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Lilith keeps showing up: in video games, TV shows, ancient mythology, and feminist websites. But she also shows up in the Bible. And most Christians have no idea.

Michael Miller sits down with Nelly Van Sickle, pastor of Evergreen Calvary Chapel and host of The Dancing Toaster podcast, to trace the biblical and historical case for Lilith as a genuine supernatural entity. Starting with Isaiah 34:14 and working outward through the Septuagint, the Vulgate, and the Dead Sea Scrolls, this isn't mythology dressed up as scripture. It's scripture first, history second.

Nelly also shares what happened when he started researching her. The demonic oppression that began almost immediately. And what finally made it stop.

Along the way they cover the "Adam's first wife" theory and why Genesis 2 shuts it down, the connection between Psalm 91:5-6 and "the terror of the night," a Dead Sea Scroll exorcism hymn that names a lilit-type entity by class, and the question of what happened to the women who cohabitated with the sons of God in Genesis 6.

If you've been curious about Lilith and wanted an answer that actually starts with the biblical text, this episode is for you.
Scripture References: Isaiah 34:14 | Psalm 91:5-6 | Genesis 4:22 | Genesis 6:1-4 | Leviticus 17:7 | 2 Chronicles 11:15 | Deuteronomy 12 

0:00 – Introduction
5:52 – Supernatural Encounters
16:24 – Lilith in Isaiah 34
27:15 – Ancient Near East Context
39:19 – Adam's First Wife Debunked
45:51 – Dead Sea Scrolls Evidence
56:07 – Female Demonic Entities
1:03:56 – Final Thoughts

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Most teaching on this gift goes one direction: detect the demon, cast it out, move on. But what if that's only a fraction of what Paul actually meant?

In 1 Corinthians 12:10, Paul lists the gift of discernment of spirits and says nothing else. The silence has fueled real debate, and in this episode Michael Rowntree walks through the three most serious scholarly positions and tells you where he lands. 

Michael examines the Source Testing View (held by Wayne Grudem and D.A. Carson), the Prophecy Weighing View (from Gordon Fee's commentary on 1 Corinthians), and the Prophecy Interpreting View (from scholar Doenberg). Each view has real exegetical arguments behind it. None of them are dismissed lightly. But they're not all equally convincing.

But stay for the story at the end. It happened at a Remnant Conference. A quiet prayer room. Three words that showed up and shouldn't have made sense until they made all the sense in the world. That story is why this gift matters.

0:00 – Introduction
1:36 – Source Testing (Grudem & Carson)
7:31 – Prophecy Weighing (Fee)
10:57 – Prophecy Interpreting (Doenberg)
13:31 – Where Michael Lands
14:50 – Discernment in Practice
18:17 – Conclusion

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Corey Minor of the Smart Christians Channel recently posted a detailed response to Michael Miller's appearance on Deep End with Lecrae, challenging the biblical basis for generational curses and deliverance ministry. In this episode, the Remnant Radio team engages that critique directly with respect for Corey as a Christian brother and honest disagreement with his conclusions.

The core question on the table: Can believers be cursed? Can unbelievers? Is anyone born under a curse? And is the term "generational curse" even biblical language? The guys unpack the Hebrew words ārar, qālal, and ālāh, expose what they believe is an etymological fallacy at the heart of Corey's argument, and trace the theology of blessing and curse from Genesis 3 through the Deuteronomic covenant all the way to Galatians 3 and the new covenant promises of Jeremiah 31.

They also wrestle honestly with their own disagreements. Miller makes the case for demonic spirits traveling down family lines (citing Mark 9 and the demonized boy who'd suffered "since infancy"). Rowntree prefers the language of "generational consequences" over "generational curses." And Lewis draws a distinction between God as active agent vs. passive agent in the Deuteronomic curses -- with both Job and 1 Kings 22 shaping his thinking.

Part 2 is coming. The team still needs to address whether unbelievers can curse others, how curses actually operate metaphysically, and why not everyone in a family line seems to be equally affected.

0:00 – Introduction & Episode Roadmap
10:24 – Corey Minor Clip One
14:14 – Responding to Clip One
31:09 – Hebrew Words for Curse
36:48 – Covenant Curse Framework
56:42 – Jeremiah 31 New Covenant
1:00:09 – Automatic vs. Active Freedom
1:04:59 – Deuteronomic Curses Today
1:13:27 – Closing

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What if the Church has been quietly erasing one of its most powerful practices for centuries, and we're paying for it right now?

The Remnant Radio welcomes Reverend David Miller, pastor of Church Tsidkenu, to unpack the hidden, and often deliberately suppressed, history of exorcism and deliverance ministry throughout church history. David is the author of Redacted, a three-year research project that traces deliverance from the early church fathers all the way to the 20th century. What he found is striking: deliverance and revival move together. And when one is removed, the other tends to collapse shortly after.

We walk through how the early church treated demonization as an assumed reality, how the medieval period saw a near-total collapse of effective exorcism, and how the Reformation ironically helped birth the modern assumption that Christians cannot have demons. David argues this isn't ancient orthodoxy. It's a pendulum swing traceable to John Calvin's polemical response to Catholic abuses, and it spread from there.

We also dig into the Azusa Street controversy. David makes a compelling case that Charles Parham's now-maligned critique of the revival wasn't racial antagonism, but rather a legitimate spiritual diagnosis. Bizarre manifestations, moral fractures among leaders, and the systematic exclusion of deliverance from the revival's framework all point to something darker than the standard Pentecostal narrative admits.

We close with the 20th-century resurgence of deliverance through figures like Derek Prince, Win Worley, Frank Hammond, and others. We discuss which schools of thought are most helpful for someone brand new to this ministry. 

If you've been frustrated by a church culture that either dismisses deliverance ministry or refuses to confront the abuses of it, this episode is for you.

0:00 – Introduction
1:56 – David Miller Background
3:08 – Redacted Book Overview
7:07 – Revival & Deliverance Pattern
9:42 – Christians and Demonization
18:25 – Exorcism in the Middle Ages
34:00 – Luther-Calvin Baptismal Debate
38:50 – George Fox Redacted
41:29 – Azusa Street & Parham
50:16 – 20th Century Deliverance Figures
53:08 – Strategic Spiritual Warfare
1:00:52 – Closing Thoughts

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Warning: Not everything that looks like the Holy Spirit is the Holy Spirit - and the Church needs to know the difference!

Healings, prophecies, tongues, signs, and wonders are on the rise in the Church, but so is deception. We have to ask: Can the demonic actually counterfeit the gifts of the Holy Spirit? In this episode, we explore Scripture, church history, and theology to give you a serious, grounded answer.

From the sorcerers of Pharaoh's court mimicking the miracles of Moses (Exodus 7:11–12), to the witch of Endor who brings up Samuel from the dead (1 Samuel 28), to the slave girl in Philippi whose spirit of divination produced accurate prophecy (Acts 16:16–18), the Bible is remarkably frank that the enemy is in the business of imitation. Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light (2 Corinthians 11:14), and his servants are no different.

Working through passages like Deuteronomy 13, Acts 16:16-18, Matthew 7:21-23, 2 Thessalonians 2:9-11, and 1 John 4:1-3, the guys walk through a biblical framework for discernment. Doctrine matters. But so does character, track record, submission to a local body, and the spiritual gift of discernment of spirits. 

They also wrestle with one of the strangest categories in Scripture: unbelievers who traffic in real spiritual power. Balaam. Caiaphas. The judges. The slave girl in Philippi who prophesied accurate things by a python spirit. What do we do with that? The answer isn't to run from the supernatural, but rather to pursue maturity so you can recognize the real thing.

The goal isn't fear. It's discernment. Moses didn't stop demonstrating God's power just because Pharaoh's magicians could mimic a few signs. And the church today shouldn't either. We pursue the genuine. We hold it up against the false. And we trust that Yahweh is still greater than the gods of Egypt.

0:00 – Introduction
5:13 – Counterfeit Miracles Defined
7:45 – Pharaoh's Magicians Examined
13:08 – Discerning True vs. False
19:36 – Slave Girl, Deuteronomy 13
31:37 – Unbelievers Trafficking Holy Spirit
47:38 – Eschatological False Prophets
54:04 – Personal Experiences Shared
58:09 – Biblical Evidence Summary
1:00:54 – Closing: Christ-Centered Gifts

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