by Don and Joy Veinot | Jul 16, 2026 | Authoritarian, Bill Gothard / IBLP, Christian living, deconstruction, Definitions, Discernment, Grace, Jesus, Legalism, Morality, Morals, Pastors, Repentance, Salvation, Self deceived, Spiritual Abuse, Spiritual arrogance
I (Don) was interviewed last week by Daniel Silliman, senior reporter for the Roy’s Report. The title of the interview is, “Bill Gothard’s legacy: How his errant teaching enabled abuse.” Silliman had just finished reading the updated version of our book on Bill...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Jul 2, 2026 | Agnostic, American flag, Antisemitism, Atheist, Christ, Critical Race Theory, Ethics, Gospel, History, Jesus, Marxism, Morals, Salvation, Virtue
As we approach Independence Day, this question about this American celebration and its meaning is very important to explore. It will be puzzling to some, perhaps to many, especially since our answer to “political or religious” is “yes.” Many today are illiterate in...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Jun 4, 2026 | Bible study, Church, context, Deity of Christ, Docetism, Ebionites, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jesus, Pastors, Resurrection, Salvation
Many of our readers are aware that a little over two years ago, we began teaching at a church in Kenya. The opportunity surprised us. It started with a message from a pastor with a simple request on our MCOI Facebook page: “Can you teach my people the Bible?” Like...
by Don and Joy Veinot | May 21, 2026 | Armageddon, Deception, Defend the Faith, Docetism, Ebionites, False Teacher, Gospel, Heresy, Jehovah, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jesus, Jesus - Michael the Archangel, Jesus Resurrection, Resurrection, Salvation, Watchtower Bible and Tract Society
When most consider the phrase “Replacement Theology,” they think of the theological debate between those in the Reformed camp of Christian denominations and those in the Dispensational camp. Got Questions outlines this in their piece,...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Mar 12, 2026 | Apologetics, Christ, Deity of Christ, Docetism, Ebionites, False Teacher, Heresy, Heretics, Incarnation, Jesus, Jesus Resurrection, Jesus the Messiah, Salvation
It is often surprising how few seem to know why the New Testament epistles, and we would say the Gospel of John as well, were written. In the main, with the exception of Philemon, they were written to expose false teachers, false teachings, and bad behavior – while...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Jan 22, 2026 | Jehovah, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jesus, Jesus is Jehovah, New World Translation, Richard Rohr, Sacred Name Bible translations, Tetragrammaton
The Hebrew letters yod, he, vav, that represent the four-letter name of our God are called the Tetragrammaton. When Christians use it, we don’t generally translate it into English but rather, transliterate it, use words or letters that most closely correspond to the...
