by Stephanie A Potts | Jan 8, 2026 | Cults and Religions, Death, Heresy, Idolatry, Idols, mysticism, Occultism, Paganism, Roman Catholic, Santa Muerte, Santeria, Satan, Spiritism, Spiritual AIDS, Terrorism, Voodoo
The death cult of Santa Muerte appears briefly in TV and movie cartel/crime stories, like AMC’s Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, as a powerful, ambiguous figure related to death, protection, or dark forces. There are even darker programs, such as the 2022 film Santa...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Nov 20, 2025 | AIDS, Brian McLaren, Culture Driven Church, Emerging Church, Enneagram, Evangelical Left, Progressives, Richard Rohr, Spiritual AIDS, Theology, Woke
In our 2010 article, Christian Scandal (the good kind) Jonathan Miles rightly pointed out that: … distinctly Christian stumbling blocks have been questioned by the Culture Driven Church. Grace and Hell have long been disparaged. Grace has either been watered down...
by Don Veinot | Jul 25, 2024 | AIDS, Bible study, Biblical Ethics, Church Invasion, Eastern Mysticism, Enneagram, False Prophet, False Teacher, Guarding the flock, Heresy, Heretics, Immorality, Liberal Left, Mindfulness, mysticism, Panentheism, Progressives, Spiritual AIDS, Virus
Nehemiah is one of my favorite Old Testament books, and while reading it this week, I came across a familiar favorite passage of mine. Though I am familiar with the passage, I was struck anew with its importance. Nehemiah had overseen the rebuilding of the Jerusalem...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Jan 21, 2018 | AIDS, Bill Hybels, Edification, Education, Emerging Church, Evangelism, Hermeneutics, MCOI Journal, New Age, Prayer of Jabez, Purpose Drive Life, Rick Warren, Rob Bell, Spiritual AIDS, Spiritual arrogance, Summer 2005, T.D. Jakes, Volume 11, Willow Creek Community Church, Worldview
(Originally printed in the Summer 2005 Issue of the MCOI Journal) In 1 Corinthians 14:8, the Apostle Paul drew a word picture for the Corinthian believers when he wrote: “For if the bugle produces an indistinct sound, who will prepare himself for battle?” This passage...
