by Don Veinot | Jun 13, 2013 | Authoritarian, Culture and Society, Discernment, Politics, Socialism
Like many, Joy and I have been watching the various unfolding scandals which are swirling around the current administration. Did the IRS target TEA Party and Patriot groups? If so was it rogue agents in Cincinnati or was it directed from higher up? Did the Obama...
by Don Veinot | Mar 21, 2013 | Abortion, Atheism, Christ and the Church, Culture and Society, Death Penalty, Politically Incorrect Jesus, Politics, ProLife, Roman Catholic, Scripture, Socialism
The Roman Catholic Church went through the process and ritual of selecting the next Pope, the head of that institution. By all accounts Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the man who has chosen the name, “Francis” has great humility. He cooked is own food, rode the bus rather...
by Don Veinot | Aug 23, 2012 | Black Liberation Theology, Brian McLaren, Culture and Society, Discernment, Evangelical Left, Politics, Rob Bell, Socialism, Theology
This may seem like an odd question but strikes me as being a good corollary to one that I have been asked quite frequently in recent weeks. The questions on this issue can be summed up in a recent email I received: So, in your opinion, which would be worse for...
by Don Veinot | Feb 9, 2012 | Black Liberation Theology, Evangelical Left, Marxism, Politics, Scripture, Socialism, Theology
Isn’t that just like God. Nearly as soon as I wrote last week’s blog, ”Raise the Level of Discourse” Barack Obama gave his speech at the National Prayer Breakfast. God, it seems, gave me the opportunity to go back on what I wrote (in my flesh I would love to do that)...
by Don Veinot | Jan 19, 2012 | Culture Driven Church, Defend the Faith, Evangelical Left, Politics, Socialism, Theology
A second matter, in this regard, concerns the strong indications that for all the deep belief, the genuine piety, the heroic faith, and the good intention one finds all across American Christianity today, large swaths have been captured by the spirit of the age. One...
by Don Veinot | Dec 1, 2011 | Brian McLaren, Emerging Church, Evangelical Left, General, Politics, Rob Bell, Socialism
Is the celebration of the national holiday called Thanksgiving a time of reflection and thanksgiving or merely the sound of the starting pistol in the race for buying stuff? The answers to this question vary and will be wide ranging. For some these days will be very...
