by Don and Joy Veinot | Aug 6, 2020 | #Blacklivesmatter, ANTIFA, Atheism, Authoritarian, bigotry, Black Liberation Theology, Black Lives are Sacred, Evangelical Left, John Dewey, Liberal Left, Marxism, Persecution, Politics, Post Christian, Racism, Socialism
Standing on conviction can be an intimidating and scary proposition. Publicly standing on an unpopular conviction, in the woke “cancel culture” of our day can perhaps drive even the braver hearts to seek shelter. There is much hatred in the land today aimed at...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Jul 9, 2020 | Christmas, Evangelical Left, Forgiveness, Holiness, Hypocrites, Identity Politics, Morality, Redemption, Sin, Social Justice, Social tyranny
At some point in December, the popular film “A Christmas Story” is always aired. Set in 1947 Indiana at Christmastime, we find we can easily identify with that earlier time and culture, as do many people our age. Ralphie was a typical boy with simple dreams, and his...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Aug 8, 2019 | Centering Prayer, Church leadership, Contemplative Prayer, Eastern Mysticism, Evangelical Left, False Teacher, Gwen Shamblin, Hinduism, mysticism, Perennialism
After I spoke at a church this past weekend, I was asked, “How is it that so many celebrity preachers, celebrity Christian authors, and celebrity pastors take the stage with known (and popular) false teachers?” There are, of course, many possible reasons. It could be...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Jun 27, 2019 | Brian McLaren, Church Growth Movement, Contemplative Prayer, Culture Driven Church, Deity of Christ, Evangelical Left, Homosexuality, Hyper-charismatic, Jesus Seminar, Kenneth Copeland, Liberal Left, Liberalism, New Apostles and Prophets, Progressives, Word Faith
Could it be that many who like to claim Christianity as their faith can only do so by minimizing God? In Christianity& Liberalism by J. Gresham Machen, Machen spends a fair amount of time addressing how liberal theologians in his day, who were “in search of the...
by Don and Joy Veinot | May 31, 2018 | Death, Evangelical Left, Fear, Good News, Gospel, New Age, Rob Bell, Salvation, Suffering, Theological liberalism
The old saying is “It’s all fun and games until someone gets hurt.” That is true when kids are rough housing and things go dangerously awry. But life can be that way too. Quite often, it seems, human beings go through life with little thought to what happens...
by Guest Writer | Jan 1, 2018 | Brian McLaren, Emerging Church, Evangelical Left, Liberal Theology, MCOI Journal, Political Correctness, Postmodernism, Progressives, Reliability of the Bible, Spring 2005, Volume 11
(Originally printed in the Spring 2005 Issue of the MCOI Journal beginning in page 10) By Peter Simpson What should the relationship be between the church and culture? How should the constancy of the church adapt to the fluidity of culture? The church must find some...
