by Joy Veinot | Sep 23, 1997 | Culture and Society, Hinduism, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jesus Seminar, karma, MCOI Journal, Mormonism, Paganism, Reincarnation, Relativism, September/October 1997, Tolerance, Wicca
(This originally appeared in the September/October 1997 MCOI Journal) “There is a yellow one, who won’t accept the black one, who won’t accept the red one, who won’t accept the white one … there is the long hair, who doesn’t like the short...
by Ravi Narasimhan | Nov 23, 1996 | Deity of Christ, Hinduism, Jesus Resurrection, karma, MCOI Journal, November/December 1996, Reincarnation
By Ravi Narasimham (Originally printed in the November/December 1996 Issue of the MCOI Journal) I was born into a Brahman family 27 years ago, one the most orthodox castes of Hinduism in India. I was raised by parents and grandparents who adhered to high moral...
by Joy Veinot | Sep 23, 1996 | Cults and Religions, Jehovah's Witnesses, karma, MCOI Journal, Mormonism, Reincarnation, Relativism, Salvation, Scientology, September/October 1996
(Originally printed in the September/October 1996 Issue of the MCOI Journal) There is a cult system for everyone. There are more cults and cult-like organizations in our society today than I have space here to list. Each holds appeal for a different I type of person,...
by Francis Beckwith | May 23, 1996 | Culture and Society, May/June 1996, MCOI Journal, Reincarnation, Relativism, Tolerance
By Francis J. Beckwith (Originally printed in the May/June 1996 Issue of the MCOI Journal) In his important and influential work, The Closing of the American Mind, Allan Bloom observes that: “there is one thing a professor can be absolutely certain of: almost...
by Richard G. Howe | Jan 23, 1996 | Church History, Cults and Religions, January/February 1996, karma, MCOI Journal, Reincarnation
By Richard G. Howe (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,...
by Joy Veinot | Sep 23, 1995 | Atheism, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jesus Resurrection, Jesus Seminar, John Dominic Crossan, karma, MCOI Journal, Reincarnation, September/October 1995
(Part 1 of a 2 part series on the resurrection of Jesus Christ, originally printed in the September/October 1995 MCOI Journal) With the interminable OJ circus and the swift but emotional Susan Smith trial, 1995 will be a year to remember for public courtroom drama....
Ron, great research, insight, and a fair differentiation between MacArthur and Gothard. I had to laugh at the "Gothard 5:8"…
Lordship salvation and the "Umbrella of protection" are different things. Bill Gothard is an eclectic mystic who hears ideas he…
Question? Does this have anything to do with Lordship Salvation's concepts that MacArthur teaches? I am glad you brought this…
“ Now, in every theological error, there is usually an element of truth.” There is always real cheese in a…
That is an interesting and, as it turns out, a false accusation. The criteria we draw on are not of…