by Don and Joy Veinot | Nov 11, 2021 | Brian McLaren, Hell, Jehovah's Witnesses, Redemption, Richard Rohr, Rob Bell, Salvation, Scripture, Seventh-Day Adventist, Suffering
Before the first seven notes of the song are finished, nearly everyone knows it is Folsom Prison Blues by Johnny Cash. He first wrote the song in 1955, recorded it in 1957, and included it on a compilation album All Aboard the Blue Train in 1962. The song skyrocketed...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Sep 23, 2021 | Bible, Christ, Claudio Naranjo, Cosmic Christ, Deity of Christ, Enneagram, Heresy, Incarnation, Islam, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jesus, Jesus a Buddhist, Mormon, Panentheism, Richard Rohr, Socialism, Yoga
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. (John 1:1-3) The Apostle John penned the opening lines of his...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Aug 26, 2021 | Authoritarian, Climate Change, Global Warming, Jehovah's Witnesses, Mormon, Mormonism, New Age, Paganism, Relativism, Wicca
Often when Christian’s talk with those of a different belief system or worldview, they have the idea that by simply presenting the facts and evidence for the Christian worldview, the person will “see” the truth, and embrace it. If only it were so! It is of course very...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Aug 5, 2021 | Jehovah's Witnesses, Roman Catholic, Roman Catholicism, Watchtower Bible and Tract Society
Does salvation come by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone or is it dispensed by a particular God-appointed organization? Shortly after I came to the faith, Joy, who had been a believer from childhood, and I along with several of our newly born-again...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Jul 15, 2021 | False Prophet, False Teacher, Jehovah, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jewish, Joel's Army, Latter-Rain Movement, Nation of Israel
This article was originally posted in 2020. In it we were addressing two ways in which false teachers interpret and twist scripture in order to deceive the unwary. Sadly, these two tricks seem to be remarkably effective. The first involves ignoring context when...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Jun 3, 2021 | Deity of Christ, Divided Families, False Prophecy, False Prophet, Jehovah, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jesus - Michael the Archangel, Watchtower Bible and Tract Society
All of us make choices every day. Most of our choices are mundane. “What shall I have for breakfast?” “What outfit will I wear to work/church/boating?” Other choices, though, have longer term and more far-reaching impact. Should I marry him/her? If I do, where will we...
