by Don and Joy Veinot | Oct 17, 2024 | Agnostic, Atheism, Atheist, Civil War, History, Middle America, Morality, Nationalism and Faith, Post Christian, Socialism
Twenty 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 Ron Henzel | Sep 5, 2024 | Agnostic, Atheist, Books, deconstruction
In mid-July of this year, my pastor sent me a screenshot of a Facebook post made by a mutual acquaintance. I’ve known Alan Bondar for about 20 years now, going back to when he was a youth minister. My pastor has known him for a bit more than half that time, initially...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Aug 29, 2024 | Atheism, Atheist, Death, Devil, Gospel, Hell
As weird as it may seem, life’s ultimate questions are often posed in rock-and-roll lyrics. Consider, for example, the 1969 hit, “And When I Die,” by the band, Blood, Sweat and Tears. Like so many other poets, story-tellers, and just average human beings have...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Jun 13, 2024 | Atheist, Dads, Discipleship, Jehovah, Jehovah's Witnesses, Prayer
How does one learn to be a father? There really isn’t a “father training school” per se. Like so many things in life, it mostly happens by observation and imitation. Some people are blessed with great fathers, uncles, or other male role models, while others do not...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Jun 6, 2024 | Agnostic, Atheism, Bible, Bible reliable, Bill Gothard / IBLP, Contradictions, deconstruction, Divided Families, Liberal Left, Progressives
In the late 1990s, I was asked by a professor at a local community college to teach a class on Christianity in their Religion 101 course. I agreed and spent nearly an hour explaining the reliability of the Bible, the claims and some of the evidences regarding Jesus,...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Apr 11, 2024 | Ambassador, Atheism, Atheist, Despair, Evil, Friedrich Nietzsche, Morality, Morality Tale, Nietzsche, Paganism, Richard Dawkins, Social tyranny, Tom Holland
Succumbing to evil is most often a gradual process. This is true for an individual, a group, a nation, and even a culture. Often, transformation is imperceptible to those being transformed – until the rot in their soul is too advanced to be easily reversed. In William...
