by Don and Joy Veinot | May 31, 2018 | Death, Evangelical Left, Fear, Good News, Gospel, New Age, Rob Bell, Salvation, Suffering, Theological liberalism
The old saying is “It’s all fun and games until someone gets hurt.” That is true when kids are rough housing and things go dangerously awry. But life can be that way too. Quite often, it seems, human beings go through life with little thought to what happens...
by Don and Joy Veinot | May 10, 2018 | Bill Gothard / IBLP, Definitions, Gospel, Grace, Heresy, Jehovah's Witnesses, Legalism, Mormonism, Roman Catholicism, Sacrifice, Watchtower Bible and Tract Society
I am constantly amazed at the large number of people who do not truly understand the biblical concept of grace. Since grace is, of course, spoken of in Scripture, it is part of the vocabulary of most churches and even cults. The shorthand definition we most often use...
by Jonathan Miles | Mar 1, 2018 | Billy Graham, Good News, Gospel, Grace
As all of you know, a great man has died. From what I know of him, I think that is the strongest compliment he would allow. Call him a saint and he would remind you that all God’s children are saints. Call him a hero and he would, no doubt, remind you that all...
by Jonathan Miles | Feb 8, 2018 | Academia, Academic Philosophy, Apologetics, Deception, Discernment, Gospel, Political Correctness, Politics, Progressive education, Screwtape Letters, Spiritual Warfare
In the first two letters, Lewis plants in Screwtape’s correspondence some philosophy and some ecclesiology.The philosophy is about the precariousness uses of argument. Screwtape dissuades Wormwood from using reason at all to corrupt his patient. “The...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Dec 21, 2017 | Bible Prophecy, Christmas, Good News, Gospel, Incarnation
For I’ve grown a little leaner, Grown a little colder, Grown a little sadder, Grown a little older, And I need a little angel, Sitting on my shoulder, Need a little Christmas now (“We Need a Little Christmas 1From Jerry Herman’s 1966 Broadway musical,...
by Guest Writer | Dec 4, 2017 | Church Growth Movement, Evangelism, Fall 2004, Gospel, MCOI Journal, Offending Words, Pastors, Redemption, Rick Warren, Salvation, Volume 10, Willow Creek Community Church
(Originally printed in the Fall 2004 Issue of the MCOI Journal beginning on page 16) Many Church leaders today are engaged in a cultural struggle over the direction of the Church. How can loving, following, and serving Jesus Christ become so divisive? The question at...