by Joy A Veinot | Mar 22, 2018 | Christ and the Church, Church, Cults and Religions, Culture and Society, Resurrection, Salvation, Theology
(This originally appeared in the March/April 1997 edition of the MCOI Journal) I was raised in a Christian home but, in my teens and early twenties, I became very skeptical of Christian claims, the good book, and especially of God Himself. Looking back, I cannot say I...
by Don and Joy Veinot | May 2, 2016 | Christ and the Church, Christian Life, Church, Church leadership, MCOI Journal, Psychology, Willow Creek Community Church
by Don & Joy Veinot & Ron Henzel (Originally printed in the Winter/Spring 2003 Issue of the MCOI Journal beginning on page 1) In a world awash in new religious movements—or what could properly be termed the “repaganization” of the world—Russell D. Moore raises...
by Sarah Flashing | Dec 11, 2014 | Church, Culture and Society, Political Correctness
The “War on Christmas” is treated by the media as an annual event, obviously because the Christmas season is upon us only once a year. The general public became more fully aware of this battle when it was reported in the last few years that many retail stores ask...
by Don Veinot | Apr 24, 2014 | Bill Gothard / IBLP, Christian living, Church, Culture and Society, Theology
The Internet was again all abuzz when A Statement from Bill Gothard Is Bill repentant or is he just embarrassed that he has been publicly exposed? Obviously I cannot know his heart but over the last 17 years I have been able to observe how Bill does things. In the sex...
by Jonathan Miles | Mar 27, 2014 | Christian living, Church, Culture and Society, Discernment, Emerging Church
I have always liked Mark Driscoll, pastor of the Mars Hill mega church. I read his Confessions of a Reformission Rev and I liked the angry young prophet who built a church in one of the most secular areas in the country. I liked his no-nonsense style. I liked him even...
by Don Veinot | Mar 13, 2014 | Bill Gothard / IBLP, Christ and the Church, Church, Culture and Society, Theology
The last few weeks have witnessed changes in Bill Gothard’s titles and positions at his various ministries. A few weeks ago when the news hit the Internet, Oak Brook College of Law Distances Itself from Bill Gothard and IBLP many were caught off guard. Within days new...
