by Dr. Donald Williams | Dec 12, 2024 | Biblical Justice, Definitions, Political Correctness, Social Justice, Social tyranny, Woke
(Note: A version of this essay was published in Academic Questions: A Journal from the National Association of Scholars, 37:2 (Summer 2024): 79-80.) Social justice is a phrase that ought to be banned from our vocabulary and never heard again. There are four reasons...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Aug 31, 2023 | Born Again, Cancel Culture, Definitions, Divided Families, Gospel, Political Correctness, Politics, Progressives, Salvation
The days of debating national issues and proposing solutions in a civil debate seem to be a thing of the past. The rancor between the small groups of very vocal activists among both Progressives and Conservatives1Approximately 20% of the nation is solid left and 20%...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Jan 12, 2023 | Counterfeit, Definitions, Deity of Christ, False Prophet, False Teacher, Gwen Shamblin, Heresy, Legalism, Rick Warren, Salvation, Tantra
As most of our readers know, MCOI is a mission to cults and non-Christian religions. In the early days we never envisioned having to research, write and warn believers about false and/or harmful teaching gaining ground within the church. Early on, however, we began...
by Don and Joy Veinot | May 28, 2020 | Bible, Bible Prophecy, Bible reliable, context, Contradictions, Cross, Definitions, Hermeneutics, Jehovah's Witnesses, Scripture
Sometimes errors in understanding biblical texts stem from not paying close enough attention to the language. They can occur if we do not have a good working knowledge of the time period wherein the text was written and/or the cultural background. Other times errors...
by Don and Joy Veinot | May 21, 2020 | Authoritarian, Beth McCord, Church leadership, Deception, Defend the Faith, Definitions, Eastern Mysticism, Enneagram, Gnostic, Guarding the flock, Heresy, Ian Morgan Cron, New Age, Occult, Paganism, Pastors, Suzanne Stabile
Very often when we read Scripture we do not enter emotionally into the story. As a result, we miss the very real human elements in exchanges like the one Paul had with the Ephesian elders in Acts 20 as he gave them a charge which included: Therefore, be alert,...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Aug 22, 2019 | Bible, Bible reliable, Christian Science, Church History, Definitions, Deity of Christ, Gospel, Idols, Jehovah's Witnesses, Mormon, Reincarnation
Jehovah’s Witnesses, Christian Scientists, Mormons, some New Agers and other non-Christian groups would cheerfully say, “Jesus is Lord” if they are put on the spot to do so. This becomes puzzling to some in light of Paul’s words to the church in Corinth. He wrote:...
