by Don and Joy Veinot | Oct 5, 2023 | Branch Davidians, context, Discipleship, False Prophecy, False Prophet, False Teacher, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jesus, Jesus - Michael the Archangel
Understanding a word or Biblical turn of phrase can sometimes be difficult. The meaning of a particular text isn’t always apparent until we discover the potentially ill consequences of applying an unintended meaning. When we were young, married, and preparing to go...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Dec 1, 2022 | Adultery, Bart Ehrman, Bible, Capital Punishment, Contradictions, False Prophecy, False Prophet, False Teacher, Hermeneutics, Immorality
We regularly receive phone calls, emails, or questions in person from folks seeking answers to apparent biblical contradictions. Sometimes the questioner needs to be able to respond to a skeptic. This issue of seeming Bible contradictions is a favorite of skeptics...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Oct 20, 2022 | Faithful and Discreet Slave, False Prophecy, False Prophet, Jehovah, Jehovah's Witnesses, Joel's Army, Locust Army
The title may sound a bit like a cheesy 1950s sci-fi movie, but it is truly a biblical concept. One does not have to read much of Watchtower Society material to realize they are a group that abandons anything approaching the historical-grammatical context of...
by Don and Joy Veinot | May 26, 2022 | Bible study, Deception, Discernment, Discipleship, Enneagram, False Prophecy, False Prophet, False Teacher, Guarding the flock, Heresy, Holiness, Homosexuality, Immorality, Kenneth Copeland, LGBTQA+, Word Faith
It is troubling to find so many Christians embracing false beliefs and teachings. But it is less surprising when we discover with George Barna’s most recent research that only “Only 37 Percent of U.S. Pastors Hold a Biblical Worldview.” That is astounding. Of course,...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Jun 3, 2021 | Deity of Christ, Divided Families, False Prophecy, False Prophet, Jehovah, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jesus - Michael the Archangel, Watchtower Bible and Tract Society
All of us make choices every day. Most of our choices are mundane. “What shall I have for breakfast?” “What outfit will I wear to work/church/boating?” Other choices, though, have longer term and more far-reaching impact. Should I marry him/her? If I do, where will we...
by Don and Joy Veinot | May 27, 2021 | False Prophecy, False Prophet, Guarding the flock, Michael Brown, NAR, New Apostolic Reformation, Spiritual arrogance, Word Faith
Often newly formed cults and/or high demand authoritarian groups which may be operating within the church claim they are trying to “get back to the New Testament church.” These groups have some vague idea that the first century church had an unadulterated uniform...
