Don Veinot's Blog, page 21

Thanksgiving in the Midst of Hardship

If we said there is a great deal of angst and bitter division in our nation these days, I think most Americans would agree. Thankfully, Thanksgiving is approaching, and perhaps we may get a momentary reprieve from the never-ending cultural quarrel that besets us. It has always been one of our favorite holidays, a day […]

Deadly Devotion

Forty-three years ago today, November 18, 1978, over nine hundred men, women, and children in “Jonestown,” Guyana, committed suicide or were shot. They were followers of the Reverend Jim Jones and members of his Peoples Temple. The group had moved En masse from San Francisco, CA, to build a commune in “Jonestown,” Guyana. Jim Jones […]

Folsom Prison Blues

Before the first seven notes of the song are finished, nearly everyone knows it is Folsom Prison Blues by Johnny Cash.  He first wrote the song in 1955, recorded it in 1957, and included it on a compilation album All Aboard the Blue Train in 1962. The song skyrocketed to #1 after he recorded it live […]

Children of the Cult

Children of the Corn was a short story written by Stephen King and first published in 1977. It has since been adapted for film and television. It is a simple tale of a small town inhabited by a cult of children, all under the age of nineteen. The Christian church and Bible were deemed evil […]

Progressive Christianity: Trading Sola Scriptura for Prima Scriptura

During the sixteenth century battle between the reformers and the Roman Catholic church, the reformers developed the Five Solas which demonstrated their core beliefs in contrast to the Catholic Church from whom they were separating. The first of the five was Sola Scriptura – Scripture alone. Over the preceding centuries, Rome had developed a tradition […]

Stray Thoughts

You know how it is. There you are, sitting in a Bible study, watching a video of some middle-aged Christian celebrity pastor, probably with an earring and a tattoo, saying something that just doesn’t sit right with your discernment meter. You are the only one in the room with formal training in exegesis and apologetics […]

Examining “10 Logical Proofs” that “God Does Not Exist”

(Editor’s note: Due to what is being covered, this article is longer than normal) Some Atheists propose arguments they believe or at least claim, demonstrate that God does not exist. They tend to fixate on one particular view of God, namely monotheism. Thus, even if they were successful, which they are not, that does nothing […]

Gwen Shamblin: The Documentary

The people who have less trouble with the deceitful lies that keep you overeating are the people who watched Weigh Down’s Orientation Video and decided from the start that I was a leader from God, so they submitted themselves freely to the teachings on the tapes and followed EVERYTHING. They did not arrogantly pick and choose […]

The Enneagram, the Angel, and the Divine Coma

A 2018 article in, “The Rise of the Enneagram,” was recently brought to my attention by MCOI Senior Editor, Corkey McGehee. It has a surprising story that begins with fallacies by Beth McCord. The article first references Enneagram “coach” Beth McCord, who, by her own admission, learned the Enneagram from New Age psychic Helen Palmer […]

Designer Jesus

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. (John 1:1-3) The Apostle John penned the opening lines of his Gospel in response […]