by Don and Joy Veinot | Aug 18, 2022 | Deity of Christ, Gospel, Hinduism, Islam, Jesus, Jesus - Michael the Archangel, Jesus Resurrection, Judaism, Kolob, Liberal Theology, Mormon, Mormon History, Mormonism, mysticism, New Age, Resurrection
The Jews answered him, “It is not for a good work that we are going to stone you but for blasphemy, because you, being a man, make yourself God.” (John 10:33) Jesus the Messiah has been to many an enigma since he walked this Earth. He is near the center — or at least...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Aug 19, 2021 | Gospel, Grace, N.T. Wright, Redemption, Sacrifice, Salvation
We originally posted this on August 3, 2017, as a follow-up to a blog that MCOI Senior Researcher Ron Henzel had posted a week earlier. His blog, “N.T. Wright’s Long Farewell,” drew comments that seemed to indicate that some believed salvation could only be achieved...
by Marcia Montenegro | Apr 1, 2021 | Astrology, Beatrice Chestnut, Beth McCord, Claudio Naranjo, Enneagram, Gnostic, Gospel, Helen Palmer, Occult, Occultism, Paganism, Panentheism, Richard Rohr, Russ Hudson, Suzanne Stabile
Falling Into the Enneagram Todd Wilson, a pastor1Todd Wilson is cofounder and President of the Center for Pastor Theologians and the former senior pastor of Calvary Memorial Church in Oak Park, Illinois whose book, The Enneagram Goes to Church, has recently been...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Mar 25, 2021 | Discernment, Discipleship, Forgiveness, Gospel, Grace, Servanthood
Our friend and brother Poray Casimer’s funeral was this past Friday. Haille Martin gave the eulogy, which he titled, “Somebody is Watching.” It was very heartwarming and certainly, the idea that “Somebody is Watching” our lives have important implications for living...
by Ron Henzel | Jan 7, 2021 | Gay Marriage, Gender identity, Gospel, Homosexuality, Identity Politics
C.S. Lewis said many famous things, but one of the most striking was his declaration, “You have never talked to a mere mortal.”1The Weight of Glory, (San Francisco, CA, USA: HarperSanFrancisco, 2001), 46. Lewis was reflecting on the biblical teaching that, after the...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Jun 4, 2020 | Bible, Evil, Fear, Forgiveness, Good Works, Gospel, Grace, Salvation
When talking with unbelievers, non-Christians, atheists, etc., the question underlying their objection to the faith is almost never, “Why do good things happen to bad people?” Usually their question is more along the lines of “Why is there evil?” “Why is there rape?”...
