by Don and Joy Veinot | Sep 19, 2024 | Christianity Today, Church leadership, Critical Race Theory, CRT, False Memory Syndrome, Immorality, Liberal Left, Open Theism, Progressives, SBC, Shepherds, Southern Baptist Convention, SRA
The biblical job description of pastors and elders is twofold. First, they are to guard the flock from false teachers trying to invade the church from the outside and from false teachers rising up from within. (Acts 20:28-30) Second, church leaders are also to: equip...
by Don Veinot | Aug 15, 2024 | context, Deception, Discernment, Guarding the flock, Immorality, Progressives, Racism, SBC, Self deceived, Southern Baptist Convention, White Fragility, Woke
If the Apostle John were to write his epistles today, perhaps 1 John 2:19 might read more like this: They progressed from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us. Seems like a lot of people are progressing away from...
by Don Veinot | Jul 25, 2024 | AIDS, Bible study, Biblical Ethics, Church Invasion, Eastern Mysticism, Enneagram, False Prophet, False Teacher, Guarding the flock, Heresy, Heretics, Immorality, Liberal Left, Mindfulness, mysticism, Panentheism, Progressives, Spiritual AIDS, Virus
Nehemiah is one of my favorite Old Testament books, and while reading it this week, I came across a familiar favorite passage of mine. Though I am familiar with the passage, I was struck anew with its importance. Nehemiah had overseen the rebuilding of the Jerusalem...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Jun 27, 2024 | Bible, Contemplative Prayer, Enneagram, Idols, Immorality, NAR, New Apostolic Reformation
All of us have heard claims about things the “Bible says” that we do not find in the Bible. Some of these claims are just plain false, while others are likewise untrue but have the advantage of being humorous. The character of Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof was...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Dec 28, 2023 | Critical Race Theory, CRT, Evangelical Left, Free Speech, Homosexuality, Human Rights Violations, Immorality, Infanticide, LGBTQA+, Paganism, Parliament of the Worlds Religions, Progressives
In three days, we will turn the page of another calendar year. Where does the time go? Wasn’t it just October? Many are preparing to celebrate, ushering out 2023 and ringing in the New Year, which, if our calculations are correct, should be 2024. New Year’s...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Sep 7, 2023 | Bible, Biblical Ethics, Christian exclusivity, context, Evangelical Left, Holiness, Immorality, Inerrancy, Liberal Left, Liberalism, Morality, mysticism, Political Correctness, Politically Incorrect Jesus, Salvation
No True Christian – Part One examined what basis there is for an assertion that a true Christian would or would not do certain things or behave in certain ways. By way of reminder, those who do make such assertions commit the No True Scotsman Fallacy. Knowing...