In the September 2008 Christianity Today magazine there’s a feature interview with Living Spiritual Teacher and Quaker mystic Richard Foster. In the Apprising Ministries article Contemplative/Centering Prayer As “Christian” Meditation we look further at the so-called “spiritual disciplines” of the spurious Spiritual Formation aka Contemplative Spirituality/Myticism, which he teaches along with his spiritual twin Dallas Willard. Foster refer to these practices as “The Inward [...]

I am pleased to announce the launch of Reformata TV. Reformata TV allows you to watch full-length, biblical sermons and share them with friends. You can embed the videos in your blog or website, or email them to a friend. More videos will be coming soon, and I will be adding more categories eventually. You [...]

The September issue of Christianity Astray Today magazine is poised to bring favorable attention to The Cult Guru Richard Foster. So Apprising Ministries reminds you that in his modern Church Growth classic The Purpose Driven Church PDL Pope Rick Warren says that from “time to time God has raised up a parachurch movement to reemphasize a neglected [...]

Loma Community Church August 31st, 2008 A Study on Prayer With some direct references from “A Call to Prayer” By J.C. Ryle Part 7: Thankfulness & Intercession “Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.”—James 5:16 Last [...]

Men, my brothers, it is indeed my prayer that some of you will hear these words anew, that they might be fresh like that first crisp taste of fall after a long, dry summer. For others, it is also my prayer that these words would be safely familiar—like the sight of smoke from the home [...]

In the same line of thinking that spawned Michael Moore’s incredible ignorance, comes this gem featuring some of the democratic party leadership. True believers, from the party that advocates the wholesale slaughter of the yet to be born. Psalm 2: 4He who sits in the heavens laughs; the Lord holds them in derision. 5Then he [...]

God awoke this believer from a spiritual stupor in 2004. From my rebirth in January 1986 through the end of 2003 I rode a roller coaster of faithfulness and backsliding to the point that I despaired of ever being able to be consistent in my walk. What always amazed me during that period is how [...]

INTRODUCTION: Just as Jesus said that God must will to open spiritually blind eyes in Matthew 11:25-27 and Luke 10:21-22, Paul says in 1 Corinthians 2:10a that God’s wisdom is special, divine revelation that must be accompanied by the eye-opening and soul regenerating power of the Spirit in order to be understood properly and embraced [...]

Despite the prevalent “Christian” teachings in our time that suffering is never God’s will for His people, a close, sober, and honest study of scripture reveals that the fires of tribulation are used by God to form and refine His people. The view that God desires of each Christian to always be healthy and prosperous [...]

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In the following linked audio presentation, Ingrid Schlueter and I took some time to discuss the importance of avoiding the scorner while we expose his scorn.  See here for the Slicecast link.  What follows is an article that I wrote in the past that I used during the program to keep my thoughts focused.  Enjoy! [...]

Apprising Ministries warns you that under the guise of “Spiritual Formation” neo-pagan so-called “spiritual disciplines” have now slithered into the heart of evangelicalism. In this piece we talk about how one can look long and hard throughout the history of the on-going Protestant Reformation and you will not see “spiritual formation” until the Quaker mystic Richard [...]

CRN is very pleased to point you to this excellent and concise review of the classic book which spawned The Cult of Guru Richard Foster. Gilley says: Written over twenty-five hears ago, and proclaimed by Christianity Today as one of the ten best books of the twentieth century, the influence of Celebration of Discipline is [...]

In this piece over at News With Views Marsha West begins: The Holy Spirit is on the move. He’s working in the minds and mouths of the false prophets. BAM! They’ve fallen and they can’t get up. On June 23rd God moved a mountain — figuratively speaking — and the Charismatic church has been in [...]

Ultra-liberal “windbag” Michael Moore weighs in on Hurricane Gustav and the republican convention, as evidence that God does exist. We might suggest he keep his big mouth shut, since there is enough hot air to fuel the storm.

I was writing an email yesterday to a few friends of mine (My Dad, my boss, and my dear friend, Pastor Nate Holt). We have all four been meeting for breakfast once a week to discuss and pray for the upcoming Conference… Click here to continue reading…

We now continue our look at what Christ Jesus did on the Cross. In the previous The Power of the Cross over at Apprising Ministries we focused more on what the sacrifice of Jesus of Nazareth meant in regard to salvation. In this new feature article we begin to look a bit more at the effect the Cross [...]

At Slice of Laodicea Ingrid Schlueter writes: No, this video is not a Saturday Night Live skit. It’s a real church in our state, Valley Harvest in Neenah, Wisconsin. The frat boy-style preacher appears to be sampling the real sauce in considerable quantities, but he attributes his blasphemous, mocking drunken state to the Holy Spirit…

William Carey (1761-1834) was a Baptist missionary to India. He was a pastor in England before going to the mission field where he served the Lord for 41 years translating the Scriptures. He never returned to England. When he became ill with the disease that would kill him, he was asked to select the Biblical [...]

I have found that the after-effects of Lakeland’s collapse are more compelling, and more far-reaching than the “outpouring” itself. I have started a blogsite that will be devoted to addressing the issues raised by this event as well as the charismatic and word of faith movements in general. You can find my first installment here.

I have strongly felt led to put a few of my other projects on hold in order that I might more fully train some of the guns of Apprising Ministries onto a counterattack of the Devil’s penetration into the mainstream the Church of Jesus Christ. This he has largely accomplished through his “reimagined” spiritually corrupt Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism (CSM) and [...]

In this excerpt from Lighthouse Trails Newsletter, August 4, 2008 we read: On Monday night, August 25th, emerging church author Donald Miller (Blue Like Jazz) gave the closing prayer at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado. This comes on the heels of the news that Brian McLaren (prolific writer and emerging church leader) is now [...]

Truth Matters is looking for your comments on a clip from emerging church pastor Mark Driscoll.

Learn Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism (CSM) the SBC Way with Baptist State Convention of North Carolina and Spiritual Director Jan Johnson was an attempt by Apprising Ministries to bring to your attention that the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina (BSCNC) of the Southern Baptist Convention isn’t even attempting to hide its open embrace of corrupt Contemplative [...]

This piece is from One News Now: Ride the subway in New Jersey and you might see a team of evangelists at work. For nearly a year now, Light Rail Ministries has been at train stations and riding the trains spreading the gospel. The notion surfaced in June as Jared Jankowski walked into a train [...]