by Salvador Ung Hayworth | May 23, 2024 | Counterfeit, Deceiver, Deception, Evil, False Prophecy, False Prophet, False Teacher, Hyper-charismatic, Occultism, Poverty, Sangoma, Word Faith, Worldview
In part 1 we looked at Cultural Influences Among Some African Word of Faith Adherents. Syncretism has been and continues to be a major danger that arises any time the Gospel penetrates a cultural context. The merging, at times imperceptible merging, or syncretizing of...
by Salvador Ung Hayworth | May 16, 2024 | Deception, Evil, Hyper-charismatic, Necromancy, Occultism, Poverty, Sangoma, Sorcery, Woke, Word Faith, Worldview
I am not sure when I first thought of the idea for making the two documentaries that I produced and directed. I am aware that it was either before or during 2012. But I do remember the catalyst. My good friend Mujuru, a Shona from Zimbabwe, visited us in the northern...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Apr 11, 2024 | Ambassador, Atheism, Atheist, Despair, Evil, Friedrich Nietzsche, Morality, Morality Tale, Nietzsche, Paganism, Richard Dawkins, Social tyranny, Tom Holland
Succumbing to evil is most often a gradual process. This is true for an individual, a group, a nation, and even a culture. Often, transformation is imperceptible to those being transformed – until the rot in their soul is too advanced to be easily reversed. In William...
by Carl Teichrib | Aug 27, 2020 | Deception, Depravity, Evil, Heresy, Idols, Paradise, Self deceived
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,...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Jun 4, 2020 | Bible, Evil, Fear, Forgiveness, Good Works, Gospel, Grace, Salvation
When talking with unbelievers, non-Christians, atheists, etc., the question underlying their objection to the faith is almost never, “Why do good things happen to bad people?” Usually their question is more along the lines of “Why is there evil?” “Why is there rape?”...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Apr 19, 2018 | Culture and Society, David Hogg, Events, Evil, Free Speech, Gun Control, Hate, Mass Shootings, Politics, Progressive education, Progressives
In 1968, the film Wild in the Streets was released. The premise was a simple and a somewhat satirical jab at the burgeoning “anti-establishment,” counter-cultural revolution that was rampant at the time. A senator, played by Hal Holbrook, and Max Frost, a 22 year...
