By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Apr 21, 2010 in Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features | Comments Off on MISSING MEMO ON THE DEATH OF THE EMERGING CHURCH?
As you may know Apprising Ministries is part of an ongoing “conversation” of loosely-aligned communities concerning online apologetics and discernment ministry, which is much too broad to adequately define. One of the areas I cover is the Emerging Church, a neo-liberal cult that’s developed within evangelicalism, which claims its “big tent” Progressive Christianity is the historic Gospel […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Apr 21, 2010 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Features, Homosexuality/"Christian", Jay Bakker | Comments Off on JAY BAKKER AND THE "EVANGELICAL" NETWORK
Apprising Ministries has been telling you that today in the church we’re living in a postmodern Wonderland of Humpty Dumpty language where words mean whatever a person wants them to mean. One word that’s lost any real meaning is: evangelical. Today Purpose Driven pope Rick Warren is a Reformed Protestant and both Emerging Church guru Brian McLaren and gay-affirming “pastor” Jay Bakker […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Apr 20, 2010 in Features, Homosexuality/"Christian" | Comments Off on ELCA REMOVES ALL BARRIERS TO GAY INCLUSION
If there was any doubt left as to whether, or not, the ELCA was a Christian denomination it may have been completely removed. Religion Dispatches, “a daily online magazine dedicated to the analysis and understanding of religious forces in the world today,” is currently reporting: LGBT candidates can now be ordained. [1] When your church or denomination ordains […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Apr 18, 2010 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Features, Homosexuality/"Christian" | Comments Off on JENNIFER KNAPP AND HOMOSEXUALITY
Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. (1 Corinthians 6:9-10, ESV) The Word […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Apr 18, 2010 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church | Comments Off on WITNESSING TO LIBERALS
The neo-liberal cult of the Emerging Church is continuing to morph and develop its “big tent” version of Progressive Christianity [read: universalism], which is still being cobbled together by the likes of uber-liberal theologian Harvey Cox along with his friend panentheist progressive/liberal theologian Dr. Philip Clayton. Dr. Clayton is himself friends with Emerging Church guru […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Apr 18, 2010 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Homosexuality/"Christian", Jay Bakker | Comments Off on WHAT JAY BAKKER WISHES THE BIBLE SAID ABOUT HOMOSEXUALITY
Apprising Ministries has alerted you to a rather rapscallion bunch of largely biblically illiterate and self-described Outlaw Preachers (OP) who’ve come slithering up all around gay-affirming “pastor” Jay Bakker. OPs are still somewhat in the shadows of the neo-liberal cult of the Emerging Church and include such EC luminaries as self-described “Queer Affirming” ELCA “pastor” Nadia Bolz-Weber and Adele Sakler of […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Apr 16, 2010 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Features | Comments Off on ASSEMBLIES OF GOD LEADER BOWS OUT Of A COVENANT OF CIVILITY
Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons. (1 Timothy 4:1, ESV) But You Don’t Believe What Christians Believe In posts such as Diana Butler Bass On Chris Rosebrough, Ingrid Schlueter, And Ken Silva In Sin earlier Apprising Ministries has […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Apr 16, 2010 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features | Comments Off on 10 WAYS TO STOP WATCHDOGGERS FROM BARKING
Over at Christian Research Net, an extention of Apprising Ministries, I pointed out that Emergent Church luminary Andrew Jones, who blogs as Tall Skinny Kiwi, tells us condescendingly in this post about how to co-opt your critics: There’s another breed of watchdoggin’ bloggin’ out there. You are already familiar with the normal watchdog blogs that protect God’s church […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Apr 16, 2010 in AM Missives, Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism, Current Issues, Features | Comments Off on CANADIAN CHRISTIAN PRINCIPALS SPRING CONFERENCE 2010
You may know from reading Apprising Ministries that my late mom was from Sydney, Nova Scotia; and Canada has always been dear to my heart. In Look who’s Teaching the Teachers over at her informative More Books and Things my friend Carla has been alerting those north of the border about the upcoming: Christian Principals Spring Conference […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Apr 15, 2010 in AM Missives, Brian McLaren, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features | Comments Off on STRANGER AND STRANGER GLOBAL BEDFELLOWS EMERGING
Apprising Ministries has been warning you concerning the “big tent” version of Progressive Christianity [read: universalism] still being cobbled together by the likes of uber-liberal Harvey Cox along with his friend panentheist progressive/liberal theologian Dr. Philip Clayton, himself friends with Emerging Church guru Brian McLaren. We know from Scripture that the enemy controling the seducing spirits using such as these is already driving them all […]