by Don and Joy Veinot | Dec 7, 2017 | Drugs, Homicide, Islam, Lawlessness, Mass Shootings, Morality, Politics, Salvation, Sin, Social tyranny, Violence
Hardly a day passes which doesn’t show us the effects of lawlessness in our culture and how it has changed “normal life.” The effects range from mere “inconveniences” to jeopardizing one’s financial or physical safety. We are not talking about the normal dangers of...
by Jonathan Miles | Oct 12, 2017 | Charter Schools, Discernment, Jehovah's Witnesses, Political Correctness, Politics, Private Schools, Progressives
Every now and then a news article comes along that scares me a little. The Washington Post reported on a social science study to test how politicians respond to evidence that contradicts their ideological positions. I bet you can guess how this went. Our research...
by Ron Henzel | Aug 17, 2017 | Cult Watchers, Cults and Religions, False Teacher, Kim Jong-Un, Politics
The Wall Street Journal story titled “North Korea Backs Off Guam Missile-Attack Threat” appeared three days ago (Monday, August 14) at 9:36 p.m. (ET). Kim Jong Un had taken his military belt off his socialist pants and was all set to administer a nuclear...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Jun 29, 2017 | Apologetics, Atheism, Christian exclusivity, Christian Life, Early Church Fathers, Gay Marriage, Hate, Morality, New Atheists, Political Correctness, Politics, Salvation, Tolerance
The first time I recall being aware of the devastating power of Black Lies was probably in the 2000 election battle between George Bush and Al Gore. I was running my daily errands, and while at the Post Office, I witnessed the woman ahead of me having a near emotional...
by Don and Joy Veinot | May 18, 2017 | Apologetics, Deception, Gwen Shamblin, Jehovah's Witnesses, Liberal Left, Liberal Theology, Political Correctness, Politics
Good deception (by “good,” we mean effective) uses language to guide one’s thinking in a particular direction. Sometimes deception is harmless fun, as in the case of “magic” tricks, surprise parties, harmless pranks, etc. When our son, Lee, was a lad, he and his...
by Jonathan Miles | Mar 2, 2017 | Apocalyptic, Christian Life, Christian living, Culture and Society, Homosexuality, Intentional Community, Morality, Pedophilia, Politics, Scripture
I don’t always agree with Doug Wilson at Blog and Mablog, which goes without saying but, of course, must be said in the age of Twitter where guilt by association has risen to high art. Don’t even assume I agree with everything he says in the blog...