The emergent cult? Listen to Pastor Ken Silva’s warning to the church

My friend Ken Silva over at Apprising Ministries was recently interviewed by Ingrid from Slice of Laodicia (both ministries on my blogroll list). Ken was talking about Rob Bell and the emergent church, and how after his studies with the late Dr. Walter Martin and the cults, that he realizes just how cultic the emergent [...]

Our future sins

Driving into work this week, I was listening to John MacArthur preaching his current series on the Lord’s prayer, when he made the following statment:
“I believe a real Christian is as concerned about avoiding future sins as he is with the forgiveness of his past sins!”
Wow! That is powerful. Makes me want to do another [...]

A Slice of Hypocrisy

Can you smell it?
I am humored at the irony that takes place when someone who loves the Lord’s Truth stands up and defends it as God commands, and then the emergents lose their logical bananas.
In response to Ken Silva exposing Rob Bell’s deceptions, FTM writes of the “arrogance” of “contending for the faith” (Jude v3). [...]

Calling “evil” “good”

Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil;
Who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness;
Who substitute bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!
Isaiah 5:20
“Worldliness is that system of values in any given culture that makes sin look normal and which makes righteousness look strange or alien.” ~ David Wells

“Now the Mainline Churches Make Sense” From an ex-emergent

Mark Driscoll is an ex-emergent who started out with the movement trying to reach the culture with the message of the gospel, but ended up departing from the likes of Brian McLaren and other emergents when they wanted to change the message in order to reach the culture.
He has written an excellent article on what [...]

Testimony: “My Sunday School Teacher”

My friend Jon gave the following testimony this past Sunday at his church, just before he sang the Ray Boltz song, “Thank you.” I enjoyed it and thought I’d share it with my readers.
My Sunday School Teacher
When I started coming to church here, I did so because I was invited. I was invited by someone [...]

Dying to self

“The path toward humility is death to self. When self is dead, humility has been perfected. Jesus humbled Himself unto death, and by His example the way is opened for us to follow. A dead man or woman does not react to an offense. The truth is, if we become offended by the words of [...]

Who needs a Chaplain?

“If there is no God who makes no demand on us, if there is no God who will be our Judge, if there is no God who is our Redeemer, then who needs a Chaplain?”
Albert Mohler

A Mass for the King (and the Queen) ???

Here’s another one for the “Are you kidding me” file! No comment is necessary.
For Catholics, yesterday was the feast of the Assumption of Mary. For almost everyone else, it was the eve of a different kind of holy day: the 29th anniversary of Elvis Presley’s death on Aug. 16, 1977. So Catholics in Memphis, Tenn., [...]

What is the ‘Emerging church’?

Andrew Patterson reviews Don Carson’s recent book Becoming conversant with the Emerging Church: understanding a movement and its implications (Zondervan, 2005)
The Emerging, or Emergent, Church movement has already become a significant part of the evangelical landscape in the USA and is starting to make its presence felt this side of the pond too. In this [...]

“Too intense?” “Radical?” … maybe…

I have, at times, been called “too intense” and “radical” because I believe the Bible is the Word of God (2 Tim 3:16), and it is to be obeyed by those calling themselves “Christians.”
I don’t apologize for believing that in Scripture, and in life, when human beings encounter the true and living God, they are [...]

Speaking the Truth, in love, regardless of the consequences

In my last post I put up a commentary on Galatians 4:16 which is the theme I took for my blog context (speaking the truth even if the message is offensive). In that post there were some great comments from some of the regular readers of this blog, which I appreciated. (If you didn’t read [...]

Galatians 4:16 – Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?

Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth? – Galatians 4:16
Paul is now saying, “Does telling you the truth offend you and make me your enemy?” The truth isn’t always welcomed, but it truly is love to tell a person the truth regardless of whether he welcomes it [...]

What is “Church” : “Gathering of the saints” or “stroking my felt-needs?”

This article codifies a lot of what I have said regarding the emergent church:
http://www.caller.com/ccct/local_news/article/0,1641,CCCT_811_4749890,00.html
For example, look at the way it starts….
She was looking for a cup of coffee, but she found God. Miki Camponovo had tried just about every variety of Christianity and none of them had worked for her. But when she walked into [...]

Spiritual “Birthday” – My Testimony

Today is my spiritual “birthday. It was 15 years ago today, at the funeral of my friend Misti Triplet, that I heard the gospel of Jesus Christ and was saved.
Some have asked that I post the audio of my testimony, and I thought today would be a good day for that. This recording is from [...]