by Don and Joy Veinot | May 28, 2020 | Bible, Bible Prophecy, Bible reliable, context, Contradictions, Cross, Definitions, Hermeneutics, Jehovah's Witnesses, Scripture
Sometimes errors in understanding biblical texts stem from not paying close enough attention to the language. They can occur if we do not have a good working knowledge of the time period wherein the text was written and/or the cultural background. Other times errors...
by Guest Writer | Apr 18, 2020 | Atheism, Bart Ehrman, Bible, Bible reliable, Contradictions, Fall 2006, Inerrancy, Liberalism, MCOI Journal, No. 3, Volume 12
Truth and Meaning As It Relates To History Bart Ehrman, in Misquoting Jesus,1 Bart Ehrman, Misquoting Jesus; San Francisco: Harper Collins, 2005 intends to explain New Testament textual criticism. One theme Ehrman uses to explain textual criticism is that the scribes,...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Sep 12, 2019 | Bible reliable, Church Councils, Church History, Conspiracy Theories, Creeds, Confessions, and Catechisms, Deception, Discernment, Reincarnation
Several of us recently spent a day at a New Age Fair in Ohio talking with various exhibitors. Again, as was true at the last New Age fair we recently attended, in nearly every conversation the claim was made that reincarnation was in the Bible but was taken out by...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Aug 22, 2019 | Bible, Bible reliable, Christian Science, Church History, Definitions, Deity of Christ, Gospel, Idols, Jehovah's Witnesses, Mormon, Reincarnation
Jehovah’s Witnesses, Christian Scientists, Mormons, some New Agers and other non-Christian groups would cheerfully say, “Jesus is Lord” if they are put on the spot to do so. This becomes puzzling to some in light of Paul’s words to the church in Corinth. He wrote:...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Sep 6, 2018 | Atheist, Bible, Bible reliable, context, Contradictions, Mosaic Law, Sacrifice
It’s truly amazing how often the Bible is challenged by the biblically challenged. I was asked to speak in a Religion 101 class at an area junior college years ago. I thought it would be fun, and after outlining the essential doctrines of Christianity and giving...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Aug 16, 2018 | Atheism, Bible reliable, Church History, Church Invasion, Deity of Christ, False Teacher, Gwen Shamblin, Heresy, Jehovah, Jehovah's Witnesses, Satan, Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, Weigh Down Workshop
Out of concern that the First Century believers were susceptible to deception, the Apostle Peter warned in chapter 3 of his second epistle to be careful of those who distort Scripture “…to their own destruction.” The ones Peter warns about here seem to be a different...
Ron, great research, insight, and a fair differentiation between MacArthur and Gothard. I had to laugh at the "Gothard 5:8"…
Lordship salvation and the "Umbrella of protection" are different things. Bill Gothard is an eclectic mystic who hears ideas he…
Question? Does this have anything to do with Lordship Salvation's concepts that MacArthur teaches? I am glad you brought this…
“ Now, in every theological error, there is usually an element of truth.” There is always real cheese in a…
That is an interesting and, as it turns out, a false accusation. The criteria we draw on are not of…