by Don and Joy Veinot | Jul 23, 2026 | Ambassador, Buddhism, Culture and Society, Defend the Faith, Evangelism, New Age, Vampires, Wicca
(Originally printed in the Winter/Spring 2013 Issue of the MCOI Journal) Some years ago a youth pastor from a nearby community called me. He was concerned about a large group of Vampires that gathered regularly in his town’s park. He thought there were perhaps 300 and...
by Don and Joy Veinot | May 7, 2026 | Benny Hinn, Bethel Church, Brennan Manning, Brian McLaren, Contemplative Prayer, Eastern Mysticism, Enneagram, Heretics, Hinduism, John Mark Comer, Kenneth Copeland, Mindfulness, NAR, New Age, New Apostles and Prophets, Richard Rohr, Ruth Haley Barton, Suzanne Stabile
In 1971, the Temptations recorded a rather long (more than 12-minutes) rendition of Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong’s song, “Smiling Faces Sometimes,” for Motown. The same year, Norman Whitfield produced a version of the song edited down to about 3:20, performed...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Apr 9, 2026 | Authoritarian, Climate Change, Global Warming, Jehovah's Witnesses, Mormon, Mormonism, New Age, Paganism, Relativism, Wicca
Often when Christian’s talk with those of a different belief system or worldview, they have the idea that by simply presenting the facts and evidence for the Christian worldview, the person will “see” the truth, and embrace it. If only it were so! It is of course very...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Nov 6, 2025 | Climate Change, Darwinism, Evolution, Gaia, General, Global Cooling, Global Warming, New Age
A few weeks ago, we were talking with someone about some of the fads that are now sweeping through the church at large. We then began thinking about the many cultural fads that have come and gone over the decades, along with the “fad-famous” people and ideas that came...
by Doug Groothuis | Jul 10, 2025 | Apologetics, Francis Schaeffer, karma, New Age, Worldview
Our worldview is, in many ways, the most important thing about us since we live in the world according to our deepest beliefs about reality. These beliefs concern the ultimate reality, the nature of human beings, the meaning of life, the basis of morality, and the...
by Marcia Montenegro | May 1, 2025 | Astrology, Carl Jung, Centering Prayer, Chakras, Claudio Naranjo, Eastern Mysticism, Enneagram, Mindfulness, Mystic, mysticism, New Age, Richard Rohr, Suzanne Stabile, Tarot Cards, Yoga
Don Veinot recently sent me a brief video, Spirituality Without Religion: The Rise of the ‘Modern Mystic’ (less than 9 minutes), that discusses how society is now more open to “spirituality” without connecting it to specific religions, at least not knowingly. This has...
