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JESUS IS FREEDOM! Christianity is Not Oppressive

My first solo episode of Heaven & Healing Podcast in a while!

 

This episode is for believers and unbelievers alike.

 

For the continued H&H listeners, I put this one together for you to send to your unsaved loved… but there is also an important message for you here, too — about what being a follower of Christ actually demands of you. So I pray this is as edifying for you, as it is hopefully inviting, to unbelievers.

 

For the unbeliever… I explain that I understand if you have church hurt or if the doctrine of man has left a bad taste in your mouth for Christianity and address the extremely valid issue with this… With that, I talk about how a lot of churches focus on your sin ONLY, failing to expand on the LOVE that DIED for your sin… So many leave feeling condemned, rather than convicted.

 

Condemnation comes from shame; conviction comes from love, leading to true faith and repentance.

 

My goal with this episode, unbeliever, is not to tell you how wicked you are and that you need Jesus… My goal is to tell you that DESPITE how wicked we ALL are *without* Him, He DIED FOR YOU ANYWAY because your value to Him is so immeasurably demonstrative and His love for you so abundant that He chose you offer you eternal salvation even if you would never choose to receive it.

 

By talking about the Lord’s love for you and the Truth of His character, it is my deepest prayer that you would come to a revelation of the Father’s love and fall to your knees in surrender to Him… or, at the least, that a seed of faith would be planted that the Holy Spirit would use to do a work in you and bear the fruit of later.

 

I tackle common opposition, to break the chains of lies that keep you shackled from knowing the Truth… such as: that Christianity is self-righteous, that the Bible is a myth and/or written to control the masses, that religion is shoved down our throat, that “religion” is an oppressive rulebook to follow, that God is an ego-maniac, authoritative dictator and more…

 

I genuinely pray that the Lord will use this episode for His glory, and for the good of all who listen or watch.

 

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From Ruin to Redemption | with Jake McElfresh of Front Porch Step

Here, I talk with my friend Jake McElfresh of Front Porch Step for his first interview in 8 years following a scandal that ruined his career in 2014.

 

I was a pop-punk kid back then and made an idol of music before Jesus, living by the mantra “music saved my life” and was into FPS, using it as a way to cope during a breakup as well as the death of my grandmother — so this is a full circle moment, now that we are both born again disciples of Jesus Christ.

 

In this discussion, he shares how he grew up, what his journey with God looked like throughout his life — how he was a “Christian," thinking that saying a sinner’s prayer meant he would go to heaven — he describes how his parents divorce affected his perspective of women, and how he got into the music scene.

 

From there, he speaks on his Front Porch Step career, the depraved man he was, and the gritty details of the scandal. He so vulnerably and honestly shares how it all spiraled and ultimately sent him right to rock bottom, both personally and professionally.

 

But that is where Jesus met Him: at the end of himself. Much later, Jake felt the unconditional love of Christ for the first time, realizing that no matter what he did, God would love and forgive him.

 

Jake eventually surrendered in repentance, and laid it all at the foot of the cross, turning his life around by the grace of God. His walk with Jesus led him to his wife Shanelle. He tells us the intimate story of how they met, how he courted her, and how they eventually married.

 

Sharing Jake's story is about demonstrating what the gospel actually is, because his testimony shows the Heart of the Father. No one is beyond redemption.

 

What God has done in his life is the epitome of the old man being crucified, and the new man being resurrected in Christ.

 

When the carnal world offers no mercy, God offers mercy as we receive His Truth in faith. That is why Jesus' free gift of salvation is so precious.

 

Each of us needs a Savior that we are ALL EQUALLY undeserving to have.

And yet, when we have Him, there is no condemnation.

He makes us a new creation, not because of who we are but because of who He is.

 

We pray the Lord will use this to plant seeds of faith.

 

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What IS Deliverance? | with Tailah Scroggins

In this episode of Heaven & Healing Podcast, I welcome back my friend Tailah Scroggins @tailahofficial to talk more about deliverance. If you haven’t already, be sure to check out our previous episode together, where Tailah shares her testimony and we talk on topics like cessationism, the gifts of the Holy Spirit, church hurt, refining seasons with the Lord, and counterfeit healing of the New Age.

 

This follow-up discussion is primarily centered on deliverance, since it is such a hot topic amongst the body of Christ right now. Our prayer here is to bring clarity and edification to our brothers and sisters, using the Word of God as our basis of reasoning.

 

This is the first time I share my testimony of how I was delivered from unclean spirits over a year after I accepted Christ as my Savior, repented for my sins and received Him in faith December 2021. This deliverance follows shortly both my water and Holy Spirit baptisms, both at the beginning months of 2023.

 

As I share, Tailah — who has years of experience within this area in her own church that believes in the importance of casting out demons — explains the biblical foundation of what that means exactly, and why it is indeed appropriate for the Christian to receive deliverance.

 

Do not hear what we are not saying in this discussion…

We are NOT negating the work Jesus did on the cross. We are NOT saying deliverance is the answer for every problem a Christian has in their life. We are NOT saying that true repentance is not required… In fact, I will be recording another episode with my dear sister in Christ Naela on the tail of this episode with Tailah, to expand upon and highlight some crucial components that Tailah and I either missed or did not fully cover in this episode. So before you cast stones, be sure to check out that when it is released. :)

 

We believe that there is a biblical stance on this that can eliminate the current climate that swings from one equally destructive end of the pendulum: “deliverance is a no” to the other end of deliverance mania — and we pray you will discern that with us, using our precious Word of God.

 

This is how iron sharpens iron: dialogue. Not heresy hunting and slander.

 

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Demonic Lies to Divine Truth: Walking With Jesus | with Tailah Scroggins

In Heaven & Healing Podcast’s first ever in-person interview in the new studio setup, I have an amazing conversation with one of my good friends, Tailah Scroggins! In part one of our two-part series together, she shares her full coming-to-Christ testimony and we talk about my journey from cessationism  to walking in full faith of the Word, of God, of Jesus and of the Holy Spirit.

 

Tailah grew up in a Christian household loving Jesus, but did not have a true encounter with the Holy Spirit until she was 14 years old and the Lord delivered her from an eating disorder. A few years after, she was on her way to seeing her dreams come true with a record deal that fell through and crushed her heart. She was mad at God and turned her back on Him throughout her later teenage years into her college days when she was living a life of rebellion. She partied, she smoked, she drank, she practiced astrology and immersed herself in ungodly relationships.

 

Like the prodigal son, she finally came back home to Jesus in her twenties and has since been ministering deliverance, hosting services with her family church, sharing her story online, writing/creating/producing worship music, and living in radical obedience for God.

 

In this conversation, we talk about the deception of astrology, seasons of refinement with the Lord, the reality of church hurt, what it means to be baptized in the Holy Spirit, and discuss the gifts of the Holy Spirit. With the topic of the gifts of the Holy Spirit, we go into what the New Age counterfeit version of those gifts could look like.

 

The devil cannot create, he can only corrupt, and so any supernatural power we see in the occult, witchcraft or New Age, it is nothing more than a demonic perversion of the 9 gifts of the Holy Spirit that our Lord offers us.

 

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Satanism Sells: Self-Love, the Gospel from Hell

Hey y’all, long time no see! I actually recorded this episode back in May, but I thought it got lost when I had a corruption in my files… However, by a sheer accident (or God-ordained happenstance), I was able to recover it! I wanted to share this with you ASAP because I know that I have been pretty inconsistent over the past couple of months… and I do apologize. The reason for my absence being — I have a lot going on in my personal life right now that I have not publicly disclosed. That said, I’m out of the weeds and able to give much more of my time and attention pouring back into this ministry that I love so much, all for the glory of God.

 

Regarding this episode, it was inspired by the Target controversy that was circulating all over the internet. I got to thinking about how this is so much bigger than Target, than Bud Light, than Ford, than North Face, then Starbucks — it is all so much bigger than any company, brand, product or artist that promotes a particular agenda despite that the news, social media and conservative/liberal influencers alike focus ON those things — but rather, it’s the spirit BEHIND the agenda that we need to focus on.

 

I talk about how the worldly motives come back to the same temptation Satan offered Jesus in the desert — that if Jesus would only worship Satan, he would give Jesus all the kingdoms of the Earth. That is exactly what he is doing now: offering us the world by tempting us with the predication that we know better than God and therefore can live however we want. It is Satan who is responsible for puppeteering the companies, brands, artists etc. promoting sinful, unrepentant lifestyles, resulting in Stockholm syndrome among the masses who fall in love with the god of self.

 

Overall, this is a monologue about how satanism sells in a world where we are constantly fed the self-love gospel that we are enough, which keeps “them” relevant, which keeps sin relevant, which, ultimately — keeps Satan relevant and at the forefront of your life.

 

Satan doesn’t care if you believe in him or not. If you’re not living for Jesus, you’re living for the enemy. If you’re living for yourself, you’re feeding from the pit of hell.

 

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My Husband Asks Me Hard Questions: Impromptu Episode

In this totally candid, unplanned episode of Heaven & Healing Podcast, available on Youtube, Apple andSpotify, my husband makes his first appearance on the show! Well… his voice does.

 

One night a few weeks ago, he and I were up eating cheeseburgers, watching television when he suddenly turns off the show and tells me we should go upstairs and record a podcast. This is the result of that!

 

My husband, Mike, stars *behind* the camera from this episode. He wanted to sit down with me and ask me the first questions that came to mind — some questions that he had before he was a believer, because it is his hope that someone who is agnostic or thinks the way that he used to would hear this and have seeds of faith planted that, God-willing, would later bear abundant fruit of salvation.

 

Mike asks me about my testimony, he asks what I would say to someone who questions why people die of sickness if God is real and loving, he asks how I would go about inviting a non-believer (such as his former self) to church with me, he asks what I would say to anyone I used to be friends with that pushes against me because of my faith, and finally, he asks what my mission with Heaven & Healing Podcast is overall.

 

This is the first time you guys get to hear from Mike personally.

 

Granted, it’s from behind the camera and about ten feet away from the microphone so you may have to turn up the volume when he speaks — but regardless, he shares a bit about his experience when he was agnostic and came to church with me, how he felt God pounding on the door of his heart and continued to ignore it for the longest time. You get to hear a part of his testimony from his own mouth for the first time!

 

This is definitely a very casual, intimate, conversational episode, but I think there are a lot of good nuggets in this that I pray the audience will receive encouragement and edification from.

 

PS watch until the very end for an extra special guest appearance from my cats, Gemini and Ruby. :)

 

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My Best Friend Prayed 20 Years for My Salvation | with Alyssa Rosario

You all have been asking for me to bring my best friend Alyssa back on to Heaven & Healing Podcast for a while! If you haven’t already, be sure to check-out her first appearance on the show with the episode titled “Importance of the Nuclear Family Unit, Embracing Biblical Womanhood over Modern Feminism, and the Truth About Abortion” where we discuss the stark contrast of our upbringings and highlight the advantages Alyssa had longterm of growing up in a Christian household.

 

In this most recent episode, we decided to record a long-awaited q&a where we both answer questions from you listeners regarding how our friendship was before I got saved, what her prayer life for my salvation looked like, what we honestly thought of one another before I came to know the Lord and how our relationship has transformed since I received Christ.

 

This was a great time for us to record this together because at the time, she was a little over 25 weeks pregnant and I was less than a week away from being married — so it was really special to celebrate the Lord’s providence over our lives, and to share that with you all, hoping that it will bring encouragement to keep praying for your unsaved loved ones.

 

Questions covered:

-What was the most difficult thing for Alyssa to continue praying for Angela throughout the years, and how did she pray for herself in the process?

-What kept Alyssa from removing Angela as a friend?

-Did Alyssa do any research on New Age when Angela was involved, to better understand and to better witness?

-What did Alyssa’s prayers consist of? How did she pray for Angela?

-How can you keep a healthy distance from someone in demonic practices but still show love?

-Can Alyssa explain what the Holy Spirit helped her discern when it came to participating in New Age rituals Angela invited her to participate in? And how did Alyssa not slip into NA with Angela?

-Did God ever give Alyssa any supernatural insight or prophetic vision that Angela would eventually be saved?

-What kind of questions did Alyssa ask Angela to challenge her worldview?

-What Scripture do Alyssa and Angela recommend sharing with a New Ager?

-Was there unspoken tension between Angela and Alyssa before Angela got saved?

-How do you know if someone is in your life because God wants them their VS when it’s time to walk away from the relationship?

-Can you both describe the difference in your friendship before Angela’s salvation VS now?

-How do you two encourage each other now in your faith in Christ?

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29th Birthday Q&A

For this special birthday episode in celebration of my 29th, I asked my Instagram audience to ask me questions to answer for my first ever Q&A Heaven & Healing Podcast episode. I chose 15 questions from y’all to dive into for an hour!

 

I open with a discussion on how birthday month has been completely infiltrated by “Pride” month - so leading from that point, I talk about the sin of pride in all of it’s context, how we as the body of Christ must stand firm on the Word of God and His definition of love, despite backlash - because while, yes, the LGBTQ community needs love, GOD defines love, and so what they truly need the gospel more.

 

From there, I dive into the Q&A segment.

 

Questions you can expect to have answered and elaborated on:

-How was your friendship with your bestie while you were in New Age?

 

-Is Mike willing to share his testimony?

 

-Attachment theory & Jesus?

 

-Opinion on Christian mediation?

 

-Could you make an episode on progressive Christianity?

 

-How is marriage?

 

-Should Christians dress/present themselves differently/more modestly after being saved?

 

-What translation of the Bible do you read?

 

-How do you like Tennessee?

 

-How to save someone who is agnostic but you can see Jesus planting seeds?

 

-What is your take on The Chosen series?

 

-Have you experienced demonic attacks during sleep?

 

-How to lovingly correct Christian’s who believe yoga is fine? Even with facts explained.

 

-How to talk to Christian friends about secular music, and how to encourage not listening to it?

 

-Did you ever have to battle legalism in the church after getting saved?

 

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Transhumanism: Satan’s Plan to Destroy Humanity | with Kevin Thom (kingkat2.0)

Be sure to check out my preceding episode with Kevin Thom before you dive into this one, where we first share Kevin’s testimony and debunk Darwinism, racism, progressivism and cessationism.

 

We get into the meat of this episode immediately, talking about how skewing the lines of sexuality and gender is a gateway to the next “evolutionary step” of the antichrist agenda, that being transhumanism, and how Kevin believes it is all Satan’s very last plan to execute.

 

This discussion includes topics like artificial wombs, deep fakes, kids with iPads and the dangers of virtual reality; how ultimate goal of artificial intelligence is showcasing the same lie humanity since the fall in the garden: that man can become God.

 

Alongside AI, we talk about the dangers of chat GPT and how these trendy social media outlets are all actually teaching AI how to change the interface and the psyche of mankind as a whole, and our willing participation in these sorts of things actually have us eating out of the palm of Satan, especially given the fact that many users have had real experiences with these AI ‘bots’ where they have admitted that they’re actual demons from hell.

 

Of course, talking about transhumanism and AI leads to Elon Musk. We get into how sinister Neuralink is, given that the goal is to create a way for mankind to develop their consciousness outside of their body. Kevin says “I don’t think Elon is the antichrist, but I do think if the antichrist had a friend, it would be Elon.”

 

Truly every second of this episode is loaded with fire! Kevin is so intelligent, well-versed and biblically consistent in his presentations. Ultimately, everything discussed in this episode points to the more than likely reality that we are indeed living in the end times.

 

Bu with that, Kevin leaves us with an encouraging word on how the most important thing we can be doing through these tumultuous times is keeping our eyes on Jesus, and how we have nothing to be afraid of because Jesus has overcome the world, and we are more than conquerers in Christ.

 

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Debunking Darwinism, Racism, Progressivism & Cessationism | with Kevin Thom (kingkat 2.0)

Part one of my interview with Kevin (kingkat2.0) is available now on Youtube, Apple and Spotify to watch or listen! So excited about this, as it is a long-time coming. The Lord has used Kevin as an integral piece of my own testimony, which you’ll hear about in this episode where we dive into a whole plethora of topics with a somehow seamless flow that only the Holy Spirit could be responsible for!

 

In this episode, we start with Kevin’s story about how growing up in the melting pot of NY with many backgrounds/religions led him to questions about the Bible: is it true, who is Jesus, and is He God? This led him into the world of apologetics, as he recognized that his Catholic upbringing didn’t prepare him for hard conversations to justify his faith. However, his journey in the apologetic realm only got him so far as he eventually recognized that a person can know arguments ABOUT God without actually KNOWING God - that one can have an intellectual mind with a hardened heart - and with that, Kevin had a break down in his room and told Jesus he needed him. It was then he not only had an answer for his head, but for his soul.

 

But his radical, heartfelt faith didn’t negate Kevin’s love for apologetics, as he was challenged by an atheist friend for serving the “white man’s religion,” which led him to his study of the secularist/atheistic worldview that is ultimately rooted in macro-evolution/Darwinism. Kevin found that Darwin’s famous book was originally titled “Origin of Species: the preservation of favored races” which, of course, is not how the book is presented to us in schools. Darwin actually believed that black people were a subspecies - so, ironically, it was Kevin’s atheistic friend’s worldview that was racist, not Kevin’s.

 

Our conversation here leads into progressivism, how Darwin will never be cancelled in the face of BLM culture because Darwinism is the undercurrent of the Marxism overcoming our present society. Kevin goes deep into the misconceptions of “racist Christianity,” explaining that the complete face of racism has a spirit behind it.

 

From there, we talk about progressivism seeping into the church, including how much of modern Christianity proclaims the gospel of love, watering down the true gospel of power. Kevin really goes into these issues within the body of Christ - how we have completely intellectualized the Bible, as he once did. He discusses how the Kingdom of God is not just talk, but power — and because we live in a culture now that is now overall hyper-spiritual, the Lord is forcing His church to get uncomfortable, stand up, and not only preach the Word of God, but actually demonstrate the Word of God.

 

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