by Jonathan Miles | Oct 15, 2015 | Atonement, Baptism, Christ and the Church, Jehovah's Witnesses, Worship
My church does does a few weird things that I’ve come to love. The first is that we have communion every Sunday. I know, I know. For some of you that’s not weird at all. But before I moved above the Mason-Dixon line, we were lucky to do it once a quarter....
by Guest Writer | Jul 15, 2015 | Apologetics, Christ and the Church, May/June 1998, MCOI Journal, Rodney Howard-Browne, Word Faith
by Dave Moore & Tammy Spears (This originally appeared in the May/June 1998 edition of the MCOI Journal pg. 6) It was a Friday evening this past October when the “Holy Ghost Bartender” came to town for a revival crusade. The “Bartender” was none...
by Joy A Veinot | Jul 4, 2015 | Christ and the Church, Christian living, May/June 1998, MCOI Journal, Redemption, Salvation
(This originally appeared in the May/June 1998 edition of the MCOI Journal) I was up late, viewing a videotape of an interview with Harvard professor and renowned evolution-apologist Stephen J. Gould. When the tape ended, the television came on, and I was shocked to...
by Jonathan Miles | Jul 2, 2015 | Apologetics, Christ and the Church, Culture and Society, Homosexuality, Politics, Theology
By now, you’ve been inundated with stories and celebrations, celebrations and commiserations. In fact you may be feeling a bit like this: If you are a Conservative Evangelical then you’ve been seeing a lot of commiserating along with, I’m sure, a...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Jun 18, 2015 | Christ and the Church, Culture and Society, Homosexuality, Tolerance
“Why do you hate gays?” This question/accusation is often hurled at Christians and others who disagree with changing the definition of marriage to allow for same sex unions that are called “marriages.” But does disagreement with the claims and assertions of...
by Don Veinot | Jun 13, 2015 | Bill Gothard / IBLP, Christ and the Church, March/April 1998, MCOI Journal, Spiritual Abuse
(This originally appeared in the March/April 1998 edition of the MCOI Journal beginning on page 6) On December 4, I997, three members of Midwest Christian Outreach, Inc. (Ron Henzel, Marty Butz, and Don Veinot) met with seminar minister Bill Gothard at his offices of...