The kingdom of darkness heals too. It just sends you an invoice later.

Sexual assault allegations against GeorDavie surfaced this week, along with Kathryn Krick's response to them, and it changed the shape of a conversation Leah and Malaine had already started. This week on The Fringe Files they work through what came out, why the church name changed when it did, and the question underneath all of it: whether a healing from the wrong kingdom carries a price that comes due later.

The ladies also cover the death of Joe Felz that came days before he planed to release an archive of early Bibles with the full apocrypha attached. Also - court filings unsealed the fact that an AI company has been shredding physical books by the million after scanning them. The hosts connect both to the same long game, and close on why a defensive reaction to a question is the thing worth examining.

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"There is always a price to pay for healing, signs, and wonders in the kingdom of darkness. The price doesn't always come due immediately. It could be years. It could be generations. But that payment will be taken out."

-Leah Steele Barnett

Key Takeaways
The kingdom of darkness plays a long game and cultivates gardens across generations. The body of Christ largely stopped sowing for descendants it will never meet, and the fruit of that gap is visible everywhere.
Isaac inherited wells his father had already dug. He only had to clear out what the Philistines had filled in, because Abraham built for a son he would not see drink from them.
Allegations of sexual assault against GeorDavie surfaced through a published article with an audio recording and text messages. Kathryn Krick was made aware and doubled down, reportedly telling one accuser that all she had done was make Krick love him more.
Her church operated as Advanced Anointing Church, the same name as GeorDavie's, until those allegations surfaced. It became Fivefold Church, now styled 5F Church, immediately after.
Jesus redirected worship away from himself and toward the Father, and said plainly that you have one Father in heaven. The spiritual mother and spiritual father language now common in ministry runs directly against that.
Pharaoh's sorcerers performed real signs and wonders. The kingdom of darkness heals. What separates it is the invoice, which can arrive years or generations later. Jesus settled that account at Calvary.
Joe Felz was digitizing early Bibles, Masonic texts, and antique manuscripts to make them publicly searchable. He died days before the archive was due to release.
Court filings unsealed in Bartz v. Anthropic describe Project Panama, an internal effort to destructively scan books at scale. Spines are cut off, pages are fed through high-speed scanners, and the paper is discarded.
A defensive, angry reaction to a sincere question is worth examining in yourself. God invites questions and welcomes childlike curiosity, and shutting people down is what drives them out of the body entirely.

Featured Scripture

Matthew 24:24

"For false christs and false prophets will arise and perform great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect."

Application: Jesus assumed the signs would be real. He never suggested the counterfeits would be obvious or easy to spot, and he said the target would be the elect, meaning people who love him and are genuinely trying to follow. A crowd, a healing, and a manifestation prove nothing about the source. That is precisely why this warning came from Jesus himself, and why his words carry more weight here than any teaching built on top of them.

Timestamps

00:00 — The Firmament and What We Stand On 
03:04 — The Assault on Truth and Edward Bernays 
07:17 — The Kingdom of Darkness Plays a Long Game 
11:02 — Isaac Redigging His Father's Wells 
12:48 — When the World Starts Waking Up 
17:01 — Revisiting the Kathryn Krick Situation 
19:57 — The GeorDavie Allegations 
24:41 — Why the Church Changed Its Name 
28:56 — Worship of Man and Christian Celebrity 
32:11 — Read the Red Letters 
39:00 — Was That Healing Actually From God? 
40:52 — Abimelech and the Cost of Believing a Lie 
47:39 — Joe Felz and the Archive That Never Released 
52:18 — Project Panama and the Shredding of Books 
59:44 — Why Your Defensiveness Is Worth Examining



Resources and Connect

Abednego Lufile's breakdown of the GeorDavie allegations:

https://youtu.be/pH_sAHsiwzg

Ruslan KD's episode featuring one of the alleged victims:

https://youtu.be/5BqXPkMtl4E

Guru Magazine (several articles now published on Kathryn Krick, including the original reporting with the audio recording and text messages):

https://www.gurumag.com

Sarah Beth Terry on Faith on the Fringe:

https://plinkhq.com/i/1894554711/e/1000781296256

Books mentioned in this episode:

How to Slay a Wizard by Owen Benjamin

The Assault on Truth by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson

All 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.

The Century of the Self (Adam Curtis, BBC 2002), on Edward Bernays:

Part 1: https://youtu.be/DnPmg0R1M04

Also referenced in this episode: Sigmund Freud and Edward Bernays, Advanced Anointing Church and 5F Church, Bartz v. Anthropic and Project Panama, Joe Felz, Sodom and Gomorrah, the writings of Josephus.

Supernatural Bible Sessions (monthly Bible study):

https://supernaturalbiblesessions.com

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 24:24. False prophets will perform great signs and wonders to lead astray even the elect.

Genesis 20. Abimelech takes Sarah believing she is Abraham's sister, and God closes every womb in his house.

Genesis 26:18. Isaac reopens the wells his father Abraham dug.

Exodus 7:11-12. Pharaoh's magicians replicate the sign before Aaron's rod swallows theirs.

Matthew 23:9. Call no man your father on earth, for you have one Father who is in heaven.

Matthew 7:16. You will know them by their fruits.

Matthew 18:3. Unless you become like children, you will not enter the kingdom.

Matthew 7:7. Ask, seek, knock.

John 14:6. Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life.

Take one belief you hold tightly this week and ask why you hold it. If the question makes you defensive, that reaction is the thing to bring to Jesus first.

Subscribe to our Substack at https://faithonthefringe.substack.com for the expanded teaching, community, and deeper dives into everything we unpack on the show.

#FaithOnTheFringe #Discernment #KathrynKrick #SpiritualWarfare #FalseProphets #BiblicalDiscernment #KingdomTheology

The kingdom of darkness heals too. It just sends you an invoice later.
Sexual assault allegations against GeorDavie surfaced this week, along with Kathryn Krick's response to them, and it changed the shape of a conversation Leah and Malaine had already started. This week on The Fringe Files they work through what came out, why the church name changed when it did, and the question underneath all of it: whether a healing from the wrong kingdom carries a price that comes due later.
The ladies also cover the death of Joe Felz that came days before he planed to release an archive of early Bibles with the full apocrypha attached. Also - court filings unsealed the fact that an AI company has been shredding physical books by the million after scanning them. The hosts connect both to the same long game, and close on why a defensive reaction to a question is the thing worth examining.
JOIN THE FRINGE ON FACEBOOK HERE: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/thefringeonfb">https://www.facebook.com/groups/thefringeonfb</a>
<blockquote>
"There is always a price to pay for healing, signs, and wonders in the kingdom of darkness. The price doesn't always come due immediately. It could be years. It could be generations. But that payment will be taken out."
-Leah Steele Barnett
</blockquote>
Key Takeaways
<ul dir="ltr">
<li>The kingdom of darkness plays a long game and cultivates gardens across generations. The body of Christ largely stopped sowing for descendants it will never meet, and the fruit of that gap is visible everywhere.</li>
<li>Isaac inherited wells his father had already dug. He only had to clear out what the Philistines had filled in, because Abraham built for a son he would not see drink from them.</li>
<li>Allegations of sexual assault against GeorDavie surfaced through a published article with an audio recording and text messages. Kathryn Krick was made aware and doubled down, reportedly telling one accuser that all she had done was make Krick love him more.</li>
<li>Her church operated as Advanced Anointing Church, the same name as GeorDavie's, until those allegations surfaced. It became Fivefold Church, now styled 5F Church, immediately after.</li>
<li>Jesus redirected worship away from himself and toward the Father, and said plainly that you have one Father in heaven. The spiritual mother and spiritual father language now common in ministry runs directly against that.</li>
<li>Pharaoh's sorcerers performed real signs and wonders. The kingdom of darkness heals. What separates it is the invoice, which can arrive years or generations later. Jesus settled that account at Calvary.</li>
<li>Joe Felz was digitizing early Bibles, Masonic texts, and antique manuscripts to make them publicly searchable. He died days before the archive was due to release.</li>
<li>Court filings unsealed in Bartz v. Anthropic describe Project Panama, an internal effort to destructively scan books at scale. Spines are cut off, pages are fed through high-speed scanners, and the paper is discarded.</li>
<li>A defensive, angry reaction to a sincere question is worth examining in yourself. God invites questions and welcomes childlike curiosity, and shutting people down is what drives them out of the body entirely.</li>
</ul>
Featured Scripture
<blockquote>
Matthew 24:24
"For false christs and false prophets will arise and perform great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect."
</blockquote>
Application: Jesus assumed the signs would be real. He never suggested the counterfeits would be obvious or easy to spot, and he said the target would be the elect, meaning people who love him and are genuinely trying to follow. A crowd, a healing, and a manifestation prove nothing about the source. That is precisely why this warning came from Jesus himself, and why his words carry more weight here than any teaching built on top of them.
Timestamps
00:00 &mdash; The Firmament and What We Stand On 03:04 &mdash; The Assault on Truth and Edward Bernays 07:17 &mdash; The Kingdom of Darkness Plays a Long Game 11:02 &mdash; Isaac Redigging His Father's Wells 12:48 &mdash; When the World Starts Waking Up 17:01 &mdash; Revisiting the Kathryn Krick Situation 19:57 &mdash; The GeorDavie Allegations 24:41 &mdash; Why the Church Changed Its Name 28:56 &mdash; Worship of Man and Christian Celebrity 32:11 &mdash; Read the Red Letters 39:00 &mdash; Was That Healing Actually From God? 40:52 &mdash; Abimelech and the Cost of Believing a Lie 47:39 &mdash; Joe Felz and the Archive That Never Released 52:18 &mdash; Project Panama and the Shredding of Books 59:44 &mdash; Why Your Defensiveness Is Worth Examining 
Resources and Connect
Abednego Lufile's breakdown of the GeorDavie allegations:
<a href="https://youtu.be/pH_sAHsiwzg">https://youtu.be/pH_sAHsiwzg</a>
Ruslan KD's episode featuring one of the alleged victims:
<a href="https://youtu.be/5BqXPkMtl4E">https://youtu.be/5BqXPkMtl4E</a>
Guru Magazine (several articles now published on Kathryn Krick, including the original reporting with the audio recording and text messages):
<a href="https://www.gurumag.com">https://www.gurumag.com</a>
Sarah Beth Terry on Faith on the Fringe:
<a href="https://plinkhq.com/i/1894554711/e/1000781296256">https://plinkhq.com/i/1894554711/e/1000781296256</a>
Books mentioned in this episode:
How to Slay a Wizard by Owen Benjamin
The Assault on Truth by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson
All books available in the Faith on the Fringe Amazon Bookstore: <a href="https://amzn.to/3WscgNe">https://amzn.to/3WscgNe</a>
Some links are affiliate links. We may earn a small commission at no cost to you.
The Century of the Self (Adam Curtis, BBC 2002), on Edward Bernays:
Part 1: <a href="https://youtu.be/DnPmg0R1M04">https://youtu.be/DnPmg0R1M04</a>
Also referenced in this episode: Sigmund Freud and Edward Bernays, Advanced Anointing Church and 5F Church, Bartz v. Anthropic and Project Panama, Joe Felz, Sodom and Gomorrah, the writings of Josephus.
Supernatural Bible Sessions (monthly Bible study):
<a href="https://supernaturalbiblesessions.com">https://supernaturalbiblesessions.com</a>
Faith on the Fringe:
Substack: <a href="https://faithonthefringe.substack.com">https://faithonthefringe.substack.com</a>
Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/faithonthefringepodcast">https://www.instagram.com/faithonthefringepodcast</a>
Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/faithonthefringepodcast">https://www.facebook.com/faithonthefringepodcast</a>
YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@FaithontheFringe">https://www.youtube.com/@FaithontheFringe</a>
Email: <a href="mailto:help@faithonthefringepodcast.com">help@faithonthefringepodcast.com</a>
 Scriptures for Further Study
Matthew 24:24. False prophets will perform great signs and wonders to lead astray even the elect.
Genesis 20. Abimelech takes Sarah believing she is Abraham's sister, and God closes every womb in his house.
Genesis 26:18. Isaac reopens the wells his father Abraham dug.
Exodus 7:11-12. Pharaoh's magicians replicate the sign before Aaron's rod swallows theirs.
Matthew 23:9. Call no man your father on earth, for you have one Father who is in heaven.
Matthew 7:16. You will know them by their fruits.
Matthew 18:3. Unless you become like children, you will not enter the kingdom.
Matthew 7:7. Ask, seek, knock.
John 14:6. Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life.
Take one belief you hold tightly this week and ask why you hold it. If the question makes you defensive, that reaction is the thing to bring to Jesus first.
Subscribe to our Substack at <a href="https://faithonthefringe.substack.com">https://faithonthefringe.substack.com</a> for the expanded teaching, community, and deeper dives into everything we unpack on the show.
#FaithOnTheFringe #Discernment #KathrynKrick #SpiritualWarfare #FalseProphets #BiblicalDiscernment #KingdomTheology

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

Faith on the Fringe 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.

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