by Don and Joy Veinot | Mar 3, 2022 | Buddhism, Centering Prayer, Chakras, Contemplative Prayer, Cosmic Christ, Eastern Mysticism, Empire Strikes Back, Evangelical Left, Hinduism, Kundalini, Meditation, mysticism, New Age, Paganism, Parliament of the Worlds Religions, Rob Bell, Roman Catholicism, Willow Creek Community Church, Yoga
The 1960s and ’70s was a time of great transition for Western culture – and in our opinion, not in a good way. Sadly in our view, America led the way down that slippery slope. Social mores and long-held religious tenets were challenged and often discarded by...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Nov 11, 2021 | Brian McLaren, Hell, Jehovah's Witnesses, Redemption, Richard Rohr, Rob Bell, Salvation, Scripture, Seventh-Day Adventist, Suffering
Before the first seven notes of the song are finished, nearly everyone knows it is Folsom Prison Blues by Johnny Cash. He first wrote the song in 1955, recorded it in 1957, and included it on a compilation album All Aboard the Blue Train in 1962. The song skyrocketed...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Jul 22, 2021 | Abortion, Brian McLaren, Gay Marriage, Homosexuality, Immorality, Liberalism, Postmodernism, Progressives, Rob Bell
As human beings, we cannot know the heart of another. We certainly do not know someone’s spiritual condition as it relates to the Lord. However, determining whether individual Progressives are Christian is a completely different question than determining if...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Apr 15, 2021 | Brian McLaren, Jesus, Jordan Peterson, Progressives, Rob Bell
Jordan Peterson and the Progressives is not a new rock band. Rather it is a look on the one hand at the question of newly developing faith in the life of Jordan as he progresses toward Jesus – and on the other hand, it looks at young “Christian” Progressives who,...
by Don and Joy Veinot | May 31, 2018 | Death, Evangelical Left, Fear, Good News, Gospel, New Age, Rob Bell, Salvation, Suffering, Theological liberalism
The old saying is “It’s all fun and games until someone gets hurt.” That is true when kids are rough housing and things go dangerously awry. But life can be that way too. Quite often, it seems, human beings go through life with little thought to what happens...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Jan 21, 2018 | AIDS, Bill Hybels, Edification, Education, Emerging Church, Evangelism, Hermeneutics, MCOI Journal, New Age, Prayer of Jabez, Purpose Drive Life, Rick Warren, Rob Bell, Spiritual AIDS, Spiritual arrogance, Summer 2005, T.D. Jakes, Volume 11, Willow Creek Community Church, Worldview
(Originally printed in the Summer 2005 Issue of the MCOI Journal) In 1 Corinthians 14:8, the Apostle Paul drew a word picture for the Corinthian believers when he wrote: “For if the bugle produces an indistinct sound, who will prepare himself for battle?” This passage...
