by Don and Joy Veinot | Sep 5, 2019 | Astrology, Benny Hinn, Enneagram, Ian Morgan Cron, Kenneth Copeland, New Age, Numerology, Occult, Paula White, Roman Catholic, Roman Catholicism, Suzanne Stabile, Word Faith
Are Ian Morgan Cron and Suzanne Stabile, who are pushing the Enneagram craze among Christians, truly providing a map to The Road Back to You: An Enneagram Journey to Self-Discovery? Or, should we more accurately call their self-discovery manual “The Road Away from...
by Guest Writer | May 18, 2019 | Aldous Huxley, Buddhism, Contemplative Prayer, Hinduism, Roman Catholic, Thomas Merton
(Originally printed in the Fall 2006 Issue of the MCOI Journal page 8) Twenty-some years ago, my sister Janet and I signed up for a field trip sponsored by the Crystal Cathedral to a Vedanta monastery in the nearby Saddleback Mountains. At that time, we were working...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Jul 12, 2018 | Dianne Feinstein, Discipleship, Progressives, Roman Catholic, Roman Catholicism, Worldview
In the fall of 2017 Professor Amy Coney Barrett was confirmed to the United States Circuit Court. In the Senate confirmation hearings, Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein offered a rather Star Wars-esque comment concerning Barrett’s faith, saying, “The dogma lives...
by Jonathan Miles | Sep 1, 2016 | Jehovah's Witnesses, Redemption, Resurrection, Roman Catholic, Scripture
The just shall shine, and shall run to and fro like sparks among the reeds. They shall judge nations, and rule over people, and their Lord shall reign for ever. (Wisdom of Solomon 3:7-8) You may be asking yourself, “Cool verse. But what is the Wisdom of Solomon?...
by Guest Writer | Dec 5, 2015 | Church History, MCOI Journal, Reformation, Roman Catholic, Roman Catholicism, Scripture, Sola Scriptura, Theology, Winter 1999
(This originally appeared in the Winter 1999 edition of the MCOI Journal beginning on page 4) by Steve Berg In a recent debate between two apologists (a Catholic and a Protestant) over the issue of sola scriptura,* the Catholic defender, Gerry Matatics, argued that...
by Pastor G. Richard Fisher | Aug 11, 2013 | Christ and the Church, Church History, MCOI Journal, mysticism, Panentheism, Roman Catholic, Spring 2010
(Originally printed in the Spring 2010 Issue of the MCOI Journal page 6) The entire world seems to be turning away from using rational understanding toward a reliance on mystical means as a basis for life.1Arthur Johnson, Faith Misguided, (Moody Press, Chicago...