by Don and Joy Veinot | Jan 18, 2024 | Abraham Maslow, Atheist, Brian McLaren, Darwinism, Marxism, No 1, Pedophilia, Progressives, Psychology, Rick Warren, Rob Bell, Robert H. Schuller, Self-Esteem, Summer/Fall 2014, Volume 20, Willow Creek Community Church
Editor’s Note: Over the past twenty-four months or so, one of the questions we receive most often is how Western culture changed so rapidly. Our response is … it didn’t. All of what we are witnessing has been in the works for a very long time. We and...
by Joy Veinot | Dec 21, 2023 | Good News, Grace, Incarnation, MCOI Journal, November/December 1996, Salvation
(Originally printed “The Gift” In the November/December 1996 MCOI Journal) What is it about Christmas that draws us every year to celebrations of this holiday? What is so special about Christmas? Christmas is a special time because of the happiness it...
by Richard Howe | Sep 14, 2023 | Born Again, Church History, Cults and Religions, Deity of Christ, January/February 1996, karma, MCOI Journal, New Age, Reincarnation, Resurrection
(Originally printed in the January/February 1996 Issue of the MCOI Journal) Introduction No doubt, some in our society today find the doctrine of reincarnation to be strange, at best; and false, at worst. In Christian circles, especially, reincarnation is looked upon...
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 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 | Jan 26, 2023 | Abortion, Black Lives are Sacred, Culture and Society, Euthanasia, Infanticide, MCOI Journal, Slavery, Spring 2012
Editor’s note: This past Sunday (January 22, 2023) was Sanctity of Human Life Sunday. It is recognition that human life is precious and should be protected. However, as we point out in this article which was originally printed in 2012, human rights are only accorded...
