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Leah Steele Barnett/Malaine Lea Butler
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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.
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