There are many false teachings in our time within the visible Church. What we must never forget is that there is nothing new under the Sun. The heresies we encounter now are actually very old. Some have been around a long time in their current form while others are recycled versions of an older heresy [...]

Apprising Ministries shares an email in this post concerning the Contemporary Christian Music (CCM) scene, and more specifically the Christian band Family Force 5.  It speaks very loudly and clearly to the detrimental effects that teachers of a counterfeit Christianity in this growing Emergence rebellion against Sola Scriptura like Rob Bell and Shane Claiborne, as well as others [...]

Here is “Purpose-Driven Rock Star” Perry Noble letting us all know what we can expect from this new breed of Seeker-Driven hireling goat herders.

HT: The Museum of Idolatry

Tadd Grandstaff, lead pastor goat-herder, and his Pine Ridge Church wants to put God to the test. Here are some of the contest…oops…Tithe Challenge rules:
I understand that this form must be completed and received by the Pine Ridge Church Finance Team prior to the beginning of the 60-day Tithe Challenge Period.
I understand that my household qualifies [...]

What then should we say of Man? What value can he have that would dispose a perfectly holy God, Himself the recipient of unrighteous treatment, to provide an alternative to Death for the very criminals against His Character? It is this question that men and angels have sought to understand since time out of mind [...]

Cleansing the heart of man-made religiosity is not fun and games. In fact, it hurts. Many resist God’s truth even to the point of bitterly expressing their anger over what is taught or preached. God’s ways are not man’s ways. The way that seems right unto man is not God’s way. Even the regenerate can [...]

It is with great joy we can say that our easier-to-navigate website is now up and running. We thank all of our regular visitors for their patience over the last several months as we have been in transition. Our desire is to better serve the Body of Christ in providing God-honoring teaching and access to [...]

Wall Street Journal: Top-Selling Pastor Goes Quarterly: Rick Warren’s Purpose Driven Connection Joins a Tough Magazine Market by RUSSELL ADAMS
He has written one of the best-selling books in history. But can pastor Rick Warren sell a magazine?
…Still, Mr. Warren, whose message emphasizes deeds over doctrine, says his book’s success shows there is a huge audience [...]

In 2003, Steve Chalke wrote:
God affirms the original goodness of humankind
In 2004, Brian McLaren created his own tulip theology, the “T” representing “Triune Love,” as opposed to “Total Depravity.” One’s view of Calvinism is really not the issue here; in his Generous Orthodoxy he created a new Tulip because he believes that the evangelical church [...]

Even though genuine Christians are new creations and have been purchased out of the world through the redemptive work of Christ on the Cross, as they attempt to live godly lives in the temporal, they will come under tremendous pressure to compromise by reverting back to the fleshly way of dealing with life. This way [...]

There is some confusion in our day about the Biblical term, “Christian Liberty.” I have heard all sorts of definitions for it. One that stands out in my mind is the insistence that it has freed the Christian from all restrictions on drinking alcohol, what music a Christian listens to, what books a Christian reads, [...]

See more on Rick Warren’s interfaith pursuits at Watcher’s Lamp.

Apprising Ministries with some news concerning Jones announcing his denial of the doctrine of original sin yesterday. No big surprise as this is where this Emergence against Sola Scriptura has to go to serve its truine god: Me, Myself and I.
But now you know one of the reasons why there was some upheaval in the Emerging Church recently. [...]

Whatever happened to the gospel being precious? Is this why Christ died? So we can “bring sexy back?”
First we had “I Hate Christians,” only to later be outdone with “XXXMas, “Pimpin’ Jesus,” and finally, “Meet Us At Church Naked,” by the shock-jock “preacher” Tadd Grandstaff, of Pine Ridge “Church.”
Now he has managed to actually out-shock [...]

Though calm in his defense [of using trash talk], [Mark] Driscoll insisted that Seattle’s missionary need demands new, creative ways to engage the city with the gospel [sic].
“I’m not a fundamentalist. I don’t think they’re any fun at all,” he said. “I’m a missionary. Fundamentalists avoid culture. Missionaries study it in an effort to reach [...]

As for a person who stirs up division, after warning him once and then twice, have nothing more to do with him, knowing that such a person is warped and sinful; he is self-condemned. (Titus 3:10-11)
Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them. Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who [...]

You’ve really got to see this exhibit in the Museum of Idolatry over at A Little Leaven for yourself:
Pastor Goat Herder Tadd Granstaff, winner of the Museum of Idolatry’s award for the Worst Christmas Sermon of 2008 is submitting his entry for the Worst Sermon Series of 2009 Award.
Apparently Pine Ridge Church is on a [...]

I have yet to encounter a person who has a problem with the gospel, the sovereignty of God, election, the exclusivity of genuine discipleship, et cetera who does not also force a man-centered perspective on God’s Word in one form or another. These same people lean towards a form of Christianity that is almost all [...]

Rather unsettling footage in two video clips at Apprising Ministries comparing the two.

Jesus is coming back soon. Are you ready? Are you trusting in man-made or self-made religion to be what God will recognize as sufficient so that Christ will be your Advocate before the Father when you are judged? Without Christ as your Advocate, you will have no defense. How does Christ become our Advocate? How [...]

From Slice of Laodicea:
President Barack Obama is wasting no time destroying the rights of unborn babies. Using warm-and-fuzzy buzzwords like “choice” and “women’s health,” as well as taxpayer dollars, he and those in his administration are working hard to promote the “slaughtering of innocents.” Here are 15 truths about the abortion holocaust taking place in [...]

Apprising Ministries with more on “the first large gathering” of the tribes in the Emergence in March that has the Roman Catholic Church, Emergent Village and The Center For Progressive Christianity quite excited.

The Sacred Sandwich reports:
Church officials for Jerusalem’s Bus Stop, a gathering of Christ-followers in Boise, Idaho have reported that Pastor/Head Facilitator Tucker Wynn has taken a leave of absence in the wake of what they describe as Wynn “hitting a major pothole in his faith journey” when he told several people during his sermon to [...]