by Don and Joy Veinot | Aug 6, 2026 | Agnostic, Atheism, Bible, Bible reliable, Bill Gothard / IBLP, Contradictions, deconstruction, Divided Families, Liberal Left, Progressives
In the late 1990s, I (Don) 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 Bible’s reliability and describing evidence for the existence of...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Apr 23, 2026 | Authoritarian, Bible, Brian McLaren, Christ, Contradictions, deconstruction, Discernment, False Prophet, False Teacher, Holiness, Idolatry, Jesus Resurrection, Richard Rohr, Rob Bell
The phrase, “In essentials unity; in non-essentials liberty; in all things charity,” has been attributed to Augustine, Philipp Melanchthon, German Lutheran theologian Rupertus Meldenius (1627), and Marco Antonio De Dominis. So, although there doesn’t seem to be unity...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Jan 15, 2026 | Agnostic, Apatheism, Apologetics, Atheism, Atheist, Bible, Bill Gothard / IBLP, Buddhism, Druids, Islam, LDS, Mormon, Seventh-Day Adventist, Wicca, Witch
I recently received an email from Chazark Wilder letting me know he has posted a blog titled “Dear Midwest Christian Outreach (Not really a letter though!)” that may be of interest to me, and reminded me of a contact we had about 17-18 years ago. His name...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Sep 11, 2025 | Angels, Bible, Elohim, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jewish, Masoretes, Michael Heiser, Watchtower Bible and Tract Society
Our friend, the late Dr. James Sire, wrote a very helpful book, released on October 1, 1980, titled Scripture Twisting: 20 Ways the Cults Misread the Bible. This book has been a great help to many trying to understand the various ways the Bible can be misread....
by Don and Joy Veinot | Jul 17, 2025 | Adultery, Bart Ehrman, Bible, Capital Punishment, Contradictions, False Prophecy, False Prophet, False Teacher, Hermeneutics, Immorality
We regularly receive phone calls, emails, or questions in person from folks seeking answers to apparent biblical contradictions. Sometimes the questioner needs to be able to respond to a skeptic. This issue of seeming Bible contradictions is a favorite of skeptics...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Apr 3, 2025 | Astrology, Atheist, Bible, Devil, Divination, LGBTQA+, Magick, Mike Warnke, NAR, Nature Religion, New Apostolic Reformation, Occult, Occultism, Pagan Celebrations, Paganism, Parliament of the Worlds Religions, Patriocentric, Power of positive thinking, Roman Catholic, Salvation, Satan, Satanic RItual Abuse, Satanism, Satanists, Shaman, Tarot Cards, Transgender, Word Faith
Some have asked why we attend events like Paganicon. After all, we are Christians, not pagans. Some of the leadership at Paganicon asked us the same question; why were we attending their event? They were concerned we might stir up trouble. We have covered this in...
