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  • E205 Battle for Your Soul

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    Today's guest shares a redemption story that runs through childhood spiritual sensitivity, occult deception, counterfeit supernatural power, and a real encounter with Jesus that changed everything. This episode moves from dark spiritual territory into healing, deliverance, identity, and the power of Christ to restore what the enemy tried to claim.  Brandon chats with Wendy Sadd.

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    Timestamps:
    00:03:10 Bloodlines, trauma, iniquity, and the blood of Jesus
    00:08:02 The church to cauldron pipeline
    00:12:39 Pennsylvania roots, church history, and Masonic ties in the bloodline
    00:14:55 Childhood demonic encounters and early spiritual sensitivity
    00:17:58 Scrying, automatic writing, and early occult behavior
    00:20:20 The voice at sixteen and the prophecy that marked her path
    00:27:24 Turning 42, getting red-pilled, and starting the search for God
    00:29:35 Why spiritually hungry people can drift into counterfeit power
    00:34:24 Under the tutelage of occult teachers and a New Age walk-in
    00:39:02 Light body activation and astral travel
    00:41:18 A face to face encounter with another Jesus
    00:47:59 Spiritual interference during the recording and live prayer
    00:52:31 Reiki, yoga, worship, and the body in spiritual practice
    00:59:25 Reiki training and demonic beings attached to healing sessions
    01:01:46 The Lords of Karma and the Akashic records
    01:04:15 Council encounter and fear in meditation
    01:07:42 Night terror, levitation, and angelic intervention
    01:08:52 God begins pulling Wendy out of the occult
    01:12:55 Seeing what was operating behind an occult mentor
    01:19:39 Repentance, burning occult objects, and returning to Jesus
    01:26:22 Nigerian prayer warrior, spiritual authority, and bloodline warfare
    01:28:45 Instant healing of a lump at a conference
    01:32:11 Grocery store word of knowledge and healing testimony
    01:36:30 Warning a former friend to repent and close the door
    01:38:24 Yeti encounter near Pilot Mountain
    01:49:58 The danger of fear based spiritual legalism
    01:52:26 Freedom in Jesus for people trapped in the occult
    01:54:43 Romans 8 and the invitation to come home to Christ
    01:56:56 Next steps for new believers coming out of the occult

    2 hr 1 min
  • E204 [Rewind] What Do You Do With a Bible That Refuses to Stay Ordinary?

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    What do you do with a Bible that refuses to stay ordinary?

    In this episode, Brandon and Lindsy sit down with returning guest Ryan Anderson to explore one of the wildest questions they’ve tackled yet: does the Bible actually present a case for time travel? What starts as a conversation about God creating time quickly opens into a sweeping discussion about Moses, Elijah, the Mount of Transfiguration, prophetic timing, and whether certain passages make more sense when read through a deeper biblical lens.

    Ryan lays out his case that time is part of creation itself, meaning the God who made it is not bound by it. From Hezekiah’s sundial to Joshua’s long day to Moses asking to see God’s glory, the conversation traces moments in Scripture that seem to suggest time is more flexible than most believers assume. Then things really get interesting as Ryan connects Moses and Elijah’s encounters on the mountain with Jesus’ transfiguration, proposing that what happened there may have been more than a vision. It may have been a convergence across ages.

    Along the way, the conversation touches the gap theory, Lucifer traditions, Hebrew word studies, old earth questions, typology, the law and the prophets, and why the Bible may be far stranger and more supernatural than most modern readers were taught to expect.

    This one is not about chasing novelty. It is about asking whether the text itself is bigger, deeper, and more charged with mystery than we’ve allowed.

    Timestamps:
    00:00:30 Intro and setup for a stretching conversation
    00:02:53 Ryan Anderson on his background and upcoming book
    00:03:45 Pre-Adamic history gap theory and Lucifer questions
    00:05:18 Bible translations manuscript issues and original language discussion
    00:07:41 Hebrew wording and Lucifer wanting to be like the Most High
    00:10:01 Adam angels and the possibility of a prior order
    00:12:26 Psalm 8 Lucifer protest theory and the question what is man
    00:14:50 When did Satan actually fall
    00:17:14 Jerusalem Jericho moon symbolism and prophetic reading
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    00:19:44 Brandon on other theories of Satan’s fall and post-Covid biblical supernaturalism
    00:24:32 The main question can the Bible support time travel
    00:26:51 God created time and stands outside it
    00:31:41 Heaven eternity and different experiences of time
    00:34:05 Hezekiah sundial Joshua and biblical mastery over time
    00:36:23 Moses asks to see God’s glory
    00:38:46 Hebrew word study on face before and behind
    00:41:12 Elijah on the mountain and the Lord passing by
    00:43:39 The Mount of Transfiguration as possible convergence point
    00:46:03 Did God bring Moses and Elijah into the future
    00:50:51 Moses burial Michael and Satan disputing the body
    00:53:16 Elisha double portion and Moses Elijah typology
    00:55:35 Brandon and Lindsy respond to Ryan’s theory
    00:57:51 Apocrypha Enoch Jasher and interpretive value
    01:00:00 Ryan on why he’s writing the new book
    01:02:16 Brandon on theory building and scholarly work
    01:04:18 Favorite time travel movies

    1 hr 10 min
  • E203 Hearing Heart

    For a long time, the church has assumed that if people just receive the right teaching, real transformation will follow. But this conversation pushes back on that idea in a big way.

    Michael Sullivant joins Brandon and Jen to explore what happens when brain science, attachment theory, and spiritual formation are brought into the same room. They unpack how the human brain was designed for belonging, why attachment is central to identity, and how emotional and relational maturity have too often been separated from spiritual maturity.

    The conversation moves into the difference between left-brained information and right-brained formation, how trauma leaves unfinished stories in people, and why joy is not a side issue but a major part of becoming like Christ. Michael also shares practical rhythms that can help rewire the brain toward peace, gratitude, and deeper connection with God and community.

    This one gets into discipleship, healing, joy, trauma, gratitude, group identity, healthy correction, and why the church may be overdue for a relational reformation.

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    Timestamps:
    00:00:51 Why information alone does not create maturity
    00:03:17 Michael Sullivan’s background and conversion story
    00:07:57 From church leadership to Life Model Works and Radius Ministries
    00:10:19 What Radius Ministries does
    00:13:00 What neurotheology means
    00:15:07 Defining attachment and why it matters
    00:17:31 Attachment love and the image of God
    00:19:55 Adoption, belonging, and relational need
    00:22:19 Marriage, attachment, and why people matter most
    00:24:44 Attachment, addiction, and the right hemisphere
    00:26:52 Attachment to God and attachment to community
    00:29:09 Emotional maturity and spiritual maturity belong together
    00:31:32 Why the right hemisphere matters in discipleship
    00:33:56 Trauma as an unfinished story
    00:36:15 How to begin building healthy attachment with God
    00:38:40 Gratitude as a practice that rewires the brain
    00:41:06 Greeting, joy, and golden memories
    00:43:27 Golden memories and recognizing God’s presence
    00:45:54 Joy, sacred moments, and God memories
    00:48:17 Revisiting meaningful moments with Jesus
    00:50:39 Why feelings matter more than many Christians were taught
    00:53:00 Log jams, deep healing, and releasing what is already in us
    00:55:20 What it looks like to practice the disciplines of joy
    00:57:43 Love as gladness to be with someone
    01:00:09 Group identity and healthy correction
    01:02:34 Joy resistance and starting small
    01:05:00 Joy capacity and contagious peace
    01:06:58 Regulating the right hemisphere and identity practice
    01:09:23 Tongues, trust, and right-brain spirituality
    01:11:47 Five minutes of gratitude three times a day
    01:14:10 Trauma, fear, and the Holy Spirit as the spirit of mental health
    01:17:28 Jesus in the trauma story
    01:19:52 Humility, healing, and rich soil
    01:22:15 Relational reformation and the future of the church
    01:26:40 Recommended books and resources

    1 hr 33 min
  • E202 The Sightings No One Can Explain

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    What happens when too many eyewitness accounts start sounding alike to ignore?

    In this episode, Marcus Ellis returns to the show to talk about the rise in Dogman reports, the work of the North American Dogman Project, and the kinds of encounters that leave people shaken for years. He explains why he sees Dogman as distinct from Sasquatch, what witnesses most often describe, and why these cases seem to carry a different kind of fear than most Bigfoot reports.

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    Timestamps:

     00:00:51  Dogman as a question at the edge of folklore and the unseen realm
     00:03:13 Marcus shares his role with the North American Dogman Project
     00:05:39 Why Dogman encounters are treated more seriously than many Bigfoot cases
     00:08:06 Why Marcus no longer sees Dogman as misidentified Sasquatch
     00:10:37 The fear and trauma witnesses report after close encounters
     00:13:03 Why Dogman gets less public acceptance especially in the Bible Belt
     00:15:31 Bigfoot Dogman and the turn toward paranormal explanations
     00:17:59 Dogman vs Bigfoot and why Dogman reports feel darker
     00:20:27 Marcus recounts a Dogman sighting at Sky Lake
     00:22:48 Todd’s terrifying face to face encounter in the woods
     00:27:40 Yazoo County Sky Lake and Mississippi hotspot discussion
     00:30:03 Strange locations local reports and more Mississippi stories
     00:32:31 Why these creatures may be dangerous even if they do not always attack
     00:34:51 SRT team reports and questions about DNA and government interest
     00:37:22 Claims of government monitoring and asset theories
     00:39:47 What Dogman reportedly looks like according to witnesses
     00:44:37 Fear flesh and blood reality and the spiritual feel of encounters
     00:47:00 Shape shifting skinwalker theories and why Marcus stays open but cautious
     00:51:51 Dogman Nephilim and fitting cryptids into a biblical worldview
     00:56:44 Giants abominations and why Canaan comes into the discussion
     01:01:38 Blood defilement bestiality and corruption themes in scripture
     01:04:02 Reptilian reports skepticism and eyewitness credibility
     01:06:24 Why biblical and scientific lenses may both matter
     01:11:06 The Bible as a supernatural book and not just a naturalistic text
     01:13:27 Demon in the gaps and the danger of overexplaining everything spiritually
     01:18:24 Biggest misconceptions about Dogman and fear of the outdoors
     01:23:11 Are there male and female Dogman reports
     01:25:31 Where to contact Marcus and the North American Dogman Project

    22 min
  • E201 Out of Alignment: Why You’re Stuck (And How to Actually Get Free)

    In this episode, we go beyond surface-level healing and step into the deeper mechanics of how the body, mind, and spirit actually work together. This isn’t about chasing trends or adopting buzzwords—it’s about understanding design.

    We unpack how trauma is stored, why subconscious beliefs shape your reality, and what it really means to come back into alignment with how God created you to function.  From quantum principles and nervous system regulation to identity, sonship, and the power of belief—this conversation challenges the idea that we’re broken and replaces it with something far more dangerous:

    That we’ve simply been out of alignment. If you’ve ever wondered why healing feels inconsistent, why certain struggles won’t go away, or why your prayers sometimes feel blocked… this one will hit different. And it might just change how you see everything.

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    Timestamps:
    00:00:04 Anxiety fear and why you cannot pray effectively in fear
    00:00:28 Unrefined intro and sponsor call to action
    00:00:51 Why this conversation goes deeper than surface level healing
    00:03:08 The subconscious as the missing piece in healing
    00:05:26 God did not design us broken
    00:07:40 Alignment vs brokenness framework explained
    00:10:07 Science and theology working together
    00:12:31 Allopathic medicine vs natural healing tension
    00:14:51 Subconscious beliefs and frequency explained
    00:17:14 Why fear and shame keep people stuck
    00:19:42 Sonship identity and authority over the earth
    00:21:59 Real example of hidden beliefs affecting life
    00:24:25 Reclaiming what the enemy has distorted
    00:26:48 Misuse vs proper use of spiritual principles
    00:29:08 Energy modalities and alignment with the practitioner
    00:31:28 Bless baptize or burn framework
    00:33:44 What muscle testing actually measures
    00:36:06 How the subconscious stores memory and trauma
    00:40:56 Nutrition and body response through energy
    00:43:18 Truth vs lie responses in the body
    00:45:42 Quantum communication and spiritual discernment
    00:48:05 Real case study of spiritual root cause healing
    00:52:53 Why the body lacks energy to heal
    00:55:16 Healing is not linear process
    00:59:59 Conviction vs condemnation in healing
    01:02:21 Vision boards intention and alignment
    01:07:01 God giving desires vs performance mindset
    01:11:39 Poverty mindset vs abundance
    01:14:06 Vision and belief shaping reality
    01:18:59 Sonship vs new age identity
    01:21:03 Biggest lie about healing
    01:23:24 Forgiveness beyond words
    01:25:52 Nervous system and triggers
    01:29:45 Self sabotage and success blocks
    01:33:46 Limiting beliefs and fear of influence
    01:36:13 Double binds explained
    01:41:02 Personal story of root belief formation
    01:43:24 Final thoughts on IBRT and healing tools
    01:45:38 How to connect and learn more

    1 hr 52 min
  • E200 Stop Feeding the Pain

    In this our 200th episode of the Unrefined Podcast, Brandon continues his conversation with Jennifer Johnson on judgment in the heart, emotional healing, biblical meditation, identity in Christ, and practical heart transformation. They discuss Dr. Jim Richards’ How to Stop the Pain, the difference between head knowledge and heart knowledge, how judgment creates pain cycles, and why peace, healing, and healthy relationships begin with renewing the mind and writing truth on the heart. This episode is a powerful look at Christian emotional healing, heart beliefs, forgiveness, journaling, biblical identity, and how to walk in peace and freedom.

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    Timestamps:
    00:00:52 Introduction to Jennifer Johnson and part two setup
    00:01:20 Brandon shares personal testimony of depression and heart physics journey
    00:02:10 Importance of community and safe relationships in healing
    00:03:11 Introducing How to Stop the Pain and discussion direction
    00:04:10 Jennifer’s first encounter with Dr Jim Richards teachings
    00:05:00 Initial skepticism about sending away offense
    00:05:31 Story of offense and first practical application of sending it away
    00:07:00 Decision making and intention in heart transformation
    00:07:57 Immediate shift when choosing to release offense
    00:08:45 Pain is inevitable suffering is optional explained
    00:09:20 Brandon shares real life example from same morning
    00:10:08 Not about words but intention and heart posture
    00:10:45 Jennifer shares recent repentance for judgment
    00:12:00 How judgment operates and distorts perception
    00:12:27 Log in your own eye and focusing on faults
    00:13:30 How judgment snowballs into relational breakdown
    00:14:53 Twisted perception and spiritual distortion explained
    00:15:50 Becoming what you behold and sowing and reaping
    00:17:11 Law of the seed and identity transformation
    00:18:00 Identity crisis in culture and Genesis foundation
    00:19:28 Head knowledge vs heart knowledge
    00:20:10 God as a heart God and new heart reality
    00:21:52 Mind as gatekeeper and renewing the mind
    00:23:00 What righteousness actually means in practice
    00:24:11 Simplicity of believing who God says you are
    00:25:00 Engaging imagination in transformation
    00:26:32 Meditation reframed from biblical perspective
    00:27:30 Writing beliefs on the heart through emotion and imagery
    00:28:52 Identity illustration through royal family analogy
    00:30:00 House of David example and engaging scripture emotionally
    00:31:01 Imagination activating deeper understanding of scripture
    00:33:21 Living out of identity and supernatural expectation
    00:35:42 Faith vs fear and emotional belief systems
    00:36:30 Confession vs heart belief disconnect
    00:38:04 Living from the heart not behavior modification
    00:40:29 How heart beliefs are formed subconsciously
    00:42:51 Writing new beliefs through truth and scripture
    00:45:16 Identity producing promises and virtues
    00:47:35 Living from promises not striving
    00:49:57 Journaling as a tool for heart transformation
    00:52:18 Simple journaling practices and starting small
    00:54:33 Brandon realization about control and quiet time
    00:56:57 Journaling revealing hidden beliefs
    00:59:20 God reveals to heal not condemn
    01:01:38 First step to dismantling judgment
    01:03:11 Fixing others vs choosing peace
    01:04:01 Power of safe community without judgment
    01:06:16 Boundaries vs threats explained
    01:08:35 Judgment vs discernment tension
    01:11:00 Letting go of pain instead of holding offense
    01:13:20 Choosing righteousness over being right
    01:15:21 Identity transformation and encouragement
    01:17:14 Final thoughts and emotional closing

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    1 hr 22 min
  • E199 Behind Humanity: Mental Health and the Unseen Realm

    There is a growing conversation happening around trauma, mental health, spiritual warfare, and the unseen realm and this episode steps right into it.  Brandon and the Unrefined crew sit down with Dr. Natalie Atwell to explore what happens when human struggle is treated only through a clinical lens and the spiritual dimension is ignored. Dr. Atwell shares from her work as a clinical mental health therapist, educator, and researcher, explaining why some issues that present as mental health struggles may also carry deeper spiritual roots.

    This conversation covers trauma, epigenetics, attachment, generational patterns, personality disorders, suicide, dissociation, Freemasonry, occult influence, deliverance, inner healing, brain science, and the divine council worldview. Rather than reducing everything to demons or dismissing the supernatural entirely, this episode presses into a more integrated biblical framework for healing and freedom.

    If you’ve wrestled with depression, spiritual oppression, church trauma, counseling, or the question of how the unseen realm intersects with real life, this episode gives language to a conversation many people have felt but never knew how to articulate.

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    Timestamps:
    00:00:07 There are spiritual beings out there who have influenced us negatively
    00:00:51 Intro to mental health spiritual formation and the unseen realm
    00:03:10 Dr Natalie Atwell shares her background in counseling and Liberty University
    00:05:30 When clinical explanations stopped being enough
    00:07:46 Why some mental health struggles may have spiritual roots
    00:09:50 The cost of ignoring the unseen realm in modern mental health
    00:12:01 Why spiritual darkness questions rarely get asked in therapy
    00:14:23 Trauma early experiences and the imprint they leave
    00:16:48 The Body Keeps the Score trauma and generational patterns
    00:19:03 Epigenetics faith and healing
    00:21:11 Why spirituality alone is not enough if darkness is ignored
    00:23:20 Suicide spiritual oppression and going to war with the lie
    00:25:38 How skeptical therapists respond to this framework
    00:27:44 A case study involving dissociation and Freemasonry
    00:29:48 Personal testimony of darkness depression and survival
    00:32:03 Layered healing trauma choices and demonic influence
    00:34:04 Fraternal orders sororities and hidden influence
    00:36:28 The gray areas and asking better questions
    00:38:50 The Holy Spirit and discernment in counseling
    00:41:14 Why the divine council worldview matters for real people
    00:43:24 Why children may be targeted and the value they carry
    00:45:48 Assessing darkness without blaming everything on demons
    00:47:57 Narcissism pride attachment disorder and Babel
    00:50:16 How to distinguish trauma from spiritual oppression
    00:53:03 Finished work inner healing and the long road of restoration
    00:57:39 Renewing the mind after deliverance and healing
    00:59:35 Community attachment and why the church must show up
    01:01:55 What Christian mental health care could look like in five years
    01:04:08 SRA alien abduction language and believing people’s stories
    01:06:33 How pastors should respond to strange or disturbing testimonies
    01:08:56 House of David giants and the supernatural worldview of scripture
    01:11:02 Preparing the church for stranger days ahead
    01:12:35 Final encouragement greater is He who is in you

    1 hr 16 min
  • E198 ORP: The Rest of the Story

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    What happens when you keep pulling on the thread and realize the system goes deeper than you thought?

    In part two with Jason Spears and Christopher Dean of Operation Red Pill, Brandon picks the conversation right back up where it left off and pushes into one of the biggest tensions in the fringe space: how do you stay open to what’s real without drifting into nonsense? What follows is a sharp, honest, and surprisingly grounded conversation about discernment, patience, the limits of logic, the role of the Holy Spirit, and why the Bible is more than a reference book. It is a lens, a framework, and a fixed point in a world designed to keep people disoriented.

    They get into Mandela Effect claims, pareidolia, current events, spiritual manipulation, the church as counterforce, and the satanic control matrix as a reaction to what Christ has already accomplished. Add in stories about divine protection, coffee paid for by God, truck fires, Mercury years, and a prayer to close it all out, and you’ve got an episode that goes from heady to deeply personal in a hurry.

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    Timestamps:
    00:03:15 Discernment conspiracy facts and avoiding pareidolia
     00:05:31 Patience current events and using the Bible as a window
     00:07:51 Mandela Effect false memory and attacks on the Bible
     00:10:15 War doctrine scripture and filtering misinformation
     00:12:31 Logic Holy Spirit and resisting sensationalism
     00:14:55 Straight out of Troja and why logic alone can fail
     00:17:21 Fixed points Mercury time and God’s perspective
     00:19:39 Age time and the limits of human frameworks
     00:22:03 The Bible as the codebook against the control matrix
     00:24:24 House of David giants and seeing scripture differently
     00:26:45 Divine calendar secular time and cultural manipulation
     00:29:09 Individual societal and global control as reaction to the gospel
     

    32 min
  • E197 You’ve Been Drafted: The Ongoing War for Your Mind and Soul

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    Brandon, Lindsy and the Unrefined crew sit down with Jason Spears and Christopher Dean of Operation Red Pill to map the “satanic control matrix”—a framework for how culture, media, education, and systems of power shape the way people think, feel, and live. They unpack brainwashing stages (desensitization, jamming, conversion), symbolism in entertainment, and practical ways to unplug without living in paranoia. AND MORE. 

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    Timestamps:
    00:00:50 Brandon introduces the crew and Operation Red Pill
    00:03:05 The satanic control matrix begins how they got into this
    00:05:28 The origin story starts and the flood question at work
    00:07:46 Hidden messaging and the MCU breakdown concept
    00:09:54 When the satanic control matrix language formed
    00:12:10 The theology argument and why Christopher saw room to grow
    00:14:39 Starbucks moment the framework starts getting written
    00:17:03 Definition of the satanic control matrix and the cosmic chessboard
    00:19:24 Why this framework helps connect the big narrative
    00:21:43 Desensitization explained and exposure changes responses
    00:24:03 Noticing language and content shifts over time
    00:26:24 Jamming social pressure labeling and coercion
    00:28:44 Conversion narratives and the AI programming example
    00:31:08 Everything becomes weaponized in culture against people
    00:33:31 Top Gun symbolism moment and nothing feels safe
    00:35:58 How to use this information without losing hope
    00:38:15 Overload distraction and why people cannot think clearly
    00:40:42 Reticular activating system and cognitive rigidity
    00:43:07 Community sanity and changing your relationship with tech
    00:45:29 Quiet time and the mind of Christ in a noisy age
    00:47:50 Practical steps disrupting screens and stimulation
    00:50:17 Why Jesus took quiet and why that matters
    00:52:35 How to stay sane and conspiracy fatigue
    00:53:06 Practical unplugging tips lights on subtitles pause mid movie
    00:55:30 Brainwave shift and why screens lower resistance
    00:57:48 Ammo stacking and staying on Team Jesus
    01:00:10 Entertainment etymology enter and detain
    01:02:37 Dionysus Bacchus and possession themes
    01:05:01 Syncretism and the path toward a universal system
    01:07:03 Method acting channeling examples and spiritual access
    01:09:30 Movies music sports and games as spiritual liturgy
    01:11:52 Video games occult themes and cultural conditioning
    01:14:14 Net industrial complex and subconscious programming
    01:16:36 The three control goals individual social global
    01:18:53 Education as individual control protocol
    01:21:18 Social control through industries and systems
    01:23:39 Telecommunications and reversing Babel effects
    01:26:04 Operation Paperclip and occult tech transfer themes
    01:28:30 Global control pillars geopolitics finance religion
    01:30:55 Brandon reacts framework clarity and big picture value

    1 hr 34 min
  • E196 The Cost of Casting Out

    This isn’t an attack on the supernatural. It’s a call to integrity, accountability, and making sure what we call freedom actually looks like Jesus. Deliverance is real. And so is the damage that happens when zeal outruns discernment. In this Sponsors Only conversation, Brandon and Lindsy talk with Dr. Merrill Greene about “exorcistic abuse,” the history behind exorcism language, why “unclean spirits” mattered in the Second Temple world, and how fake manifestations, celebrity culture, and bad theology can wreck vulnerable people.

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    Timestamps:

    00:00:48 Brandon frames the episode redemptively not anti supernatural

    00:03:02 Why Merrill started writing The Cost of Casting Out

    00:04:10 A sham deliverance meeting eyes flashing and peer pressure

    00:06:10 Leg lengthening and the danger of staged miracles

    00:07:39 The Winger /Bolz /Bethel tension and how discernment gets weaponized

    00:08:50 Deliverance vs exorcism why Protestants changed the language

    00:10:55 Brief history of exorcism from ancient world to early church

    00:13:20 Divine council worldview and territorial powers without obsession

    00:16:37 Unclean spirits vs demons Second Temple context and 1 Enoch thread

    00:18:44 What exorcistic abuse looks like in real cases

    00:23:25 When people mean well but bad theology turns lethal

    00:25:47 Accountability without becoming a heresy hustle culture

    00:28:04 Fake manifestations Munchausen dynamics and ministry incentives

    00:30:23 Zoom deliverance social pressure and manufactured demons

    00:32:41 Theology has consequences why what you believe shapes what you do

    00:34:58 Practical markers character accountability and fruit not theatrics

    00:37:20 Covering concerns disciple making movements and lone wolf danger

    00:39:48 How common is real possession and why proof matters

    00:42:02 Celebrity church culture performance pressure and entertainment

    00:46:44 Ignorance training gaps and trauma created by careless labels

    00:49:02 Character integrity humility and community as a safeguard

    00:56:09 Charismatic realism wanting the real without the spectacle

    00:58:20 Closing word and why this matters for judgment and witness

    29 min

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