Welcome to the Kingdom Builders podcast, where we share stories of entrepreneurs growing companies and platforms rooted in their Christian faith. From New Age to Jesus testimonies like my own to debunking New Age or secular myths about God to sharing powerful stories of how companies and missions were transformed by Jesus, Kingdom Builders will support you to honor your faith in the marketplace from a grounded perspective. https://www.elainagiolando.com
Why I stopped speaking in "tongues" (AND I still believe in the Holy Spirit gifts)
Have you been told you need to pray to God to receive your unique "prayer language" to have greater intimacy with Him?
That there's a "baptism in the Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking in tongues?"
I bought into this whole idea hook, line, and sinker after being exposed to charismatic authors, online teachers, and Christian pop culture.
Only recently did the veil start to lift and I seriously questioned why praying in gibberish in my prayer time never felt right and looked into researching if this practice was consistent with Scripture. The answer I found was a glaring NO.
In this episode, I do my best to share my research process of biblical scrutiny, historical and early church analysis, and my understanding of the problematic theological implications of speaking or praying in tongues as gibberish.
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18 Sept 2026
Why Christians Can't Be Demon Possessed (And Other Hyper-Charismatic Beliefs I'm Abandoning)
I've been going through a big theological shift as I got more captivated by the gospel and the freedom we have in Jesus...
...and it started to profoundly change my relationship to hyper-charismatic Christianity.
The root belief I started to question after receiving deliverances for two years, being trained as a deliverance minister, and starting to give exorcisms essentially was that Christians can be demon possessed.
It never sat right with me and never biblically lined up, but the teachers of this ideology were so engaging, confident, and powerful that I was reeled right in.
I believe many New Age to Jesus Christians get on this track of going straight into deliverance ministry and that it's a lot of mixture, pride and witchcraft, and New Age mindset applied to Christian sounding things with poorly analyzed Scripture to "back it up"... and I was one of them!
I needed to spend more time meditating on the cross than learning demonology theory based on extra-biblical personal revelation.
I decided to sit down and concisely go through the Scriptural evidence against Christian demon possession and a variety of other out-in-left-field hyper-charismatic teachings.
Yes, I still believe in spiritual warfare and the gifts of the Holy Spirit, but where is our focus? How does the Bible actually say to engage with these things?
No where is demon exorcism for a blood-bought believer prescribed.
Interested to hear more of my sobering revelation and repentance for engaging in these practices?
In this episode I go into:
- My thought process & Scripture for why I no longer believe Christians need demons cast out of them
- What mental health challenges I experienced after being trained in deliverance
- Why I believe I had such severe warfare after doing deliverance practices after being saved
- 5 reasons I am moving away from hyper-charismatic Christianity
- What the New Testament says about how to fight spiritual warfare (and nowhere in it is deliverance ministry prescribed)
- Why you'll never look at Ephesians 6 the same ever again
Basically, I got delivered from deliverance, and I pray the same happens for you.
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3 Sept 2026
Simple Answers to Christianity's Toughest Questions w/ Pastor Ryan Wekenman
Have you ever wrestled with some of the harder questions when it comes to following Jesus?
- What if I don't believe in the duality of good/evil & heaven/hell?
- Why do I have to give up any spiritual practice to follow Christ?
- What is the truth about the gnostic gospels?
- What do we do with the angry God of the Old Testament?
We love your sincere search for truth! In this episode, Ryan and I share our thoughts on simple answers to these tough obstacles on the Christian faith journey.
Ryan Wekenman is a storyteller and pastor who is passionate about finding creative ways to help people explore life's biggest questions. He is the author of Free Me From Me and Single Today and has a master's degree from Talbot School of Theology. He is the co-host of two podcasts, Stories in Scripture, a show that brings the Bible to life for people all around the world, and Afterthoughts, a weekly conversation about faith, culture, and the church. Ryan is the teaching pastor of Red Rocks Austin, a young, vibrant church he helped start with a few of his best friends. He lives in Austin, Texas.
Ryan Wekenman is a storyteller and pastor who is passionate about finding creative ways to help people explore life's biggest questions. He is the author of Free Me From Me and Single Today and has a master's degree from Talbot School of Theology. He is the co-host of two podcasts, Stories in Scripture, a show that brings the Bible to life for people all around the world, and Afterthoughts, a weekly conversation about faith, culture, and the church. Ryan is the teaching pastor of Red Rocks Austin, a young, vibrant church he helped start with a few of his best friends. He lives in Austin, Texas.
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