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Faith on the Fringe

Faith on the Fringe

By: Leah Steele Barnett/Malaine Lea Butler
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Summary

The Bible is stranger, darker, and more glorious than you were taught. Let's talk about it.

Faith on the Fringe Podcast is where Leah Steele Barnett and Malaine Lea Butler explore the supernatural biblical worldview that most modern churches have quietly shelved. Spirit-Filled. Bible-Obsessed. Slightly Unhinged.

The Divine Council. Fallen Watchers. The Nephilim. Pre-flood history. Spiritual warfare with real teeth. We bring the scholarship, the Spirit, and zero religious performance.

We are not doom-scrolling through Revelation or building bunkers. This is a Kingdom-forward conversation rooted in the belief that God's story is bigger, wilder, and more victorious than mainstream theology has made room for.

For the believers who never stopped asking questions. For the Christ-followers who want the whole Bible, not just the comfortable parts.

MEET THE HOSTS OF FAITH ON THE FRINGE

LEAH STEELE BARNETT

Faith-led cultural commentator, AI educator, and host of The Culture Cast operating at the intersection of technology, culture, and Kingdom stewardship. She examines cultural deception, belief systems, and power structures through a biblical lens. She is pattern-oriented, allergic to hype, and built for the kind of theology that doesn't flinch. On The Fringe, she brings the research, the receipts, and a refusal to let comfortable doctrine go unchallenged.

MALAINE LEA BUTLER

Deliverance-driven disciple of Jesus Christ who walked out of the New Age and into radical transformation through the power of the Gospel. Host of Kingdom Talk and founder of Eden House, she creates space for raw, deep, and confrontational conversations that call hearts into full surrender and freedom in Christ. On The Fringe, she brings fire, spiritual authority, and zero tolerance for religious performance.

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Episodes
  • Halloween, Horror Movies & Harry Potter: Where We Stand Now

    Halloween, Horror Movies & Harry Potter: Where We Stand Now
    10 Nov 2026
    Leah used to throw the most coveted witches party in her city every Halloween.Leah and Malaine both drew hard lines around Halloween a year ago, and both of them have moved since. In this episode they talk through whether Christians should celebrate Halloween, what Leah saw happen on that night during her years in the occult, why she says the holiday has helped desensitize a generation to blood and horror, and how Malaine held her family’s conviction this year without making anyone else wrong for theirs. Then they take on the debate over horror movies, fantasy books and Harry Potter, and why Leah has picked her fantasy books back up. They close on what matters more than one night a year: the programming kids take in every single day, how to train a child’s discernment, and why Jesus said His disciples would be known by their love. JOIN THE FRINGE COMMUNITY ON PATREON: https://patreon.com/Faithonthefringe JOIN OUR MONTHLY BIBLE STUDY HERE: https://supernaturalbiblesessions.com “He said, Love your neighbor. Don’t hate on them because they decided to hang up some cobwebs and you didn’t.” -Malaine Lea Butler Key Takeaways Why Malaine handled Halloween so differently this year, and the question a kid on her basketball team asked her.What Leah says happens on Halloween in the occult, from her own years inside it.Why bloodlines matter when you decide which doors your family opens.The difference between practicing witchcraft and being a witch, and why Leah wants you to know it.How Andy Elliott handled the comments after posting his son’s Halloween picture, and what Leah took from it.Why Leah changed her mind on fantasy books, and what she says Harry Potter can teach kids.What Malaine’s daughter told her about mermaids that made her loosen her grip.The previews Leah sat through at a family movie, and the bigger programming she says Halloween distracts from.What Leah did when Jax said there was something in the bathroom, and what she does now. Featured Scripture John 13:35 “By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.” (KJV) Application: Malaine quotes this one near the end, and it holds the whole conversation together. Jesus gave one marker for His disciples, and it was love, so whatever your family decided on Halloween, the way you treat the neighbor who decided differently is the part that shows whose you are. Take your convictions to Jesus, and carry them with love. Timestamps 0:00:00 - Faith on the Fringe intro0:00:48 - Should Christians celebrate Halloween?0:03:13 - How Malaine’s stance shifted this year0:07:01 - Jesus never said a word about Halloween0:09:24 - Leah’s Halloween in the New Age0:11:44 - Desensitized to blood and horror0:12:14 - Bloodlines, witchcraft and open doors0:15:36 - Discernment without judgment0:19:52 - How Andy Elliott handled his comments0:22:08 - Allie Beth Stuckey and horror films0:25:46 - The Bible is more gruesome than thrillers0:28:01 - Harry Potter and fantasy books0:29:22 - Malaine’s daughter and the mermaids0:37:02 - The previews at a family movie0:40:53 - Training your kids in discernment0:44:17 - Love your neighbor, cobwebs and all Resources and Connect Referenced in this episode: Kirk Cameron’s response to Allie Beth Stuckey on horror and fantasy, promised on-mic: https://youtu.be/JDf9wJLZVEU Andy Elliott, whose Halloween post and follow up Leah talks about: https://www.instagram.com/officialandyelliott Supernatural Bible Sessions, the monthly Bible study, third Wednesday evening in the Americas and third Thursday morning in Asia Pacific, with replays, study guides and research dossiers in Patreon: https://supernaturalbiblesessions.com Books available in the Faith on the Fringe Amazon Bookstore: https://amzn.to/3WscgNe Some links are affiliate links. We may earn a small commission at no cost to you. Faith on the Fringe: Substack: https://faithonthefringe.substack.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/faithonthefringepodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/faithonthefringepodcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FaithontheFringe Email: help@faithonthefringepodcast.com Related Episodes What Happens When You Marry an SRA Survivor? With Wendy Nelson, where the conversation about what kids sense under the bed came from: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/what-happens-when-you-marry-an-sra-survivor-with/id1894554711?i=1000786870312 Should a Christian Do Yoga, Astrology or Muscle Testing?, for how Leah and Malaine weigh practices with roots outside the faith: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/should-a-christian-do-yoga-astrology-or-muscle-testing/id1894554711?i=1000787801560 The Voice Behind Human Design Is Not What You Think, for why Leah and Malaine stay careful about what opens a door: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-voice-behind-human-design-is-not-what-you-think/id1894554711?i=1000771635968 Scriptures for Further Study John 13:35. By this shall all men know that ye are my ...
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    50 min
  • Question Everything: If It Is a Lie, Who Benefits? (Season Two Opener)

    Question Everything: If It Is a Lie, Who Benefits? (Season Two Opener)
    1 Nov 2026
    Jesus never once punished anyone for asking Him a question. Season two opens with Leah and Malaine questioning everything, starting with the label they just set down and what deconstructing Christianity has actually done to their walk with Jesus. They talk about the cost of leaving the New Age and the cost of this next step, the lifelong Protestant woman who just found out her King James Bible once held fourteen more books, the church councils and close votes behind doctrine people die on, and why forty five thousand denominations should make anybody pause. Malaine explains why Jesus taught in parables and what children already know about asking questions, then reads the Exodus story the way you would read any book for the first time. Leah brings the receipts on when inerrancy and infallibility were formally defined, Catholic and Protestant, and the one question she runs every belief through. They close on fruit, the warfare narrative, and where the show is headed this season, from the Nag Hammadi texts to the Dead Sea Scrolls. JOIN THE FRINGE COMMUNITY ON PATREON: https://patreon.com/Faithonthefringe JOIN OUR MONTHLY BIBLE STUDY HERE: https://supernaturalbiblesessions.com “If this thing I believed my whole entire life was a lie, who would benefit from me believing the lie?” -Leah Steele Barnett Key Takeaways The price Leah and Malaine already paid for leaving the New Age, and what this next step is costing them.What a lifelong Protestant woman learned about her King James Bible, and why it shook her.How close some of the votes behind church doctrine actually were.Why Malaine says Jesus taught in parables, and what every child already knows about questions.What happens when you read the Exodus story the way you would read any book for the first time.The dates Leah gives for when inerrancy and infallibility were formally defined, Catholic and Protestant.The book that first opened Leah’s heart to Jesus, and why she is telling that story now.The one question Leah runs every belief through, and where it usually points.How Malaine reads the fruit of her own life, and why she stopped calling every glitch spiritual warfare. Featured Scripture Matthew 18:3 “And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.” (KJV) Application: Malaine points out that children ask questions all day long, and every answer pulls them closer to the one they are asking. Jesus set the child in the middle of the disciples as the model for the kingdom, questions and all. Come to Him with yours this week. He has never once been threatened by an honest question. Timestamps 0:00:00 - Faith on the Fringe intro0:01:48 - The cost of walking away from Christianity0:04:09 - Christians in our Substack comments0:07:19 - Which Bible and which canon?0:09:35 - The 14 books the King James once held0:11:42 - Church councils and the deciding vote0:14:09 - Schisms and 45,000 denominations0:15:47 - When did doctrine become doctrine?0:17:47 - Why Jesus taught in parables0:20:06 - Reading Exodus like you know nothing0:24:49 - Vatican II, Chicago and inerrancy0:30:13 - How culture shapes what we believe0:33:00 - If it is a lie, who benefits?0:36:48 - Fruit does not lie0:40:24 - Writing out the verses you cannot reconcile0:45:12 - Where Faith on the Fringe goes next Resources and Connect Referenced in this episode: Escaping from Eden by Paul Wallis, the book Malaine is reading and may bring to the book club: Conversations with God by Neale Donald Walsch, the book Leah shares as part of her story: Supernatural Bible Sessions, the monthly Bible study, third Wednesday evening in the Americas and third Thursday morning in Asia Pacific, with replays, study guides and research dossiers in Patreon: https://supernaturalbiblesessions.com Books available in the Faith on the Fringe Amazon Bookstore: https://amzn.to/3WscgNe Some links are affiliate links. We may earn a small commission at no cost to you. Faith on the Fringe: Substack: https://faithonthefringe.substack.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/faithonthefringepodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/faithonthefringepodcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FaithontheFringe Email: help@faithonthefringepodcast.com Scriptures for Further Study Matthew 18:3. Become as little children to enter the kingdom of heaven. Mark 10:14. Suffer the little children to come unto me. Matthew 13:10-13. The disciples ask Jesus why He speaks in parables. Exodus 12:29. The death of the firstborn in Egypt. Exodus 12:21-23. The Passover lamb and the blood on the doorposts. Genesis 1:26. Let us make man in our image. Hosea 2:16. Thou shalt call me Ishi, and shalt call me no more Baali. Matthew 8:24-26. Jesus asleep in the boat during the storm. Matthew 14:25. Jesus walking on the water. Galatians 5:22-23. The fruit of the Spirit. Matthew 7:16-20. You will know them by their fruits. Matthew 7:7. Seek and you will find. John 14...
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    48 min
  • We Aren't Christians Anymore | Deconstructing Christianity

    We Aren't Christians Anymore | Deconstructing Christianity
    26 Oct 2026
    After months of research for this show, Leah and Malaine are ready to say it out loud. They are disciples of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, and they no longer identify as Christians. In this episode they walk through how deconstructing Christianity brought them here, the doctrine they found was written by men far later than they were ever taught, and why Leah tried so hard to be the good Christian girl until the red letters would not let her. Malaine shares the moment a pastor offered to take her out of the system, and what she is building now with no box around it. They also cover where the word Christian came from, the infallible word of God question, original sin, the uproar over Paul, and why they expect the loudest pushback to come from people who already carry the same questions. They close on the joy that shows up when you live the way, the truth, and the life. JOIN THE FRINGE COMMUNITY ON PATREON: https://patreon.com/Faithonthefringe JOIN OUR MONTHLY BIBLE STUDY HERE: https://supernaturalbiblesessions.com “Everywhere I step, the kingdom of heaven is at hand. Because I am the light. I am carrying what he has asked me to carry.” -Malaine Lea Butler Key Takeaways Why Leah and Malaine say this decision brought them closer to Jesus, and the fruit they point to as proof.The freedom in Christ Leah was promised as a new believer, and what she says she actually found inside the religion.What Leah kept running into in Romans and Paul’s letters, and what she did with the questions she could not reconcile.Where the word Christian actually came from, and who first used it.The question Malaine’s pastor asked when she left her church, and why God put weight on her answer.What Leah’s husband told her about belief for two years, and why it used to make her so mad.The one group Leah expects to come after them for this episode, and why she has compassion for them.What stays exactly the same for Eden House and deliverance ministry, and the most peaceful session Malaine has ever had.How you can read someone’s prayer life by the way they respond to a person they disagree with. Featured Scripture John 14:6 “Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” (KJV) Application: Leah and Malaine come back to the way, the truth, and the life more than any other phrase in this episode, and it sits underneath the whole decision. Jesus named Himself as the way, a road you walk with Him, and He is the one who brings you to the Father. This week, read the red letters again and ask Him where He wants to lead your next step. Timestamps 0:00:00 - Faith on the Fringe intro0:01:43 - Why we are finally having this talk0:04:01 - Disciples of Jesus Christ of Nazareth0:06:15 - The research that brought us here0:08:10 - How Christians are behaving online0:10:17 - Church councils and doctrine made by men0:12:16 - Trying to be the good Christian girl0:14:34 - The questions Leah could not reconcile0:19:16 - Where the word Christian came from0:22:26 - Taken out of the system0:24:35 - Kingdom Sports and being the church0:26:55 - Who will come for us, and why0:32:48 - Is the Bible the infallible word of God?0:34:15 - Original sin and Augustine of Hippo0:36:41 - The uproar over Paul as false apostle0:44:38 - Reading someone’s prayer life Resources and Connect Joyful Jesus, the business Leah’s husband Sean built: https://joyfuljesus.life Supernatural Bible Sessions, the monthly Bible study, third Wednesday evening in the Americas and third Thursday morning in Asia Pacific, with replays, study guides and research dossiers in Patreon: https://supernaturalbiblesessions.com Books available in the Faith on the Fringe Amazon Bookstore: https://amzn.to/3WscgNe Some links are affiliate links. We may earn a small commission at no cost to you. Faith on the Fringe: Substack: https://faithonthefringe.substack.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/faithonthefringepodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/faithonthefringepodcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FaithontheFringe Email: help@faithonthefringepodcast.com Leah Steele Barnett: The Cul✞ure Cast Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-culture-cast/id1797035500 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theleahsteele Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/leahsteeleofficial Malaine Lea Butler: Kingdom Talk Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/kingdom-talk-podcast-with-malaine/id1813854951 Eden House: https://www.theedenhouse.co Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/malaine_lea_butler Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/15kz1zU1XL/?mibextid=wwXIfr Scriptures for Further Study John 14:6. Jesus names Himself the way, the truth, and the life. Acts 11:26. The disciples were first called Christians at Antioch. Galatians 5:1. Stand fast in the liberty of Christ and do not return to a yoke of bondage. Matthew 6:1-18. Jesus warns against practicing your faith like the hypocrites. Matthew 21:12-13. Jesus overturns ...
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    57 min
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