by Don and Joy Veinot | Sep 11, 2025 | Angels, Bible, Elohim, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jewish, Masoretes, Michael Heiser, Watchtower Bible and Tract Society
Our friend, the late Dr. James Sire, wrote a very helpful book, released on October 1, 1980, titled Scripture Twisting: 20 Ways the Cults Misread the Bible. This book has been a great help to many trying to understand the various ways the Bible can be misread....
by Don and Joy Veinot | Aug 28, 2025 | Angels, context, Elohim, Idolatry, Idols, Jesus, Jewish, Michael Heiser, Paganism
In the book, Practically Radical, American writer, speaker, and entrepreneur William C. Taylor seems to have coined the phrase, “Just because you can doesn’t mean you should.” This has applications in several areas, even including biblical translation and...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Aug 21, 2025 | Angels, context, Elohim, False gods, Hinduism, Idols, Israel, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jesus, Jewish, Michael Heiser, Mormon, Mormonism
Early on in talking with Jehovah’s Witnesses, we noticed something interesting about their view of God in their New World Translation of the Bible. While they SAY there is only one God, they have at least two separate gods in their teaching. One is Jehovah, and the...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Jul 3, 2025 | Angels, context, Elohim, False gods, Hermeneutics, Idols, Jewish, Michael Heiser
At times, the Bible offers us glimpses of what lies beyond the veil of our physical plane of earthly existence, where angels, demons, the souls of the saved who have passed into His presence, and God Himself dwell. In Isaiah 6, the prophet records a vision where he...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Feb 29, 2024 | Angels, Elohim, Hermeneutics, Jehovah's Witnesses, Resurrection, Theological liberalism
Have you noticed there is a strong attraction to secret knowledge?1The Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary gives a number of definitions for “Secret” including: “kept from knowledge or view : HIDDEN,” “revealed only to the initiated : ESOTERIC,” “something kept hidden...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Feb 16, 2023 | Angel of the Lord, Angels, Church Councils, Deity of Christ, Gwen Shamblin, Jehovah's Witnesses, Weigh Down Workshop
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...
