Support Your Local Pastor
Over the years, we have written numerous articles calling attention to false teaching and dangerous trends in the church corporate. Among them is "Missionary Pastor in a Pagan Culture," where we discussed the difference between the mission of the church and the...
Memorials
Then Joshua called the twelve men from the people of Israel, whom he had appointed, a man from each tribe. And Joshua said to them, “Pass on before the ark of the Lord your God into the midst of the Jordan, and take up each of you a stone upon his shoulder, according...
Sacrificial Love
(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...
The Church in Crisis
by Don & Joy Veinot & Ron Henzel (Originally printed in the Winter/Spring 2003 Issue of the MCOI Journal beginning on page 1) In a world awash in new religious movements-or what could properly be termed the “repaganization” of the world-Russell D. Moore raises...
In Defense of “Merry Christmasâ€: The Battle for Freedom and Faith
The “War on Christmas” is treated by the media as an annual event, obviously because the Christmas season is upon us only once a year. The general public became more fully aware of this battle when it was reported in the last few years that many retail stores ask...
Bill Gothard – Truly Repentant?
The Internet was again all abuzz when A Statement from Bill Gothard Is Bill repentant or is he just embarrassed that he has been publicly exposed? Obviously I cannot know his heart but over the last 17 years I have been able to observe how Bill does things. In the sex...