by Don and Joy Veinot | Jul 23, 2026 | Ambassador, Buddhism, Culture and Society, Defend the Faith, Evangelism, New Age, Vampires, Wicca
(Originally printed in the Winter/Spring 2013 Issue of the MCOI Journal) Some years ago a youth pastor from a nearby community called me. He was concerned about a large group of Vampires that gathered regularly in his town’s park. He thought there were perhaps 300 and...
by Marcia Montenegro | Jan 29, 2026 | Aceticism, Buddhism, Contemplative Prayer, Desert Fathers, Richard Rohr, Self deceived
Over the past few decades, there has been a growing fascination and interest in the Desert Fathers and Mothers. Somehow their mysticism and asceticism seems somehow more spiritual than we see in the church today. The Apostle Paul addressed this in the first century in...
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 Joy Veinot | Jul 31, 2025 | Buddhism, Conspiracy Theories, Counterfeit, Cults and Religions, False gods, False Teacher, Immorality, Jehovah's Witnesses, karma, MCOI Journal, Mormonism, Pantheism, Reincarnation, Relativism, Roman Catholic, Salvation, Scientology, September/October 1996
(Originally printed in the September/October 1996 Issue of the MCOI Journal) There is a cult system for everyone. There are more cults and cult-like organizations in our society today than I have space here to list. Each holds appeal for a different type of person,...
by Don and Joy Veinot | May 15, 2025 | Agnostic, Atheism, Atheist, Biblical Ethics, Biblical Justice, Buddhism, Deity of Christ, Eastern Mysticism, Evolution, False gods, Forgiveness, Good News, Gospel, Hinduism, Idolatry, Idols, Incarnation, Jesus, Jesus Resurrection, Jewish, Jews, Nihilism, Occult, Occultism, Salvation
Questions about faith and faith claims are important. Whether the person asking the question is genuinely seeking an answer or attempting to pose a rhetorical “gotcha” question is not always clear. For example, GatoNegro777 posted a challenge to our webcast “No...
by Carl Teichrib | Apr 27, 2023 | Abraham Maslow, Buddhism, Eastern Mysticism, Enneagram, Hinduism, Homosexuality, Islam, Shaman, Transcendental Meditation, Yoga
Secularism didn’t supplant religion in the Western world, as some Twentieth Century humanists had anticipated. Instead, new spiritual expressions and movements entered the landscape, often with roots firmly planted in the metaphysical soil of the East. This article,...
