by Stephanie A Potts | Jan 8, 2026 | Cults and Religions, Death, Heresy, Idolatry, Idols, mysticism, Occultism, Paganism, Roman Catholic, Santa Muerte, Santeria, Satan, Spiritism, Spiritual AIDS, Terrorism, Voodoo
The death cult of Santa Muerte appears briefly in TV and movie cartel/crime stories, like AMC’s Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, as a powerful, ambiguous figure related to death, protection, or dark forces. There are even darker programs, such as the 2022 film Santa...
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 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 | May 29, 2025 | Apocalyptic, Deception, Eschatology, Hamas, Idolatry, Islam, Israel, Jewish, Jews, Judaism, Muslim, Palestinian
Most of the Old Testament is the story and history of a family. The first we learn of the patriarch of the family, Abram, (later changed to Abraham in Genesis 17:5) was in the lineage of Shem’s descendants in Genesis 11:10-26. In verse 26 of chapter 11, the writer...
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...
by Ivani Greppi | Feb 6, 2025 | #Blacklivesmatter, Idolatry, Occult, Paganism, Santería, Voodoo, Yoruba
The Grave Robbers of Palo Mayombe In Part I of this article we discussed Santería, an Afro-Caribbean religion rooted in the Yoruba people of West Africa. Santería, like many African diaspora religions practiced around the world like Haitian Voodoo, Brazilian...
