by Don and Joy Veinot | Jun 27, 2019 | Brian McLaren, Church Growth Movement, Contemplative Prayer, Culture Driven Church, Deity of Christ, Evangelical Left, Homosexuality, Hyper-charismatic, Jesus Seminar, Kenneth Copeland, Liberal Left, Liberalism, New Apostles and Prophets, Progressives, Word Faith
Could it be that many who like to claim Christianity as their faith can only do so by minimizing God? In Christianity& Liberalism by J. Gresham Machen, Machen spends a fair amount of time addressing how liberal theologians in his day, who were “in search of the...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Jun 20, 2019 | Defend the Faith, Inerrancy, Jesus Seminar, Kolob, Liberal Theology, Liberalism, Mormon History, Mormonism, NAR, New Apostles and Prophets, New Apostolic Reformation, Reliability of the Bible, Theological liberalism
Sometimes when I speak in churches on the deity of Christ, I ask the congregation how many believe that Jesus is God? Most raise their hands. When I ask how many believe they could defend that claim, only a few would raise their hands. Then I’d pick someone with their...
by Don and Joy Veinot | May 23, 2019 | Deity of Christ, Gnostic, Jesus Seminar, John Dominic Crossan, Liberal Left, Liberal Theology, Morality, Socialism
In his 1923 book Christianity & Liberalism, J. Gresham Machen asserts that liberalism is another religion unto itself, far removed from the biblical Christianity out of which it came. We think he makes some good points. In Chapter Two of his book, he takes the...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Mar 29, 2018 | Bart Ehrman, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jesus Seminar, John Dominic Crossan, Resurrection, Theological liberalism
Most of us will celebrate the resurrection of our Lord this Sunday. For many, the significance of the celebration gets lost in the now predominant popular “add-ons,” such as Easter eggs, bunny rabbits, and the like. The awe and wonder of the historical event and its...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Jul 28, 2016 | Brian McLaren, Emerging Church, False Teacher, Gay Marriage, Homosexuality, Jesus Seminar, John Dominic Crossan, Liberal Left, Liberal Theology, mysticism, Pagan Celebrations, Relativism, Self-empowerment, Social Justice, Theological liberalism
I had a call last week from one of our supporters, wondering if I knew that Brian McLaren, Emerging Church leader and writer, is involved with the Wild Goose Festival. For those who do not know, the Wild Goose Festival is a gathering of the fallen away, eager to share...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Sep 24, 2015 | Brian McLaren, Cults and Religions, Emerging Church, Hinduism, Islam, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jesus Seminar, John Dominic Crossan, Mormonism, Politics
Over the years we have observed a wide variety of groups who outright reject the Jesus of Scripture but somehow feel the need to attach His name to their group or cause in order to give them an air of legitimacy. It happens with world religions, cults, social causes...