Faith on the Fringe

About Faith on the Fringe

The Bible is stranger, darker, and more glorious than you were taught. Let's talk about it. Faith on the Fringe Podcast is where Leah Steele Barnett and Malaine Lea Butler explore the supernatural biblical worldview that most modern churches have quietly shelved. Spirit-Filled. Bible-Obsessed. Slightly Unhinged. The Divine Council. Fallen Watchers. The Nephilim. Pre-flood history. Spiritual warfare with real teeth. We bring the scholarship, the Spirit, and zero religious performance. We are not doom-scrolling through Revelation or building bunkers. This is a Kingdom-forward conversation rooted in the belief that God's story is bigger, wilder, and more victorious than mainstream theology has made room for. For the believers who never stopped asking questions. For the Christ-followers who want the whole Bible, not just the comfortable parts. MEET THE HOSTS OF FAITH ON THE FRINGE LEAH STEELE BARNETT Faith-led cultural commentator, AI educator, and host of The Culture Cast operating at the intersection of technology, culture, and Kingdom stewardship. She examines cultural deception, belief systems, and power structures through a biblical lens. She is pattern-oriented, allergic to hype, and built for the kind of theology that doesn't flinch. On The Fringe, she brings the research, the receipts, and a refusal to let comfortable doctrine go unchallenged. MALAINE LEA BUTLER Deliverance-driven disciple of Jesus Christ who walked out of the New Age and into radical transformation through the power of the Gospel. Host of Kingdom Talk and founder of Eden House, she creates space for raw, deep, and confrontational conversations that call hearts into full surrender and freedom in Christ. On The Fringe, she brings fire, spiritual authority, and zero tolerance for religious performance.

Publisher

Leah Steele Barnett/Malaine Lea Butler

Category

religion & spirituality · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

18 Apr 2026

Latest episode

6 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

40 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   6 Oct 2026

   Church NDAs, Masonic Oaths and Silenced Survivors With Dr. Robin Perry Braun

   A missionary came in for early stage Alzheimer's and turned out to be still attending rituals. Content warning: satanic ritual abuse, ritual abuse inside churches and at the hands of ministers, dissociative identity disorder, parts and programming, child abuse, trafficking and suicide. Nothing graphic is described. Handled with care, still heavy. Headphones if there are little ears nearby. Dr. Robin Perry Braun has spent 13 years in private practice working with survivors most people are not equipped to help, and this is her second time on Faith on the Fringe. In this conversation she explains why survivors go silent at the moment their memories surface, why almost none of them ever escaped a coven because dissociative identity disorder meant they never knew, and what it sounds like when a woman describes a friend killed in front of her at five years old and still says she had the best childhood. The second half turns toward the people doing the helping. Dr. Robin walks through the open doors ministers carry into this work, the SRA minister she was told was still reprogramming the people who came to him, and why an NDA inside a ministry functions as the Babylonian version of Matthew 18. She closes with the practical side: muscle response testing, voice to skull work with targeted individuals, and why healing in small bites keeps a survivor from breaking. JOIN THE FRINGE COMMUNITY ON PATREON: https://patreon.com/Faithonthefringe (https://patreon.com/Faithonthefringe) JOIN OUR MONTHLY BIBLE STUDY HERE: https://supernaturalbiblesessions.com (https://supernaturalbiblesessions.com) "The most important thing we can be is safe. Way over gifting, way over whatever, because people's nervous systems will not let them heal. They won't let the wall down until they start to feel safe." -Dr. Robin Perry Braun Key Takeaways The three reasons survivors of satanic ritual abuse stay silent, and the one that has nothing to do with fear. Why almost none of Dr. Robin's clients ever escaped a coven, and what that means for how SRA actually operates. What a screen memory sounds like, told through a client who kept insisting she had the best childhood. How to tell whether a deliverance minister or a therapist is safe, and why the people most drawn to this work often carry the most open doors. The SRA minister she was told was still reprogramming the people who came to him for help. Why an NDA in a ministry is the same instrument as a Masonic oath, and the verse it is standing in for. What Malaine says is hiding behind the boards and the published accountability statements. Why Dr. Robin says healing has to come in small bites, and what happens to people who get it all at once. The one test she gives anybody wondering whether something is ringing true about their own life. Featured Scripture Matthew 18:15-17 "Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established. And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: and if he neglect to hear the church, let him be as an heathen man and a publican." (KJV) Application: Jesus lays out a path with an ending, and the ending is public. Go alone, then with witnesses, then to the whole assembly. Dr. Robin's argument in this episode is that a non disclosure agreement takes that process and removes its final step, which is exactly what a Masonic oath does when it tells a man to say nothing about his brother. The instruction was given to stop gossip while still protecting the vulnerable, so anything that silences the third step is doing the opposite of what the text asks. Read it before you sign anything, and before you accept somebody's assurance that a board exists. Timestamps 0:00:00 - Content warning 0:03:39 - What stops survivors from sharing 0:09:01 - The myth of escaping a coven 0:12:07 - A church basement and a client in her 40s 0:13:10 - Leah on compartmentalizing trauma 0:17:30 - Small bites, and why fast healing backfires 0:18:25 - Survivor groups and re-tagging 0:20:10 - Open doors in the people who minister 0:23:00 - The minister who was still reprogramming 0:24:16 - Sick people helping sick people 0:27:44 - NDAs as a Babylonian Matthew 18 0:39:03 - The beliefs she has had to throw out 0:45:54 - Voice to skull and targeted individuals 0:49:24 - First steps if this is ringing true 1:00:15 - When something feels off, do not dismiss it Resources and Connect Dr. Robin Perry Braun: Dr. Robin Perry Braun holds a PhD in Integrative Medicine, a Master's degree in Psychology, and is an ordained minister. She is the creator of Integrated Bioenergetic Restoration Therapy (IBRT), a certified holistic modality designed to identify root causes and remedies for spiritual, emotional, mental, and physical challenges. With more than 13 years in private practice, she has specialized experience in dissociative identity disorder, trauma-based mind control, ritual abuse, and severe trauma recovery, and she trains practitioners worldwide. She is the author of Living Like a Son, Thrive, A Believer's Guide to the Law of Attraction, 30 Days to Peace and Joy, and Journey Through the Storm. She is also the founder of Thrive Holistic Healing Ministries, a 508(c)(1)(A) nonprofit funding healing services for survivors of trafficking and ritual abuse. Books, podcasts, and products: https://drrobinbraun.com (https://drrobinbraun.com) Find an IBRT practitioner, products, and training: https://ibrt.net (https://ibrt.net) Donate to survivor therapy and orphan prevention: https://thriveholistichealingministries.com (https://thriveholistichealingministries.com) 50% off Dr. Robin's intro course with code IBRTintro. An introduction to finding root causes and remedies for healing spirit, soul, and body. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thrivewithrobinpb (https://www.facebook.com/thrivewithrobinpb) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robinperrybraun (https://www.instagram.com/robinperrybraun) YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@RobinPerryBraun (https://www.youtube.com/@RobinPerryBraun) TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@robinperrybraun65 (https://www.tiktok.com/@robinperrybraun65) Books mentioned in this episode: Living Like a Son and Thrive by Dr. Robin Perry Braun All books available in the Faith on the Fringe Amazon Bookstore: https://amzn.to/3WscgNe (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 (https://faithonthefringe.substack.com) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/faithonthefringepodcast (https://www.instagram.com/faithonthefringepodcast) Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/faithonthefringepodcast (https://www.facebook.com/faithonthefringepodcast) YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FaithontheFringe (https://www.youtube.com/@FaithontheFringe) Email: help@faithonthefringepodcast.com (mailto:help@faithonthefringepodcast.com) Related Episodes Dr. Robin Perry Braun on trauma-based mind control, her first Faith on the Fringe episode and the best performing one on the show: https://plinkhq.com/i/1894554711/e/1000783702683 (https://plinkhq.com/i/1894554711/e/1000783702683) Is Freemasonry in Your Bloodline Making You Sick, Dr. Robin on The Culture Cast, for the oaths and the health side: https://plinkhq.com/i/1797035500/e/1000787309599 (https://plinkhq.com/i/1797035500/e/1000787309599) Married to an SRA Survivor with Wendy Nelson, the episode Dr. Robin references, for ritual abuse under a Baptist minister's roof: https://plinkhq.com/i/1894554711/e/1000786870312 (https://plinkhq.com/i/1894554711/e/1000786870312) Scriptures for Further Study Matthew 18:15-17. The process for confronting sin, with a final step that is public. Matthew 23:24. Straining at a gnat and swallowing a camel, which Dr. Robin applies to church priorities. Galatians 5:22-23. The fruit of the Spirit, offered as a vetting tool rather than a poster. 1 John 4:1. Test the spirits, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. 1 Thessalonians 5:21. Prove all things and hold fast what is good. 1 Corinthians 12:10. Discerning of spirits is listed as a gift of the Spirit. Proverbs 11:14. In the multitude of counsellors there is safety. Proverbs 18:17. The first to plead his case seems right until somebody examines him. Luke 8:17. Nothing hidden stays hidden, and nothing secret stays unknown. Ephesians 5:11-13. Have no fellowship with the works of darkness, but expose them. Psalm 139:23-24. Search me and know my heart, and see if there is any wicked way in me. John 10:10. The thief comes to steal, kill and destroy, and Jesus came to give life. This week, name the one discerning person you can say the words something feels off to out loud, and take it to Jesus before you take it to them. If this episode stirred something about your own history, go slowly, and do not go hunting. #FaithOnTheFringe #SatanicRitualAbuse #ChurchNDAs #Freemasonry #Deliverance #Discernment #SupernaturalBiblicalTheology #KingdomTheology See omnystudio.com/listener (https://omnystudio.com/listener) for privacy information.

2. 

   29 Sept 2026

   Freely Give? Why Matthew 10:8 Doesn't Mean What You Have Been Told

   Two verses after "freely give," Jesus tells His disciples the worker is worthy of his food. Matthew 10:8 has become the verse people quote whenever a minister charges for anything. Leah and Malaine read the whole chapter, starting with who Jesus was actually sending out and what He told them to take with them. From there the conversation moves through deliverance ministers charging sixty dollars a session, megachurch tithes and building funds, what the Acts church did with its money, and the backlash over Philip Anthony Mitchell's podcast tour. If Jesus showed up at your church this Sunday, whose books would He want to see first? JOIN THE FRINGE COMMUNITY ON PATREON: https://patreon.com/Faithonthefringe (https://patreon.com/Faithonthefringe) JOIN OUR MONTHLY BIBLE STUDY HERE: https://supernaturalbiblesessions.com (https://supernaturalbiblesessions.com) "As always, take it to the prayer closet, get in the word, read more than just one scripture, understand the context, understand who he was actually speaking to and why he was talking to them about this." -Malaine Lea Butler Key Takeaways Why almost nobody quotes the first half of Matthew 10:8, and what Jesus actually told the twelve to do. Who Jesus was sending out in Matthew 10, and the towns He told them to pass by. Why "raise the dead" is missing from some manuscripts of this verse. What Jesus said two verses later about the worker and his food. Why a sixty dollar deliverance session draws more outrage online than a pastor with five jets. What the early church in Acts did with the money it collected, and what one church in Salt Lake City still does. The moment charging for ministry crosses into manipulation. Why paying for a session was what got Malaine out of bed and into her breakthrough. How Leah and Malaine read the backlash over Philip Anthony Mitchell's podcast tour. Featured Scripture "Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy, drive out demons. Freely you have received; freely give." Matthew 10:8 (NIV) Application: This is the verse people quote most often in the debate over charging for ministry, and Leah and Malaine read it from the top of the chapter. Jesus was sending twelve specific men to the lost sheep of Israel, and two verses later He told them the workman is worthy of his meat. Before you stand on a verse, read the chapter around it, and ask who He was speaking to and what He was asking of them. Then take your own conviction about giving and receiving to Him in prayer. Once He settles it for you, let His answer be enough, whatever anyone else in the body of Christ has to say about it. Timestamps 0:00:00 Welcome to The Fringe 0:01:57 Jesus sends the twelve to Israel 0:03:46 "Raise the dead" and the manuscripts 0:04:30 The workman is worthy of his meat 0:08:06 Megachurch jets and a $60 session 0:09:03 Tithes, building funds, and "free" 0:12:03 How the Acts church cared for its own 0:20:08 Charisma, Freemasonry, and anointing 0:21:56 A service dog and a security team 0:28:40 Personal conviction from Jesus 0:31:11 When the price changes mid-session 0:35:38 Why paying helped Malaine show up 0:40:15 The Philip Anthony Mitchell backlash 0:55:55 Fringe Insiders on Patreon 1:00:31 Take it to Jesus Resources and Connect Books mentioned in this episode: How to Slay a Wizard by Owen Benjamin All books available in the Faith on the Fringe Amazon Bookstore: https://amzn.to/3WscgNe (https://amzn.to/3WscgNe) Some links are affiliate links. We may earn a small commission at no cost to you. Documentary mentioned: The Religion Business by Nathan Apffel, on Prime Video and Apple TV Faith on the Fringe: Substack: https://faithonthefringe.substack.com (https://faithonthefringe.substack.com) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/faithonthefringepodcast (https://www.instagram.com/faithonthefringepodcast) Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/faithonthefringepodcast (https://www.facebook.com/faithonthefringepodcast) YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FaithontheFringe (https://www.youtube.com/@FaithontheFringe) Email: help@faithonthefringepodcast.com (mailto:help@faithonthefringepodcast.com) Related Episodes Money Is NOT the Root of All Evil, So Why Is Everybody Broke? Christian Witchcraft: False Prophets, Spiritual Narcissism & Religious Trauma w/ Hector Gonzalez If Questioning Your Pastor is a Sin, You're in a Control System (History of the Five Fold Movement) If You Teach or Preach It, You'd Better Have Researched It Trauma-Based Mind Control & MKUltra in the Charismatic Church w/ Dr. Robin Perry Braun Scriptures for Further Study Matthew 10:1-15: The full sending of the twelve, including what they were told to carry and where to go Luke 10:7: Jesus sends out the seventy and says the laborer is worthy of his wages 1 Corinthians 9:14: Those who proclaim the gospel should get their living by the gospel 1 Timothy 5:18: The worker deserves his wages, quoted as scripture Acts 4:32-35: The early church shares everything, and no one among them is in need James 1:27: Pure religion is caring for orphans and widows in their distress Matthew 21:12-13: Jesus overturns the tables in the temple Matthew 23:33: Jesus calls the religious leaders a brood of vipers 2 Corinthians 9:7: Each one gives as he has decided in his heart Take it to the prayer closet, read the whole chapter, and ask Jesus what He is convicting you to do. Then come tell us what He said in the Fringe community on Patreon. #FaithOnTheFringe #Matthew108 #FreelyGive #ChristianPodcast #DeliveranceMinistry #Tithing #BibleInContext #PhilipAnthonyMitchell #Discernment See omnystudio.com/listener (https://omnystudio.com/listener) for privacy information.

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   25 Sept 2026

   The Divine Council Keystone - Supernatural Bible Sessions

   Your Bible probably says sons of Israel in Deuteronomy 32. Israel was not born for another two generations. The Qumran copy of that verse runs a thousand years older than the text every modern translation was built from, and it reads sons of God, while the Septuagint that Jesus read has angels of God. Leah Steele Barnett opens the July Supernatural Bible Session on that discrepancy and builds the divine council worldview out of three passages, Genesis 11, Deuteronomy 32 and Psalm 82. The thread runs from the tower at Babel, where God says let us go down, through the seventy nations counted in Genesis 10, to the moment God divides those nations among the sons of God and keeps Jacob as his own portion. Abraham gets called in the very next chapter. Malaine Lea Butler and Jenny Embrey carry the deliverance side of it: principalities assigned over territories, why bloodline work traces back to Babel, how spiritual beings meant to point the nations toward Yahweh acquired power through worship instead, and where the shedim of Deuteronomy 32:17 come from. The session closes on four places heaven answers Psalm 82, Jesus quoting it in the temple in John 10, the seventy sent out in Luke 10, the scattered languages gathering at Pentecost in Acts 2, and the song of Moses sung again in Revelation 15. The Melchizedek scroll from Qumran, the long ending of Deuteronomy 32:43 that Hebrews 1:6 quotes, and the question of whether a demon can drive out a demon all get their turn. Nimrod gets his own session in August. For the Bible study guide, the full research dossier, and information on future Bible sessions, join the Faith on the Fringe Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Faithonthefringe (https://www.patreon.com/cw/Faithonthefringe) Featured Scripture Deuteronomy 32:8-9 "When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, when he divided mankind, he fixed the borders of the peoples according to the number of the sons of God. But the LORD's portion is his people, Jacob his allotted heritage." (ESV) "When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, when he divided up humankind, he set the boundaries of the peoples according to the number of the heavenly assembly. For the LORD's allotment is his people, Jacob his special possession." (NET) Application: This is the keystone. Genesis 10 lists the nations scattered at Babel and the tradition counts seventy of them, and these two verses say God divided those nations according to the number of the sons of God and kept Jacob as his own portion. Most English Bibles read sons of Israel here because they follow the Masoretic text, a Hebrew tradition copied by scribes in the medieval period, and Israel was not born for another two generations after Babel. The Qumran copy of Deuteronomy is a thousand years older and reads sons of God, and the Septuagint, translated by Jewish scholars two centuries before Christ, has angels of God. Read that way, God calls Abraham in the chapter immediately after the nations are handed away, and the timing is the point. Everything the session covers about territorial spirits, principalities over regions and the great commission runs back through these two verses. Timestamps 0:00:00 - The July Supernatural Bible Session 0:03:15 - How translation choices shaped your Bible 0:15:19 - Genesis 11:1-9, the tower at Babel 0:20:41 - The divine council as a father and sons 0:22:39 - Genesis 18, 1 Kings 22 and Moses on Sinai 0:28:30 - The table of nations and the number 70 0:31:20 - Deuteronomy 32:8-9 in ESV and NET 0:33:00 - Sons of God or sons of Israel 0:35:29 - Masoretic, Septuagint, Dead Sea Scrolls 0:41:42 - The 70 nations divided among the sons 0:45:52 - Principalities, territories and bloodlines 0:53:22 - Shedim, the demons of Deuteronomy32:17 1:00:25 - Psalm 82 and the Melchizedek scroll 1:11:25 - Can demons drive out demons? 1:31:41 - Four places heaven answers Psalm 82 1:38:41 - Prayer for wisdom, healing and discernment Scriptures for Further Study Genesis 1:26 - Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. Genesis 3:22 - Behold, the man has become like one of us, to know good and evil. Genesis 10 - The table of nations, listing the descendants of Noah's sons, counted in the tradition as seventy. Genesis 11:1-9 - The whole earth has one language, the city and tower are built, and the LORD confuses their speech and scatters them. Genesis 12:1-3 - The LORD calls Abram out of his country and promises to make of him a great nation. Genesis 14:18-20 - Melchizedek, king of Salem and priest of the most high God, brings bread and wine and blesses Abram. Genesis 18:16-33 - Abraham intercedes with the LORD over the righteous in Sodom. Genesis 46:27 - All the souls of the house of Jacob that came into Egypt were threescore and ten. Exodus 12:38 - A mixed multitude went up out of Egypt with the children of Israel. Deuteronomy 4:19-20 - The host of heaven is described as allotted to all the nations under heaven. Deuteronomy 32:17 - They sacrificed unto devils, not to God, to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came newly up. Deuteronomy 32:43 - Rejoice with him, O heavens, and bow down to him, all gods, for he avenges the blood of his children. 1 Kings 22:19-22 - The LORD asks the host of heaven who will entice Ahab, and a spirit volunteers to be a lying spirit in the mouths of his prophets. Psalm 82 - God stands in the divine council and judges among the gods, who are told that they shall die like men. Psalm 106:37 - They sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils. Matthew 24:24 - False christs and false prophets shall arise and show great signs and wonders. Luke 10:1-18 - Jesus appoints and sends out the seventy, who return saying the demons are subject to them, and he answers that he beheld Satan fall as lightning. Luke 15:11-32 - The father receives the returning son and clothes him in the best robe. John 10:34 - Jesus answers, is it not written in your law, I said, ye are gods. Acts 2:5-6 - Devout men out of every nation under heaven each hear the disciples speak in his own language. Romans 8:19 - The creation waits for the manifestation of the sons of God. 1 Corinthians 10:20 - The things the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and Paul warns against fellowship with devils. Hebrews 1:6 - And again, when he bringeth in the firstborn into the world, he saith, let all the angels of God worship him. Revelation 15:3-4 - They sing the song of Moses and the song of the Lamb, declaring that all nations shall come and worship. JOIN THE FRINGE COMMUNITY ON PATREON: https://patreon.com/Faithonthefringe (https://patreon.com/Faithonthefringe) JOIN OUR MONTHLY BIBLE STUDY HERE: https://supernaturalbiblesessions.com (https://supernaturalbiblesessions.com) See omnystudio.com/listener (https://omnystudio.com/listener) for privacy information.

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