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    Unrefined Podcast .com

    What’s beyond the veil? The nature of this world we live in is unrefined.

    Yes, we live in this multifaceted world of the SEEN and the UNSEEN.
    In each episode we go beyond the veil in our own personal unrefined way.

    Our podcast recipe includes: the supernatural, the strange and unexplained from a biblical perspective, PLUS deep dives into the Word AND a wee bit of the conspiratorial for good measure.

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    Latest Episodes:
    E200 Stop Feeding the Pain Mar 23, 2026
    Show notes

    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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    E199 Behind Humanity: Mental Health and the Unseen Realm Mar 16, 2026
    Show notes

    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


    E197 You’ve Been Drafted: The Ongoing War for Your Mind and Soul Mar 02, 2026
    Show notes

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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


    E195 When Knowing Isn’t Enough: Healing Beyond Information Feb 16, 2026
    Show notes

    Misery has a way of forcing honest questions.

    In this episode, Brandon sits down with Jennifer Johnson who has spent decades helping people move beyond information about God and into real, embodied transformation. This conversation explores heart physics, biblical meditation, imagination, and why so many believers know Scripture—but can’t seem to live free.

    What happens when the Word moves from the mind into the heart?
    What if healing isn’t about trying harder, fixing yourself, or perfect behavior—but learning to trust again?

    This episode unpacks why religious systems often fear inner freedom, how imagination was designed to work, and why your response to pain determines the outcome of your story. The conversation culminates in a live guided biblical meditation that invites listeners into direct awareness of Christ within.

    This is not self-help.
    This is not technique-driven spirituality.
    This is an invitation to closeness.

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    Timestamps:
    00:00:51 Introducing heart physics and biblical meditation
    00:03:02 Growing up Christian and discovering something was missing
    00:05:24 How How to Stop the Pain reframed suffering
    00:07:45 Heart physics and the parable of the sower
    00:12:23 Why information alone never produces fruit
    00:16:52 Meditation, imagination, and reclaiming what religion feared
    00:21:37 Sanctified imagination versus misuse
    00:28:43 Christ in you awareness not self-fixing
    00:30:59 The moment Jesus said “I chose you”
    00:33:10 Why experience changes everything
    00:34:47 Guided biblical meditation begins
    00:41:56 Trusting Jesus as an invitation not a demand
    00:45:06 Final reflection and closing


    E193 Trauma, Power, and Public Failure: The Bethel/ Shawn Bolz Controversy Feb 01, 2026
    Show notes

    Hey, hey, hey—today isn’t a reaction piece. It’s a response. Not a theological sparring match, not a pile-on, not a “pick your side” moment. We’re talking about what sits underneath public failure in the church—power, gifting, trauma, accountability, integrity, and the systems that shape leaders long before anything goes public. If we want real healing, we’ve got to stop playing whack-a-mole with personalities and start asking better questions about formation, cover-up culture, and what restoration actually requires.


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    Timestamps:
    00:02:42 Examining our own hearts before critiquing others
    00:05:01 No one agrees 100 percent with anyone’s theology and why that matters
    00:07:15 Prophetic etiquette and why words must be weighed
    00:09:33 Stage culture money ego and the illusion of total accuracy
    00:11:52 Why these moments expose systems more than individuals
    00:14:08 Upside down ministry model gifting elevated over healing
    00:16:31 Judging behavior vs assigning intention and the iceberg metaphor
    00:18:46 Four levels of consciousness and why triggers persist
    00:20:56 Brandon re-evaluates assumptions and contrasts correction styles
    00:23:16 Freemasonry generational doors and cover-up culture claims
    00:25:41 Character over gifting and why relational community reveals fruit
    00:28:04 What repentance could look like for replatforming
    00:30:22 Predatory patterns and why some behaviors disqualify platform trust
    00:32:37 Organic church family units vs celebrity models
    00:34:53 Board failure power dynamics and why exposure happens externally
    00:37:14 Sanctification put off vs put on and formation practices
    00:39:30 Sonship identity performance and anointing as identity substitute
    00:41:50 Why psychics can seem more accurate and the issue of mixture
    00:44:14 Occult mimicry counterfeit spiritual experiences and discernment
    00:46:37 Dissociation explained trauma survival compartmentalization
    00:48:53 Epigenetics cellular memory and generational impact language
    00:51:17 Accountability after 18 and responsibility for healing
    00:53:38 Freemasonry vow logic and Matthew 18 discipline arc
    00:55:52 Integrity as wholeness and why truth is the safer path
    00:58:12 Jezebel Leviathan Python framework and confusion dynamics
    01:00:35 Witchcraft manipulation twisting intimidation and board dynamics
    01:03:00 501c3 alignment claims and spiritual entanglement discussion
    01:05:23 Symbolism foundations and why “systems” matter spiritually
    01:07:39 Chris Vallotton fallout logic and outcome based ethics
    01:10:02 Tree of life vs knowledge of good and evil applied
    01:12:25 Why integrity heals subconscious double binds and rumination
    01:14:47 Peace joy homeostasis and alignment as nervous system reality
    01:17:02 Frequency language and predators targeting low states
    01:19:25 Learning prophetic safely practice confirmation and community
    01:21:30 Locker room vs field practicing gifts in real life
    01:23:40 Gift of prophecy vs office of prophet relational difference
    01:26:02 Prophecy as potentiality and confirmation over control
    01:28:14 Finding triggers and why guided help matters
    01:30:36 Discerning supernatural favor fruit peace alignment and closed doors
    01:33:00 Enchanted world discernment food offered to idols analogy
    01:35:05 Blessing food and spiritual defilement stories
    01:37:24 ULGs what they are and how they work
    01:39:45 Identity in Christ healing projections and father lens
    01:42:07 Closing encouragement don’t throw the baby out


    E191 Holy Without The Hustle Jan 19, 2026
    Show notes

    Most believers know they’re forgiven… but still live like they’re on probation. In this conversation, we unpack what changes when holiness flows out of who you already are in Christ instead of who you’re trying to become. We get practical about the “striving trap,” mixed-covenant theology, abiding without making it another performance, and why the heart is the real battleground where belief becomes fruit. Plus, a closing prayer and a timely word for Brandon about finishing what God put in his hands.

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    Timestamps:
    00:00:48 Holiness flowing from identity not striving
    00:03:05 Identity as the starting point for behavior
    00:05:29 New creation reality and “who you are in spirit”
    00:09:57 Ontological shift what kind of being are you now
    00:14:45 Mind renewal living within what you already have
    00:17:07 Abiding as response to Him abiding in us
    00:21:43 Why negative self-beliefs feel “humble” in church culture
    00:24:02 Mixed covenant confusion and reframing Jesus’ teachings
    00:33:03 No dusty corners seated with Him as true humility
    00:37:59 Heart in Scripture why it matters so much
    00:40:23 Parable of the sower heart soil Word seed Kingdom fruit
    00:45:09 Quantum imagery observation faith and manifestation
    00:52:08 Practical rest and business goals identity shapes decisions
    00:59:27 Intention dominion and the dangers of going “law of attraction”
    01:08:48 Recommended practice using 52 Things Jesus Did for You
    01:13:27 Repentance as mind change not groveling confession
    01:15:38 Closing prayer to yield and trust
    01:17:54 Prophetic encouragement to finish the book


    E189 Ping Pong Faith and the Way Out Jan 05, 2026
    Show notes

    Sometimes growth in our faith feels less like a ladder and more like getting lost on a trail you thought you already mapped. In this conversation, Brandon is joined in-studio by Jen Parks and Lindsy Waters, and they bring back Dr. Robin Braun to talk about why believers get stuck, why online “metabrawls” keep brawling, and what actually changes when God matures us beyond rule-keeping into relationship.

    Robin breaks down a stages-of-faith framework (drawing from James Fowler and a Christian translation of it) and connects it to what she sees in inner healing work: people who say they trust God, but carry subconscious beliefs that God is angry, punitive, or performance-based. The crew digs into deconstruction, limiting beliefs, church hurt, and why many walk away when their faith was built more on systems than on a living relationship.

    It gets personal too. Robin shares parts of her own story, the cost of hard seasons, and how “nothing is wasted” becomes real on the other side. The thread running through the whole episode is simple but not shallow: when love becomes the aim, the room changes.


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    https://integratedlifestrategies.com
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    Timestamps:
    00:00:51 Topic stages of maturity and introduce Dr. Robin Braun
    00:03:14 Brandon frames the “maturity crisis” as more than doctrine
    00:05:37 Robin connects stages of faith to deprogramming beliefs and father wounds
    00:07:56 Robin’s background and early foundation God as a loving Father
    00:10:13 Early supernatural encounters and pursuing theology from intimacy
    00:12:35 Realizing theological ambiguity and why it forces relationship
    00:14:56 Why some deconstruct and don’t come back relationship vs rule system
    00:17:14 Jen asks for a clear framework of the stages
    00:19:25 Stages two and three described tribe shifts and conflict
    00:21:37 Stage four deconstruction and moving toward love
    00:24:01 Holding beliefs loosely and dignity to disagree
    00:26:20 Can people shift stages across seasons and areas of life
    00:28:46 Practical wisdom don’t respond online in heightened emotion
    00:30:50 Brandon shares his own rock bottom deconstruction story
    00:32:50 Jen’s puzzle piece analogy for faith and fringe experiences
    00:35:11 Limiting beliefs ant and spider circle illustration
    00:37:28 Robin’s four stages of healing framework
    00:39:39 Brandon on both and not either or and navigating gray
    00:42:04 Rewriting history theology shifts and removal of miracle accounts
    00:44:31 Rick Warren example and fallout of doctrinal dogmatism
    00:46:52 Bill Gothard and patriarchy damage performance culture
    00:49:08 What changes when disagreements don’t transform anyone
    00:51:33 How hyper performance creates self hatred and fear
    00:53:48 Robin shares marriage story boundaries release and recompense
    00:56:12 Nothing is wasted redemption and compassion formed through suffering
    00:58:32 Brandon on mystery sacramental worldview and trust
    01:00:43 Heart mind alignment trust vs belief and inner wiring
    01:03:03 Porto illustration and carrying beliefs into the heart
    01:05:28 Encouragement for listeners faith shifting as growth not loss
    01:07:51 Practical next steps find guides get healing rebuild relationship
    01:10:15 Robin shares websites training and nonprofit support work
    01:12:29 Where to start drrobinbraun.com vs integratedlifestrategies.com
    01:14:48 Taking back tools mislabeling everything as new age
    01:17:10 Robin prays over listeners and the church


    E188 God-Shaped Not Me-Shaped Dec 22, 2025
    Show notes

    Brandon and Lindsy sit down with returning guest Anthony Delgado to talk about prayer that actually forms you instead of turning into a spiritual transaction. They unpack why so many believers say “I prayed and it didn’t work,” and how that often reveals we were aiming prayer at the wrong target. Anthony frames the Lord’s Prayer as more than a model or a script it’s a theology of prayer shaped by God, rooted in the Fatherhood of God, and meant to draw us into communion that reshapes desire, identity, and daily life.

    The episode also gets honest about performance-oriented prayer culture, the difference between fervency as trust vs fervency as manipulation, and why starting with adoration changes everything. Along the way they hit liturgy, sacramental imagination, memorialism vs real presence, and practical on-ramps for people who feel distant from God or feel stuck praying only for outcomes.

    The book: God-Shaped Prayer

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    https://www.anthonydelgado.net/

    Podcast: Biblical Re-Enchantment

    https://www.youtube.com/@AnthonyDelgadoBR

    Timestamps:
    00:00:50 Welcome back Anthony Delgado and why this book matters
    00:02:54 Why Anthony wrote God-Shaped Prayer and the church context
    00:05:05 What makes this Lord’s Prayer book different
    00:07:09 Biblical theology angle tracing motifs through Scripture
    00:09:34 Prayer as communion with the Father not fear of praying wrong
    00:12:01 Why “Our Father” hits different for the original audience
    00:14:22 What God-shaped prayer means shaped by God not our rules
    00:16:45 Neo-spiritual “asking the universe” vs Christian prayer
    00:19:07 Starting with nearness our Father before awe and holiness
    00:23:50 Writing a “useful book” something to chew on every page
    00:26:09 The real goal of prayer and the fervency confusion
    00:28:31 Identity first not performance and the father’s lap picture
    00:30:09 What Anthony prayed like before and the ACTS framework
    00:32:30 Why adoration and confession come first then thanksgiving
    00:37:19 Sacramental imagination word and table and worship as formation
    00:42:01 Memorialism vs real presence and obedience as receiving blessing
    00:46:35 Prayer and Eucharistic life as fleeing the giants of the world
    00:58:30 Where to start if you feel distant from God rule of prayer
    01:03:14 Posture and the body in prayer and neural pathways
    01:05:38 Where to find Anthony online and his podcast work
    01:07:59 Workbook announcement and how it’s structured
    01:10:03 Anthony prays the Lord’s Prayer themes over listeners


    E187 Talking "Fringe" Without Causing a Family Intervention Dec 15, 2025
    Show notes

    Some conversations begin with a whisper… and before you know it, you’re knee-deep in the strange world of fringe theories, spiritual puzzles, and the awkward silence that follows when you bring them up at dinner. In this episode, we lean into the art of talking about the unseen without losing your spouse, your friends, or your social standing. Cohost Jen Parks joins us to break down how to communicate the blurry stuff with wisdom, patience, humor, and a whole lot of relational finesse. We get into cognitive dissonance, defensiveness, spiritual warfare, and why you can’t fire-hose your way into someone’s worldview. From coffee-pot analogies to puzzle-piece theology, this conversation is packed with practical tools for anyone trying to introduce fringe topics to the people they love. It’s part communication workshop, part spiritual formation, and part, “Please don’t think I’m crazy.”

    OHH- and there's a "new guy" (cohost) you get to meet in this one!

    Timestamps:
    00:00:51 Setting up today’s topic: fringe talk without scaring people
    00:02:10 Jen shares what inspired this episode
    00:03:15 Persuasion, winsome speech, and Proverbs 25:11
    00:04:50 Fear, pride, and defensiveness in conversations
    00:05:36 Cognitive dissonance explained
    00:07:20 Intent behind questions and how Jesus handled it
    00:09:45 Asking the Holy Spirit for the right words
    00:10:22 Evangelism through questions
    00:11:45 You’re the coffee pot principle
    00:12:43 Trajectory and small shifts over time
    00:13:50 Insider language and jargon problems
    00:15:05 Relationship before explanation
    00:17:16 Percolator analogy and slow spiritual conversations
    00:18:50 Bigfoot, breadcrumbs, and worldview expansion
    00:19:38 Why fringe topics matter to spiritual formation
    00:22:00 Friendship before being “right”
    00:24:18 Women's approach: you can influence, not control
    00:26:45 Husbands as protectors and guardrails
    00:28:55 Band of Brothers: “salute the rank, not the man”
    00:31:33 Asking questions and listening well
    00:33:47 Fire-hosing vs slow growth
    00:36:07 Early experiences listening to fringe podcasts
    00:38:25 The “all knowledge” paper and circle analogy
    00:40:41 Using secondhand listening at home
    00:42:52 Growth, discernment, and humility
    00:45:17 Requesting reciprocal respect
    00:47:42 Don’t make it hard for someone to change their mind
    00:49:36 Conspiracy pitfalls and being honest about “I don’t know”
    00:52:03 Collecting puzzle pieces and lifelong learning
    00:54:28 The glory of kings to search a matter out
    00:55:43 Closing encouragement and future episode topics


    E186 Pagan Panic or Holy Night? Dec 08, 2025
    Show notes

    Every December, it feels like the internet dusts off the same “Christmas is pagan” memes and lobs them into everyone’s feeds, and honestly… I’m over it. In this conversation, I sit down with Lindsy and our guest co-navigator Jennifer to ask where these claims actually came from and whether they hold up to real history. We talk about early church evidence for celebrating Jesus’ birth in December, why conception dates mattered in the ancient world, and how sacred time belongs to God—not Saturn, Mithras, or Yuletide spirits. We also unravel Alexander Hislop’s The Two Babylons, Nimrod conspiracies, green man imagery, and the fear that you might be “accidentally” worshiping other gods by putting up a tree. Along the way, we hit on mission, sacred space, and why intent matters more than internet paranoia. If you’ve ever wondered whether you’re allowed to enjoy Christmas without guilt, this one’s for you with Dr. Judd Burton.


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    https://drjuddburton.com/

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    Timestamps:
    00:03:16 Is Christmas actually pagan?
    00:05:39 Why celebrating Jesus’ birth matters
    00:07:56 Birth vs conception and sacred timing
    00:10:20 Shepherds, winter flocks, and December
    00:12:42 Saturnalia and Sol Invictus explained
    00:15:08 Constantine myths and Jesus image
    00:17:24 Yuletide, grottos, and reclaiming sites
    00:19:20 St Nicholas, Nicaea, and legend
    00:21:45 Enter Alexander Hislop and Two Babylons
    00:23:59 Nimrod, Apkalū, and pareidolia
    00:26:17 Fear, deception, and trusting God vs the devil
    00:28:33 Magi, astrology, and God using pagan culture
    00:31:00 Christmas trees, Asherah poles, and intent
    00:33:08 Law, grace, and going back under Torah
    00:35:31 Demonic counterfeits and mythic archetypes
    00:37:52 Generational attacks, giants, and cosmic war
    00:40:14 Real danger of anti-Christmas teaching
    00:42:35 Judd’s projects, classes, and Christmas studies


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