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 | May 2, 2016 | Christ and the Church, Christian Life, Church, Church leadership, MCOI Journal, Psychology, Willow Creek Community Church
by Don & Joy Veinot & Ron Henzel (Originally printed in the Winter/Spring 2003 Issue of the MCOI Journal beginning on page 1) In a world awash in new religious movements-or what could properly be termed the “repaganization” of the world-Russell D. Moore raises...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Feb 25, 2016 | Bill Gothard / IBLP, Church leadership, False Teacher, Fear, Legalism, Sexual Abuse, Shepherding, Spiritual Abuse
Recovering Grace is a website which hosts discussions of the teachings of Bill Gothard and his Institute in Basic Life Principles. They do this in an effort to help those who have been hurt by Gothard’s legalistic and authoritarian teachings. On February 19, 2016,...
by Guest Writer | Dec 13, 2015 | Christ and the Church, Church leadership, Discipleship, Fall 1999, MCOI Journal, New Apostles and Prophets, Word Faith
(This originally appeared in the Fall 1999 edition of the MCOI Journal beginning on page 4) -from the book “Beware: The New Prophets” A Caution Concerning the Modem Prophetic Movement- By Pastor Bill Randles A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the...
by Ron Henzel | Aug 20, 2015 | Church leadership, Deacons, Deity of Christ, Discipleship, Elders, Resurrection, Training
He sang in our church’s choir. His wife was part of our musical accompaniment. Week after week they helped lead our Sunday morning worship, and week after week they participated in the small group Bible study we held in our home. They were solid, mature Christians....
