#262 Leaving Bethel: Christian Couple Shares Their Deconstruction/Reconstruction Story

The Alisa Childers Podcast

Alisa Childers

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Spirituality

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🗓️ 1 September 2024

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Today's show features Jesse and Kali Westwood as they share their powerful story of leaving the culture of Bethel church and the affiliated organizations. Jesse graduated from Bethel Supernatural School of Ministry and went on to lead worship with former Bethel Worship artist Sean Feucht. The Westowood's share their personal stories of deconstructing out of that culture and belief system, and then ultimately coming back to the historic Christian gospel. Kali shares the deeply personal and gut-wrenching story of her brother dying suddenly in an accident, and a "Dead-Raising Team" being called to bring him back to life in the hospital. Reflecting on their failure to raise her brother, she explores the emotional fallout from the teaching of Bethel alum Tyler Johnson, and his book, "How to Raise the Dead." ------------------------------------------------------------------This video is sponsored by:FOUNDATION WORLDVIEWFoundation Worldview creates curriculum series that will empower your child to thinkBiblically in a deceptive world. Go to www.foundationworldview.com (http://www.foundationworldview.com/) to get 10% off any Family License!GOOD RANCHERSSubscribe to any Good Ranchers box and you can choose a free add-on for the next year!Free in every box for 1 year:Boneless Chicken Breasts or Angus Ground Beef or Applewood Smoked BaconOr Wild-Caught SalmonPlus, with my special code, ALISA, you’ll get an additional $25 off your first box and free express shipping.Go to www.goodranchers.com/alisa (http://www.goodranchers.com/alisa) for more information.SEVEN WEEKS COFFEETaste the Coffee that is Saving Lives.Use the code, ALISA, to get 10% off, plus Subscribe and save and extra 15% off for a total of 25% off! Will you join us by drinking more coffee so we can save more lives? www.sevenweekscoffee.com (http://www.sevenweekscoffee.com/)LOGOSGo to logos.com/alisa to get 10% off on LOGOS Bible Software. The Logos Bible Study app contains a powerful Bible study and sermon prep platform that allows you to study Scripture and consult commentaries, devotionals, Bible dictionaries, and more—all from your computer, tablet, or phone.--------------------------------------------------------------------To Purchase the new CD, “Beauty from the Ash”, go to www.alisachilders.com/music (http://www.alisachilders.com/music)There you can get the CD, backing tracks, string charts, rhythm charts and stems.Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/alisachilders (http://www.patreon.com/alisachilders)To order “Another Gospel”: www.alisachilders.com/another-gospel/ (http://www.alisachilders.com/another-gospel/)To order “Live Your Truth": www.alisachilders.com/live-your-truth-and-other-lies/ (http://www.alisachilders.com/live-your-truth-and-other-lies/)To order “The Deconstruction of Christianity”: https://alisachilders.com/the-deconstruction-of-christianity/ (https://alisachilders.com/the-deconstruction-of-christianity/)For Alisa's Merch: https://alisachilders.creator-spring.com (https://alisachilders.creator-spring.com/)To see what gear Alisa uses to record her podcast, go to:https://kit.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Elisa Childers Podcast, where we equip Christians to identify the core beliefs of historic Christianity,
0:14.7	discern its counterfeits and proclaim the gospel with clarity, kindness and truth.
0:19.4	And I've just gotten off a call with Jesse and Cayley Westwoodwood who shared their powerful story of being
0:24.8	raised up within that Bethel church culture and if you're unfamiliar Bethel
0:30.0	is one of the most famous churches in America. Many many churches are singing
0:34.5	their songs on Sunday and many Christians are unaware of the theology that
0:38.6	undergirds so much of the songs that we're singing on Sunday. So just as a starting point, what I'd love for
0:44.6	everyone to do, and I mentioned this last week, is watch Mike Winger's video that analyzes
0:49.2	Bethel theology because that will be very eye-opening, I think, if you're unaware of what Bethel teaches.
0:54.2	But they were raised up within that culture, their worship leaders, touring with people like
0:59.2	Sean Foyt, and really rising to prominence in that and that culture and ultimately Jesse
1:05.4	deconstructed into atheism, stayed an atheist for about a year before he
1:09.7	reconstructed to historic Christianity for Cayley.
1:13.2	Her journey looked a little bit more like doubting a lot of the paradigm
1:16.9	that she'd been taught, really building a theology
1:18.9	for the first time because she didn't really have a theology
1:21.9	or a theological paradigm to draw from.
1:24.0	And their story is just so powerful.
1:26.0	One of the most powerful moments for me was when Kayley shared
1:29.0	the sad story of her brother passing away from a head injury and a team called the dead raising
1:35.8	team was invited to the hospital to try to raise him from the dead and if you
1:39.6	missed last week's episode I want to encourage you to go listen to that. I
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