by Don and Joy Veinot | Feb 28, 2019 | Abortion, Early Church Fathers, Infanticide, Paganism, ProLife
A photo from a 2017 article, Religious Leaders Bless Opening of New Planned Parenthood Abortion Clinic, Call It “Sacred Work”, has been making the rounds again recently. What type of “sacred work” could abortion possibly be? To our minds, the idea is absolutely...
by Jonathan Miles | Feb 14, 2019 | Abortion, Child Sacrifice, Feminism, Roe v. Wade
I know, it’s Valentine’s day and your feed is full of romance and hearts. But I want to draw your attention to an article by a person who changed their mind on abortion who isn’t by any stretch of the imagination the typical right-wing, Republican....
by Don and Joy Veinot | Feb 7, 2019 | Abortion, Evangelism, Infanticide, Morality, Pagan Celebrations, Paganism, Servanthood, Slavery
In last week’s blog, Changing Laws or Changing Hearts?, we addressed the issue of our changing culture. We pointed out that political action does not seem able to stem the rising tide of pagan thought that is sweeping our nation and, indeed, the world. We also pointed...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Jan 31, 2019 | Abortion, Adultery, Child Sacrifice, Gender identity, Infanticide, Morality, Paganism, Planned Parenthood, Transgender
Are society and culture most impacted by changing laws or changing hearts? The United States has witnessed what seems like a fundamental transformation in morality and laws over the last ten or 20 years. In truth, however, this “revolution” has been in the making for...
by Ron Henzel | Oct 25, 2018 | Abortion, Donald Trump, Evangelical, Evangelicalism, Politics, Sociology, Uncategorized
It’s been a long time since the word “evangelical” meant anything specific in common currency. Back in 1971, long before it became a focus of pollsters like Gallup,1Cf. “5 Things to Know About Evangelicals in America,” by Frank Newport,...
by Guest Writer | Nov 30, 2017 | Abortion, Adultery, Church History, Fall 2004, Homosexuality, MCOI Journal, Social Justice, Social tyranny, Volume 10
(Originally printed in the Fall 2004 Issue of the MCOI Journal beginning on page 10) By Frank York Retired (1999) Illinois College Professor of Sociology Dr. Alvin J. Schmidt, who holds an M. Div. from Concordia Seminary and a Ph.D. from the University of Nebraska,...