Don Veinot's Blog, page 27
October 22, 2020
Dogma Fights
Which dogma “Lives Loudly” within you? Regardless of who you are or what you believe, you should know that we all have a “dogma” that determines how we live our lives. (A “dogma” is more commonly referred to as a worldview, and everyone has one.) Atheists like Karl Marx had a clearly defined dogma that sought […]
October 15, 2020
Science Says?
“Survey Says?” This two word question was at the heart of the popular 1976 game show, “Family Feud.” When the answer to the survey question was announced by the host, it told the audience and the contestants whether or not the contestant’s answers matched the all-important answers given in popular surveys of the topic. They […]
October 10, 2020
An Ode to Silence: An Evaluation of the Be Still DVD
(Originally printed in the Spring/Summer 2006 Issue of the MCOI Journal beginning on page 12) Devote yourselves to prayer, keeping alert in it with an attitude of thanksgiving. . . (Col. 4:2 NASB). Many thanks and credit go to Kim Treweek for the painstaking work of transcribing the entire Be Still DVD and providing the […]
October 8, 2020
The Enneagram – The Draw of Mysticism
Mysticism has become a growth industry within the confessing church in recent years. The reading and studying of the Word of God in its historical/grammatical context has long been known to be the way to understand the things of God and the gospel, but it is admittedly more work than passively “receiving spiritual knowledge” from […]
October 1, 2020
We Just Don’t Get the Role of Religion
The executive editor for the New York Times said in an interview just after the election in 2016 the following: I think the New York-based and Washington based too probably, media powerhouses don’t quite get religion. We have a fabulous religion writer, but she’s all alone. We don’t get religion. We don’t get the role […]
September 24, 2020
They Deceive the Hearts of the Naïve
The apostle Paul’s letter to the Romans was precipitated, as were most of his epistles, by divisions, in-fighting, false teachers, and bad doctrine within the church, deceiving the flock. As he was closing the epistle, he gave a summary warning: I appeal to you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause divisions and create […]
September 17, 2020
Minor Attractions
A quarter century ago, we were on a Q&A panel at an apologetics conference MCOI was hosting with a local church. One of the questions asked of the panel was whether we thought same-gender marriage would someday become legal. Joy didn’t hesitate but responded that it would and probably within a decade or so. She […]
September 10, 2020
The Occult Religion of #Black Lives Matter
#Black Lives Matter began in 2013 but only recently attained great national popularity and prominence with the death of George Floyd, and allegedly on his behalf. Although the name indicates that black lives really matter to this cause, it has not actually helped black folks in the least and is not actually about the welfare […]
September 3, 2020
JFK – “Ask Not …”
On January 20, 1961, John F. Kennedy (JFK), the second youngest President of the United States, was sworn into office (The youngest was Theodore Roosevelt at 42). Kennedy was the first Roman Catholic to be elected to that position by a very slim margin of 118,000 votes out of 69 million cast. His inaugural address […]
August 27, 2020
That Greatest Catastrophe
At the dawn of human history, before the formation of tribes and nations, a calamity with unimaginable scope and reach rocked creation. For those personally involved, nothing would be the same – their previous reality was ripped away, relationships were ruptured, every aspect of their lives indelibly shattered. Nothing worse could have happened. For the […]
