by Don Veinot | Aug 28, 2014 | Atheism, Christ and the Church, Christian living, Culture and Society, Defend the Faith, Discernment, Political Correctness, Salvation, Social tyranny
“I miss my country.” That is a line I have heard time and again lately and have even said it myself. There is a certain amount of nostalgia that is sort of made up or embellished on as one reflects back on the past. Often when we talk of “the good old days” it is...
by Don Veinot | Jan 2, 2014 | Christ and the Church, Christian living, Church, Culture and Society, Defend the Faith, Homosexuality
You would really have to be a near hermit to have not heard about the flap caused by the “Duck Commander” Phil Robertson and the media apoplexy which has resulted. Comedian Jeff Foxworthy made the phrase, “You might be a Redneck if…’ very popular and IndyStar...
by Don Veinot | Nov 7, 2013 | Church, Culture and Society, Defend the Faith, Discernment, Marxism, Politics
The Fourth Estate, more commonly known as the press, has traditionally been viewed as necessary not only to report the news but to keep tabs on political leaders. The answer in response to the question, Why is a free and open press important to a democracy?: A free...
by Don Veinot | Oct 24, 2013 | Abortion, Christian living, Church, Culture and Society, Defend the Faith, Discernment, Homosexuality, Pedophilia
Martha Beck in her Huffington Post article Simple Test Reveals If Someone Is Trustworthy gives an example one of her “coaching tricks” which is really little more than an undefined question. By leaving questions undefined they become a sort of a trap for the one on...
by Don Veinot | Oct 17, 2013 | Abortion, Atheism, Church, Creationsim, Culture and Society, Defend the Faith, Evolution, Human Rights Violations, Slavery, Theology
With the great and growing cultural divide between Christians and non-Christians today, discerning between true and false claims is sometimes difficult. The New Atheists have certainly ramped up the rhetoric about the ages long conflict between science and...
by Jonathan Miles | Oct 10, 2013 | Christ and the Church, Church, Culture and Society, Defend the Faith, Politics
In my last post I defended Russell Moore’s claim that Christians in America are a Moral Majority no more. That is, we can no longer assume that the vast majority of Americans in fly-over country share our basic worldview. Moore has called for a change of tactic...
Ron, great research, insight, and a fair differentiation between MacArthur and Gothard. I had to laugh at the "Gothard 5:8"…
Lordship salvation and the "Umbrella of protection" are different things. Bill Gothard is an eclectic mystic who hears ideas he…
Question? Does this have anything to do with Lordship Salvation's concepts that MacArthur teaches? I am glad you brought this…
“ Now, in every theological error, there is usually an element of truth.” There is always real cheese in a…
That is an interesting and, as it turns out, a false accusation. The criteria we draw on are not of…