by Don and Joy Veinot | Jun 27, 2019 | Brian McLaren, Church Growth Movement, Contemplative Prayer, Culture Driven Church, Deity of Christ, Evangelical Left, Homosexuality, Hyper-charismatic, Jesus Seminar, Kenneth Copeland, Liberal Left, Liberalism, New Apostles and Prophets, Progressives, Word Faith
Could it be that many who like to claim Christianity as their faith can only do so by minimizing God? In Christianity& Liberalism by J. Gresham Machen, Machen spends a fair amount of time addressing how liberal theologians in his day, who were “in search of the...
by Guest Writer | Dec 4, 2017 | Church Growth Movement, Evangelism, Fall 2004, Gospel, MCOI Journal, Offending Words, Pastors, Redemption, Rick Warren, Salvation, Volume 10, Willow Creek Community Church
(Originally printed in the Fall 2004 Issue of the MCOI Journal beginning on page 16) Many Church leaders today are engaged in a cultural struggle over the direction of the Church. How can loving, following, and serving Jesus Christ become so divisive? The question at...
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 Don and Joy Veinot | Jul 7, 2016 | Abraham Maslow, B.F. Skinner, Benny Hinn, Bill Gothard / IBLP, Bob Larsen, C. Peter Wagner, Church Growth Movement, Creflo Dollar, Gwen Shamblin, Kenneth Copeland, MCOI Journal, Neil T Anderson, Robert H. Schuller, Summer 2004, T.D. Jakes, Volume 10, Weigh Down Workshop, Willow Creek Community Church, Word Faith
(Originally printed in the Summer 2004 Issue of the MCOI Journal ) When our children started school, we were introduced to the “Stranger Danger” program. With a growing concern about strangers abducting school children, we, along with most other parents, spent time...
by Don Veinot | Mar 12, 2009 | Christian Life, Christian living, Church Growth Movement, Discernment, Discipleship
The spiritual life and “spiritual disciplines” seem somehow, disconnected from “real life” to many if not most Christians. That is likely as true with the Old Testament people of God as it is today. If so, and I think it is, that would explain why God uses so many...
