Apprising Ministries has been warning of this kind of increasing syncretism.
Are Christians About Being Cool?
Calm As Heaven Above
Getting “Higher” On God
Todd Bentley Denied, Banned, and Cancelled
What Did America’s Founders Really Believe? A Conversation with Historian Gregg Frazer
In his Thinking Public program, Dr. Albert Mohler, president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, asserts that “the question of the religious convictions and the theological ideas of America’s founding generation continue to reverberate in very contemporary controversy.” Dr. Mohler invited historian Gregg Frazer, author of The Religious Beliefs of America’s Founders: Reason, Revelation and Revolution, to discuss why some conservative historians see the so-called “Christian America” view as dangerous.
Psalms, Hymns, Spiritual Songs
18 And do not become drunk with wine in which is dissipation, but be filled by the Spirit, 19 speaking among yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your hearts to the Lord, Eph. 5:18–19, Possessing the Treasure New Testament v1
In our last post, Be Filled By the Spirit, we studied exegetically what Paul meant by commanding Christians to be filled by the Holy Spirit. Joy is one of the primary evidences of the Spirit-filled life and how that is often expressed is in song as Paul tells us in Ephesians 5:19 (above). The Spirit-filled Christian is a singing Christian regardless of talent. In this post we will look at a few aspects of what is often called “church music” using the terms Paul used in this verse. I believe if you compare this study with what goes on in the name of “worship” in many churches nowadays there will be big difference.
Why Are We Still Here?
Be Filled by the Spirit
18 And do not become drunk with wine in which is dissipation, but be filled by the Spirit, Eph. 5:18, Possessing the Treasure New Testament v1
What does it mean for a Christian to be “filled” by the Holy Spirit? In my translation above the preposition “by” renders the Greek word ἐν (en), “in, with, by, among, at, on, when, to, as, for, through, while, within, of, about, into, because, during, throughout, before, under.” Why did I render it as “by” instead of “with?” As Lewis Sperry Chafer said, “It is not a matter of acquiring more of the Spirit, but rather of the Spirit of God acquiring all of the individual.” The believer who is Spirit-filled is influenced by the Spirit and nothing else, while those who are not are more influenced by the temporal. To be filled by the Spirit is to have our thoughts, desires, values, motives, goals, priorities, and all else set on spiritual things and spiritual growth.
The New Rob Bell Show
The Church’s One Foundation
Christian Unity
1 Therefore, I, the prisoner of the Lord, encourage you to walk worthy of the calling by which you were called, 2 with all humility of mind and meekness with long-suffering forbearing one another in love, 3 being eager to keep the oneness of the Spirit in the uniting bond of peace. Eph. 4:1–3, Possessing the Treasure New Testament v1
About the time I completed my exegetical study of Ephesians 1-2, which was titled “God’s Purpose for the Church,” we learned that my nephew Travis, who had a brain tumor removed about 4 years ago and had been declared cancer free earlier this year, had begun to have severe headaches and seizure-like symptoms again. Tests showed that he had another tumor in a different part of his brain that was growing rapidly. His surgeon was able to remove most of it and utilized some very new treatments that will, hopefully, kill it. We thank all of you for your prayers for Travis and his family as well as my sister and her family. I learned a great deal from this in the matters of grace and the working of the Spirit in the body of Christ. Genuine Christian faith is genuine Christian faith regardless of whether everyone who possesses it agrees completely on matters of religiosity or not. We do not determine that, God does.
Will You Carry His Cross?
Cleaning Muddy Boots
Getting “High” On God
Christ & Islam, Part 3
In the July/August issue of Modern Reformation Magazine, Dr. Michael Horton posted a very insightful article titled “Christ & Islam”. For clarification he also has released three videos in which he compares the theology of true Christianity and Islam. CRN has posted Part 1 and Part 2 here. Part 3 can be viewed below.
Soli Deo Gloria!
Sola Scriptura Our Only Foundation
Dr. R.C. Sproul: It’s Sin For A Born Again Christian To Remain With Roman Catholic Church
Your Niche
The Immeasurable Riches Of His Grace
New Calvinist Mark Driscoll Hangout With Calvary Chapel’s Greg Laurie
Apprising Ministries reminds you that ever since the first Elephant Room odd associations have formed. For example, Laurie may be in line as successor to increasingly anti-Calvinist Calvary Chapel.
So his developing friendship with Calvinist Mark Driscoll would likely be cause for concern for many leaders within Calvary Chapel.
A Valuable Weapon
The Biblical Uncovering of the Pope and the Papacy
What it Means to be God’s People
No doubt that few have heard of Scottish preacher Eric J. Alexander, who is the former senior pastor of St. George’s Tron parish church in Glasgow, Scotland. He is the author of Prayer: A Biblical Perspective.
Alexander’s five sermons expositing 1 Peter are exemplary in their teaching of what it means to be God’s people.
Soli Deo Gloria!
In America
While it hasn’t really crossed over into the mainstream of the visible Christian community, still there’s a fair amount of interest in a book by Rabbi Jonathan Cahn called The Harbinger.
It’s been a source of not a little unrest within the camp of discernment ministry as people like me have criticized Cahn sloppy use of Holy Scripture. Well, here in this exclusive Apprising Ministries video clip we find out that apparently through direct revelation God spoke to Cahn and told him to write it.