In many Pentecostal church services, music isn’t just background. It’s the emotional engine driving the entire experience. In this episode, we walk through a modern Pentecostal service step by step to show how music is often used to set the atmosphere, escalate emotions, and shape how people respond to preaching and altar calls. After serving as church musicians for 25 years, we share insider insight into the techniques that can make a room feel deeply spiritual, even when something very different may be happening. We also discuss how emotionally charged environments can make it easier for bad theology and bad doctrine to slip into people’s hearts without being tested against Scripture. And most importantly, we encourage listeners to ground their faith in truth rather than emotional hype.

I will sing praise with my spirit, but I will sing with my mind also. - 1 Corinthians 14:15 ESV

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Exposing Pentecostal Leaders: The Predictable Backlash of Men in Power - EP126

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Full Podcast Playlist⁠ - Youtube

Holiness Standards

The Church Building

Examining Pentecostalism

The “MOG” (Man of God)

All About The Money

Abuse In The Pulpit

Addressing NAYC Comments

FEAR!!! FEAR!!! FEAR!!!

Show Links:
Music or Manipulation? - EP09

A Dangerous Place in Church - EP12

Benson Holmes - “we don’t need music”

Peyton Bradford - “an emotional thing”

Tyler Walea - “do you feel that?”

SoCal HYHC - “c’mon young people”

WD Camp Meeting 2024 - “entertain God’s presence”

Eastgate UPC - “would you make it loud”

David Puentes - “the HG took over”

Capital Community Church - “pentecostal in experience”

FPCNLR - “God will give you a miracle”

“Heaven” - “let it pour like rain”

Kalee Bernard - “oh c’mon, ladies”

UPCI Live in London

Cody Marks - “I loose you”

Taylor Fish - “I haven’t done enough”

Cornelius Williams - “first to the altar”

Doug Klinedinst - “breaking out to break in”

Gerardo Diaz - removed from YouTube

Resources:

DivideTheWord.blog

Responsible Faith - YouTube

Spiritualabuse.org
B.I.T.E. Model ⁠Website 

B.I.T.E. Model ⁠Free PDF
Book: Toxic Faith

Book: The Subtle Power of Spiritual Abuse

Books: Pagan Christianity? Exploring the Roots of Our Church Practices

Book: Christianity without the Cross: A History of Salvation in Oneness Pentecostalism

Book: Free: From Legalism to Grace

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