by Guest Writer | Jan 24, 2019 | Baha’i, Bahá’u’lláh’s, Cults and Religions, The Báb
World Peace! What a lofty goal and aspiration for the residents of Earth! Beauty pageant contestants, zealous politicians, and those of the Baha’i’ faith speak of the possibility of living in unity with one another. Bahá’ís believe that God has appeared throughout the...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Sep 13, 2018 | Apologetics, Cults and Religions, Jehovah's Witnesses, The Snarky Apologist, Word Faith
According to Solomon, who wrote the OT book of Ecclesiastes, there is a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;(Ecclesiastes 3:4) How do we in the apologetics ministries maintain our sanity as missionaries to cults and New Religious...
by Don Veinot | Jul 26, 2018 | Atheist, Cults and Religions, Forgiveness, I can only imagine, Marriage, Redemption
On Saturday evening at the old homestead, we had movie night and watched the newly released for streaming, I Can Only Imagine. Faith films these days sometimes seem a little hokey, lacking depth: It’s almost like they work so hard to be “Christian” that they forget...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Apr 12, 2018 | Adoptionism, Christ in Me International a Cult, Cults and Religions, Definitions, Deity of Christ, False Teacher, Heresy, Hermeneutics, Jesus Resurrection, Resurrection
Christ in Me International (CiMI) is a New Religious Movement developing in South Africa. We were alerted to its existence when we began receiving emails and requests for information: Is this a group that falls within the historic Christian faith but engages in some...
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 | Mar 14, 2018 | Cults and Religions, Death, Depression, DIvided Families, Fear, Grief, Jehovah's Witnesses, Mass Shootings
Our nation collectively grieved the tragic loss of life on September 11, 2001. Despite the anger we all felt towards the terrorists, we all gathered together to comfort those who would not see a husband, wife, father, mother or child return home after a normal day of...
