by Don and Joy Veinot | Nov 24, 2022 | Depression, Despair, Fear, Pilgrims, Suffering, Thanksgiving
If we said there is a great deal of angst and bitter division in our nation these days, I think most Americans would agree. Thankfully, Thanksgiving is approaching, and perhaps we may get a momentary reprieve from the never-ending cultural quarrel that besets us. It...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Nov 10, 2022 | Agnostic, Atheism, Atheist, Civil War, History, Middle America, Morality, Nationalism and Faith, Post Christian, Socialism
Seventeen years ago, right after the Bush v Kerry election, we wrote a journal article, “A House Divided Against Itself,” about the state of our nation. It was specifically about the yawning divide that had opened up between the two parties, or more...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Nov 3, 2022 | G. Richard Fisher, Grief
In 1 Thessalonians 4, the Apostle Paul encourages those who are missing loved ones that have passed away. He writes: But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope. (1 Thessalonians...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Oct 20, 2022 | Faithful and Discreet Slave, False Prophecy, False Prophet, Jehovah, Jehovah's Witnesses, Joel's Army, Locust Army
The title may sound a bit like a cheesy 1950s sci-fi movie, but it is truly a biblical concept. One does not have to read much of Watchtower Society material to realize they are a group that abandons anything approaching the historical-grammatical context of...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Sep 29, 2022 | Atheist, Biblical Ethics, Cancel Culture, Child Sacrifice, Contemplative Prayer, Culture War, Deity of Christ, Enneagram, Greek Mythology, Immorality, Judaism, Liberal Left, Liberal Theology, Paganism, Panentheism, ProLife, Richard Rohr, Tolerance, Virtue
The First Century Roman Empire was pluralistic, relativistic, and very spiritual. The Greeks and Romans shared about 15 or 16 gods and goddesses, worshipped under different names.1See “Greek Gods and their Roman Counterparts” for listing, descriptions, and...
Hi, Lynn, thanks for your comment, which I just now read. It is so true that "bypassing the mind is…
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What kind of Christian has no love for other people? What kind of author allows this in the comments? I…