Skeptics & Saints

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What does it look like to follow Jesus without losing yourself to the world? 👀🔥

In this episode of Skeptics & Saints, Nolan sits down with Miguel to unpack a raw, powerful testimony, from church kid to the hardcore metal scene 🎸, from drugs, ego, and chaos… to a life completely transformed by Jesus ✝️

Miguel shares how he lived the tension so many feel: one foot in church ⛪ and one foot in the world 🌎 Chasing influence, identity, and escape, he found himself deep in a culture that slowly pulled him away from his convictions 😔 But through consistent community, the truth of the gospel 📖, and a moment of surrender, everything changed 🙌

Now serving in ministry, Miguel is reaching the very people he once ran with, proving that no one is too far gone and no story is beyond redemption 💥

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How do you reach people far from God… without losing your faith in the process? 👀🔥

This episode dives into the real tension Christians face: balancing a bold, outward life of evangelism with a deep, rooted walk with Jesus. Scripture warns that bad company corrupts good morals ⚠️, yet Jesus clearly calls believers to go into the world and make disciples 🌍✝️. So how do you live in both realities at once?

We break down:
• Why new believers are often the most effective evangelists 🔥
• The importance of a season of consecration to build a strong foundation 🙏
• How to stay in the world without becoming like it ⚖️
• The difference between influence and being influenced 🧠
• A practical framework for keeping your faith strong while reaching others 💪

Using passages like 1 Corinthians 5 and 15, along with real-life examples, this conversation gives a clear, biblical path forward 📖

Stay to the end for 3 practical steps to help you live on mission without compromising your walk with Christ 🚀✝️

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👀 Nephilim, demons, and… did Jesus preach to spirits in prison?!

We dive into Genesis 6, unpack the Nephilim, and wrestle with one of the most debated questions in Scripture, are these giants, angels, or something even darker? Then it escalates… Why do demons suddenly flood the New Testament? Are unclean spirits connected to the Nephilim? And what do Peter, Jude, and even early Christians actually believe? 🤯

But here’s the twist: this isn’t about feeding conspiracy theories… it’s about waking up to spiritual reality.

⚠️ Don’t get obsessed with demons. Get serious about prayer.

🎧 Jump in, think deeply, and learn how to stand firm in a real spiritual war.

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🎙️ Tongues, Nephilim, & Neo-Paganism… yeah, we went there.
In this episode, we dive into some of the most controversial and confusing topics in modern Christianity:

👅 Speaking in tongues, is it real, is it for today, and what does the Bible actually say?
🧙‍♂️ Neo-paganism, crystals, magic, and the spiritual undercurrent behind them
🧬 Nephilim, demons, and what early Jews and Christians actually believed

We’re wrestling with Scripture, church history, and the reality that not all spirituality is from God.
👉 Are demons the disembodied spirits of the Nephilim?
👉 Why are people suddenly obsessed with this stuff again?
👉 Is our culture drifting back into neo-paganism?

Drop your questions in the comments, we’re likely doing a Part 2 👇
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Sunday we we raised enough to buy land. About 2.8 million. In this unique episode we talk about how much was raised and some of the significance of that number, when we’ll announce location, when we get a building, and what happens next!

One impotant correction from the closing story: Nolan meant brain *tumor* not brain *cancer*.

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