by Guest Writer | May 18, 2019 | Jehovah's Witnesses, Jesus, Resurrection
(Originally printed in the Fall 2006 Issue of the MCOI Journal page 5) Compiled by Corkey McGehee (All Scripture quotations are from the WTBTS New World Translation of the Bible.) When, though, he was raised up from the dead, his disciples called to mind that he used...
by Don and Joy Veinot | May 16, 2019 | DIvided Families, Faithful and Discreet Slave, False Teacher, Friends, Jehovah's Witnesses, Mormon, Mormonism, Muslim, Spiritual Abuse
When someone leaves a cult or spiritually abusive religious group, it often means they will be abandoned by everyone who was their friend when they were inside the group. This practice is called shunning, and cult members take very seriously their spiritual “duty” to...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Mar 28, 2019 | Jehovah, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jesus - Michael the Archangel, MCOI Journal, No. 3, Resurrection, Volume 12, Watchtower Bible and Tract Society
(Originally printed in the Fall 2006 Issue of the MCOI Journal ) The Watchtower Bible and Tract Society (WTBTS)1The Watchtower Bible and Tract Society (WTBTS) is the government or clergy of the Jehovah’s Witnesses calls itself a Christian organization, yet they deny...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Mar 21, 2019 | Boston Church of Christ, Children of God, Christian Science, Gwen Shamblin, Hebrew Roots Movement, Islam, Jehovah's Witnesses, Mormonism, New Apostles and Prophets, Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, Weigh Down Workshop, William Branham, Word Faith
What is the cost of leaving a cult or false religious group? What does that even mean? Many well-meaning Christians are under the impression that being in a cult or false belief system is easily remedied by simply exposing bad theology and replacing it with correct...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Mar 14, 2019 | Angels, Astrology, Christian Science, Clairvoyance, Demons, Eastern Mysticism, Heaven's Gate, Hinduism, Jehovah's Witnesses, Mormon, New Age, Paganism, Watchtower Bible and Tract Society
We find angelic communications to humans quite a number of places in Scripture. An angel appeared to Zechariah with the news that he and his wife Elizabeth would have a son (Luke 1:13). Mary, a young Jewish virgin, who was engaged to be married, had a similar...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Mar 7, 2019 | Deception, False Prophet, False Teacher, Greek Mythology, Gwen Shamblin, Heresy, Idols, Jehovah's Witnesses, Kolob, Mormon, Mormon History, Mormonism, Paganism, Remnant Fellowship, Weigh Down Workshop
Creating a god in your own image can have many temporal benefits. Such a deity would reflect your views and sanctify your behavior. He or she might even make your own behavior look better in comparison. The ancient Greek and Roman gods, who could be extremely nasty...
