by Don and Joy Veinot | Dec 18, 2025 | Christ and the Church, Christian living, Early Church Fathers, Pagan Celebrations, Redemption, Resurrection, Salvation
We are a week away from the annual celebration of the incarnation, and the Christmas season is in full swing on all fronts. The Christmas story of the birth of Jesus is very often recounted by churches in pageant form, with children “acting” as various biblical...
by Don Veinot | Jun 12, 2025 | Authoritarian, Books, Christ and the Church, Cults and Religions, Culture and Society, Fear, Jehovah's Witnesses, Legalism, Mormonism, Politics, Racism, Shepherding, Spiritual Abuse, Word Faith
Intimidation comes at us on a variety of fronts, sometimes in subtle ways. It might come from the political arena or even religious groups. Sometimes we can be intimidated even by family or work associates. Most of the time it is destructive, of course, but in some...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Apr 17, 2025 | Bart Ehrman, Christ and the Church, Church History, Jesus Resurrection, Jesus Seminar, Jesus the Messiah, John Dominic Crossan, Resurrection
The celebration of the resurrection of Jesus will take place for many this Sunday. For most people these days, it is more-or-less a cultural event. I don’t necessarily mean they deny that the resurrection happened, but that they believe it based on their family and...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Mar 13, 2025 | Atheism, Christ and the Church, Creationsim, Cults and Religions, Culture and Society, Defend the Faith, Evolution, Jehovah's Witnesses
There are many things in life that we believe in by faith. This is true of Christians and non-Christians, Creationists and Darwinian Evolutionists, those who believe in God and atheists alike. Some do not want to admit this is the case, but it is true nonetheless....
by Pastor G. Richard Fisher | Aug 22, 2024 | Black Liberation Theology, Christ and the Church, Culture and Society, Discernment, Emerging Church, Evangelical Left, Liberal Theology, Politics, Theology
Editors Note: Although our friend, mentor and Advisory Board member, the late Pastor G. Richard Fisher, contributed this twelve years ago. With the advent of CRT and Progressivism it is just as relevant and insightful today. I have been asked numerous times about the...
by Marcia Montenegro | Jan 19, 2023 | Books, Christ and the Church, Enneagram, MCOI Journal, Panentheism, Theological Erotica, Winter/Spring 2013
Editor’s Note: When we originally printed Marcia Montenegro’s commentary on Ann Voskamp’s book, One Thousand Gifts in the Winter/Spring 2013 MCOI Journal, Marcia made it clear this is a commentary, not a book review. There were two primary issues of...
