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    # 97 Understanding the difference between a church and a cult + Anna Kitko PART I

    02/06/2026 | 59 mins.
    How do you define a spiritual cult or high-control group?
    What separates deep commitment from coercion?
    Why is ‘high control’ such a critical psychological category?

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    Dr. Anna Kitko originally a British-trained Cambridge graduate, Anna’s clinical work focuses in the realm of Cults and New Religions by weaving together an eclectic background in Theology, World Religion, Christian Apologetics, and modern Psychology for a therapeutic experience that is spiritually focused and mindful of the boundaries of Holy Scripture. 

    She carries two undergraduate degrees from the University of Florida in Philosophy and Religion as well as a Master of Biblical Studies from Reformed Theological Seminary. On top of this, Anna is a current Research Associate with the University of Salford, Manchester UK, carrying a Master of Science in the Psychology of Coercive Control and having authored the first psychometric in the world measuring spiritual abuse in demonic deliverance settings. Respectively, she is a member and regular lecturer for the International Cultic Studies Association and the Director of Theological Integrity for Ratio Christi: Campus Apologetics Alliance; an international Christian Apologetics network. Locally, Anna is Theological Director of Integrated Wellness Tennessee, a non-profit mission providing clinical mental health care to those in the community who otherwise could not afford care financially. 

    Her expertise focuses on cases of spiritual abuse, cultic and coercive control, brainwashing, domestic violence, human trafficking, terrorism, Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Dissociation, and spiritual pathologies such as Prelest. She is an unabashed Christian and the center of her therapeutic interventions is housed in an office modeled after a 12 th century monastic cloister. 

    Anna possesses a knowledge of a vast array of historic therapeutic interventions from Mesopotamian exorcism protocols, to meridian work, and all the way to modern interventions such as Cognitive Processing Therapy and EMDR. She also is well versed in the healing of popular and fraudulent mental health interventions such as SOZO and Apostolic Demonic Deliverance. 

    Recommended reading inspired by this episode:
    📘 The Subtle Power of Spiritual Abuse -

    https://www.amazon.com/Subtle-Power-Spiritual-Abuse-Manipulation/dp/0764201379

    📘 Combating Cult Mind Control -

     https://www.amazon.com/Combating-Cult-Mind-Control-Best-selling/dp/0967068827

    📘 A Church Called Tov

    https://www.amazon.com/Church-Called-Tov-Goodness-Promotes/dp/1496446003

    https://open.spotify.com/show/1OBPaQj…
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    #96 Most Asked Bible Questions Answered by Dr. Frank Turek

    19/05/2026 | 1h 3 mins.
    Can we trust the bible that we have?
    Are there historical errors in the Bible?
    Is Jesus actually God himself?

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    As the President of CrossExamined.org,Dr. Frank  Turek presents powerful and entertaining evidence for Christianity at churches, high schools and at secular college campuses that often begin hostile to his message. He has also debated several prominent atheists including Christopher Hitchens and David Silverman, former president of American Atheists.
    Dr. Frank hosts an hour-long TV program each week called I Don’t Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist that is broadcast Wednesday nights on DirecTV Channel 378 (the NRB Network). His radio program called CrossExamined with Frank Turek airs on 122 stations every Saturday morning at 10 a.m. eastern and is available continuously on the free CrossExamined App.
    Dr. Frank is widely featured guest in the media as a leading apologetics expert and cultural commentator. He has appeared on hundreds of radio programs and many top TV programs including: The O’Reilly Factor, Hannity and Colmes, Faith Under Fire, and Politically Incorrect. He also writes a column for Townhall.com.
    A former aviator in the US Navy, Frank has a master’s degree from the George Washington University and a doctorate from Southern Evangelical Seminary.  He and his wife, Stephanie, are blessed with three grown sons.

     Dr. Frank Turek’s website:
    cross examined.org

    Recommended reading from Dr. Frank Turek:

    📘 I Don't Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist

    ​​https://www.amazon.com/Dont-Have-Enough-Faith-Atheist/dp/1581345615

    📘 Stealing from God

    https://www.amazon.com/Stealing-God-Atheists-Need-Their/dp/1612917011

    📘 Correct, Not Politically Correct

    https://www.amazon.com/Correct-Not-Politically-Same-Sex-Transgenderism/dp/1607087073

    https://open.spotify.com/show/1OBPaQj…
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    #95 Does 1 Corinthians 14 Mean Women Can’t Lead? + Dr. Lynn Cohick

    12/05/2026 | 1h 1 mins.
    What were women doing in gathered worship while men were prophesying?

    Is Paul saying women cannot lead?

    Is Paul forbidding all speech from women in church?

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    Dr. Lynn H. Cohick (PhD, University of Pennsylvania) is Distinguished Professor of New Testament at Houston Christian University. Dr. Cohick currently serves on the Board of Trustees at Biola University and previously served on the board for Langham Partnership.
    Dr. Cohick served as president of the Institute of Biblical Research (IBR) for six years, and has previously served as provost for two evangelical seminaries. Dr. Cohick taught at Wheaton College for eighteen years, as well as the Nairobi Evangelical Graduate School of Theology (Africa International University) in Kenya.
    Dr. Lynn is the founding president of the Center for Women in Leadership,
    a principal with Dr. Sandra Glahn and Dr. George Kalantzis
    on the Visual Museum of Women in Christianity project,
    and is the host of The Alabaster Jar podcast.

    Dr. Lynn Cohick's website:
    https://www.lynncohick.com/

    Recommended reading from Dr. Lynn Cohick:

    Women in the World of the Earliest Christians - Lynn H. Cohick

    https://www.logos.com/product/5988/women-in-the-world-of-the-earliest-christians

    Christian Women in the Patristic World - Lynn H. Cohick & Amy Brown Hughes

    https://bakerpublishinggroup.com/products/9780801039553_christian-women-in-the-patristic-world

    Ephesians (New Covenant Commentary Series) — Lynn H. Cohick

    https://books.google.com.ph/books/about/Ephesians.html?id=MfEFBAAAQBAJ&redir_esc=y

    https://open.spotify.com/show/1OBPaQj...
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    #94 WOMEN’S ROLE IN CHURCH + Dr. Lynn Cohick

    06/05/2026 | 1h 4 mins.
    So… is Jesus a feminist?

    When people ask, “What does the Bible say about women?” what do you think they are usually really asking?

    What were women generally expected to do, not do, say, and not say?

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    Dr. Lynn H. Cohick (PhD, University of Pennsylvania) is Distinguished Professor of New Testament at Houston Christian University. Dr. Cohick currently serves on the Board of Trustees at Biola University and previously served on the board for Langham Partnership.
    Dr. Cohick served as president of the Institute of Biblical Research (IBR) for six years, and has previously served as provost for two evangelical seminaries. Dr. Cohick taught at Wheaton College for eighteen years, as well as the Nairobi Evangelical Graduate School of Theology (Africa International University) in Kenya.
    Dr. Lynn is the founding president of the Center for Women in Leadership,
    a principal with Dr. Sandra Glahn and Dr. George Kalantzis
    on the Visual Museum of Women in Christianity project,
    and is the host of The Alabaster Jar podcast.

    Dr. Lynn Cohick's website:
    https://www.lynncohick.com/

    Recommended reading from Dr. Lynn Cohick:

    Women in the World of the Earliest Christians - Lynn H. Cohick

    https://www.logos.com/product/5988/women-in-the-world-of-the-earliest-christians

    Christian Women in the Patristic World - Lynn H. Cohick & Amy Brown Hughes

    https://bakerpublishinggroup.com/products/9780801039553_christian-women-in-the-patristic-world

    Ephesians (New Covenant Commentary Series) — Lynn H. Cohick

    https://books.google.com.ph/books/about/Ephesians.html?id=MfEFBAAAQBAJ&redir_esc=y

    https://open.spotify.com/show/1OBPaQj...
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    #93 Tony Dungy on Being a Christian All the Time

    28/04/2026 | 47 mins.
    Was there a moment where faith stopped being inherited and became personal?

    What did ‘Christian first’ begin to change in you practically?

    Did that conviction ever put you at odds with football culture early on?

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    Tony Dungy is a former professional football player and retired NFL coach. After playing college ball for the University of Minnesota, Dungy played three seasons in the National Football League for the Pittsburgh Steelers and San Francisco 49ers. Beginning his coaching career in 1980, Dungy went on to serve as head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and later the Indianapolis Colts. He guided the Colts to a Super Bowl victory in 2007.

    Considered one of the brightest young minds in the NFL, Dungy landed his first head coaching opportunity in 1996, when the Tampa Bay Buccaneers tapped him to lead the club. For a franchise that had long been the league's doormat, Dungy, with his calm demeanor and ability to connect with players, was a breath of fresh air, bringing both respectability and victories to a team sorely lacking in both areas.

    However, despite making the Bucs a regular playoff contender, Dungy was fired after the 2001 season. Again, he was not out of work long. In January 2002, the Indianapolis Colts hired Dungy to be its next head coach.

    During his remarkable seven-year run with the Colts and its star quarterback, Peyton Manning, Dungy turned the franchise into a perennial Super Bowl contender. The Vince Lombardi trophy finally came Dungy's way on February 4, 2007, when the Colts defeated the Chicago Bears in Super Bowl XLI, 29-17, in Miami.

    The victory made Dungy the first African American to coach a Super Bowl–winning club. It also made him just the third person in NFL history to win a title as a player and as a head coach.

    Following the 2008 season, and after 31 seasons patrolling an NFL sideline, Dungy retired from coaching.

    Since stepping down as head coach of the Colts, Dungy has worked as an analyst for NBC's "Football Night in America." In addition, Dungy, a committed Christian, has remained active in a number of charitable causes, including Big Brothers and Big Sisters and the Prison Crusade Ministry.

    Recommended reading inspired by Tony Dungy:

    📘 Quiet Strength — Tony Dungy

    https://www.amazon.com/Quiet-Strength-Principles-Practices-Priorities/dp/1414318022

    📘 Uncommon — Tony Dungy

    https://www.amazon.com/Uncommon-Finding-Your-Path-Significance/dp/1414326823

    📘 The Mentor Leader — Tony Dungy

    https://www.amazon.com/Mentor-Leader-Secrets-Building-Consistently/dp/1414338066

    https://open.spotify.com/show/1OBPaQj...
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Do you every wish you could raise your hand in church to clarify what the pastor just said? Do you need more context? I felt the same way. So I sat down with PhDs, theologians, and scholars and hit "Record." Biblically Speaking is for curious Christians seeking clear answers to big Bible questions. Each episode unpacks Scripture in context so you can understand the Word as if you were there when it happended, making the Bible easier to understand and God easier to know and love. If you're looking to grow in faith with real insights and a fresh perspective, this podcast is your guide.
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