by Don and Joy Veinot | Sep 7, 2023 | Bible, Biblical Ethics, Christian exclusivity, context, Evangelical Left, Holiness, Immorality, Inerrancy, Liberal Left, Liberalism, Morality, mysticism, Political Correctness, Politically Incorrect Jesus, Salvation
No True Christian … Part One examined what basis there is for an assertion that a true Christian would or would not do certain things or behave in certain ways. By way of reminder, those who do make such assertions commit the No True Scotsman Fallacy. Knowing right...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Aug 24, 2023 | Authoritarian, Child Sacrifice, Christ, Claudio Naranjo, Elaine Pagels, Enneagram, Evolution, Fear, mysticism, Perennialism, Progressives, Richard Rohr
Imagine all the people, living life in peace. Yoo-hoo, ooh-ooh. You may say I’m a dreamer. But I’m not the only one. I hope someday you’ll join us. And the world will be as one.1Imagine, John Lennon, 1971 John Lennon’s song and album by the same...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Jun 15, 2023 | Authoritarian, Bill Gothard / IBLP, Divided Families, False Teacher, Gnostic, Hypocrites, Immorality, Morality, mysticism, Sexual prosperity gospel, Sin, Spiritual Abuse
“Tennessee Nut Picking” describes a linguistic tactic used to paint an opposing group in the worst possible light. The accuser names the most outrageous person from the other side as representative of the whole group. For example, would it be true or...
by Gwendolyn Rodriguez | Jan 5, 2023 | Brennan Manning, Centering Prayer, Contemplative Prayer, Deception, Enneagram, Meditation, Mindfulness, mysticism, Perennialism, Richard Foster, Thomas Keating, Thomas Merton, William Meninger, Yoga
See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, according to the tradition of men, according to the elementary principles of the world , rather than according to Christ. (Colossians 2:8) Brandon Medina et al. writes that love was the...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Aug 18, 2022 | Deity of Christ, Gospel, Hinduism, Islam, Jesus, Jesus - Michael the Archangel, Jesus Resurrection, Judaism, Kolob, Liberal Theology, Mormon, Mormon History, Mormonism, mysticism, New Age, Resurrection
The Jews answered him, “It is not for a good work that we are going to stone you but for blasphemy, because you, being a man, make yourself God.†(John 10:33) Jesus the Messiah has been to many an enigma since he walked this Earth. He is near the center – or at...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Aug 4, 2022 | Ambassador, Brian McLaren, Contemplative Prayer, Emerging Church, MCOI Journal, mysticism, Oprah Winfrey, Paganism, Parliament of the Worlds Religions, Rob Bell, Satanic RItual Abuse, Satanism, Satanists, Tolerance, Wicca, Winter/Spring 2016
(Although this was originally printed in the Winter/Spring 2016 Issue of the MCOI Journal it is a mere precursor to what we see today!) Though I no longer consider myself a Christian, I’m still keeping a space for God in my heart. I didn’t lose my religion....
