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Christianity’s “Trip” to the East

by | Mar 3, 2022 | Buddhism, Centering Prayer, Chakras, Contemplative Prayer, Cosmic Christ, Eastern Mysticism, Empire Strikes Back, Evangelical Left, Hinduism, Kundalini, Meditation, mysticism, New Age, Paganism, Parliament of the Worlds Religions, Rob Bell, Roman Catholicism, Willow Creek Community Church, Yoga

The 1960s and ’70s was a time of great transition for Western culture – and in our opinion, not in a good way. Sadly in our view, America led the way down that slippery slope. Social mores and long-held religious tenets were challenged and often discarded by...

The End of Comfortable Christianity?

by | Aug 12, 2021 | Abraham Maslow, Atheist, Darwinism, Marxism, No 1, Pedophilia, Progressives, Psychology, Robert H. Schuller, Self-Esteem, Summer/Fall 2014, Volume 20, Willow Creek Community Church

  Editor’s Note: Over the past eighteen months or so one of the questions we receive most often is how did Western culture change so rapidly? Our response is it didn’t. All of this has been in the works for a very long time. We and others have been writing and...

An Indistinct Sound

by | Jan 21, 2018 | AIDS, Bill Hybels, Edification, Education, Emerging Church, Evangelism, Hermeneutics, MCOI Journal, New Age, Prayer of Jabez, Purpose Drive Life, Rick Warren, Rob Bell, Spiritual AIDS, Spiritual arrogance, Summer 2005, T.D. Jakes, Volume 11, Willow Creek Community Church, Worldview

(Originally printed in the Summer 2005 Issue of the MCOI Journal) In 1 Corinthians 14:8, the Apostle Paul drew a word picture for the Corinthian believers when he wrote: “For if the bugle produces an indistinct sound, who will prepare himself for battle?” This passage...

For the Furtherance of the Gospel

by | Dec 4, 2017 | Church Growth Movement, Evangelism, Fall 2004, Gospel, MCOI Journal, Offending Words, Pastors, Redemption, Rick Warren, Salvation, Volume 10, Willow Creek Community Church

(Originally printed in the Fall 2004 Issue of the MCOI Journal beginning on page 16) Many Church leaders today are engaged in a cultural struggle over the direction of the Church. How can loving, following, and serving Jesus Christ become so divisive? The question at...

Stranger Danger

by | Jul 7, 2016 | Abraham Maslow, B.F. Skinner, Benny Hinn, Bill Gothard / IBLP, Bob Larsen, C. Peter Wagner, Church Growth Movement, Creflo Dollar, Gwen Shamblin, Kenneth Copeland, MCOI Journal, Neil T Anderson, Robert H. Schuller, Summer 2004, T.D. Jakes, Volume 10, Weigh Down Workshop, Willow Creek Community Church, Word Faith

(Originally printed in the Summer 2004 Issue of the MCOI Journal ) When our children started school, we were introduced to the “Stranger Danger” program. With a growing concern about strangers abducting school children, we, along with most other parents, spent time...