By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Nov 18, 2009 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features, Homosexuality/"Christian", Jay Bakker | Comments Off on BIBLE OUTS GAY MARRIAGE (PART TWO)
And Pharisees came up to Him and tested Him by asking, “Is it lawful to divorce one’s wife for any cause?” He answered, “Have you not read that He Who created them from the beginning made them male and female, and said, ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Nov 10, 2009 in Current Issues | Comments Off on QUESTIONS ABOUT URBAN PROMISE
I’ve pointed out previously that as a general rule, and a courtesy, we do not publish email without the permission of the sender. However 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 […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Oct 22, 2009 in Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism, Current Issues | Comments Off on PROTESTANT CONTEMPLATIVE SPIRITUAL DIRECTOR N. GRAHAM STANDISH
I’ve pointed out previously that as a general rule, and a courtesy, we do not publish email without the permission of the sender. However 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 […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Oct 6, 2008 in AM Missives, Current Issues | Comments Off on TONY CAMPOLO WITH "MYSTICAL ENCOUNTERS FOR CHRISTIANS"
O house of Jacob, come, let us walk in the light of the LORD. For you have rejected your people, the house of Jacob, because they are full of things from the east and of fortune-tellers like the Philistines, and they strike hands with the children of foreigners. Their land is filled with silver and gold, and there is no end […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Feb 9, 2008 in Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism, Current Issues, Emergent Church, Features | Comments Off on SHANE CLAIBORNE MEET THE FACTS
For those with eyes to see they will know that the sky was very red this morning over what is passing for Christianity here in America. As I have said recently the time we live is not a time for unity; it is a time for division. We must begin to turn our backs to […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Aug 9, 2007 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Emergent Church | Comments Off on DOABLE EVANGELISM AND THE EMERGING CHURCH ARE OFF THE MAP
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Dec 28, 2006 in Current Issues | Comments Off on FAITH FORWARD STRAIGHT INTO THE WORSHIP OF MAN
Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain. Unless the LORD watches over the city, the watchmen stand guard in vain. In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for food to eat. (Psalm 127:1-2) Conversating With Uber-hip And Way Cool Dreamers O happy new year! And I can hardly […]
By Apprising Administrator on Jan 27, 2006 in Brian McLaren, Emergent Church, Features | Comments Off on THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE EMERGENT CHURCH (PT. 2)
As we resume our look at a theological agenda which is likely being pushed by some within the leadership of the Emergent Church, and most particularly Brian McLaren, I am truly amazed by the response to my work in this area. In Part One we touched on the base of mysticism upon which the Emerging […]