by Don Veinot | May 9, 2013 | Authoritarian, Bill Gothard / IBLP, Christ and the Church, Christian living, Church, Cults and Religions, Culture and Society, Discernment, Legalism, Politics, Spiritual Abuse, Vision Forum/Patriarchy
Leaders speak with an authority accorded to them by their position. When Barack Obama gave the Ohio State University Commencement Address, he did so as President of the United States. With the authority of that office behind him, it will be few students that would...
by Don Veinot | Jun 17, 2010 | Vision Forum/Patriarchy
Some of our readers may remember our Journal article Who Will Be First in the Kingdom? which looked at some of the teachings of Vision Forum. In the article, one of the issues we looked at was an article by Brian Abshire which stated that God does not permit women to...
by Don Veinot | Sep 27, 2007 | General, Vision Forum/Patriarchy
On a fairly regular basis we are asked who or what gives us the right to declare a teaching false or to question the teachings of others. After all if Rick Warren writes, “Whenever God wanted to prepare someone for his purposes, he took 40 days,” what right does MCOI...
by Don Veinot | Sep 20, 2007 | Vision Forum/Patriarchy
Vision Forum posted their letters to MCOI on Friday, September 21, 2007. This is an updated explanation of our response which follows: On August 20, 2007 we received a letter from Vision Forum dated August 17, 2007 . It was 15 pages in length of which 3 pages were...
by Don Veinot | Sep 6, 2007 | Cults and Religions, General, Vision Forum/Patriarchy
We received a letter from Rev. Dr. Brian M. Abshire, Teaching Pastor at Highlands Reformed Church in response to our article Who Will Be First in the Kingdom?. After writing Pastor Abshire called and we spoke for a while. I found him to be kind, open and very much a...
by Don Veinot | Aug 16, 2007 | Vision Forum/Patriarchy
Many of you are aware that our current Journal article “Who Will Be First in the Kingdom?” has received enough interest that we put the Journal online earlier than usual. We have recently received a letter from Bob Renaud at Vision Forum Ministries answering the...
