by Don and Joy Veinot | Feb 9, 2023 | Adultery, Brian McLaren, Contemplative Prayer, False Prophet, False Teacher, Homosexuality, Jesus, Salvation
When the 2022 State of Theology Report came out last year, the results were far less than encouraging. For example: – 43% of US Evangelicals agreed with Statement No. 4: “God learns and adapts to different circumstances.” In other words, for nearly half of US...
by Gwendolyn Rodriguez | Jan 5, 2023 | Brennan Manning, Centering Prayer, Contemplative Prayer, Deception, Enneagram, Meditation, Mindfulness, mysticism, Perennialism, Richard Foster, Thomas Keating, Thomas Merton, William Meninger, Yoga
See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, according to the tradition of men, according to the elementary principles of the world , rather than according to Christ. (Colossians 2:8) Brandon Medina et al. writes that love was the...
by Marcia Montenegro | Oct 13, 2022 | Contemplative Prayer, Henry Nouwen, M. Basil Pennington, Richard Foster, Richard Rohr, Ruth Haley Barton, Spiritual arrogance, Teilhard de Chardin, Thomas Keating, Thomas Merton, William Meninger
In this second installment of a two-part series, we continue looking at two of Ruth Haley Barton’s books, Invitation to Silence and Solitude (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press Books; 2nd ed, 2010) and Sacred Rhythms: Arranging Our Lives for Spiritual...
by Marcia Montenegro | Oct 6, 2022 | Contemplative Prayer, Henry Nouwen, M. Basil Pennington, Richard Foster, Richard Rohr, Ruth Haley Barton, Spiritual arrogance, Teilhard de Chardin, Thomas Keating, Thomas Merton, William Meninger
In this first installment of a two-part series, we will look at two of Ruth Haley Barton’s books, Invitation to Silence and Solitude (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press Books; 2nd ed, 2010) and Sacred Rhythms: Arranging Our Lives for Spiritual Transformation...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Sep 29, 2022 | Atheist, Biblical Ethics, Cancel Culture, Child Sacrifice, Contemplative Prayer, Culture War, Deity of Christ, Enneagram, Greek Mythology, Immorality, Judaism, Liberal Left, Liberal Theology, Paganism, Panentheism, ProLife, Richard Rohr, Tolerance, Virtue
The First Century Roman Empire was pluralistic, relativistic, and very spiritual. The Greeks and Romans shared about 15 or 16 gods and goddesses, worshipped under different names.1See “Greek Gods and their Roman Counterparts” for listing, descriptions, and...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Aug 4, 2022 | Ambassador, Brian McLaren, Contemplative Prayer, Emerging Church, MCOI Journal, mysticism, Oprah Winfrey, Paganism, Parliament of the Worlds Religions, Rob Bell, Satanic RItual Abuse, Satanism, Satanists, Tolerance, Wicca, Winter/Spring 2016
(Although this was originally printed in the Winter/Spring 2016 Issue of the MCOI Journal it is a mere precursor to what we see today!) Though I no longer consider myself a Christian, I’m still keeping a space for God in my heart. I didn’t lose my religion. Instead,...
I can’t adequately explain how much it pains me to read about Shannon and Josh Harris ‘ deconstruction. I remember…
Excellent analysis, and I will be praying for her!
This is so well written. I read her book and had the same thoughts. I think it paints a clear…
I read both Joshua Harris's books and recall thinking his approach to romantic relationships was biblical, a good alternative to…
Great work