{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Unrefined Podcast .com","title":"E196 The Cost of Casting Out","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/c1d514b3\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1683,"description":"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.\nhttps://join.unrefinedpodcast.com\n2 ways to join-  $6/monthly OR $10/monthly- support the movement!\nTimestamps:\n00:00:48 Brandon frames the episode redemptively not anti supernatural\n00:03:02 Why Merrill started writing The Cost of Casting Out\n00:04:10 A sham deliverance meeting eyes flashing and peer pressure\n00:06:10 Leg lengthening and the danger of staged miracles\n00:07:39 The Winger /Bolz /Bethel tension and how discernment gets weaponized\n00:08:50 Deliverance vs exorcism why Protestants changed the language\n00:10:55 Brief history of exorcism from ancient world to early church\n00:13:20 Divine council worldview and territorial powers without obsession\n00:16:37 Unclean spirits vs demons Second Temple context and 1 Enoch thread\n00:18:44 What exorcistic abuse looks like in real cases\n00:23:25 When people mean well but bad theology turns lethal\n00:25:47 Accountability without becoming a heresy hustle culture\n00:28:04 Fake manifestations Munchausen dynamics and ministry incentives\n00:30:23 Zoom deliverance social pressure and manufactured demons\n00:32:41 Theology has consequences why what you believe shapes what you do\n00:34:58 Practical markers character accountability and fruit not theatrics\n00:37:20 Covering concerns disciple making movements and lone wolf danger\n00:39:48 How common is real possession and why proof matters\n00:42:02 Celebrity church culture performance pressure and entertainment\n00:46:44 Ignorance training gaps and...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/SEi08kDnmS3ucXi-RfuKquACTpfh-Kjws-EHkJR3Eps/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9mYjhk/MGY5YjJhYTVlZGM1/ZDZhOWQ0MzNiMjIx/NWE4Yi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}