by Don and Joy Veinot | Mar 24, 2022 | Evangelism, Good News, Invest, Jehovah's Witnesses, Racism, Redemption, Sacrifice, Salvation, Schindler
Often people will contact us looking for what we call “the silver bullet verse” to convince a JW (or other cultists) relative or friend that they have it wrong on doctrine, hoping to persuade them to leave the organization when they realize they have been deceived. We...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Jan 13, 2022 | Apologetics, Cults and Religions, Evangelism, Jehovah's Witnesses, Watchtower Bible and Tract Society
We have sometimes been told that witnessing to Jehovah’s Witnesses, Mormons, and others in cult groups is “just a waste of time.” “They don’t listen.” To be sure, witnessing to people in cults can be quite frustrating. It can be draining. So why do we do it? That is...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Feb 7, 2019 | Abortion, Evangelism, Infanticide, Morality, Pagan Celebrations, Paganism, Servanthood, Slavery
In last week’s blog, Changing Laws or Changing Hearts?, we addressed the issue of our changing culture. We pointed out that political action does not seem able to stem the rising tide of pagan thought that is sweeping our nation and, indeed, the world. We also pointed...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Jan 21, 2018 | AIDS, Bill Hybels, Edification, Education, Emerging Church, Evangelism, Hermeneutics, MCOI Journal, New Age, Prayer of Jabez, Purpose Drive Life, Rick Warren, Rob Bell, Spiritual AIDS, Spiritual arrogance, Summer 2005, T.D. Jakes, Volume 11, Willow Creek Community Church, Worldview
(Originally printed in the Summer 2005 Issue of the MCOI Journal) In 1 Corinthians 14:8, the Apostle Paul drew a word picture for the Corinthian believers when he wrote: “For if the bugle produces an indistinct sound, who will prepare himself for battle?” This passage...
by Guest Writer | Dec 4, 2017 | Church Growth Movement, Evangelism, Fall 2004, Gospel, MCOI Journal, Offending Words, Pastors, Redemption, Rick Warren, Salvation, Volume 10, Willow Creek Community Church
(Originally printed in the Fall 2004 Issue of the MCOI Journal beginning on page 16) Many Church leaders today are engaged in a cultural struggle over the direction of the Church. How can loving, following, and serving Jesus Christ become so divisive? The question at...
by Jonathan Miles | Jul 19, 2017 | Bible study, Christian Life, Christianity Today, Church History, Church leadership, Evangelism, Pornography, Salvation, Scripture
Sometimes when someone makes such an outlandish, obviously inflammatory statement you have to step back and look at what’s really going on. Take this headline from Churchleaders: “The Ridiculous Emphasis Christians Place on the Bible” I’m mean...
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…