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 | Sep 1, 2022 | Jehovah, Jehovah's Witnesses, Salvation, Slavery, Watchtower Bible and Tract Society
In Acts 16:30 – 31, we read what is perhaps the most important question anyone can ask. The answer is surprisingly simple: “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” And they said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.” How can I have...
by Don and Joy Veinot | May 5, 2022 | context, False Prophet, False Teacher, Jehovah, Jehovah's Witnesses, NAR, Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, Word Faith
As we help those who are former cult members, it is nearly always necessary to show them how to read the Bible in its historical and grammatical context. Bringing new clarity to a person’s understanding of Scripture is a process we refer to as “unwinding.” Plenty of...
by Joy Veinot | Apr 21, 2022 | Cults and Religions, Culture and Society, Enneagram, Grace, January/February 1996, Jehovah's Witnesses, M Scott Peck, MCOI Journal, Paganism, Psychology, Salvation
In Ecclesiastes 1:9-11, Solomon wrote: What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done, and there is nothing new under the sun. Is there a thing of which it is said, “See, this is new”? It has been already in the ages before us. There is no...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Apr 14, 2022 | Emerging Church, Enneagram, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jesus, Jesus - Michael the Archangel, Liberal Left, Liberal Theology, Progressives, Resurrection, Richard Rohr
The great weapon with which the disciples of Jesus set out to conquer the world was not a mere comprehension of eternal principles; it was an historical message, an account of something that had recently happened, it was the message, “He is risen.” But the...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Mar 24, 2022 | Evangelism, Good News, Invest, Jehovah's Witnesses, Racism, Redemption, Sacrifice, Salvation, Schindler
Often people will contact us looking for what we call “the silver bullet verse” to convince a JW (or other cultists) relative or friend that they have it wrong on doctrine, hoping to persuade them to leave the organization when they realize they have been deceived. We...
