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Isaac trembled violently after realizing he blessed the wrong son. He didn't reverse the blessing. He couldn't . . . That moment, super easy to read past, is actually one of the most theologically loaded scenes in the entire book of Genesis.

Most of us read past the patriarchal blessings in Genesis the same way. The text doesn't slow down to explain them. Lamech names his son Noah, announces he'll bring relief from the curse on the ground, and the narrative moves on. Jacob gathers all twelve sons and speaks over each one (tribal territories, political trajectories, a coming ruler) and the story continues. We absorb it as family drama or ancient religious custom. We rarely stop to ask: How do these words actually work?

That question opens up an under-examined corner of Genesis, and the answer has real implications for how we understand prophecy, the gifts of the Spirit, and the character of a God who never stopped speaking. 

In this episode, we'll discuss:

- Why the patriarchal blessings in Genesis can't be explained as lucky guesses or shrewd fatherly observation
- Why the "covenant authority" interpretation, that the patriarchs could speak things into existence by virtue of their office, is theologically dangerous
- Why the most defensible interpretation is that the patriarchs were prophesying: instruments of divine revelation, voicing what God had already shown them
- How Lamech's blessing (Genesis 5:28-29) functions as the hermeneutical template for every patriarchal blessing that follows
- What the patriarchal period reveals about the cluster argument,  and why a steady, continuous stream of prophetic activity through ordinary domestic moments challenges cessationist assumptions

The God of Genesis isn't a God who shows up in dramatic bursts. He's a God who never stopped speaking, threading his voice from generation to generation long before anyone had a formal theology of what a prophet even was. Join us to learn more!

0:00 – Introduction
0:15 – Patriarchal Blessings Overview
2:09 – Genesis Examples Surveyed
6:20 – How Do They Work?
9:33 – Speaking Things Into Existence
14:06 – Patriarchs as Prophets
15:02 – Lamech's Prophetic Fulfillment
17:00 – Cessationism Challenged
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Joshua Lewis and Michael Miller answer your questions from their recent livestream on the rise and fall of the Kansas City Prophets. They tackle some of the toughest questions surrounding false prophecy, discernment, and the legacy of Mike Bickle and IHOP.  

Topics covered include:

-How many false prophecies does it take to be considered a false prophet?
-Did God really speak to Mike Bickle in Egypt while he was actively sinning?
-Can movements rooted in Branhamism or the Latter Rain be redeemed?
-What is the value of prophecy if words can't be taken at face value?
-Was Jonah's prophecy over Nineveh a false prophecy?
-Which charismatics have actually stood up and called out bad leaders?
-Why didn't Rick Joyner publicly expose Paul Cain?

Plus, Josh and Michael reflect on Remnant Radio's own history of prophetic reviews and why they believe charismatics need to be the ones holding other charismatics accountable.

PREVIOUS LIVESTREAM:
The Rise & Fall of the Kansas City Prophets: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojy0CtsS0e8
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There's a version of complementarian theology that quietly reshapes the Trinity to make its argument. Most people who hold it don't realize that's what they're doing. Dr. Malcolm Yarnell does — and he wrote the book on why it matters.

Dr. Malcolm Yarnell, professor of Theology at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and author of the Theology for Every Person series, joins Joshua Lewis to work through some of the most contested terrain in Christian doctrine: the person of Christ, the unity of the Trinity, and the debate over eternal functional subordination (EFS).

What We Cover:
- Why the Trinity and Christology are the two doctrines that everything else in systematic theology depends on
- The three senses of "Word of God" in scripture: the personal Word (Jesus), the written Word (scripture), and the proclaimed Word
- What eternal functional subordination is, where it came from, and why Dr. Yarnell considers it a grave theological error
- How EFS was crafted primarily to answer feminism — not to answer a theological question — and why that origin matters
- The unified will of the Trinity, and why the garden of Gethsemane is about the submission of Christ's human will, not an eternal subordination within the Godhead
- A close reading of 1 Corinthians 15:28: what is actually being subjected — humanity, not deity
- The Athanasian scope of scripture: limitations in the text refer to Christ's humanity; perfections refer to his deity
- Why you don't need to reconfigure the Trinity to be a complementarian

0:00 – Introduction
2:08 – Theology for Every Person
5:38 – Christ's Deity and Humanity
10:42 – Word: Person vs. Scripture
15:23 – Eternal Functional Subordination
26:32 – Doctrine and Cultural Moments
33:43 – The Divine Will
54:46 – 1 Corinthians 15:28
1:00:46 – Closing Thoughts

INTRO TO CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY:
https://www.theremnantradio.com/intro-to-christian-theology-course

ABOUT THE GUEST:
📖Word (Theology for Every Person, Vol. 2) https://a.co/d/0ddyCS4F
📖God (Theology for Every Person, Vol. 1) https://a.co/d/0ibY6QQ1
📖God the Trinity https://a.co/d/05bCwH0d
📖The Formation of Christian Doctrine https://a.co/d/0dwRSFQH
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Dr. Sam Storms has been one of our own. He's served at our conferences, he's connected to us through the Convergence Church Network, and he's been one of the clearest continuationist voices in evangelical Christianity for decades. His new book, The Rise and Fall of the Kansas City Prophets, is the most detailed insider account of the Kansas City prophetic movement ever written — 310 pages covering 1982 to 2000, the era of Bob Jones, Paul Cain, and Mike Bickle's rise to prominence.

And people are asking some tough questions about it.

This episode is not a hit piece on Sam Storms. He was lied to like the rest of us. He has acknowledged that his discernment failed him. That kind of accountability takes humility and bravery. As we review his book, we're going to do our best to call balls and strikes. What does Sam get right? Where does he miss?

What this episode is ultimately about is discernment — not just the discernment of individual prophetic words, but the communal discernment of a movement. How does proximity to leadership shape what we're able to see? And after everything that has happened, what does it look like to hold continuationist convictions with both faithfulness and sobriety?

There is grief in this conversation, but there is also hope. We're not abandoning the prophetic because Mike Bickle and others abused it. We're asking hard questions — with honesty, with care for Dr. Storms, and with deep love for every person still healing from the IHOPKC collapse.

Previous Episodes on Mike Bickle:
- How Do We Process the Allegations Against Mike Bickle? 
https://youtube.com/live/dlkA_FjimJo

- IHOP: A House Divided - Mike Bickle & IHOPKC 
https://youtube.com/live/EpcaPgqCaGo

- Behind the Scenes at IHOP: Stories of Systemic Abuse Part 1 
https://youtu.be/Y9tDHlOLriM

- Surviving a Toxic Church: Victims of IHOP Speak Out, Part 2 
https://youtu.be/rpo8wJkm--I

0:00 – Introduction
1:09 – Sam Storms' Book
8:21 – Bob Jones Controversy
12:19 – Sam's Apologies
17:46 – Sam's Skepticism
42:51 – What About Empirically Verified Prophecies?
59:51 – Paul Cain
1:02:57 – Closing Thoughts
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What if your mental health struggles were something more than what the DSM identifies? What if there was a spiritual aspect keeping you from walking in freedom?

Dr. Natalie Atwell has spent over 20 years as a licensed therapist, and she'll be the first to tell you she ignored that question for most of her career. Then the cases got darker, standard treatments stopped working, and a deep dive into Dr. Michael Heiser's divine council worldview changed how she reads both her Bible and her intake forms.

There's a quiet crisis happening inside Christian counseling offices. Clients are arriving with presentations - dissociation, compulsive sexual behavior, debilitating anxiety, sleep paralysis - that don't resolve the way they should. The DSM has no category for what some of these people are experiencing. And the therapists treating them are quietly asking a question they're not sure they're allowed to ask: Is something spiritual going on here?

Dr. Atwell says yes, and she's built a clinical framework to navigate it. Drawing on the Deuteronomy 32 worldview and Dr. Michael Heiser's understanding of the three rebellions of Genesis 3, 6, and 11, she maps categories of mental health suffering back to specific entry points of spiritual darkness. It's a careful, clinically-informed attempt to take Ephesians 6:12 seriously in a treatment room.

The demand in the broader body of Christ is real. Pastors are referring people to therapists because they don't have a framework. Therapists are getting stuck because they don't have the theology. Dr. Atwell's work, including her assessment tool that asks about Ouija boards, occult involvement, and even alien abduction experiences, is an attempt to build a bridge between those two worlds. Not to replace either one, but to help clinicians ask better questions.

0:00 – Introduction
1:25 – Dr. Natalie Atwell
3:58 – Satanic Ritual Abuse
7:01 – Counselor's Awakening
9:35 – Darkness Uptick Explained
17:01 – Divine Council Worldview
25:21 – Oppression vs. Possession
29:07 – Three Categories Framework
37:31 – Deliverance Treatment Model
40:06 – Other Influences Assessment
47:58 – Client Case Study
54:36 – Mental Warrior Consulting

ABOUT THE GUEST:
📖 Dr. Natalie Atwell's book is coming soon! Sign up for updates at MentalWarriorConsulting.com

INTRO TO DELIVERANCE MINISTRY:
https://www.theremnantradio.com/intro-to-deliverance-ministry
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