by Don and Joy Veinot | Sep 15, 2022 | Cancel Culture, Good News, Good Works, Holy Living, Homosexuality, Immorality, Jehovah's Witnesses, Mormon, Muslim, Repentance, Sanctification
Few would deny that we live in an acrimonious time. Not many years ago, the general consensus in this country concerning speech was, “I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it” (a statement Wrongly attributed to Voltaire)....
by Don and Joy Veinot | Sep 17, 2020 | Gay Marriage, Gender identity, Islam, Liberal Left, Morality, Muslim, Pedophilia, Polygamy
A quarter century ago, we were on a Q&A panel at an apologetics conference MCOI was hosting with a local church. One of the questions asked of the panel was whether we thought same-gender marriage would someday become legal. Joy didn’t hesitate but responded that...
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 | Dec 13, 2018 | Christmas, Islam, Islamophobic, Liberal Left, Liberal Theology, Muslim, Progressives, Redemption
The Christmas season is upon us in full swing, as it seems to be every year at this time. 😊 And, following recent trends, the public is being offered all sorts of novel ideas, in an attempt to dismiss as mere myth, the historical Jesus and message of the...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Nov 29, 2018 | Aum, Global Warming, Hinduism, Islam, Islamic Exclusivity, Mormon, Mormon History, Muslim, Occult, Pagan Celebrations, Paganism, Parliament of the Worlds Religions, Political Correctness, Wicca
The late John Lennon wistfully imagined a world of peace, safety and harmony – a time when “the world will live as one.” His very popular song, Imagine, was released in October 1971. All the world would need to do to reach utopia is to abandon their current...
by Don Veinot | Jun 6, 2007 | Islam, Jesus, Muslim
As I was working on the blog and E-Letter this week one of our ministry supporters forwarded an email to me. It was written by a former Muslim, Hicham Chehab, who is now a believer and a missionary to Muslims with POBLO-Chicago (People of the Book Lutheran...
Hi, Lynn, thanks for your comment, which I just now read. It is so true that "bypassing the mind is…
The Catholic Church does not definitively teach that the three Marys were the same. Scholars since the early church have…
Attempts have been and continue to be made to bring about repentance. In the Old Testament, false prophets were to…
The Reformed position doesn't "replace" Israel with the church. Like the apostle Paul, the Reformed position is that believing Jews…
What kind of Christian has no love for other people? What kind of author allows this in the comments? I…