by Joy Veinot | Aug 10, 2023 | Culture and Society, Hinduism, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jesus Seminar, karma, MCOI Journal, Mormonism, Paganism, Reincarnation, Relativism, September/October 1997, Tolerance, Wicca
(Editor’s note: The first Parliament of the World’s Religions was held in 1893. The next one was 100 years later in Chicago. We attended to see firsthand what they were proposing. We have attended and reported on others, but as we prepare for this one...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Aug 3, 2023 | Deity of Christ, Jehovah, Jehovah's Witnesses, Resurrection, Scripture, Self deceived, Trinity, Watchtower Bible and Tract Society
In Matthew 22:23 – 33, we read of a group of Jewish religious leaders, the Sadducees, whose theology informed their understanding of Scripture rather than allowing Scripture to shed real light on their faulty theology. “This Jewish group apparently based its doctrine...
by Joy Veinot | Jul 6, 2023 | Aliens, Channeling, Church Universal and Triumphant, Cults and Religions, False Prophet, False Teacher, Heaven's Gate, Independence Day, Jehovah's Witnesses, July/August 1997, MCOI Journal, Mormonism, New Age, Occult, Paradise
(This originally appeared in the July/August 1997 MCOI Journal) The aliens are coming! The earth and its inhabitants are about to be destroyed, “spaded under.” Is this the script of a Hollywood science–fiction movie? No, these are the real–life beliefs...
by Don and Joy Veinot | May 18, 2023 | Heaven's Gate, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jesus - Michael the Archangel, Marshall Applewhite, Mormon, Mormonism, Watchtower Bible and Tract Society
One of the most used and abused verses of scripture among cults and pseudo-Christian groups, in our opinion, is Matthew 7:16, where Jesus said to His disciples, “You will know them by their fruit.” Every cultic group, by ignoring the context, abuses this...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Mar 2, 2023 | Barack Obama, Gospel, Jehovah's Witnesses, Liberal Theology, Liberalism, Rick Warren, Salvation, Sun Myung Moon, T.D. Jakes, Willow Creek Community Church, Word Faith
I went from being an agnostic/atheist to being born again on September 6, 1974. Joy had recommitted her life to Christ earlier that year and dragged me along for the ride. Together we have undertaken an interesting journey that included some very difficult days and...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Feb 16, 2023 | Angel of the Lord, Angels, Church Councils, Deity of Christ, Gwen Shamblin, Jehovah's Witnesses, Weigh Down Workshop
The Lifetime Network premiered their film, “Gwen Shamblin: Starving for Salvation,” on February 4, 2023. It was more a docu-drama than a documentary and was generally based on Gwen Shamblin’s life from the time she started the Weigh Down Workshop until her fairly...
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