by Steven Mark | Apr 16, 2020 | Christ, context, Cross, Gospel, Jesus, Jewish, Sacrifice, Sin
I recently read a critique of Biblical prophecy (specifically, Messianic prophecy), which was alleged to have been taken out of context by selectively quoting a verse or two, rather than quoting the entire passage. This claim stems from either a lack of understanding...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Nov 1, 2018 | Christ in Me International a Cult, context, Deception, Jehovah's Witnesses
Most false teachers use something our late friend and former Jehovah’s Witness, Harry Brooks, often called a cult cocktail … Scripture with a twist. It is a simple way to deceive potential recruits and to gather followers who have some respect for the Bible, but who...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Sep 6, 2018 | Atheist, Bible, Bible reliable, context, Contradictions, Mosaic Law, Sacrifice
It’s truly amazing how often the Bible is challenged by the biblically challenged. I was asked to speak in a Religion 101 class at an area junior college years ago. I thought it would be fun, and after outlining the essential doctrines of Christianity and giving...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Aug 30, 2018 | Atheism, Atheist, context, Death, Definitions, Gospel, New Atheists, Redemption, Salvation, Sin
“Honest questions deserve honest answers, but dishonest questions don’t deserve any answers” is a bit of advice passed on to us by our friend and co-founder of Jews for Jesus, the late Jahn Moskowitz. It came at the end of a story he was relaying about a conversation...
by Guest Writer | Feb 11, 2018 | Apologetics, context, Discernment, Discipleship, Education, Heresy, MCOI Journal, Summer 2005, Volume 11
(Originally printed in the Summer 2005 Issue of the MCOI Journal, Beginning on page 10) Half way through college, during the Christmas season of 1974, I first tasted the adventure of life in Jesus. It soon seemed to me that the most difficult resources to find were...
by Guest Writer | Dec 2, 2017 | context, Fall 2004, Hermeneutics, MCOI Journal, Prayer of Jabez, Volume 10, Word Faith
(Originally printed in the Fall 2004 Issue of the MCOI Journal beginning on page 8 ) By John David Ferrer On a recent trip to Washington, D.C., I found myself going through several airports; and with each airport are the inevitable security checks. In one airport, I...
