A Christian blog encouraging people to worship only the Creator, not idols, and sharing how Jesus Christ changes lives.https://stopidolworship.com/https://stopidolworship.com/blog/graham-staines-and-the-forgiveness-that-stunned-india/https://stopidolworship.com/blog/graham-staines-and-the-forgiveness-that-stunned-india/Some stories are so dark that it is hard to believe they happened. It is also a story of something so unexpected that it made a nation stop and look.Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://stopidolworship.com/blog/the-carpenter-and-his-firewood/https://stopidolworship.com/blog/the-carpenter-and-his-firewood/It describes a man at work in his workshop, and it asks a question that is hard to answer: if he made the god, in what sense is it a god?Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://stopidolworship.com/blog/arrested-for-a-birthday-party/https://stopidolworship.com/blog/arrested-for-a-birthday-party/Picture a small village home. A couple has invited friends and relatives to celebrate their daughter’s fifth birthday. By the end of the day, seven of those guests are in police custody.Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://stopidolworship.com/blog/dagon-fell-on-his-face/https://stopidolworship.com/blog/dagon-fell-on-his-face/It is also one of the clearest pictures in the Bible of what happens when a made-up god stands next to the living God.Fri, 04 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://stopidolworship.com/blog/older-than-hinduism-the-first-worship/https://stopidolworship.com/blog/older-than-hinduism-the-first-worship/It says the first human beings did not begin with many gods. They began with one Creator, and idol worship came afterward as a departure from Him.Thu, 23 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://stopidolworship.com/blog/one-mediator/https://stopidolworship.com/blog/one-mediator/A person who wants to reach God is told he cannot do it alone, and that there is always someone he must go through first.Sun, 05 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://stopidolworship.com/blog/when-the-rulers-look-away/https://stopidolworship.com/blog/when-the-rulers-look-away/The year 2026 began in India with Christians being beaten, accused and arrested, while the people responsible were rarely held to account.Sat, 20 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://stopidolworship.com/blog/show-me-the-manuscript/https://stopidolworship.com/blog/show-me-the-manuscript/Let’s compare what we actually have in our hands for the Vedas and for the Bible, and be honest about both.Thu, 14 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://stopidolworship.com/blog/can-any-other-god-show-you-his-empty-tomb/https://stopidolworship.com/blog/can-any-other-god-show-you-his-empty-tomb/Only one stakes everything on an event that could have been disproved in a single afternoon: a tomb that was found empty.Tue, 21 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://stopidolworship.com/blog/sanatan-dharma-eternal-is-not-oldest/https://stopidolworship.com/blog/sanatan-dharma-eternal-is-not-oldest/The point is that “ancient” and “eternal” are claims about age, not claims about truth.Sat, 07 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://stopidolworship.com/blog/before-abraham-was-i-am/https://stopidolworship.com/blog/before-abraham-was-i-am/Seven times He said “I am,” each time followed by something only God could be.Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://stopidolworship.com/blog/the-caste-system-is-a-lie/https://stopidolworship.com/blog/the-caste-system-is-a-lie/I am writing because the system is false, and because the God who made us says something very different about every human being.Thu, 08 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://stopidolworship.com/blog/stop-worshipping-idols/https://stopidolworship.com/blog/stop-worshipping-idols/So this is my plea to my Hindu friends and family: please stop worshipping idols, and turn to the God who is alive.Sun, 28 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://stopidolworship.com/blog/choose-you-this-day/https://stopidolworship.com/blog/choose-you-this-day/He had led Israel into the Promised Land, and before he died he gathered the whole nation at Shechem and asked them a question we still have to answer: who will you serve?Sun, 14 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://stopidolworship.com/blog/death-threats-for-the-gospel/https://stopidolworship.com/blog/death-threats-for-the-gospel/I never thought I would receive death threats for sharing the gospel. So let us talk about what our Lord said about persecution.Sun, 30 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://stopidolworship.com/blog/the-golden-calf-and-cow-worship/https://stopidolworship.com/blog/the-golden-calf-and-cow-worship/I’m in India right now, and I’m seeing people bow down to cows.Wed, 26 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://stopidolworship.com/blog/when-faith-becomes-a-crime/https://stopidolworship.com/blog/when-faith-becomes-a-crime/That is how anti-conversion laws work in practice across a growing number of Indian states, and the political movement pushing them is Hindutva, led by the RSS and carried into government by the BJP.Tue, 18 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://stopidolworship.com/blog/born-from-the-feet/https://stopidolworship.com/blog/born-from-the-feet/Imagine being told, before you can speak your first word, that your whole life is already decided.Thu, 16 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://stopidolworship.com/blog/behind-the-idol/https://stopidolworship.com/blog/behind-the-idol/I’m writing because the Bible makes a serious claim about what stands behind idol worship, and anyone who loves Hindu friends and family should say it plainly and gently.Wed, 01 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://stopidolworship.com/blog/the-message-india-and-america-both-need/https://stopidolworship.com/blog/the-message-india-and-america-both-need/Billy Graham (1918-2018) preached to enormous crowds on every inhabited continent, and he did not change his message to suit the audience.Sat, 20 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://stopidolworship.com/blog/grace-not-karma/https://stopidolworship.com/blog/grace-not-karma/I was raised in a Hindu family, and I know the questions family members ask when someone leaves: Why leave the religion of your ancestors? Why choose a faith from the West?Tue, 02 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://stopidolworship.com/blog/old-is-not-the-same-as-true/https://stopidolworship.com/blog/old-is-not-the-same-as-true/Many people in India grow up hearing that Hinduism is the oldest religion, so why would anyone leave it?Tue, 19 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://stopidolworship.com/blog/god-alone-is-worthy/https://stopidolworship.com/blog/god-alone-is-worthy/Every generation faces the same test: will we bow to what people have made, or stay loyal to the God who made us?Sat, 02 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT