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 | Jan 30, 2020 | Black Hebrew Israelites, Edom, Edomites, Egypt, Heresy, Hermeneutics, Jehovah's Witnesses
Groups like Jehovah’s Witnesses, the Black Hebrew Israelite Movement and others very often read themselves into Scripture to give credibility to their claims. In their hands the Bible isn’t really about God and His dealings with His creation and His people. The Bible...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Jan 9, 2020 | Deceiver, Deception, Deity of Christ, False Prophet, False Teacher, Heresy, Jehovah, Trinity
In 1969, Joe South’s hit, The Games People Play was released. Actually, it was a re-release. Songfacts notes: Joe South performed all the vocal and instrumental parts himself, and some consider it the first ever Country-Soul album. It was originally released in 1968...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Oct 17, 2019 | Ashkenazi, Black Hebrew Israelites, Church Councils, Constantine, Council of Nicea, Greek Mythology, Heresy, Racism, Replacement Theology
In 1 Timothy, after his opening salutation, the Apostle Paul immediately launches into warnings about false teachers, false doctrine, myths and genealogies. What is he referencing in the category of “myths and genealogies”? The Faithlife Study Bible comments: The...
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 Don and Joy Veinot | May 30, 2019 | Deity of Christ, False Prophecy, False Prophet, False Teacher, Good Works, Heresy, Hyper-charismatic, NAR, New Apostolic Reformation, Pentecostal
In the public debate over the orthodox vs heretical nature of the NAR (New Apostolic Reformation), the appeal to signs and wonders as evidence by those fully invested in the movement is a recurring theme. Detractors spend a great deal of time attempting to prove the...