by Don and Joy Veinot | Nov 30, 2023 | Bill Gothard / IBLP, False Teacher, Grace, Hermeneutics, Legalism, Temptation
Editor’s Note: Bill Gothard’s unique and at times, unbiblical teachings have impacted churches, homeschool groups, and Christians far beyond the over two and a half million that have attended his Basic Seminar. If his teaching on authority is applied...
by Ron Henzel | Aug 17, 2023 | Atonement, Bill Gothard / IBLP, Grace, Hermeneutics, Wrath of God
A few weeks ago I made a post on the platform formerly known as “Twitter.” It was a simple post, affirming the crucial doctrine of Penal Substitutionary Atonement (PSA). PSA teaches that on the cross, in mercy and grace, the Lord Jesus Christ acted as our substitute...
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 | Mar 18, 2021 | Claudio Naranjo, Deceiver, Deception, Enneagram, False Teacher, Helen Palmer, Hermeneutics, Occult, Occultism, Richard Rohr
About 3 months after God delivered the Nation of Israel from Egypt, they entered the wilderness of Sinai. God spoke to Moses and set up what we might call today “a meet at the mount.” We read about the “meet” in chapter 20 where God gave Moses the Ten Commandments....
by Don and Joy Veinot | May 28, 2020 | Bible, Bible Prophecy, Bible reliable, context, Contradictions, Cross, Definitions, Hermeneutics, Jehovah's Witnesses, Scripture
Sometimes errors in understanding biblical texts stem from not paying close enough attention to the language. They can occur if we do not have a good working knowledge of the time period wherein the text was written and/or the cultural background. Other times errors...
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...
