by Stephanie A Potts | Jul 20, 2023 | Bible, Christ, Good Works, Gospel, Grace, Hell, Purgatory, Roman Catholic, Roman Catholicism, Sanctification, Sin, Traditions
This article is the first in a series I will be writing regarding my concerns with the official teachings of the Roman Catholic Church (RCC). Someone very close to me recently converted to Catholicism and has become an avid Catholic apologist and teaches catechism at...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Jul 13, 2023 | Atheist, Biblical Ethics, Darwinism, Infanticide, Intolerance, Morality, Racism, Rape, Redemption, Sin, Slavery, Social tyranny, Tolerance, Virtue
Where do morals come from? Are they objective or subjective? Are their origins from God or are they somehow a result of evolution, a byproduct of Social Darwinism? Our answers to these questions largely determine how we live with and treat other humans and often even...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Jun 15, 2023 | Authoritarian, Bill Gothard / IBLP, Divided Families, False Teacher, Gnostic, Hypocrites, Immorality, Morality, mysticism, Sexual prosperity gospel, Sin, Spiritual Abuse
“Tennessee Nut Picking” describes a linguistic tactic used to paint an opposing group in the worst possible light. The accuser names the most outrageous person from the other side as representative of the whole group. For example, would it be true or...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Dec 16, 2021 | Christ, Elders, Enneagram, False Teacher, Pastors, Richard Rohr, Sacrifice, Salvation, Sin
In Judges, Gideon asks God how to choose his men for battle. The Lord told Gideon to take his men down to the river and drink. The men who flopped down on their bellies and drank like dogs were no good to him. Gideon watched as some of his men knelt down and drank...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Jul 8, 2021 | Homosexuality, Immorality, Sin, Temptation
By faith Moses, when he was grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter, choosing rather to be mistreated with the people of God than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin. (Hebrews 11:24-25 ESV) With an interesting turn of phrase, the author...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Apr 8, 2021 | #BLM, Critical Race Theory, CRT, Gnostic, Political Correctness, Progressives, Racism, Salvation, Sin, Slavery, Social Justice, White Fragility
“As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today.”(Genesis 50:20) Joseph’s words to his enslavers in Genesis 50, who as it happens were his own brothers, is profound. Out of...
