by Carl Teichrib | Jan 23, 2020 | Brian McLaren, Marxism, Richard Rohr, Salvation, Sin, Social Justice, Worldview
(Editor’s Note: The following is an adaptation from chapter 15 of Carl Teichrib’s book, Game of Gods: The Temple of Man in the Age of Re-Enchantment.) Professing Christians have three primary options in considering a response to our shifting world. First, we can...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Jan 16, 2020 | Deity of Christ, Jehovah, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jesus, Jesus the Messiah, Redemption, Salvation, Trinity
If we began this post with the words, “Once upon a time…” and went on to tell the tale of two Jehovahs, most would assume it was just a story, perhaps a fairly-tale. In actuality, the story is true, it’s in the Bible, and the One telling it is Jehovah Himself. Since...
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 | Nov 7, 2019 | Politics, Prayer, Prayer warrior, Salvation
In one of our all-time favorite films, Fiddler on the Roof, the Jewish citizens of the fictional Russian shtetl of Anatevka ask the rabbi if there is a prayer for the Czar. With a twinkle in his eye, he assures them there certainly is, and then goes on to cite the...
by Jonathan Miles | Sep 26, 2019 | Books, Christian living, Persecution, Sacrifice, Salvation, Sanctification
Something always bugged me about Paul’s letter to the Romans. Growing up in the atmosphere of Evangelical churches, principally Baptist, I absorbed the accepted narrative of what was going on in Romans. Paul wrote a letter to the house churches in Rome. It is...
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 –...
