by Don Veinot | Mar 12, 2020 | Bart Ehrman, Church History, Deity of Christ, Fall 2010, Jesus Resurrection, Jesus Seminar, MCOI Journal, Reliability of the Bible, Resurrection
(Originally printed in the Fall 2010 Issue of the MCOI Journal) Watching a court jury trial and watching a debate have a number of similarities. In both cases, you have one set of evidence, but you have two opposing sides that attempt to explain the evidence in such a...
by Don Veinot | Dec 26, 2019 | Christ and the Church, Christian living, Early Church Fathers, Pagan Celebrations, Redemption, Resurrection, Salvation
This week’s Crux, posts the day after most Christians celebrate the anniversary of the incarnation. With all of the festivities, family gatherings and ministry stuff I had considered taking the easy way out and either skip posting this week or repost The Gift, an...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Jul 25, 2019 | Creationsim, Deity of Christ, Incarnation, Jehovah, Jehovah's Witnesses, Redemption, Resurrection, Salvation, Trinity
We all know how often the “how and why questions” are utilized by human beings, and we all know that often they either cannot or will not be answered to our complete satisfaction. A mother walks into her young child’s bedroom – which is a disaster area –...
by Jonathan Miles | Jul 4, 2019 | Inerrancy, Norman Geisler, Resurrection, Virgin birth
The man who has been called the greatest living Christian apologist has gone home to his great reward. I had the privilege of being Norman Geisler’s student from 1995-2006. I took only two classes from him but I attended numerous chapels and conferences. I was...
by Guest Writer | May 18, 2019 | Jehovah's Witnesses, Jesus, Resurrection
(Originally printed in the Fall 2006 Issue of the MCOI Journal page 5) Compiled by Corkey McGehee (All Scripture quotations are from the WTBTS New World Translation of the Bible.) When, though, he was raised up from the dead, his disciples called to mind that he used...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Apr 18, 2019 | Adventists, Apocalyptic, Easter, Millerites, Passover, Resurrection, Seventh-Day Adventist, William Miller
The 50,000 followers of William Miller were terribly dismayed when Jesus did not return bodily to earth in March of 1844, as Miller had predicted would happen. When Jesus did not appear, Miller claimed that they just had to give it a few more months – that Jesus would...