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 | 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...
