by Jonathan Miles | Jul 30, 2020 | bigotry, Christ, Christian Life, Culture War, Politics, Sin, Slavery, Social Justice
“You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends...
by Don Veinot | May 9, 2019 | Christian Life, Christian living, Prayer, Prayer warrior
When I was younger one of the main targets of comedians was their mothers-in-law. Down through the years I have poked fun at my own mother-in-law from time to time. Like most of us — OK, ALL of us – she could sometimes be a walking contradiction as she walked by...
by Jonathan Miles | May 2, 2019 | Christian Life, Christian living, Deacons, Deception, Uncategorized
Recently I sat down at lunch with a church leader. Stop me if you’ve heard this one. The elders (deacons for your Baptists) were having trouble agreeing on a vision for their church. The pastor was trying to lead them in one direction and some elder says in so...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Sep 14, 2017 | Christian Life, Church Growth Movement, Church Invasion, Church leadership, Contemplative Prayer, Deception, Eastern Mysticism, Enneagram, False Teacher, Gnostic, Heresy, mysticism, Occult
Writing to the Colossians in the First Century, the Apostle Paul warned about certain spiritual disciplines that had “the appearance of wisdom” (Colossians. 2:23) but, in fact, conflicted with sound biblical teaching and were very harmful to the Christian life. False...
by Jonathan Miles | Jul 19, 2017 | Bible study, Christian Life, Christianity Today, Church History, Church leadership, Evangelism, Pornography, Salvation, Scripture
Sometimes when someone makes such an outlandish, obviously inflammatory statement you have to step back and look at what’s really going on. Take this headline from Churchleaders: “The Ridiculous Emphasis Christians Place on the Bible” I’m mean...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Jul 6, 2017 | Christian Life, Christian living, Exclusivity, Nationalism and Faith, Political Correctness
We just celebrated the 4th of July. For some it is little more than a day off, perhaps a time to picnic or gather with family or friends to simply enjoy the fine sunny day that the 4th of July usually is. Perhaps seeing a parade or a fireworks display is included in...
