by Joy A Veinot | Mar 22, 2018 | Christ and the Church, Church, Cults and Religions, Culture and Society, Resurrection, Salvation, Theology
(This originally appeared in the March/April 1997 edition of the MCOI Journal) I was raised in a Christian home but, in my teens and early twenties, I became very skeptical of Christian claims, the good book, and especially of God Himself. Looking back, I cannot say I...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Mar 14, 2018 | Cults and Religions, Death, Depression, Divided Families, Fear, Grief, Jehovah's Witnesses, Mass Shootings
Our nation collectively grieved the tragic loss of life on September 11, 2001. Despite the anger we all felt towards the terrorists, we all gathered together to comfort those who would not see a husband, wife, father, mother or child return home after a normal day of...
by Ron Henzel | Aug 17, 2017 | Cult Watchers, Cults and Religions, False Teacher, Kim Jong-Un, Politics
The Wall Street Journal story titled “North Korea Backs Off Guam Missile-Attack Threat” appeared three days ago (Monday, August 14) at 9:36 p.m. (ET). Kim Jong Un had taken his military belt off his socialist pants and was all set to administer a nuclear...
by Don and Joy Veinot | May 25, 2017 | Cults and Religions, Evangelism, Faithful and Discreet Slave, False Prophet, False Teacher, Jehovah, Jehovah's Witnesses, Redemption, Salvation, Watchtower Bible and Tract Society
Jehovah’s Witnesses are quite proud of their record of faithfully taking their message from door to door. For example, on the back cover of the December 1, 1996, Watchtower magazine, Catholics and Protestants are bashed for neglecting evangelism, particularly of...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Feb 16, 2017 | Cults and Religions, Faithful and Discreet Slave, False Prophet, False Teacher, Jehovah's Witnesses, Mormonism, Occult, Paganism
From time to time we receive calls from individuals inquiring as to how they might become part of a ministry like this. As we talk with them, it often turns out that their vision of counter cult ministry is speaking in churches on issues of cults, other religions and...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Jan 5, 2017 | Christian living, Cults and Religions, Culture and Society, New Year, Pagan Celebrations, Paganism
It’s that time of year when many make resolutions which they will abandon within weeks, perhaps even days or hours. The spirit may be willing, but the flesh, as we all know, is weak. When and where did this tradition of making New Year’s resolutions originate? Does it...