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...
by Don and Joy Veinot | May 21, 2020 | Authoritarian, Beth McCord, Church leadership, Deception, Defend the Faith, Definitions, Eastern Mysticism, Enneagram, Gnostic, Guarding the flock, Heresy, Ian Morgan Cron, New Age, Occult, Paganism, Pastors, Suzanne Stabile
Very often when we read Scripture we do not enter emotionally into the story. As a result, we miss the very real human elements in exchanges like the one Paul had with the Ephesian elders in Acts 20 as he gave them a charge which included: Therefore, be alert,...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Aug 15, 2019 | Deceiver, Deception, End Times, Enneagram, False Prophet, False Teacher, Guarding the flock, Heresy, NAR, New Apostolic Reformation, Self deceived
Many seem surprised at how easily and quickly blatant false teaching is spreading today throughout the Evangelical church. But in fact, what we are seeing is not something new — heresy and deception have been with us since the beginning. The first deception is that of...
by Guest Writer | Dec 11, 2017 | Academia, Bible reliable, Guarding the flock, MCOI Journal, Scripture, Volume 11, Winter 2005
(Originally printed in the Winter 2005 Issue of the MCOI Journal beginning on page 8) INTRODUCTION The Evangelical Theological Society (ETS) was formed for a single purpose-to defend the inerrancy of the Bible. It appears that postmodernism has defanged the ETS as it...
by Don Veinot | Jul 23, 2017 | Authoritarian, Bill Gothard / IBLP, Fall 2004, Guarding the flock, Jehovah's Witnesses, MCOI Journal, Pastors, Shepherds, Volume 10
(Originally printed in the Fall 2004 Issue of the MCOI Journal ) Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? Which of you by taking thought can add...