by Joy A Veinot | Apr 21, 2022 | Cults and Religions, Culture and Society, Enneagram, Grace, January/February 1996, Jehovah's Witnesses, M Scott Peck, MCOI Journal, Paganism, Psychology, Salvation
In Ecclesiastes 1:9-11, Solomon wrote: What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done, and there is nothing new under the sun. Is there a thing of which it is said, “See, this is new”? It has been already in the ages before us. There is no...
by Joy A Veinot | Feb 17, 2022 | Fall 1999, Jehovah, Jehovah's Witnesses, MCOI Journal, Pagan Celebrations, Paganism
(This originally appeared in the Fall 1999 edition of the MCOI Journal) We are heading into the Christmas season again, and you know what that means, some Jehovah’s Witness (JW) is certain to show up on your doorstep and hand you a Watchtower or Awake!...
by Joy A Veinot | Dec 20, 2021 | Good News, Grace, Incarnation, MCOI Journal, November/December 1996, Salvation
(Originally printed “The Gift” In the November/December 1996 MCOI Journal) What is it about Christmas that draws us every year to celebrations of this holiday? What is so special about Christmas? Christmas is a special time because of the happiness it...
by Joy A Veinot | Mar 31, 2021 | Incarnation, Jesus the Messiah, Redemption, Sacrifice, Salvation, Suffering
When we think in terms of the sacrifice made for us nearly 2,000 years ago, we naturally think in terms of the sacrifice made by the Son. Braveheart. He gave His life for you and me, and the enormity of that fact should never be obscured by the passage of time or by...
by Joy A Veinot | May 7, 2020 | Abortion, Apologetics, Global Warming, Globalism, Humanism, Humanist Manifest, Intolerance, MCOI Journal, Morality, Paganism, Parliament of the Worlds Religions, Perennialism, Planetary Humanism, Relativism, Social Justice, Social tyranny, Socialism, Tolerance, Winter 2000
(This originally appeared in the Winter 2000 edition of the MCOI Journal) By Sarah Flashing & Joy A. Veinot Many people faced the new Millennium with a sense of dread and apprehension. What would happen to the world in our new century? War? Famine? Economic...
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I agree.
Stephanie, this is right on - thank you!
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