by Stephanie A Potts | Oct 30, 2025 | Apologetics, Church Fathers, Discernment, Discipleship, False gods, False Teacher, Idolatry, Indigenous people, Paganism, Panentheism, Redemption
In chapter two of my newly released book Social Justice and the Deification of Man: What to Know When Talking with the Christian Left, I discuss the dangers of making God in our own image in order to make the gospel more appealing to oppressed people groups....
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 Joy Veinot | Jul 31, 2025 | Buddhism, Conspiracy Theories, Counterfeit, Cults and Religions, False gods, False Teacher, Immorality, Jehovah's Witnesses, karma, MCOI Journal, Mormonism, Pantheism, Reincarnation, Relativism, Roman Catholic, Salvation, Scientology, September/October 1996
(Originally printed in the September/October 1996 Issue of the MCOI Journal) There is a cult system for everyone. There are more cults and cult-like organizations in our society today than I have space here to list. Each holds appeal for a different type of person,...
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 | May 15, 2025 | Agnostic, Atheism, Atheist, Biblical Ethics, Biblical Justice, Buddhism, Deity of Christ, Eastern Mysticism, Evolution, False gods, Forgiveness, Good News, Gospel, Hinduism, Idolatry, Idols, Incarnation, Jesus, Jesus Resurrection, Jewish, Jews, Nihilism, Occult, Occultism, Salvation
Questions about faith and faith claims are important. Whether the person asking the question is genuinely seeking an answer or attempting to pose a rhetorical “gotcha” question is not always clear. For example, GatoNegro777 posted a challenge to our webcast “No...