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...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Oct 19, 2017 | Apologetics, Atheism, Bible reliable, context, Creation vs Evolution, Creationsim, Death, Definitions, Early Church Fathers, Evolution, Hermeneutics, Reliability of the Bible, Resurrection, Salvation, Wicca
After our webcast, “500 Years after Reformation, Many Protestants Closer to Catholics than Martin Luther,” someone posted this question; “Why do you believe these bible stories; are you just afraid of death?” In view of the fact that the fear of death has tormented...
by Jonathan Miles | Oct 5, 2017 | Bible study, context, Evangelical Left, False Teacher, Heresy, Hermeneutics, Liberal Left, Liberal Theology, Marxism, Political Correctness, Postmodernism, Theological liberalism
Needless to say, I was away from home on a Sunday. We decided to go to a friend’s church we had attended before. I won’t name the church and details have been altered to stave off embarrassment. But I bet you can guess the denomination. The first thing I...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Sep 28, 2017 | context, Discernment, Ellen G. White, False Prophecy, False Prophet, False Teacher, Heresy, Sabbath, Seventh-Day Adventist
The internet and “Christian TV” today have become a great marketplace of religious ideas of all stripes, and people often do not know exactly who to trust. Just about every denomination and sect of Christendom is represented, plus, of course, every type of cult and...
by Ron Henzel | Nov 24, 2016 | Bill Gothard / IBLP, context, False Teacher, Grace, Legalism
When debating Gothardites on the topic of grace, often the first text they cite is James 4:6b: “‘God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble,’” (ESV). It is also usually the one text they keep coming back to in support of their assertion that grace is not...
