by Guest Writer | Aug 19, 2020 | False Prophecy, False Prophet, False Teacher, Jehovah, Jehovah's Witnesses, Watchtower Bible and Tract Society
(Originally printed in the Winter/Spring 2016 Issue of the MCOI Journal, Page 14) I often find myself reflecting on how it was that I went from being one of Jehovah’s Witnesses (JWs)1Jehovah’s Witnesses, aka JWs, are followers of the teachings of the Watchtower Bible...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Feb 13, 2020 | Apologetics, Cults and Religions, Evangelism, Jehovah's Witnesses, Watchtower Bible and Tract Society
We have often been told that witnessing to Jehovah’s Witnesses, Mormons and others in cults is “just a waste of time.” “They don’t listen.” To be sure, witnessing to people in cult groups can be quite frustrating. It can be draining. So why do we do it? That is...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Nov 14, 2019 | Jehovah's Witnesses, Lord Maitreya, Moonies, Richard Rohr, Sun Myung Moon, Theosophical Society, Watchtower Bible and Tract Society
In Matthew 24:23 Jesus forewarns His followers to be aware of deception and deceivers to come, saying, Then if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or ‘There he is!’ do not believe it. This warning is also recorded in Mark 13. Why is He warning them? For...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Mar 28, 2019 | Jehovah, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jesus - Michael the Archangel, MCOI Journal, No. 3, Resurrection, Volume 12, Watchtower Bible and Tract Society
(Originally printed in the Fall 2006 Issue of the MCOI Journal ) The Watchtower Bible and Tract Society (WTBTS)1The Watchtower Bible and Tract Society (WTBTS) is the government or clergy of the Jehovah’s Witnesses calls itself a Christian organization, yet they deny...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Mar 21, 2019 | Boston Church of Christ, Children of God, Christian Science, Gwen Shamblin, Hebrew Roots Movement, Islam, Jehovah's Witnesses, Mormonism, New Apostles and Prophets, Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, Weigh Down Workshop, William Branham, Word Faith
What is the cost of leaving a cult or false religious group? What does that even mean? Many well-meaning Christians are under the impression that being in a cult or false belief system is easily remedied by simply exposing bad theology and replacing it with correct...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Mar 14, 2019 | Angels, Astrology, Christian Science, Clairvoyance, Demons, Eastern Mysticism, Heaven's Gate, Hinduism, Jehovah's Witnesses, Mormon, New Age, Paganism, Watchtower Bible and Tract Society
We find angelic communications to humans quite a number of places in Scripture. An angel appeared to Zechariah with the news that he and his wife Elizabeth would have a son (Luke 1:13). Mary, a young Jewish virgin, who was engaged to be married, had a similar...
