Don Veinot's Blog, page 24
May 6, 2021
What Can I Do?
It’s a question that frequently comes up when faced with the looming reality of our changing world. Understandably so: Whether we’re encountering the Great Reset Agenda of the World Economic Forum, recognizing the influence of the interfaith movement, or watching the cultural great leap backwards take place before our eyes, we desire to act – […]
April 29, 2021
Thus Saith Rome
(Originally printed in the Winter 2007 Issue of the MCOI Journal beginning on page 1) On April 22 of 2005, I was surprised to come across the Special to the Tribune section of the Chicago Tribune with the headline: “Evangelical Christians have hailed the ‘Purpose Driven’ Philosophy; now a local Catholic church will host a […]
April 22, 2021
The Point of Everything
When our son Lee was a child, he was with a friend watching television in our living room one afternoon when a spot commercial for MASH came on. One of the male characters was trying to entice one of the female characters into a sexual liaison. He replied to her objection that she was married […]
April 15, 2021
Jordan Peterson and the Progressives
Jordan Peterson and the Progressives is not a new rock band. Rather it is a look on the one hand at the question of newly developing faith in the life of Jordan as he progresses toward Jesus – and on the other hand, it looks at young “Christian” Progressives who, although raised in the church […]
April 8, 2021
God Meant it for Good
“As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today.”(Genesis 50:20) Joseph’s words to his enslavers in Genesis 50, who as it happens were his own brothers, is profound. Out of hatred and jealousy, they had […]
April 1, 2021
The Enneagram Goes to Church and the Angels Are Not Rejoicing
Falling Into the Enneagram Todd Wilson, a pastor1Todd Wilson is cofounder and President of the Center for Pastor Theologians and the former senior pastor of Calvary Memorial Church in Oak Park, Illinois whose book, The Enneagram Goes to Church, has recently been released, tells how he discovered the Enneagram. He was on vacation and his […]
March 30, 2021
The Sacrifice
When we think in terms of the sacrifice made for us nearly 2,000 years ago, we naturally think in terms of the sacrifice made by the Son. Braveheart. He gave His life for you and me, and the enormity of that fact should never be obscured by the passage of time or by our familiarity […]
March 25, 2021
Somebody is Watching
Our friend and brother Poray Casimer’s funeral was this past Friday. Haille Martin gave the eulogy, which he titled, “Somebody is Watching.” It was very heartwarming and certainly, the idea that “Somebody is Watching” our lives have important implications for living out our faith in public. The reader may not know these men, but Poray […]
March 18, 2021
The Enneagram: The Church’s Golden Calf?
About 3 months after God delivered the Nation of Israel from Egypt, they entered the wilderness of Sinai. God spoke to Moses and set up what we might call today “a meet at the mount.” We read about the “meet” in chapter 20 where God gave Moses the Ten Commandments. The very first commandment forbid […]
March 11, 2021
The Reset Agenda
“A crisis is a productive event.” – Guy Parmelin, President of the Swiss Confederation. Since the 1970s, the ski-resort community of Davos, Switzerland, has frequently been a gathering place for global elites during the month of January. Hosted by the World Economic Forum, an organization granted special status by the Swiss government, the Davos conference […]
