by Ron Henzel | Dec 3, 2016 | Church History, Culture and Society, Evangelical Left, Gay Marriage, Homosexuality, Liberal Left, Political Correctness, Politics, Progressives, Social Justice, Theological liberalism
[Trigger warning: statements that might qualify in some minds as offensive hate-speech will be quoted in this post. Heck, I might even throw in a few of my own!] You know Joe. He’s the VP whose favorability ratings go up every time he puts on Ray-Bans. And you know...
by Guest Writer | Dec 5, 2015 | Church History, MCOI Journal, Reformation, Roman Catholic, Roman Catholicism, Scripture, Sola Scriptura, Theology, Winter 1999
(This originally appeared in the Winter 1999 edition of the MCOI Journal beginning on page 4) by Steve Berg In a recent debate between two apologists (a Catholic and a Protestant) over the issue of sola scriptura,* the Catholic defender, Gerry Matatics, argued that...
by Don Veinot | Apr 2, 2015 | Christ and the Church, Church History, Jesus Resurrection, Jesus Seminar, John Dominic Crossan, Resurrection
The celebration of the resurrection of Jesus will take place for many this Sunday. For most people these days, it is more-or-less a cultural event. I don’t necessarily mean they deny that the resurrection happened, but that they believe it based on their family and...
by Don Veinot | Mar 19, 2015 | Apologetics, Atheism, Bart Ehrman, Brian McLaren, Church History, Cults and Religions, Defend the Faith, Divination, Jesus Seminar, Wicca
I never really know when I start the day what questions, comments or challenges may come up but they are often interesting. This past week was no exception. On March 13 “Gary” posted a comment to Dr. Tom Howe’s blog, “Brian McLaren, ‘Is Jesus the Only Way to What?,’...
by Don Veinot | Feb 19, 2015 | Church History, Cults and Religions, Culture Driven Church, Darwinism, Evolution, Islam, Jihadist, Slavery
Conservatives and Evangelicals nearly lost their minds when, on February 5 at the National Prayer Breakfast, Barack Obama drew a moral equivalency between the ISIS beheadings and burnings of those ISIS captures with the Crusades, Inquisition, Jim Crow laws, etc. Hmmm....
by Don Veinot | Jan 29, 2015 | Apologetics, Church Fathers, Church History, Cults and Religions, Culture and Society, Islam, Jesus Seminar, John Dominic Crossan
Not long ago Barack Obama proclaimed, “ISIL is not Islamic.” Certainly he has a right to express his opinion, no matter how uninformed or perhaps emotionally informed he may be but that doesn’t make his declaration correct or accurate. I have always been intrigued by...
