In this episode, Brian Auten interviews Steve Kozar, who runs The Messed Up Church YouTube channel. His channel exposes the error of false teachings. You’ll find videos on the word of faith movement, the prosperity Gospel, NAR, and a lot of the most damaging teachings that need to be exposed and called out.

0:25 - Intro
3:00 - Interview begins
3:10 - How Steve’s blog and YouTube channel got started
18:13 - The catalyst for Steve doing deeper digging into scripture
20:48 - Irritating people, or getting their attention?
26:30 - The morphing and overlapping of false teachings
32:03 - The danger of pragmatism at the expense of the Gospel
33:28 - What’s the fundamental issue behind these movements?
38:17 - How does one detox from so much false teaching?
41:19 - False teaching enabling spiritual abuse and vice versa
41:53 - The love of money
49:15 - Getting the next dopamine hit from church experiences
50:11 - Thought-stopping devices
54:30 - The challenge of questioning false teachings and re-examining our beliefs
1:00:00 - Having the courage to question
1:01:45 - Positive and negative responses to Steve’s videos

RESOURCES:
The Messed Up Church (YouTube Channel)
www.youtube.com/c/StevenKozarMessedUpChurch

Steven’s The Messed Up Church website:
www.themessedupchurch.com

Steven Kozar’s artwork:
www.stevenkozar.com

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