{"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":"","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.https://join.unrefinedpodcast.com2 ways to join-  $6/monthly OR $10/monthly- support the movement! Timestamps:00:00:48 Brandon frames the episode redemptively not anti supernatural00:03:02 Why Merrill started writing The Cost of Casting Out00:04:10 A sham deliverance meeting eyes flashing and peer pressure00:06:10 Leg lengthening and the danger of staged miracles00:07:39 The Winger /Bolz /Bethel tension and how discernment gets weaponized00:08:50 Deliverance vs exorcism why Protestants changed the language00:10:55 Brief history of exorcism from ancient world to early church00:13:20 Divine council worldview and territorial powers without obsession00:16:37 Unclean spirits vs demons Second Temple context and 1 Enoch thread00:18:44 What exorcistic abuse looks like in real cases00:23:25 When people mean well but bad theology turns lethal00:25:47 Accountability without becoming a heresy hustle culture00:28:04 Fake manifestations Munchausen dynamics and ministry incentives00:30:23 Zoom deliverance social pressure and manufactured demons00:32:41 Theology has consequences why what you believe shapes what you do00:34:58 Practical markers character accountability and fruit not theatrics00:37:20 Covering concerns disciple making movements and lone wolf danger00:39:48 How common is real possession and why proof matters00:42:02 Celebrity church culture performance pressure and entertainment00:46:44 Ignorance training gaps and trauma created by careless...","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}