An important question. Apprising Ministries brings you an instructional devotional teaching from John MacArthur in this post which concerns the most important weapon God has given us as Christians.
Beware of Emerging Spirituality and Emergence Theory
Apprising Ministries provides necessary background for you to better understand the vital information in this excellent video lecture from Bob DeWaay.
In this piece you’ll gain a better understanding how the visible church has gotten itself into what is essentially becoming a spiritual blender set on puree.
Elephant Room 2's T.D. Jakes Says TBN's Paul Crouch Led By God To Launch Jakes' Ministry
James MacDonald, curator of the Elephant Room, would have us believe T.D. Jakes has moved away from Word Faith prosperity preaching.
Apprising Ministries offers that the evidence just does’t back this up. In this new piece you’ll see exclusive video of Jakes on TBN’s Praise-A-Thon of 8 March 2012.
This is their vehicle for raising money and yet there’s Jakes paying homage to head TBN huckster Paul Crouch and helping this heretical outfit fleece their flock.
The Sermon on the Mount, Part 6
9 Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals, 10 nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God. 11 Such were some of you; but you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God. 1 Corinthians 6:9-11, NASB
One marker missing from “Liberal Christianity” that is one of the major elements that disqualifies it from being genuine Christianity is its abandonment of Sola Scriptura. Because of that, all of those characteristics that makes Christianity Christian are gone such as believer’s living lives of repentance such as that “living sacrifice” analogy given to us in Romans 12:1 along with how from that flows genuine Spiritual growth into Christian maturity in Romans 12:2. With little to no emphasis on genuine Biblical repentance, “Liberal Christianity” simply tries to emphasize unity, political correctness, feelings, with a spiritual hit by using spiritual formation into all sorts of mysticism, but mostly these “churches” do everything they can to appeal to the world so the leaders in those “organizations” would never preach a sermon like our Lord preached in Matthew 5, 6, & 7. Why? Because it brings people face-to-face with their sinfulness. This is offensive and since these men refuse to proclaim the real gospel message of the good news of what God has done on their behalf that they could never do for themselves, they will never preach anything to offend anyone so the descent into darkness of Liberalism just speeds up with each compromise.
Armed with Holy Courage
Rick Warren's Saddleback Church Mens Group Studies Joyce Meyer
Culture Doesn't Annul The Word Of God
Apprising Ministries attempts to help you identify trends within the visible church and to teach you to avoid them.
One disturbing trend right now is the idea that the Christian gospel has to be made “relevant” to our capricious culture. It’s the same ill-fated idea tried before by the original cult of liberalism.
The Sermon on the Mount, Part 5
14“You shall not commit adultery. Exodus 20:14, NASB
I am firmly in line with J. Gresham Machen’s assessment that “Liberal Christianity” is a different religion from Christianity. We see this in what it has abandoned in what it abhors in “Orthodoxy” that is exactly what makes Christianity “Christian.” Genuine Christianity is Christian because it is based upon the facts about our Lord Jesus and the message from him. True Christians love and respect and hold dear the same things he loved, respected and held dear, that is, God’s truth, which is called doctrine. In our day, as it was in Machen’s day, the liberals attempt to do away with what they call “dead orthodoxy” and get back to the primitive form of Christianity that the Church missed and has messed up with all its “Orthodoxy” for these last several millennia. In fact, they insist on totally “reforming” the church top to bottom without all this emphasis on the Bible as the infallible Word of God, which we call Sola Scriptura. The move towards that are seen in the teachings and sermons of men who keep moving their churches closer and closer to things such as tolerance for the “gay agenda” or “unmarried couples” or even looking the other way while their members and leaders have adulterous affair after adulterous affair.
John Piper Happy to Learn from Beth Moore?
Pray For The Power
Southern Baptists Assist The Roman Catholic Church To Infiltrate Evangelicalism
How The Devil Is Stealing Evangelicalism
Homosexuality, Megachurches, And Andy Stanley
Apprising Ministries walks you through the controversy between Al Mohler and Andy Stanley, which Rick Warren tried to inject himself into.
In this article on I provide you with an exclusive video clip of Stanley’s sermon in question so you can make up your own mind as to whether Mohler’s comments were correct.
Stay Awake, Keep Watch
What's Wrong With False Giving?
Dr. Walter Martin Explains What Mormonism Teaches
Unfortunately, because of misinformed people like Joel Osteen and the prominence of Mormon Glenn Beck, there’s much confusion concerning the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the Mormons).
Apprising Ministries brings you this rare and important video sermon on this growing non-Christian cult by the late Dr. Martin who was the foremost expert in religious cults having their origins in the United States.
R.C. Sproul, Jr. Says Internet Discernment Ministries Are Wrong
This piece was written in the spirit of Proverbs 18:17 – The one who states his case first seems right, until the other comes and examines him.
Apprising Ministries now offers a bit of a defense of online apologetics and discernment ministries while offering Dr. R.C. Sproul, Jr. a few things to consider.
The Origin of Contemplative/Centering Prayer
Walter Martin: Mormonism vs Christianity
Apprising Ministries thinks it’s ridiculous that we have to go over such basics, but as I shown you before e.g. in Now Joel Osteen Says Mormonism Itself Is Christian, such is the time in which we now live.
Here in this video clip from The John Ankerberg Show you’ll clearly see that Mormonism is not Christian; rather, it is a nonChristian cult hostile to God and His Gospel.
The Defense of the Christian Faith
As my friend and fellow CRN contributor Mike Ratliff reminded me today, for too many within evangelicalism this is but a pillow fight.
So Apprising Ministries goes to the Bible, yes I know that’s très passé, to show the stark contrast between Holy Scripture and the mythology of men like Rick Warren.
Christian And Muslim Debates—The John Ankerberg Show
Apprising Ministries would have you know that the world religion of Islam will continue to be an important issue to be faced by the Christian Church. There are many now who have bought the lie that Islam is an Abrahamic faith; it is not.
The fact is, the capricious and unknowable Allah of the Qur’an is not the immutable and personal one true and living God of the Bible. Therefore we know that Islam’s founder Muhammad received his revelation from a demon and not from an angel of God.
Here in this post you’ll see for yourself from a well informed Muslim, Dr. Jamal Badawi, Chairman of the Islamic Information Foundation in Halifax, Nova Scotia, who they think God is. Then Christian Bible scholar Dr. Gleason Archer will show from Scripture the Christian and Muslim simply do not believe in the same God.
Matt Chandler and Village Church Promoting Contemplative Spirituality
Protholic Peter Scazzero Kicks Off Leadership Conference 2012 Thursday
Highly recommended by Rick Warren, Willow Creek Association, and Gospel Coalition Council member Tim Keller, Apprising Ministries warns you that Scazzero has much influence upon mainstream evangelical pastors.
In this article you’ll get more idea of what type of fruit Scazzero’s corrupt contemplative spirituality is producing and what you need to get ready for as his disciples prepare to spread as spiritual spores.