by Don Veinot | Aug 15, 2024 | context, Deception, Discernment, Guarding the flock, Immorality, Progressives, Racism, SBC, Self deceived, Southern Baptist Convention, White Fragility, Woke
If the Apostle John were to write his epistles today, perhaps 1 John 2:19 might read more like this: They progressed from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us. Seems like a lot of people are progressing away from...
by Don and Joy Veinot | May 9, 2024 | Antisemitism, Atheism, Bible, Born Again, Christ, Church, Church History, context, Jewish, Jews, Judaism, Liberal Left, Progressives
Some have been shocked at what seems like a sudden explosion of anti-Semitism on university campuses. It is shocking, but perhaps we should not be all that astonished. Why should we be so surprised? William F. Buckley Jr. raised the alert in his 1951 book, God and Man...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Oct 5, 2023 | Branch Davidians, context, Discipleship, False Prophecy, False Prophet, False Teacher, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jesus, Jesus - Michael the Archangel
Understanding a word or Biblical turn of phrase can sometimes be difficult. The meaning of a particular text isn’t always apparent until we discover the potentially ill consequences of applying an unintended meaning. When we were young, married, and preparing to go...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Sep 7, 2023 | Bible, Biblical Ethics, Christian exclusivity, context, Evangelical Left, Holiness, Immorality, Inerrancy, Liberal Left, Liberalism, Morality, mysticism, Political Correctness, Politically Incorrect Jesus, Salvation
No True Christian – Part One examined what basis there is for an assertion that a true Christian would or would not do certain things or behave in certain ways. By way of reminder, those who do make such assertions commit the No True Scotsman Fallacy. Knowing...
by Ron Henzel | Apr 6, 2023 | Bill Gothard / IBLP, context, John MacArthur, Joni Eareckson Tada, Patriocentric, Rachael Denhollander
Mark Twain once wrote, “All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure.”1Mark Twain penned this amusing remark in a letter dated December 2, 1887 which he sent to ‘Mrs. Foote’. The letter was reprinted in the ‘Los Angeles Times’ on March...
by Don and Joy Veinot | May 5, 2022 | context, False Prophet, False Teacher, Jehovah, Jehovah's Witnesses, NAR, Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, Word Faith
As we help those who are former cult members, it is nearly always necessary to show them how to read the Bible in its historical and grammatical context. Bringing new clarity to a person’s understanding of Scripture is a process we refer to as “unwinding.” Plenty of...
