by Don and Joy Veinot | Mar 7, 2024 | Authoritarian, Deity of Christ, False Prophet, False Teacher, Guarding the flock, Gwen Shamblin, Heresy, Jesus, Michael Hyatt, Remnant Fellowship, Trinity
It doesn’t seem possible that it has been nearly 24 years since we received a phone call from a concerned Weigh Down Workshop participant. She, along with over a million others in 30,000 churches across 60 denominations, joined Gwen’s group at the invitation of their...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Jan 11, 2024 | #Blacklivesmatter, #BLM, Academia, ANTIFA, Authoritarian, Cancel Culture, Climate Change, Global Cooling, Global Warming, Globalism, Lawlessness, Socialism, Woke
The 1968 film Wild in the Streets has been described as an “American dystopian comedy-drama film.” In an era of rebellion against authority – the late 1960s – the premise of Wild in the Streets was simple. High school and college-age youth came to believe that they...
by Karen Campbell | Sep 21, 2023 | Authoritarian, Courtship, deconstruction, Josh Harris, Legalism, Patriocentric, Spiritual Abuse
Shannon (Bonne) Harris recently premiered her much-anticipated autobiography The Woman They Wanted: Shattering the Illusion of the Good Christian Wife.1Shannon Harris, The Woman They Wanted: Shattering the Illusion of the Good Christian Wife; Broadleaf Books; August...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Aug 24, 2023 | Authoritarian, Child Sacrifice, Christ, Claudio Naranjo, Elaine Pagels, Enneagram, Evolution, Fear, mysticism, Perennialism, Progressives, Richard Rohr
Imagine all the people, living life in peace. Yoo-hoo, ooh-ooh. You may say I’m a dreamer. But I’m not the only one. I hope someday you’ll join us. And the world will be as one.1Imagine, John Lennon, 1971 John Lennon’s song and album by the...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Jun 15, 2023 | Authoritarian, Bill Gothard / IBLP, Divided Families, False Teacher, Gnostic, Hypocrites, Immorality, Morality, mysticism, Sexual prosperity gospel, Sin, Spiritual Abuse
“Tennessee Nut Picking” describes a linguistic tactic used to paint an opposing group in the worst possible light. The accuser names the most outrageous person from the other side as representative of the whole group. For example, would it be true or...
by Don and Joy Veinot | May 25, 2023 | Authoritarian, Bill Gothard / IBLP, Brian McLaren, Evangelical Left, Gay Marriage, Gospel, Homosexuality, Legalism, Postmodernism, Progressives, Richard Rohr, Rob Bell, Spiritual Abuse
In our book, A Matter of Basic Principles: Bill Gothard and the Christian Life, the Epilogue, “Fear of Flying,” was included to help the readers understand how those in cults and high-demand authoritarian groups can feel trapped. They have been given a view of God as...
