by Ron Henzel | May 2, 2024 | Bible, Hermeneutics, Inerrancy, Jesus
About 20 years ago, I was on a phone call with a man that seemed to be going fairly well until I made the “mistake” of referring to the Bible as the word of God. “Oh no, brother. The Bible is not the word of God. Only Jesus is the Word of God!” This naturally led us...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Mar 28, 2024 | 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 7, 2024 | Authoritarian, Deity of Christ, False Prophet, False Teacher, Guarding the flock, Gwen Shamblin, Heresy, Jesus, Michael Hyatt, Remnant Fellowship, Trinity
It doesn’t seem possible that it has been nearly 24 years since we received a phone call from a concerned Weigh Down Workshop participant. She, along with over a million others in 30,000 churches across 60 denominations, joined Gwen’s group at the invitation of their...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Dec 14, 2023 | Christ, Christmas, Church History, Deity of Christ, Incarnation, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jesus, Jewish, Virgin birth
The Jewish celebration of Hanukkah (the Festival of Lights) began on December 7 and will end today. It is an annual celebration of the rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem, Israel, which took place in the second century BCE (Yes! Jews were living in the land long...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Nov 23, 2023 | Dayenu, Holiness, Holy Living, Jesus, Jesus the Messiah, Thanksgiving, Traditions
In many ways, our culture seems to have lost or is losing the common practice of extending public courtesies and thankfulness to others. Common courtesy is just sooooo old-fashioned. True thankfulness appears to have been replaced with a belief that we are owed...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Oct 5, 2023 | Branch Davidians, context, Discipleship, False Prophecy, False Prophet, False Teacher, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jesus, Jesus - Michael the Archangel
Understanding a word or Biblical turn of phrase can sometimes be difficult. The meaning of a particular text isn’t always apparent until we discover the potentially ill consequences of applying an unintended meaning. When we were young, married, and preparing to go...
