by Joy A Veinot | Mar 22, 2018 | Christ and the Church, Church, Cults and Religions, Culture and Society, Resurrection, Salvation, Theology
(This originally appeared in the March/April 1997 edition of the MCOI Journal) I was raised in a Christian home but, in my teens and early twenties, I became very skeptical of Christian claims, the good book, and especially of God Himself. Looking back, I cannot say I...
by Jonathan Miles | Jun 15, 2017 | Apologetics, Depravity, Greek Mythology, Morality, Paganism, Superstition, Theology
This is not yet another review of Wonder Woman. Well, not exactly. It’s more than that. Bear with me. I did see the movie this weekend and it is quite good. Almost worthy of a Marvel movie. I kid. It is the best DC movie in my humble opinion. Better than Man of...
by Guest Writer | Jun 18, 2016 | Arnold Murray, Hermeneutics, MCOI Journal, Serpent Seed, Shepherd's Chapel, Theology, Volume 22, Winter/Spring 2016
(Originally printed in the Winter/Spring 2016 Issue of the MCOI Journal Page 8) By Ken Ammi Behold, I shew you a mystery; … .” Thus wrote the Apostle Paul in 1 Corinthians 15:51, and it is the view of what this mystery is which fuels the alleged Serpent Seed of Satan...
by Jonathan Miles | Feb 11, 2016 | Culture and Society, Politics, Theology
I get it. I really do. Americans are sick of career politicians with half-answers and more flip-flopping than Waffle House on a Friday night. Trump doesn’t give half answers and when he flips, he somehow makes you think it was only an oversight and really not a...
by Aaron Wright | Feb 11, 2016 | Cults and Religions, Eastern Mysticism, Hinduism, Liberal Left, Liberal Theology, Lost Years of Jesus, mysticism, New Age, Political Correctness, Politically Incorrect Jesus, Relativism, Scripture, Theology
Does God exist? This is one of the most fundamental questions to a worldview. Either He does or He doesn’t. Logic dictates that both cannot be right. This is the final discrepancy we shall look at between the Buddha and Jesus. We have seen thus far the claims made by...
by Aaron Wright | Feb 8, 2016 | Cults and Religions, Eastern Mysticism, Hinduism, Liberal Left, Liberal Theology, Lost Years of Jesus, mysticism, New Age, Political Correctness, Politically Incorrect Jesus, Relativism, Scripture, Theology
Doctrine matters. Many times doctrine is looked down upon these days. Teaching and rational thought are traded in for feeling, fuzzy interpretations, and noncommittal statements. But doctrine matters. It divides the wheat from the chaff and sets boundaries between...
