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William Branham Historical Research
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John Collins and John McKinnon examine the early beginnings of Roy E. Davis, whose various pyramid schemes apparently appealed to and were implemented by many people in the political/religious arena.
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John invites Simon Laumer to discuss leaving Ewald Frank's Freie Volksmission (Free People's Mission) in Krefeld, Germany.
Simon's Website:
https://www.gottes-gnade-verstehen.com/uebersicht
We discuss:
* Relationship issues in the Message
* Feeling trapped
* Emotional trauma of a cult
* Finding a new church and support group
* Freedom of Bible studies and the security they bring
* Lack of outreach in the cult
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Charles and John invite Margot Kiser to the podcast for the one-year anniversary of the Shakahola Forrest Massacre by cult leader Paul Mackenzie.
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John invites Michal and Fay Prascsak to discuss leaving William Branham's cult of personality.
We discuss:
* Abuse in the cult following of William Branham
* Cult further victimizing abuse victims
* Lack of support when needed most
* Hate mail from the cult during the most traumatic experience
* Shunning
* Finding true Christianity
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John invites Levi Duenas to discuss leaving William Branham's cult of personality.
We discuss:
* Issues in a very destructive splinter group of "The Message"
* Differences between the cult and Christianity
* Logical fallacies and "Christian Fantasy" of the "Message"
* Finding true Christianity
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James and John discuss the weird doctrines against women exposing their toes by wearing sandals ... to seduce men into sex.
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John invites Veronica Passage to discuss leaving William Branham's cult of personality.
We discuss:
* Relationship issues in the Message
* Feeling trapped
* Emotional trauma of a cult
* Finding a new church and support group
* Freedom of Bible studies and the security they bring
* Lack of outreach in the cult
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John Collins and John McKinnon explore the early origins of the Two-Seed Doctrine of Christian Identity and how it spread to lay the foundation for the Latter Rain Movement and, eventually the New Apostolic Reformation
We Discuss:
* Adam Clarke
* Edward Hine
* Henry Ford
* William J. Cameron
* Daniel Parker
* Herbert Armstrong
* Wesley Swift
* Gerald L. K. Smith
* William Branham
* Paris, Texas Racial conflict
* Roy E. Davis in Paris, Texas
* Branham's Parents in Paris ,Texas
* John and Joel Osteen
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John invites Nathan Kutz to discuss leaving William Branham's cult of personality.
We discuss:
* Finding new ground in Scripture
* Issues with "Message" theology
* Issues with the "Message" KJV-Only
* Becoming a minister
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James and John discuss the ever-changing predictions about the "Mark of the Beast" from the Book of Revelation.
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John invites Nathan Kutz to discuss leaving William Branham's cult of personality.
We discuss:
* Deconstructing the cult identity
* Rebuilding authentic self
* Reconstructing
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Gerald L. K. Smith was a minister and politician who leveraged his broad scope of influence to become the Imperial Wizard of the California Klan. There were many connections between Smith’s influence and the Latter Rain movement, from Jack Moore’s father-in-law G. C. Lout and the ministerial board in Shreveport, Lout to the Life Tabernacle, which headquartered Branham’s campaigns in the early years to the Christian Identity influence of his Smith’s Lieutenant in the Klan, Wesley Swift. Swift’s work with Identity leaders and the Anglo-Saxon Federation linked Swift’s agenda to the Angelus Temple leaders such as Gordon Lindsay, Branham’s first campaign manager, Roy E. Davis, Branham’s first pastor and mentor who worked with Swift in white supremacy operations such as the Little Rock Nine incident in Civil Rights History, and others
In 1942, Gerald Smith founded the Christian Nationalist Crusade, which birthed the 1943 America First Party. Smith and Swift pushed the Christian Identity agenda, which among other things, included the initiative to mix politics with religion. Largely due to the work of Smith and Identity leaders, the political agenda became fused with religion in such a way that over time the two became one and the same. For converts to Christian Nationalism, to reject political policy was to reject “Christian” values and vice versa.
Smith’s agenda continues today in movements that developed from Identity roots. Under the umbrella of the New Apostolic Reformation, leaders of groups that splintered from Christian Identity strongly affirmed their blend of religion and politics. So much so that leaders of the NAR signed declarations of allegiance to “New Apostolic Reformation and Christian Nationalism.”
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Gerald L. K. Smith:
https://william-branham.org/site/research/people/gerald_l._k._smith
Wesley A. Swift:
https://william-branham.org/site/research/people/wesley_a._swift
Roy E. Davis:
https://william-branham.org/site/research/people/roy_e._davis
NAR and Christian Nationalism:
https://narandchristiannationalism.com/
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John McKinnon joins John Collins as the new co-host to explore the subject of Weaponized Religion. In this new series, both hosts examine the history of Christian Identity.'s roots in the Latter Rain movement and how the seeds planted by some very sinister characters in history blossomed into the New Apostolic Reformation.
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John invites Nathan Kutz to discuss leaving William Branham's cult of personality.
We discuss:
* Leaving the Message
* Revictimization (rejoining the Message)
* The process of leaving for good
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John and Charles discuss Mike Bickle and the International House of Prayer sex scandal.
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Jennifer, Kristi, and Emily introduce the next phase of the Free and Clear Podcast: Moving Forward.
Paul Cain was a member of William Branham's "Message" cult of personality from as early as 1951 until his death in 2019. He was very active in spreading Branham's Manifested Sons of God theology throughout the United States and abroad. He was also instrumental in the formation of neo-Pentecostal sects including the Kansas City Prophets, the Vinyard Movement, the British Evangelical Alliance, International House of Prayer, and more. Cain was connected with and "ministered to" key political figures, including President Clinton, Saddam Hussein, and Prime Minister Netanyahu.
In a series of phone conversations before his death, Paul Cain explained to John Collins that he was the evangelist William Branham chose to send into countries Branham had been banned, including Germany. Cain was with Branham in Karlsruhe, Germany, during the revival meetings that recruited both Ewald Frank and the infamous Colonia Dignidad cult leader Paul Shafer. Shafer was assigned to Branham as his private security detail. Interestingly, the meetings in Germany occurred not long after Vice President Richard Nixon's charge to the Full Gospel Business Men International to weaponize sermon content.
In 2004, Cain was accused by Rick Joyner, Jack Deere, and Mike Bickle of homosexuality and public drunkenness. Key figures in Branham's campaign team were either known to be homosexual or accused of participating in homosexual acts, including William Branham himself. Though he initially denied it, Cain eventually issued a public apology.
Cain was also allegedly a consultant for the FBI and the CIA's "Paranormal Division", or MK-Ultra. The government programs attempted to use Cain and others with "gifts" to either control the masses or predict the future using various techniques, including hypnosis.
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Paul Cain:
https://william-branham.org/social/research/people/paul_cain
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John invites Dr. Andre Gagne, Professor and Chair of the Department of Theological Studies at Concordia University (Montreal, Quebec, Canada), to discuss the weaponization of religion to push Christian identity's political views.
We discuss:
* John's connection to Christian Identity through William Branham's "Message" cult of personality
* Dr. Gagne's Latter Rain and NAR research and videos
* The political agenda behind Identity's influence through Latter Rain
* White supremacy among Pentecostal and Latter Rain leaders
* Tracing Identity into modern NAR themes
Dr. Gagne's YouTube page:
https://www.youtube.com/@ProfGagne
Dr. Gagne's Concordia profile:
https://www.concordia.ca/faculty/andre-gagne.html
Dr. Gagne's Books:
https://www.amazon.com/stores/Andr%C3%A9%20Gagn%C3%A9/author/B00506TY4C
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John invites Jennifer, Kristi, and Emily to talk about life after the "Message," and "Moving Forward."
Moving Forward Website:
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Moving Forward Podcast (Spotify):
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We discuss:
* Relationship issues in the Message
* Feeling trapped
* Emotional trauma of a cult
* Finding a new church and support group
* Freedom of Bible studies and the security they bring
* Lack of outreach in the cult
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James and John examine the culling of a church by the minister and deacons.
We discuss:
* Opening prayer designed to intimidate
* "Speaking in Tongues" designed to intimidate
* Embarrassing children to intimidate the parents
* Singling out members of the congregation
* Spying on members
* Culling the church
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Steve and John discuss the connection between the "Christian Mystic" Jane Lead and the Christian Identity Movement and how the convergence of the two influenced the New Apostolic Reformation.
Steve's books:
Converging Apostasy:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CP18CRYG
A Quick Outline of "Hands-on" Eschatology: A Matter of Timing and Agency:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CTFY85FR
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John invites Raewyn Theobald to discuss leaving William Branham's cult of personality.
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James and John examine the weird doctrines about voting within the churches.
We discuss:
* Doctrines against females voting
* Churches with no pastoral vote
* Ethics and legalities
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Steve and John discuss the connection between the "Christian Mystic" Jane Lead and the Christian Identity Movement and how the convergence of the two influenced the New Apostolic Reformation.
Steve's books:
Converging Apostasy:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CP18CRYG
A Quick Outline of "Hands-on" Eschatology: A Matter of Timing and Agency:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CTFY85FR
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John invites Katie Holder to discuss leaving William Branham's cult of personality.
We discuss:
* Church splits
* Sexual misconduct
* Indoctrination
* Mental baggage after leaving
* Healing
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William Branham (1907-1965) was a Pentecostal minister from Jeffersonville, Indiana credited by some as initiating the Post WWII Healing Revival. The first of ten children of Charles and Ella Branham, Branham claimed to have been born in Cumberland County, KY and reared in the booming Southern Indiana casino town directly across the river from Louisville, KY. He was also a "doomsday Prophet", predicting several years that he claimed to be the End of Days.
When American Prohibition disrupted the thriving liquor industry of the local area, Branham's family became poor and destitute. Branham's father, employed as a driver for Otto Wathen of the R. E. Wathen Distilleries, was arrested for violation of the liquor laws, worsening their hardship. At the time, William was in critical condition in the Clark Memorial hospital after being shot. The Ku Klux Klan came to the rescue, paying his hospital bill and making an impact on his life that he would never forget.
Shortly after the Klan was exposed for taking control of the Indiana government, Roy E. Davis came to Jeffersonville claiming to be a Christian evangelist and becoming a choir leader for Ralph Rader. Davis was at one time an official spokesperson for William Joseph Simmons' 1915 revival of the Klan, as well as a high-ranking member. He was also affiliated with other white supremacy groups Simmons created such as the "Knights Of The Flaming Sword." Shortly after being appointed as an elder of the Rader Gospel Tabernacle, past crimes of swindling, fraud, and multiple violations of underaged sex caught up with him. Davis was terminated from Rader's church, and started a Pentecostal church taking several members from Rader's congregation. It was at this Pentecostal church that Davis claims to have converted William Branham into his first Pentecostal Assembly. According to William Branham, Davis was his mentor, the one who baptized him, imparted the "Holy Ghost," and appointed him as a minister. Shortly after, Davis was extradited by the Governor of the State of Indiana to the casino town of Hot Springs, Arkansas on charges of grand theft and connection to murder. William Branham seized the opportunity, taking control of Davis' rowdy church and forming the Billie Branham Pentecostal Tabernacle in 1936.
A year later, the 1937 Flood demolished the town of Jeffersonville. The once thriving casino town nicknamed "Little Vegas" that once attracted the likes of Al Capone and John Dillenger suddenly was leveled to a desolate wasteland. Later that year, Branham's first wife Hope died from a disease she contracted in January of 1936, and his daughter died shortly after.
In 1944, Roy E. Davis joined forces with former Congressman William D. Upshaw in an operation under the disguise of a children's orphanage in San Bernardino California. Soon after the orphanage was exposed for swindling thousands of dollars from the Los Angeles area and being the defendant in a highly publicized criminal lawsuit, Davis introduced Upshaw to William Branham. A year later, in 1945, William Branham began his evangelistic "healing" ministry, and Upshaw (who had witnessed been physically running since 1936) entered one of Branham's meetings as an "invalid" in a wheelchair. When Upshaw was "healed" from his "bedridden" condition, Branham's fame in the Faith Healing business quickly spread.
By 1947, William Branham had embellished many events of his "life story," removing the details that would raise skepticism and adding "supernatural" aspects. He started claiming to have had several conflicting "commissions" by God, and introduced a tragic but partially fictional story of his life. Over time, his Stage Persona began to include stories of being born under a supernatural sign, having a prophetic gift as a toddler, fatherless at an early age, and more. Even the tragic death of his wife was embelished to become part of the story. It was such an interesting tale that he became the side show for Little David Walker, the 12-year-old boy preacher. Before long, William and his brother Howard Branham, who ran a Jeffersonville nightclub, started touring the country to participate in the "healing revival". His new Stage Persona, combined with Upshaw's "healing," was very powerful in lifting Branham to the top of the revival. He had a very successful series of meetings throughout parts of the United States and Canada, but his success began to fade shortly after when ministers began to notice many people "healed" were dying or worsening in condition.
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