Faith on the Fringe

The Bible is stranger, darker, and more glorious than you were taught. Let's talk about it. Faith on the Fringe Podcast is where Leah Steele Barnett and Malaine Lea Butler explore the supernatural biblical worldview that most modern churches have quietly shelved. Spirit-Filled. Bible-Obsessed. Slightly Unhinged. The Divine Council. Fallen Watchers. The Nephilim. Pre-flood history. Spiritual warfare with real teeth. We bring the scholarship, the Spirit, and zero religious performance. We are not doom-scrolling through Revelation or building bunkers. This is a Kingdom-forward conversation rooted in the belief that God's story is bigger, wilder, and more victorious than mainstream theology has made room for. For the believers who never stopped asking questions. For the Christ-followers who want the whole Bible, not just the comfortable parts. MEET THE HOSTS OF FAITH ON THE FRINGE LEAH STEELE BARNETT Faith-led cultural commentator, AI educator, and host of The Culture Cast operating at the intersection of technology, culture, and Kingdom stewardship. She examines cultural deception, belief systems, and power structures through a biblical lens. She is pattern-oriented, allergic to hype, and built for the kind of theology that doesn't flinch. On The Fringe, she brings the research, the receipts, and a refusal to let comfortable doctrine go unchallenged. MALAINE LEA BUTLER Deliverance-driven disciple of Jesus Christ who walked out of the New Age and into radical transformation through the power of the Gospel. Host of Kingdom Talk and founder of Eden House, she creates space for raw, deep, and confrontational conversations that call hearts into full surrender and freedom in Christ. On The Fringe, she brings fire, spiritual authority, and zero tolerance for religious performance.

  1. 3h ago

    Question Everything: If It Is a Lie, Who Benefits? (Season Two Opener)

    Jesus never once punished anyone for asking Him a question. Season two opens with Leah and Malaine questioning everything, starting with the label they just set down and what deconstructing Christianity has actually done to their walk with Jesus. They talk about the cost of leaving the New Age and the cost of this next step, the lifelong Protestant woman who just found out her King James Bible once held fourteen more books, the church councils and close votes behind doctrine people die on, and why forty five thousand denominations should make anybody pause. Malaine explains why Jesus taught in parables and what children already know about asking questions, then reads the Exodus story the way you would read any book for the first time. Leah brings the receipts on when inerrancy and infallibility were formally defined, Catholic and Protestant, and the one question she runs every belief through. They close on fruit, the warfare narrative, and where the show is headed this season, from the Nag Hammadi texts to the Dead Sea Scrolls. JOIN THE FRINGE COMMUNITY ON PATREON: https://patreon.com/Faithonthefringe JOIN OUR MONTHLY BIBLE STUDY HERE: https://supernaturalbiblesessions.com “If this thing I believed my whole entire life was a lie, who would benefit from me believing the lie?” -Leah Steele Barnett Key Takeaways The price Leah and Malaine already paid for leaving the New Age, and what this next step is costing them. What a lifelong Protestant woman learned about her King James Bible, and why it shook her. How close some of the votes behind church doctrine actually were. Why Malaine says Jesus taught in parables, and what every child already knows about questions. What happens when you read the Exodus story the way you would read any book for the first time. The dates Leah gives for when inerrancy and infallibility were formally defined, Catholic and Protestant. The book that first opened Leah’s heart to Jesus, and why she is telling that story now. The one question Leah runs every belief through, and where it usually points. How Malaine reads the fruit of her own life, and why she stopped calling every glitch spiritual warfare. Featured Scripture Matthew 18:3 “And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.” (KJV) Application: Malaine points out that children ask questions all day long, and every answer pulls them closer to the one they are asking. Jesus set the child in the middle of the disciples as the model for the kingdom, questions and all. Come to Him with yours this week. He has never once been threatened by an honest question. Timestamps 0:00:00 - Faith on the Fringe intro0:01:48 - The cost of walking away from Christianity0:04:09 - Christians in our Substack comments0:07:19 - Which Bible and which canon?0:09:35 - The 14 books the King James once held0:11:42 - Church councils and the deciding vote0:14:09 - Schisms and 45,000 denominations0:15:47 - When did doctrine become doctrine?0:17:47 - Why Jesus taught in parables0:20:06 - Reading Exodus like you know nothing0:24:49 - Vatican II, Chicago and inerrancy0:30:13 - How culture shapes what we believe0:33:00 - If it is a lie, who benefits?0:36:48 - Fruit does not lie0:40:24 - Writing out the verses you cannot reconcile0:45:12 - Where Faith on the Fringe goes next Resources and Connect Referenced in this episode: Escaping from Eden by Paul Wallis, the book Malaine is reading and may bring to the book club:  Conversations with God by Neale Donald Walsch, the book Leah shares as part of her story:  Supernatural Bible Sessions, the monthly Bible study, third Wednesday evening in the Americas and third Thursday morning in Asia Pacific, with replays, study guides and research dossiers in Patreon: https://supernaturalbiblesessions.com Books available in the Faith on the Fringe Amazon Bookstore: https://amzn.to/3WscgNe Some links are affiliate links. We may earn a small commission at no cost to you. Faith on the Fringe: Substack: https://faithonthefringe.substack.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/faithonthefringepodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/faithonthefringepodcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FaithontheFringe Email: help@faithonthefringepodcast.com Scriptures for Further Study Matthew 18:3. Become as little children to enter the kingdom of heaven. Mark 10:14. Suffer the little children to come unto me. Matthew 13:10-13. The disciples ask Jesus why He speaks in parables. Exodus 12:29. The death of the firstborn in Egypt. Exodus 12:21-23. The Passover lamb and the blood on the doorposts. Genesis 1:26. Let us make man in our image. Hosea 2:16. Thou shalt call me Ishi, and shalt call me no more Baali. Matthew 8:24-26. Jesus asleep in the boat during the storm. Matthew 14:25. Jesus walking on the water. Galatians 5:22-23. The fruit of the Spirit. Matthew 7:16-20. You will know them by their fruits. Matthew 7:7. Seek and you will find. John 14:6. The way, the truth, and the life. Pick one verse this week that has never sat right with you. Write it out, write your honest questions underneath it the way Malaine describes, and take the whole page to Jesus.   #FaithOnTheFringe #BiblicalInerrancy #QuestionEverything #DeconstructingChristianity #DiscipleOfJesus #SupernaturalBiblicalTheology #KingdomTheology See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Question Everything: If It Is a Lie, Who Benefits? (Season Two Opener)
  2. 6d ago

    We Aren't Christians Anymore | Deconstructing Christianity

    After months of research for this show, Leah and Malaine are ready to say it out loud. They are disciples of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, and they no longer identify as Christians. In this episode they walk through how deconstructing Christianity brought them here, the doctrine they found was written by men far later than they were ever taught, and why Leah tried so hard to be the good Christian girl until the red letters would not let her. Malaine shares the moment a pastor offered to take her out of the system, and what she is building now with no box around it. They also cover where the word Christian came from, the infallible word of God question, original sin, the uproar over Paul, and why they expect the loudest pushback to come from people who already carry the same questions. They close on the joy that shows up when you live the way, the truth, and the life. JOIN THE FRINGE COMMUNITY ON PATREON: https://patreon.com/Faithonthefringe JOIN OUR MONTHLY BIBLE STUDY HERE: https://supernaturalbiblesessions.com “Everywhere I step, the kingdom of heaven is at hand. Because I am the light. I am carrying what he has asked me to carry.” -Malaine Lea Butler Key Takeaways Why Leah and Malaine say this decision brought them closer to Jesus, and the fruit they point to as proof. The freedom in Christ Leah was promised as a new believer, and what she says she actually found inside the religion. What Leah kept running into in Romans and Paul’s letters, and what she did with the questions she could not reconcile. Where the word Christian actually came from, and who first used it. The question Malaine’s pastor asked when she left her church, and why God put weight on her answer. What Leah’s husband told her about belief for two years, and why it used to make her so mad. The one group Leah expects to come after them for this episode, and why she has compassion for them. What stays exactly the same for Eden House and deliverance ministry, and the most peaceful session Malaine has ever had. How you can read someone’s prayer life by the way they respond to a person they disagree with. Featured Scripture John 14:6 “Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” (KJV) Application: Leah and Malaine come back to the way, the truth, and the life more than any other phrase in this episode, and it sits underneath the whole decision. Jesus named Himself as the way, a road you walk with Him, and He is the one who brings you to the Father. This week, read the red letters again and ask Him where He wants to lead your next step. Timestamps 0:00:00 - Faith on the Fringe intro0:01:43 - Why we are finally having this talk0:04:01 - Disciples of Jesus Christ of Nazareth0:06:15 - The research that brought us here0:08:10 - How Christians are behaving online0:10:17 - Church councils and doctrine made by men0:12:16 - Trying to be the good Christian girl0:14:34 - The questions Leah could not reconcile0:19:16 - Where the word Christian came from0:22:26 - Taken out of the system0:24:35 - Kingdom Sports and being the church0:26:55 - Who will come for us, and why0:32:48 - Is the Bible the infallible word of God?0:34:15 - Original sin and Augustine of Hippo0:36:41 - The uproar over Paul as false apostle0:44:38 - Reading someone’s prayer life Resources and Connect Joyful Jesus, the business Leah’s husband Sean built: https://joyfuljesus.life Supernatural Bible Sessions, the monthly Bible study, third Wednesday evening in the Americas and third Thursday morning in Asia Pacific, with replays, study guides and research dossiers in Patreon: https://supernaturalbiblesessions.com Books available in the Faith on the Fringe Amazon Bookstore: https://amzn.to/3WscgNe Some links are affiliate links. We may earn a small commission at no cost to you. Faith on the Fringe: Substack: https://faithonthefringe.substack.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/faithonthefringepodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/faithonthefringepodcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FaithontheFringe Email: help@faithonthefringepodcast.com Leah Steele Barnett: The Cul✞ure Cast Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-culture-cast/id1797035500 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theleahsteele Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/leahsteeleofficial Malaine Lea Butler: Kingdom Talk Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/kingdom-talk-podcast-with-malaine/id1813854951 Eden House: https://www.theedenhouse.co Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/malaine_lea_butler Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/15kz1zU1XL/?mibextid=wwXIfr Scriptures for Further Study John 14:6. Jesus names Himself the way, the truth, and the life. Acts 11:26. The disciples were first called Christians at Antioch. Galatians 5:1. Stand fast in the liberty of Christ and do not return to a yoke of bondage. Matthew 6:1-18. Jesus warns against practicing your faith like the hypocrites. Matthew 21:12-13. Jesus overturns the tables in the temple. Matthew 23:13. Woe to the scribes and Pharisees who shut the kingdom in front of people. Jeremiah 8:8. The lying pen of the scribes. Matthew 5:13-16. You are the salt of the earth and the light of the world. Matthew 10:7. Preach as you go that the kingdom of heaven is at hand. Matthew 7:7. Seek and you will find. Matthew 7:16-20. You will know them by their fruits. Romans 5:12. The verse most often used to build the doctrine of original sin. Matthew 6:10. Thy kingdom come, on earth as it is in heaven. Mark 4:38. Jesus asleep in the back of the boat during the storm. If this episode stirred something up in you, take it to Jesus before you take it to the comment section. Sit with Him on it this week, then write and tell us where you landed at help@faithonthefringepodcast.com.   #FaithOnTheFringe #DeconstructingChristianity #DiscipleOfJesus #FaithDeconstruction #FollowingJesus #SupernaturalBiblicalTheology #KingdomTheology See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    We Aren't Christians Anymore | Deconstructing Christianity
  3. Oct 21

    Is Christian Celebrity Culture Idolatry? Two Ex-New Agers on Pedestals and Pitchforks

    Your biggest cheerleaders will be the people holding the pitchforks. Leah and Malaine both spent years being platformed in the New Age, and both say what they're seeing in Christian celebrity culture right now goes further than anything they saw there. Nobody who ends up exposed online set out to start a cult. Good people with a heart for God get platformed and pedestaled, the work of maintaining the platform starts eating the time they used to spend with Him, pride finds an open door, and the same crowd that worshipped them shows up with pitchforks. Leah goes back to the affiliates she paid tens of thousands of dollars who turned on her hardest, and Malaine talks about the leaders who stop hearing the truth once everyone around them turns into a yes person. The second half turns to the whiplash of leaving the New Age for Jesus. Some swing into legalism and cessationism out of fear of being deceived again. Others land in hyper charismatic circles where the pedestals are even higher. Malaine tells the story of the nanny whose kindness led her to Jesus while she was still running New Age retreats, and Leah explains why it took her a full year to say yes to Him. So if Jesus stood next to you in church this Sunday, would He be thrilled with what He saw? JOIN THE FRINGE COMMUNITY ON PATREON: https://patreon.com/Faithonthefringe JOIN OUR MONTHLY BIBLE STUDY HERE: https://supernaturalbiblesessions.com "Throwing a pitchfork at somebody is not the kingdom of heaven. I'm pretty sure that's a different kingdom." -Leah Steele Barnett Key Takeaways Why nobody who gets exposed online starts out planning to manipulate the body of Christ. The warning Malaine got in the New Age about the woman idolizing her, and how it came true that same year. Why the people who platform you are usually the first to turn on you. How the work of maintaining a platform quietly replaces time with Jesus. What happens to a leader once the people around them become yes people. Why attacking someone online opens a door for you and activates a spirit of offense in them. The two directions ex-New Agers tend to swing: legalism and cessationism, or hyper charismatic circles. What fear of being deceived again looked like in Malaine's first season with Jesus. The nanny who never judged Malaine and ended up leading her to Jesus. Why staying curious and sitting in judgment can't happen at the same time. The one thing Leah was delivered of the moment she said yes to Jesus. Featured Scripture "Those who make them become like them; so do all who trust in them." Psalm 115:8 (ESV) Application: Malaine's point is that whatever we idolize, we start to resemble, deaf and blind to what's in front of us. That goes for a celebrity pastor as much as a carved image. Before you defend or attack anyone in the public eye this week, ask Jesus whether you've handed that person your discernment. Then take it to your prayer closet and let Him show you where your worship has drifted. Timestamps 0:00:00 Welcome to The Fringe 0:02:50 God's timing and the series still coming 0:06:42 Exposure culture in the Christian corner of the internet 0:09:50 Being platformed and idolized in the New Age 0:13:36 Designed to worship 0:15:59 External validation and the altar of the self 0:20:45 Clean hands, pure heart and the fear of the Lord 0:22:28 When the platform takes more time than Jesus 0:25:23 Why pitchforks don't humble anyone 0:26:20 Disciple of Jesus over Christian 0:29:09 Yes people and honest feedback 0:32:33 Leaving the New Age for Jesus 0:35:38 Cessationism, legalism and the hyper charismatic extreme 0:40:27 The nanny who led Malaine to Jesus 0:44:06 Staying curious instead of judging 0:48:55 His mercies are new every morning 0:52:32 Spirits of religion and divination 0:54:26 Delivered of fear 0:56:23 Asking the right questions 1:01:26 Compassion, curiosity and staying close to Jesus Resources and Connect Faith on the Fringe: Substack: https://faithonthefringe.substack.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/faithonthefringepodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/faithonthefringepodcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FaithontheFringe Email: help@faithonthefringepodcast.com Related Episodes Christian Witchcraft: False Prophets, Spiritual Narcissism & Religious Trauma w/ Hector Gonzalez It Ain't the Holy Spirit: How the Five-Fold Movement is Trading Discernment for Divination If Questioning Your Pastor is a Sin, You're in a Control System (History of the Five Fold Movement) Witchcraft to Jesus: Our Testimonies The Judas Spirit in the Church: Slander, Rebukes & Biblical Reconciliation - The Fringe Files Scriptures for Further Study Psalm 115:4-8: Idols have mouths but cannot speak, and those who trust them become like them John 6:15: Jesus withdraws when the crowd wants to make Him king by force Deuteronomy 32:8-9: The nations divided according to the sons of God Psalm 82: God judges the gods who wanted worship for themselves Psalm 24:3-4: Clean hands and a pure heart Proverbs 27:6: Faithful are the wounds of a friend Matthew 7:1-5: The log in your own eye John 7:24: Judge with right judgment 2 Timothy 1:7: A spirit not of fear but of power, love and self-control Lamentations 3:22-23: His mercies are new every morning John 15:18-20: If the world hated Me, it will hate you John 14:12: Whoever believes in Me will do greater works Take it to the prayer closet, run your own walk through the lens of Christ, and ask Jesus where you've been pedestaling or throwing pitchforks. Then come tell us what He said in the Fringe community on Patreon. #FaithOnTheFringe #ChristianCelebrityCulture #CelebrityPastors #NewAgeToJesus #ExNewAger #HyperCharismatic #Cessationism #Idolatry #ChristianPodcast #Discernment See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Is Christian Celebrity Culture Idolatry? Two Ex-New Agers on Pedestals and Pitchforks
  4. Oct 13

    Podcast Pimps, The Judas Spirit & Celebrity Christian Culture - The Fringe Files

    Leah had decided a pastor was blasphemous before she had watched a minute of his sermon. A guest cancelled, so this one is off the cuff, and it opens with Leah admitting she did the exact thing this show tells people not to do. She saw clips of Otha Turnbow's sermon on Jesus going to hell, felt the emotional charge, went looking for other people's reactions, and sealed his fate in her mind without going to the source. In this conversation she walks through the rebuke she got in her spirit, what she found when she finally watched the sermons, and why she says the short clip exists to deny you context and sell you a reaction instead. The second half turns toward the economy around all of it. Leah and Malaine cover celebrity Christian culture and who is monetizing what, the Judas spirit running through exposure ministry, how to tell a watchman from an accuser, the man who publicly gave Jenny Weaver seventy two hours to live, and why loyalty to a ministry turns into idolatry faster than anybody expects. They close on holding every ministry loosely, the spiritual covering language nobody can find in scripture, and Jesus inviting the question at the foot of Mount Hermon. JOIN THE FRINGE COMMUNITY ON PATREON: https://patreon.com/Faithonthefringe JOIN OUR MONTHLY BIBLE STUDY HERE: https://supernaturalbiblesessions.com "The truth doesn't need to hide from questioning. The only thing that needs to hide from questioning is deception." -Leah Steele Barnett Key Takeaways Leah walks through her own week of judging a sermon off a clip, and the rebuke that stopped her. Why the kingdom of darkness has an interest in keeping you off long form content, and what the three second hit is actually doing. What Otha Turnbow's sermon on Jesus and hell actually says once you sit through all three of them in full. Both hosts are monetizing, and they explain how an assignment from God and a Patreon can sit in the same hand. The Judas spirit in exposure ministry, and the test Leah uses on how she feels after watching one. How to tell a watchman from an accuser, including the one thing a watchman always does that an accuser never bothers with. The man who publicly gave Jenny Weaver seventy two hours to live, and what she was doing when the deadline passed. Why loyalty to a pastor or a platform turns into idolatry, and what Malaine says happens to your prophetic hearing once it does. The spiritual covering and spiritual father language that neither of them can find anywhere in scripture. Featured Scripture Proverbs 18:17 "He that is first in his own cause seemeth just; but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him." (KJV) Application: The first version of a story always sounds airtight, which is exactly why God put a second step in the verse. Somebody has to come and search it. A forty second clip is the first voice, and so is the reaction video stacked on top of it, and neither one has been searched by anybody. Leah ran into this in her own week and names it plainly in the episode. Before you form a verdict on a brother or sister, go be the neighbour who searches it, which usually means watching the whole thing and reading the whole chapter. Timestamps 0:00:00 - Faith on the Fringe intro0:04:09 - Otha Turnbow and the podcast pimps0:04:48 - Our own viral clip and the comments0:07:14 - Leah gets an emotional charge0:09:00 - The three second dopamine economy0:11:30 - What the sermon actually said0:14:10 - Watching all three sermons0:15:23 - Celebrity Christian culture and money0:17:30 - Judas spirit in exposure ministry0:22:13 - The attacks on Jenny Weaver0:24:36 - Watchman or accuser, how Leah tells0:26:25 - Prophesying death over a minister0:29:09 - Loyalty that becomes idolatry0:48:33 - Truth does not hide from questioning1:04:59 - Mount Hermon, who do you say I am Resources and Connect The sermons discussed in this episode, promised on-mic: The Rise of The Podcast Pimps, Lionheart Church: https://lionheartchurch.org/podcast/56-the-rise-of-the-podcast-pimps/ Lionheart Church on Apple Podcasts, for the original sermon on Jesus and hell and the response that followed: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lionheart-church/id1575465507 Supernatural Bible Sessions, the monthly Bible study, third Wednesday evening in the Americas and third Thursday morning in Asia Pacific, with replays, study guides and research dossiers in Patreon: https://supernaturalbiblesessions.com Faith on the Fringe: Substack: https://faithonthefringe.substack.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/faithonthefringepodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/faithonthefringepodcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FaithontheFringe Email: help@faithonthefringepodcast.com Scriptures for Further Study Proverbs 18:17. The first account sounds just until a neighbour searches it. Revelation 12:10. The accuser of the brethren, named as a role somebody can take up. Ezekiel 33:6-7. The watchman is given a duty to warn, and consequences for staying quiet. Matthew 18:15-17. Go to your brother directly, then with witnesses, then to the assembly. Matthew 7:16-20. You will know them by their fruits, which includes how a thing leaves you feeling. Matthew 16:13-17. At Caesarea Philippi, near Mount Hermon, Jesus asks who they say He is. 1 Corinthians 1:10-13. I follow Paul, I follow Apollos, and Paul calling the division out. Galatians 6:1. Restore a brother in a spirit of gentleness, watching yourself. James 3:1. Teachers are judged more strictly. Matthew 23:9. Call no man father, which bears on the spiritual covering language. 1 Thessalonians 5:21. Prove all things, hold fast to what is good. 2 Timothy 4:3-4. People gather teachers who tell them what their own ears want. Before you repost a clip this week, watch the whole thing first. If you cannot find the time to watch the whole thing, you do not have a position yet, and that is a perfectly good place to stand. #FaithOnTheFringe #PodcastPimps #CelebrityChristianCulture #DiscernmentMinistry #JudasSpirit #Discernment #SupernaturalBiblicalTheology #KingdomTheology   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Podcast Pimps, The Judas Spirit & Celebrity Christian Culture - The Fringe Files
  5. Oct 9 ·  Bonus

    The Divine Council Keystone - Supernatural Bible Sessions

    Your Bible probably says sons of Israel in Deuteronomy 32. Israel was not born for another two generations. The Qumran copy of that verse runs a thousand years older than the text every modern translation was built from, and it reads sons of God, while the Septuagint that Jesus read has angels of God. Leah Steele Barnett opens the July Supernatural Bible Session on that discrepancy and builds the divine council worldview out of three passages, Genesis 11, Deuteronomy 32 and Psalm 82. The thread runs from the tower at Babel, where God says let us go down, through the seventy nations counted in Genesis 10, to the moment God divides those nations among the sons of God and keeps Jacob as his own portion. Abraham gets called in the very next chapter. Malaine Lea Butler and Jenny Embrey carry the deliverance side of it: principalities assigned over territories, why bloodline work traces back to Babel, how spiritual beings meant to point the nations toward Yahweh acquired power through worship instead, and where the shedim of Deuteronomy 32:17 come from. The session closes on four places heaven answers Psalm 82, Jesus quoting it in the temple in John 10, the seventy sent out in Luke 10, the scattered languages gathering at Pentecost in Acts 2, and the song of Moses sung again in Revelation 15. The Melchizedek scroll from Qumran, the long ending of Deuteronomy 32:43 that Hebrews 1:6 quotes, and the question of whether a demon can drive out a demon all get their turn. Nimrod gets his own session in August. For the Bible study guide, the full research dossier, and information on future Bible sessions, join the Faith on the Fringe Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Faithonthefringe Featured Scripture Deuteronomy 32:8-9 "When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, when he divided mankind, he fixed the borders of the peoples according to the number of the sons of God. But the LORD's portion is his people, Jacob his allotted heritage." (ESV) "When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, when he divided up humankind, he set the boundaries of the peoples according to the number of the heavenly assembly. For the LORD's allotment is his people, Jacob his special possession." (NET) Application: This is the keystone. Genesis 10 lists the nations scattered at Babel and the tradition counts seventy of them, and these two verses say God divided those nations according to the number of the sons of God and kept Jacob as his own portion. Most English Bibles read sons of Israel here because they follow the Masoretic text, a Hebrew tradition copied by scribes in the medieval period, and Israel was not born for another two generations after Babel. The Qumran copy of Deuteronomy is a thousand years older and reads sons of God, and the Septuagint, translated by Jewish scholars two centuries before Christ, has angels of God. Read that way, God calls Abraham in the chapter immediately after the nations are handed away, and the timing is the point. Everything the session covers about territorial spirits, principalities over regions and the great commission runs back through these two verses. Timestamps 0:00:00 - The July Supernatural Bible Session 0:03:15 - How translation choices shaped your Bible 0:15:19 - Genesis 11:1-9, the tower at Babel 0:20:41 - The divine council as a father and sons 0:22:39 - Genesis 18, 1 Kings 22 and Moses on Sinai 0:28:30 - The table of nations and the number 70 0:31:20 - Deuteronomy 32:8-9 in ESV and NET 0:33:00 - Sons of God or sons of Israel 0:35:29 - Masoretic, Septuagint, Dead Sea Scrolls 0:41:42 - The 70 nations divided among the sons 0:45:52 - Principalities, territories and bloodlines 0:53:22 - Shedim, the demons of Deuteronomy32:17 1:00:25 - Psalm 82 and the Melchizedek scroll 1:11:25 - Can demons drive out demons? 1:31:41 - Four places heaven answers Psalm 82 1:38:41 - Prayer for wisdom, healing and discernment Scriptures for Further Study Genesis 1:26 - Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. Genesis 3:22 - Behold, the man has become like one of us, to know good and evil. Genesis 10 - The table of nations, listing the descendants of Noah's sons, counted in the tradition as seventy. Genesis 11:1-9 - The whole earth has one language, the city and tower are built, and the LORD confuses their speech and scatters them. Genesis 12:1-3 - The LORD calls Abram out of his country and promises to make of him a great nation. Genesis 14:18-20 - Melchizedek, king of Salem and priest of the most high God, brings bread and wine and blesses Abram. Genesis 18:16-33 - Abraham intercedes with the LORD over the righteous in Sodom. Genesis 46:27 - All the souls of the house of Jacob that came into Egypt were threescore and ten. Exodus 12:38 - A mixed multitude went up out of Egypt with the children of Israel. Deuteronomy 4:19-20 - The host of heaven is described as allotted to all the nations under heaven. Deuteronomy 32:17 - They sacrificed unto devils, not to God, to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came newly up. Deuteronomy 32:43 - Rejoice with him, O heavens, and bow down to him, all gods, for he avenges the blood of his children. 1 Kings 22:19-22 - The LORD asks the host of heaven who will entice Ahab, and a spirit volunteers to be a lying spirit in the mouths of his prophets. Psalm 82 - God stands in the divine council and judges among the gods, who are told that they shall die like men. Psalm 106:37 - They sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils. Matthew 24:24 - False christs and false prophets shall arise and show great signs and wonders. Luke 10:1-18 - Jesus appoints and sends out the seventy, who return saying the demons are subject to them, and he answers that he beheld Satan fall as lightning. Luke 15:11-32 - The father receives the returning son and clothes him in the best robe. John 10:34 - Jesus answers, is it not written in your law, I said, ye are gods. Acts 2:5-6 - Devout men out of every nation under heaven each hear the disciples speak in his own language. Romans 8:19 - The creation waits for the manifestation of the sons of God. 1 Corinthians 10:20 - The things the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and Paul warns against fellowship with devils. Hebrews 1:6 - And again, when he bringeth in the firstborn into the world, he saith, let all the angels of God worship him. Revelation 15:3-4 - They sing the song of Moses and the song of the Lamb, declaring that all nations shall come and worship. JOIN THE FRINGE COMMUNITY ON PATREON: https://patreon.com/Faithonthefringe JOIN OUR MONTHLY BIBLE STUDY HERE: https://supernaturalbiblesessions.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    The Divine Council Keystone - Supernatural Bible Sessions
  6. Oct 6

    Church NDAs, Masonic Oaths and Silenced Survivors With Dr. Robin Perry Braun

    A missionary came in for early stage Alzheimer's and turned out to be still attending rituals. Content warning: satanic ritual abuse, ritual abuse inside churches and at the hands of ministers, dissociative identity disorder, parts and programming, child abuse, trafficking and suicide. Nothing graphic is described. Handled with care, still heavy. Headphones if there are little ears nearby. Dr. Robin Perry Braun has spent 13 years in private practice working with survivors most people are not equipped to help, and this is her second time on Faith on the Fringe. In this conversation she explains why survivors go silent at the moment their memories surface, why almost none of them ever escaped a coven because dissociative identity disorder meant they never knew, and what it sounds like when a woman describes a friend killed in front of her at five years old and still says she had the best childhood. The second half turns toward the people doing the helping. Dr. Robin walks through the open doors ministers carry into this work, the SRA minister she was told was still reprogramming the people who came to him, and why an NDA inside a ministry functions as the Babylonian version of Matthew 18. She closes with the practical side: muscle response testing, voice to skull work with targeted individuals, and why healing in small bites keeps a survivor from breaking. JOIN THE FRINGE COMMUNITY ON PATREON: https://patreon.com/Faithonthefringe JOIN OUR MONTHLY BIBLE STUDY HERE: https://supernaturalbiblesessions.com "The most important thing we can be is safe. Way over gifting, way over whatever, because people's nervous systems will not let them heal. They won't let the wall down until they start to feel safe." -Dr. Robin Perry Braun Key Takeaways The three reasons survivors of satanic ritual abuse stay silent, and the one that has nothing to do with fear. Why almost none of Dr. Robin's clients ever escaped a coven, and what that means for how SRA actually operates. What a screen memory sounds like, told through a client who kept insisting she had the best childhood. How to tell whether a deliverance minister or a therapist is safe, and why the people most drawn to this work often carry the most open doors. The SRA minister she was told was still reprogramming the people who came to him for help. Why an NDA in a ministry is the same instrument as a Masonic oath, and the verse it is standing in for. What Malaine says is hiding behind the boards and the published accountability statements. Why Dr. Robin says healing has to come in small bites, and what happens to people who get it all at once. The one test she gives anybody wondering whether something is ringing true about their own life. Featured Scripture Matthew 18:15-17 "Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established. And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: and if he neglect to hear the church, let him be as an heathen man and a publican." (KJV) Application: Jesus lays out a path with an ending, and the ending is public. Go alone, then with witnesses, then to the whole assembly. Dr. Robin's argument in this episode is that a non disclosure agreement takes that process and removes its final step, which is exactly what a Masonic oath does when it tells a man to say nothing about his brother. The instruction was given to stop gossip while still protecting the vulnerable, so anything that silences the third step is doing the opposite of what the text asks. Read it before you sign anything, and before you accept somebody's assurance that a board exists. Timestamps   Resources and Connect Dr. Robin Perry Braun: Dr. Robin Perry Braun holds a PhD in Integrative Medicine, a Master's degree in Psychology, and is an ordained minister. She is the creator of Integrated Bioenergetic Restoration Therapy (IBRT), a certified holistic modality designed to identify root causes and remedies for spiritual, emotional, mental, and physical challenges. With more than 13 years in private practice, she has specialized experience in dissociative identity disorder, trauma-based mind control, ritual abuse, and severe trauma recovery, and she trains practitioners worldwide. She is the author of Living Like a Son, Thrive, A Believer's Guide to the Law of Attraction, 30 Days to Peace and Joy, and Journey Through the Storm. She is also the founder of Thrive Holistic Healing Ministries, a 508(c)(1)(A) nonprofit funding healing services for survivors of trafficking and ritual abuse. Books, podcasts, and products: https://drrobinbraun.com Find an IBRT practitioner, products, and training: https://ibrt.net Donate to survivor therapy and orphan prevention: https://thriveholistichealingministries.com 50% off Dr. Robin's intro course with code IBRTintro. An introduction to finding root causes and remedies for healing spirit, soul, and body. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thrivewithrobinpb Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robinperrybraun YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@RobinPerryBraun TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@robinperrybraun65 Books mentioned in this episode: Living Like a Son and Thrive by Dr. Robin Perry Braun All books available in the Faith on the Fringe Amazon Bookstore: https://amzn.to/3WscgNe Some links are affiliate links. We may earn a small commission at no cost to you. Faith on the Fringe: Substack: https://faithonthefringe.substack.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/faithonthefringepodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/faithonthefringepodcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FaithontheFringe Email: help@faithonthefringepodcast.com Related Episodes Dr. Robin Perry Braun on trauma-based mind control, her first Faith on the Fringe episode and the best performing one on the show: https://plinkhq.com/i/1894554711/e/1000783702683 Is Freemasonry in Your Bloodline Making You Sick, Dr. Robin on The Culture Cast, for the oaths and the health side: https://plinkhq.com/i/1797035500/e/1000787309599 Married to an SRA Survivor with Wendy Nelson, the episode Dr. Robin references, for ritual abuse under a Baptist minister's roof: https://plinkhq.com/i/1894554711/e/1000786870312 Scriptures for Further Study Matthew 18:15-17. The process for confronting sin, with a final step that is public. Matthew 23:24. Straining at a gnat and swallowing a camel, which Dr. Robin applies to church priorities. Galatians 5:22-23. The fruit of the Spirit, offered as a vetting tool rather than a poster. 1 John 4:1. Test the spirits, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. 1 Thessalonians 5:21. Prove all things and hold fast what is good. 1 Corinthians 12:10. Discerning of spirits is listed as a gift of the Spirit. Proverbs 11:14. In the multitude of counsellors there is safety. Proverbs 18:17. The first to plead his case seems right until somebody examines him. Luke 8:17. Nothing hidden stays hidden, and nothing secret stays unknown. Ephesians 5:11-13. Have no fellowship with the works of darkness, but expose them. Psalm 139:23-24. Search me and know my heart, and see if there is any wicked way in me. John 10:10. The thief comes to steal, kill and destroy, and Jesus came to give life. This week, name the one discerning person you can say the words something feels off to out loud, and take it to Jesus before you take it to them. If this episode stirred something about your own history, go slowly, and do not go hunting.   #FaithOnTheFringe #SatanicRitualAbuse #ChurchNDAs #Freemasonry #Deliverance #Discernment #SupernaturalBiblicalTheology #KingdomTheology See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Church NDAs, Masonic Oaths and Silenced Survivors With Dr. Robin Perry Braun
  7. Sep 29

    Freely Give? Why Matthew 10:8 Doesn't Mean What You Have Been Told

    Two verses after "freely give," Jesus tells His disciples the worker is worthy of his food. Matthew 10:8 has become the verse people quote whenever a minister charges for anything. Leah and Malaine read the whole chapter, starting with who Jesus was actually sending out and what He told them to take with them. From there the conversation moves through deliverance ministers charging sixty dollars a session, megachurch tithes and building funds, what the Acts church did with its money, and the backlash over Philip Anthony Mitchell's podcast tour. If Jesus showed up at your church this Sunday, whose books would He want to see first? JOIN THE FRINGE COMMUNITY ON PATREON: https://patreon.com/Faithonthefringe JOIN OUR MONTHLY BIBLE STUDY HERE: https://supernaturalbiblesessions.com "As always, take it to the prayer closet, get in the word, read more than just one scripture, understand the context, understand who he was actually speaking to and why he was talking to them about this." -Malaine Lea Butler Key Takeaways Why almost nobody quotes the first half of Matthew 10:8, and what Jesus actually told the twelve to do. Who Jesus was sending out in Matthew 10, and the towns He told them to pass by. Why "raise the dead" is missing from some manuscripts of this verse. What Jesus said two verses later about the worker and his food. Why a sixty dollar deliverance session draws more outrage online than a pastor with five jets. What the early church in Acts did with the money it collected, and what one church in Salt Lake City still does. The moment charging for ministry crosses into manipulation. Why paying for a session was what got Malaine out of bed and into her breakthrough. How Leah and Malaine read the backlash over Philip Anthony Mitchell's podcast tour. Featured Scripture "Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy, drive out demons. Freely you have received; freely give." Matthew 10:8 (NIV) Application: This is the verse people quote most often in the debate over charging for ministry, and Leah and Malaine read it from the top of the chapter. Jesus was sending twelve specific men to the lost sheep of Israel, and two verses later He told them the workman is worthy of his meat. Before you stand on a verse, read the chapter around it, and ask who He was speaking to and what He was asking of them. Then take your own conviction about giving and receiving to Him in prayer. Once He settles it for you, let His answer be enough, whatever anyone else in the body of Christ has to say about it. Timestamps 0:00:00 Welcome to The Fringe 0:01:57 Jesus sends the twelve to Israel 0:03:46 "Raise the dead" and the manuscripts 0:04:30 The workman is worthy of his meat 0:08:06 Megachurch jets and a $60 session 0:09:03 Tithes, building funds, and "free" 0:12:03 How the Acts church cared for its own 0:20:08 Charisma, Freemasonry, and anointing 0:21:56 A service dog and a security team 0:28:40 Personal conviction from Jesus 0:31:11 When the price changes mid-session 0:35:38 Why paying helped Malaine show up 0:40:15 The Philip Anthony Mitchell backlash 0:55:55 Fringe Insiders on Patreon 1:00:31 Take it to Jesus Resources and Connect Books mentioned in this episode: How to Slay a Wizard by Owen Benjamin All books available in the Faith on the Fringe Amazon Bookstore: https://amzn.to/3WscgNe Some links are affiliate links. We may earn a small commission at no cost to you. Documentary mentioned: The Religion Business by Nathan Apffel, on Prime Video and Apple TV Faith on the Fringe: Substack: https://faithonthefringe.substack.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/faithonthefringepodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/faithonthefringepodcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FaithontheFringe Email: help@faithonthefringepodcast.com Related Episodes Money Is NOT the Root of All Evil, So Why Is Everybody Broke? Christian Witchcraft: False Prophets, Spiritual Narcissism & Religious Trauma w/ Hector Gonzalez If Questioning Your Pastor is a Sin, You're in a Control System (History of the Five Fold Movement) If You Teach or Preach It, You'd Better Have Researched It Trauma-Based Mind Control & MKUltra in the Charismatic Church w/ Dr. Robin Perry Braun Scriptures for Further Study Matthew 10:1-15: The full sending of the twelve, including what they were told to carry and where to go Luke 10:7: Jesus sends out the seventy and says the laborer is worthy of his wages 1 Corinthians 9:14: Those who proclaim the gospel should get their living by the gospel 1 Timothy 5:18: The worker deserves his wages, quoted as scripture Acts 4:32-35: The early church shares everything, and no one among them is in need James 1:27: Pure religion is caring for orphans and widows in their distress Matthew 21:12-13: Jesus overturns the tables in the temple Matthew 23:33: Jesus calls the religious leaders a brood of vipers 2 Corinthians 9:7: Each one gives as he has decided in his heart Take it to the prayer closet, read the whole chapter, and ask Jesus what He is convicting you to do. Then come tell us what He said in the Fringe community on Patreon.   #FaithOnTheFringe #Matthew108 #FreelyGive #ChristianPodcast #DeliveranceMinistry #Tithing #BibleInContext #PhilipAnthonyMitchell #Discernment   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Freely Give? Why Matthew 10:8 Doesn't Mean What You Have Been Told
  8. Sep 22

    Money Is NOT the Root of All Evil, So Why Is Everybody Broke?

    People are tithing ten percent they do not have, then stepping over a man sleeping on the street on the way in.The Truth of the Tithe, our free masterclass: The ancient law of giving like you have never been taught it. Thursday September 24 at 8:30pm Eastern, which is Friday September 25 at 8:30am AWST and 12:30pm NZST. Free, on Zoom, with a replay for 48 hours to everyone who registers, and no offering. Register here: https://tithe.faithonthefringepodcast.com/info If you are listening after the live class, the recording lives in the free section of our Patreon: https://patreon.com/Faithonthefringe Leah and Malaine both made serious money in the New Age, and both of them put every tool down when they came to Jesus. Lately they have been going back through the archive of their own lives and asking which of those tools were actually wrong and which ones were simply being used for the wrong kingdom. Sowing and reaping. Reciprocity. Showing up in a room in a way that shifts it. Speaking over your own life. The answer they keep landing on is that the principles work because God wrote them, and the body of Christ refuses to touch most of them because they sound New Age. Meanwhile one misquoted verse has a critical mass of believers convinced that money itself is evil, handing ten percent they do not have to buildings that are doing perfectly well, and calling the arrangement obedience. Malaine on why attachment to the outcome blocks the very thing people are giving for. Leah on poverty consciousness, on Caroline Leaf and neural pathways, and on why she tithes to poor people. Then the personal half, on deconstruction, the exodus out of traditional church, and their decision to stop walking the tightrope on this podcast. So if the principles are real and the verse says something else, why is everybody broke? JOIN THE FRINGE COMMUNITY ON PATREON: https://patreon.com/Faithonthefringe JOIN OUR MONTHLY BIBLE STUDY HERE: https://supernaturalbiblesessions.com "People are putting their money into tithing like it's a magic pill. And because they're doing it, then God owes them. God should be blessing me because I'm doing the right thing. I'm ticking off all the boxes." -Malaine Lea Butler Key Takeaways The verse almost every Christian influencer gets wrong, and the single word that changes the whole meaning of it. Both hosts made a lot of money in the New Age, and what they now say about which of those practices were actually wrong. What God told Malaine about how she dresses before she walks into the basketball courts, and what happened when she did it. Why tithing while attached to the outcome blocks the thing you are tithing for. Caroline Leaf, neural pathways, and why Leah says belief alone will not get anybody out of lack. Where Leah and Sean actually send their tithe, and the family in Bali who never asked for it. Naaman, seven dips in a dirty river, and why there is no formula for your breakthrough. Gehazi, and what he did after the healing that got him leprosy. What both hosts are seeing right now about people leaving traditional church, and why they call deconstruction a good thing. Featured Scripture 1 Timothy 6:10 "For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows." (KJV) Application: Read the first five words slowly, because they are the ones that get dropped. The love of it. Paul is describing an appetite, the thing Leah calls worshiping at the altar of mammon, which she did for years and can describe from the inside. Money itself sits in the verse as the object of a disordered desire rather than the source of evil. Strip those words out, which is what happens every week from pulpits and reels, and you hand an entire body of believers a reason to be afraid of a tool. Read it whole, and the warning lands where Paul aimed it, on the heart and not the bank account. Timestamps 0:00:00 - The Truth of the Tithe masterclass0:05:11 - Why money and the body of Christ0:07:02 - The laws worked, the kingdom was wrong0:09:23 - The word believers cannot hear0:10:30 - Dress like you own the building0:13:27 - People are God's currency0:15:52 - The verse everybody misquotes0:18:01 - Poverty consciousness and critical mass0:22:14 - Caroline Leaf and rewiring the brain0:24:32 - Attachment, and why the tithe backs up0:26:11 - Stepping over a man on the way in0:39:13 - A warung burns down in Bali0:50:06 - The exodus from the traditional church1:00:00 - Stepping off the tightrope Faith on the Fringe: Substack: https://faithonthefringe.substack.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/faithonthefringepodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/faithonthefringepodcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FaithontheFringe Email: help@faithonthefringepodcast.com Scriptures for Further Study 1 Timothy 6:10. The love of money is the root of all evil, and some have wandered from the faith chasing it. Deuteronomy 14:22-29. The tithe as it was actually given, including the years it fed the stranger, the fatherless and the widow. Malachi 3:8-10. The passage most often used to ask for ten percent, in its own context. Matthew 23:23. Jesus on people who tithe their spices and neglect justice, mercy and faith. Luke 21:1-4. The widow and her two mites, and what Jesus actually says about the amount. 2 Corinthians 9:6-8. Whoever sows sparingly reaps sparingly, and God loves a cheerful giver. Proverbs 11:24-25. One scatters and increases, and the generous soul is made rich. Luke 6:38. Give, and it shall be given to you, pressed down and running over. Deuteronomy 8:18. It is God who gives the power to get wealth. Matthew 6:19-24. Treasure, the eye, and serving two masters. James 1:27. Pure religion is caring for orphans and widows in their affliction. 2 Kings 5. Naaman dips seven times in the Jordan, and Gehazi goes after the payment his master refused. This week, give to one person standing in front of you rather than one more line item, and ask Him first what the amount is. Then come to the masterclass and find out what the tithe was before anybody attached fundraising to it.   #FaithOnTheFringe #Tithing #PovertyMindset #LoveOfMoney #NewAgeToJesus #Discernment #SupernaturalBiblicalTheology #KingdomTheology See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Money Is NOT the Root of All Evil, So Why Is Everybody Broke?

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The Bible is stranger, darker, and more glorious than you were taught. Let's talk about it. Faith on the Fringe Podcast is where Leah Steele Barnett and Malaine Lea Butler explore the supernatural biblical worldview that most modern churches have quietly shelved. Spirit-Filled. Bible-Obsessed. Slightly Unhinged. The Divine Council. Fallen Watchers. The Nephilim. Pre-flood history. Spiritual warfare with real teeth. We bring the scholarship, the Spirit, and zero religious performance. We are not doom-scrolling through Revelation or building bunkers. This is a Kingdom-forward conversation rooted in the belief that God's story is bigger, wilder, and more victorious than mainstream theology has made room for. For the believers who never stopped asking questions. For the Christ-followers who want the whole Bible, not just the comfortable parts. MEET THE HOSTS OF FAITH ON THE FRINGE LEAH STEELE BARNETT Faith-led cultural commentator, AI educator, and host of The Culture Cast operating at the intersection of technology, culture, and Kingdom stewardship. She examines cultural deception, belief systems, and power structures through a biblical lens. She is pattern-oriented, allergic to hype, and built for the kind of theology that doesn't flinch. On The Fringe, she brings the research, the receipts, and a refusal to let comfortable doctrine go unchallenged. MALAINE LEA BUTLER Deliverance-driven disciple of Jesus Christ who walked out of the New Age and into radical transformation through the power of the Gospel. Host of Kingdom Talk and founder of Eden House, she creates space for raw, deep, and confrontational conversations that call hearts into full surrender and freedom in Christ. On The Fringe, she brings fire, spiritual authority, and zero tolerance for religious performance.

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