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Everyone I Don’t Like is Literally Gothard

I’ve spent a fair chunk of my life researching Bill Gothard, interviewing him, warning others about him, and debating him and his followers. So, when someone comes along and accuses a well-known Christian of teaching Gothard’s concepts, it tends to get my attention, especially when said Christian has been in the public eye for more […]

Hi, Megan! About those tweets from Rachael Denhollander…

A little over a week ago (Wednesday, March 8, 2023), Megan Basham asked me a question via text message. I immediately realized it would be difficult to give her an adequate response via text, so I told her I’d respond by email. As I was working on the email, it took longer than I expected. […]

There are Personality Tests and then there is the Dodekagram

Personality type assessments originated in the 18th and 19th Centuries. They initially involved evaluating the bumps on the subject’s head (phrenology) or “based on a person’s outer appearances.”1“Personality test” These innovative methods of assessing character were embraced by many people in that day. Charles T Russell, founder of the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society (Jehovah’s […]

Your Best Life Now?

I went from being an agnostic/atheist to being born again on September 6, 1974. Joy had recommitted her life to Christ earlier that year and dragged me along for the ride. Together we have undertaken an interesting journey that included some very difficult days and some exciting and blessed times. In the beginning, we had […]

The Muddy Waters of the Enneagram

(Editor Alert! This article is not short.) One of the newest books promoting the Enneagram to Christians is How We Relate: Understanding God, Yourself, and Others through the Enneagram by Jesse Eubanks.1Jesse Eubanks, How We Relate: Understanding God, Yourself, and Others through the Enneagram, Zondervan, January 24, 2023, print length 256 pages We will grant […]

Challenging Questions

The Lifetime Network premiered their film, “Gwen Shamblin: Starving for Salvation,” on February 4, 2023. It was more a docu-drama than a documentary and was generally based on Gwen Shamblin’s life from the time she started the Weigh Down Workshop until her fairly recent death in a plane crash. The timeline of events seemed a […]

What’s Happening in the Church?

When the 2022 State of Theology Report came out last year, the results were far less than encouraging. For example: – 43% of US Evangelicals agreed with Statement No. 4: “God learns and adapts to different circumstances.” In other words, for nearly half of US Evangelicals, God it not omniscient or all-knowing. – 53%, over […]

Can Christians Have Limitless Dominion Over Their Health?

New scientific research is shattering conventional wisdom about the human body and offering fascinating insights into how we can all unlock our body’s superpowers to fight illness, perform better and even reverse the aging process.1Disney Plus Originals description of Limitless with Chris Hemsworth The New Age Movement is like a sponge that attempts to absorb […]

Human Rights? Only for Some Humans

Editor’s note: This past Sunday (January 22, 2023) was Sanctity of Human Life Sunday. It is recognition that human life is precious and should be protected. However, as we point out in this article which was originally printed in 2012, human rights are only accorded to those humans that are legally deemed “persons.” While the […]

One Thousand Gifts – A Commentary

Editor’s Note: When we originally printed Marcia Montenegro’s commentary on Ann Voskamp’s book, One Thousand Gifts in the Winter/Spring 2013 MCOI Journal, Marcia made it clear this is a commentary, not a book review. There were two primary issues of concern with the book. One of them is the Panentheistic view of God portrayed in […]