by Ron Henzel | Nov 27, 2025 | Atonement, Evangelical, Roman Catholic, Roman Catholicism, Salvation, Testimony
I deeply love my Roman Catholic family and friends. Some of my most treasured early childhood memories are those of my parents carefully explaining the Trinity to me at the dinner table, and it turns out they did a wonderful job. My greatest thrill, after seeing the...
by Joy Veinot | Nov 13, 2025 | Evangelism, Free Grace, Grace, Jehovah's Witnesses, May/June 1996, MCOI Journal, Rewards, Salvation, Watchtower Bible and Tract Society
(Originally printed in the May/June 1996 Issue of the MCOI Journal) In our last issue, we made the case that salvation is a free gift, not of works. We discussed the cultic view that “faith plus works = salvation.” Under cultic belief systems, faith in...
by Joy Veinot | Jul 31, 2025 | Buddhism, Conspiracy Theories, Counterfeit, Cults and Religions, False gods, False Teacher, Immorality, Jehovah's Witnesses, karma, MCOI Journal, Mormonism, Pantheism, Reincarnation, Relativism, Roman Catholic, 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 type of person,...
by Don and Joy Veinot | May 15, 2025 | Agnostic, Atheism, Atheist, Biblical Ethics, Biblical Justice, Buddhism, Deity of Christ, Eastern Mysticism, Evolution, False gods, Forgiveness, Good News, Gospel, Hinduism, Idolatry, Idols, Incarnation, Jesus, Jesus Resurrection, Jewish, Jews, Nihilism, Occult, Occultism, Salvation
Questions about faith and faith claims are important. Whether the person asking the question is genuinely seeking an answer or attempting to pose a rhetorical “gotcha” question is not always clear. For example, GatoNegro777 posted a challenge to our webcast “No...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Apr 3, 2025 | Astrology, Atheist, Bible, Devil, Divination, LGBTQA+, Magick, Mike Warnke, NAR, Nature Religion, New Apostolic Reformation, Occult, Occultism, Pagan Celebrations, Paganism, Parliament of the Worlds Religions, Patriocentric, Power of positive thinking, Roman Catholic, Salvation, Satan, Satanic RItual Abuse, Satanism, Satanists, Shaman, Tarot Cards, Transgender, Word Faith
Some have asked why we attend events like Paganicon. After all, we are Christians, not pagans. Some of the leadership at Paganicon asked us the same question; why were we attending their event? They were concerned we might stir up trouble. We have covered this in...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Feb 13, 2025 | #Blacklivesmatter, #BLM, Atheism, Atheist, Evangelical, Good Works, Gospel, Homosexuality, Immorality, Intolerance, Jesus, Jesus Resurrection, Liberal Theology, Liberalism, Odu Ifa, Panentheism, Resurrection, Richard Dawkins, Salvation, Spiritual arrogance, Theology, Tolerance, Yoruba
Our culture has long been wrestling over the idea of separation of church and state, but few seem to recognize the existence of what Carl Teichrib terms “Spiritual Politics” in chapter 12 of his book, Game of Gods. Spiritual Politics is often on public display in the...