by Don and Joy Veinot | Nov 23, 2023 | Dayenu, Holiness, Holy Living, Jesus, Jesus the Messiah, Thanksgiving, Traditions
In many ways, our culture seems to have lost or is losing the common practice of extending public courtesies and thankfulness to others. Common courtesy is just sooooo old-fashioned. True thankfulness appears to have been replaced with a belief that we are owed...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Sep 15, 2022 | Cancel Culture, Good News, Good Works, Holy Living, Homosexuality, Immorality, Jehovah's Witnesses, Mormon, Muslim, Repentance, Sanctification
Few would deny that we live in an acrimonious time. Not many years ago, the general consensus in this country concerning speech was, “I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it” (a statement Wrongly attributed to Voltaire)....
by Don and Joy Veinot | Jun 13, 2019 | Drugs, Holiness, Holy Living, Morality Tale, Problem of Evil, Redemption, Sin
The A&E Series, “Breaking Bad,” could aptly be described as “Mr. Rogers becomes Scarface.” It is a morality tale about a milquetoast high school science teacher who is diagnosed with cancer. Out of concern for the finances of his family – the medical...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Aug 10, 2017 | Climate Change, Holiness, Holy Living, Homosexuality, Marriage, micro-aggressions, Pedophilia, Political Correctness, Progressives, Sin, Snow Flakes, Transgender
We live in the challenging times of what we might call “moral fluidity.” For nearly two millennia Western culture has been guided by Judeo/Christian moral and ethical values. That doesn’t mean that no one violated them, of course. Every human being has violated them....
by Don and Joy Veinot | Feb 9, 2017 | Depression, Divided Families, Holy Living, Political Correctness, Politics, Progressives
These days, it can be a real challenge to live above the darkness that seems to be descending upon the whole world. Right is wrong in our world, and bad is good. Christians are being hated and attacked for our beliefs. Of course, hatred of Christians has been the norm...
by Jonathan Miles | Sep 29, 2016 | Holiness, Holy Living, Sacrifice
I was pimply faced and wide-eyed and full to the brim with a combination of naivete and cocky assurance–in other words, a freshman in college. Add a healthy dose of hormones and a campus where the male to female ratio was over 100 to 1 (I attended Blue Mountain...
