by Guest Writer | Apr 10, 2016 | Fall 2003, Hermeneutics, John C. Maxwell, MCOI Journal, mysticism, New Age, Psychology, Volume 9
(Originally printed in the Fall 2003 Issue of the MCOI Journal beginning on page 10) Richard G. Howe INTRODUCTORY COMMENTS There are certainly many resources available to the Christian community pertaining to the various aspects of building the Kingdom of God. I do...
by Jonathan Miles | Mar 29, 2016 | MCOI Journal, mysticism, New Age, Occult, Pagan Celebrations, Paganism, Relativism, Volume 8, Wicca, Winter 2002
(This originally appeared in the Winter 2002 edition of the MCOI Journal beginning on page 10) I have great hopes that we shall learn in due time how to emotionalize and mythologize their science to such an extent that what is, in effect, a belief in us (though not...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Mar 10, 2016 | Culture and Society, Gay Marriage, Homosexuality, Liberal Theology, mysticism, Political Correctness
Joy and I met with a young couple recently in our home. They are dating and considering marriage, but there is an essential issue that needs to be addressed. One of them was raised as a Jehovah’s Witness and the other was raised as a Baptist. The essentials of their...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Feb 17, 2016 | Atheism, Black Liberation Theology, Cults and Religions, Culture and Society, Darwinism, Evolution, MCOI Journal, mysticism, Secular Humanism, Spring 2001
(This originally appeared in the Spring 2001 edition of the MCOI Journal) Many a driver has had the experience of driving along, listening to music, and losing oneself in thought, and then “waking up” to the realization they are on a different road than they had been...
by Aaron Wright | Feb 11, 2016 | Cults and Religions, Eastern Mysticism, Hinduism, Liberal Left, Liberal Theology, Lost Years of Jesus, mysticism, New Age, Political Correctness, Politically Incorrect Jesus, Relativism, Scripture, Theology
Does God exist? This is one of the most fundamental questions to a worldview. Either He does or He doesn’t. Logic dictates that both cannot be right. This is the final discrepancy we shall look at between the Buddha and Jesus. We have seen thus far the claims made by...
by Aaron Wright | Feb 8, 2016 | Cults and Religions, Eastern Mysticism, Hinduism, Liberal Left, Liberal Theology, Lost Years of Jesus, mysticism, New Age, Political Correctness, Politically Incorrect Jesus, Relativism, Scripture, Theology
Doctrine matters. Many times doctrine is looked down upon these days. Teaching and rational thought are traded in for feeling, fuzzy interpretations, and noncommittal statements. But doctrine matters. It divides the wheat from the chaff and sets boundaries between...