by Don and Joy Veinot | Oct 24, 2024 | Apocalyptic, Christ, Church Invasion, Counterfeit, Deity of Christ, Faithful and Discreet Slave, False Prophet, False Teacher, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jesus, Pastors, Satan, Shincheonji, The Chosen, Truth
When Jesus warned in Matthew 7:15 and told the people to “Beware of false prophets,” He did describe them – saying they will look remarkably like true prophets. They would be wearing “sheep’s clothing.” They would look “right,” sound “right,” and might even perform...
by Don Veinot | Jul 25, 2024 | AIDS, Bible study, Biblical Ethics, Church Invasion, Eastern Mysticism, Enneagram, False Prophet, False Teacher, Guarding the flock, Heresy, Heretics, Immorality, Liberal Left, Mindfulness, mysticism, Panentheism, Progressives, Spiritual AIDS, Virus
Nehemiah is one of my favorite Old Testament books, and while reading it this week, I came across a familiar favorite passage of mine. Though I am familiar with the passage, I was struck anew with its importance. Nehemiah had overseen the rebuilding of the Jerusalem...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Jul 11, 2024 | Bible study, Channeling, Christianity Today, Deacons, Elders, Enneagram, False Teacher, Gwen Shamblin, Heresy, Heretics, mysticism, Sola Scriptura, Spiritism
In August 2000, we began receiving phone calls and emails from people looking for information on a popular “Bible-based” weight loss program, Weigh Down Workshop, and its leader, Gwen Shamblin.1Gwen Shamblin died in a plane crash on March 29, 2021 Shamblin’s Weigh...
by Salvador Ung Hayworth | May 23, 2024 | Counterfeit, Deceiver, Deception, Evil, False Prophecy, False Prophet, False Teacher, Hyper-charismatic, Occultism, Poverty, Sangoma, Word Faith, Worldview
In part 1 we looked at Cultural Influences Among Some African Word of Faith Adherents. Syncretism has been and continues to be a major danger that arises any time the Gospel penetrates a cultural context. The merging, at times imperceptible merging, or syncretizing of...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Mar 7, 2024 | Authoritarian, Deity of Christ, False Prophet, False Teacher, Guarding the flock, Gwen Shamblin, Heresy, Jesus, Michael Hyatt, Remnant Fellowship, Trinity
It doesn’t seem possible that it has been nearly 24 years since we received a phone call from a concerned Weigh Down Workshop participant. She, along with over a million others in 30,000 churches across 60 denominations, joined Gwen’s group at the invitation of their...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Feb 15, 2024 | Apologetics, Church, Church leadership, Defend the Faith, False Teacher, Heresy
The position of Pastor (shepherd) is a calling, and for those who do it well, it is both “a blessing and cursing.” Ideally, they love the people they serve, but they are also, at times, exasperated by the people they love and serve. That is often the way in human...
