a veritable ode to a form of meditation in an altered state of consciousness known as Contemplative/Centering Prayer (CCP). And as I’ve mentioned before, this so-called prayer […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jul 21, 2010 in AM Missives, Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism, Current Issues, Features | Comments Off on NEW CALVINISM’S MARK DRISCOLL ENCOURAGES CONTEMPLATIVE SPIRITUAL DISCIPLINES
O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? It was before your eyes that Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified. Let me ask you only this: Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law or by hearing with faith? Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected […]