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Sergio DeSoto The Counterintuitive Podcast

This podcast delves into the lessons drawn from personal and professional journeys, examining human nature, counterintuitive thinking, and the principles of adaptability for a richer, more fulfilling life. With a deep exploration of biblical topics, it offers thoughtful insights for navigating the complexities of existence. www.sergiodesoto.com

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All Episodes

17:22

Unpacking #9: Satan, Hell, and the Fan Fiction Problem

Sergio DeSoto The Counterintuitive Podcast ·

2026/02/12

In this episode of Unpacking #9, Sergio DeSoto dismantles the mental movie most Christians inherited about Satan and “hell”—and shows, text-first, how much of it comes from fan fiction, mistranslation, Dante’s imagination, and revival-era fear engines rather than Scripture. Walking through Job, Zechariah, Yeshua’s rebuke of Peter (“Get behind Me, Satan”), Gehenna’s prophetic backdrop, and Revelation’s end-of-story judgment, he reframes Satan as the accuser—not a dark king—and judgment as covenant

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17:53

Unpacking #5: Acts 15, Gentiles and the Torah

Sergio DeSoto The Counterintuitive Podcast ·

2026/01/27

Jesus said He didn’t come to abolish the Law and the Prophets—not even “one dot.” Yet Acts 15 is still used as a Torah ban for Gentiles. In this episode, Sergio anchors the discussion in Matthew 5, then walks through Acts 15 as what it is: a rejection of salvation by circumcision and boundary markers, not a rejection of God’s instruction. We unpack the “yoke” language, the overlooked weight of Acts 15:21, why Paul’s “not under law” can’t be flattened into a slogan, and why the New Covenant doesn’t

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16:19

Unpacking #4: “Not So Among You”: The Church Ladder...

Sergio DeSoto The Counterintuitive Podcast ·

2026/01/22

What if the most “normal” feature of modern church is the very thing Jesus forbade? In Unpacking #4, Sergio DeSoto takes Yeshua’s line in Mark 10—“not so among you”—and uses it as a measuring rod against church hierarchy, celebrity culture, and protected ladders. We walk through the shepherd model, Hebraic community, the early ekklesia’s open reasoning, and the leadership verses people love to weaponize—then end with a challenge you can’t outsource: prove your ladder from Scripture… or step off it

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20:30

Unpacking #3: The Tithe Isn’t What You’ve Been Sold

Sergio DeSoto The Counterintuitive Podcast ·

2026/01/20

What if the “tithe” you were taught isn’t what the Bible meant at all?In this episode, we walk straight into the tension: Torah tithes, Malachi 3, Jesus and the widow’s mite, and the modern church habit of turning Scripture into a funding mechanism. We’ll talk about how coercion hides in spiritual language, why Paul’s two-rights framework dismantles both greed and cynicism, and how Hebrews reframes the entire sacrificial economy people keep trying to rebuild with money.This isn’t a call to

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15:52

Unpacking #2: The Synagogue of Satan

Sergio DeSoto The Counterintuitive Podcast ·

2026/01/15

“Synagogue of Satan” might be the most abused phrase in Revelation—and the irony is brutal: the moment Christians weaponize it, they start doing the very work Revelation calls satanic: accusation. In this episode, we slow down and do the unglamorous work most people skip—definitions, context, Jewish frame, and the Bible’s own courtroom language for “the accuser.” We look at how replacement instincts turn “synagogue” into an enemy-word, how history trained those reflexes, and why covenant

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22:09

Unpacking #1: Reformed Theology

Sergio DeSoto The Counterintuitive Podcast ·

2026/01/13

What if one of the most celebrated theological assumptions isn’t just a misread… but a moral rebrand?In this episode, Sergio DeSoto puts replacement theology on the table as an honesty test. In real life, a man who abandons his own people isn’t faithful—he’s a sellout. So why do so many systems train believers to imagine God doing exactly that: cutting off Israel and crowning a replacement?This isn’t a niche debate. It’s a psychology-of-belonging issue. You’ll hear how identity-based religious

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14:01

Nephilim Aren’t Aliens: The Bible Is a Very Real Read

Sergio DeSoto The Counterintuitive Podcast ·

2026/01/06

In this episode, we take a sober walk through Genesis 6 and ask a question most people skip: what if the Nephilim aren’t a sci-fi problem to solve, but a moral warning to receive? We’ll trace the Hebrew narrative’s key verbs—saw, desired, took—and watch how Eden’s private grasping scales into public domination. Along the way, we’ll pressure-test popular interpretations without mocking the supernatural, and we’ll keep the focus where the chapter keeps it: corruption, violence, and the grief of God

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17:46

The Door, the Wound, and the Covenant

Sergio DeSoto The Counterintuitive Podcast ·

2026/01/01

I still remember a night at a men’s shelter where I was teaching. Afterward, a young man came up to me in tears and said, “I’m gay… I’ll never get into Heaven.” And instead of jumping straight into a theological argument, I leaned back and asked him, “Before we talk about Heaven… can we talk about how you got here?”He told me he’d been in foster care. Sexually abused. Molested. When he aged out and ended up on the streets, a gay man took him in—fed him, sheltered him… and that became the only “love”

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13:40

Why “Sheep” Fits More Than We’d Like to Admit

Sergio DeSoto The Counterintuitive Podcast ·

2026/01/01

Why does “easy belief” spread faster than faithful obedience? In this episode, Sergio explores the biblical metaphor of sheep, the psychology of comfort, and the spiritual danger of drifting toward what feels safe. From the rich young ruler to the narrow way, this conversation exposes how belief without allegiance hollowed out modern faith—and why shepherds and disciples alike must resist the pull of convenience if they want real life. Get full access to Sergio DeSoto at

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1:38

The Long River of “I Will”

Sergio DeSoto The Counterintuitive Podcast ·

2025/12/31

A spoken-word stream that follows God’s promissory “I will” from Genesis through the prophets and into the New Testament, showing a single unbroken covenant storyline: God swears, God remembers, God fulfills in Messiah—and He does it without canceling the people He first addressed. Get full access to Sergio DeSoto at www.sergiodesoto.com/subscribe

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15:00

Eden Wasn’t About Fruit Making Humanity Evil

Sergio DeSoto The Counterintuitive Podcast ·

2025/12/24

Genesis 3 gets preached like a children’s fable—fruit, failure, curse, and a God who can’t stand us. But the Hebrew tells a sharper story: moral autonomy, covenant rupture, targeted curse language, and the psychological collapse of deniability into shame and blame. In this episode, we dismantle the English misconceptions that built doctrinal machines, show why “because of you” doesn’t mean “you are cursed,” and expose how the “cursed humanity” lens trains believers to confuse repentance with

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14:37

The Problem Isn’t Calvinism. It’s Systemized-Religion

Sergio DeSoto The Counterintuitive Podcast ·

2025/12/22

Why are there so many competing theological systems—and why do they so often produce confident men who can explain everything while excusing what Scripture condemns? In this episode, Sergio goes full Pauline: Calvinism is not the only target; it’s an example of a deeper disease—system-religion. From Rabbinic fences to Christian frameworks, we examine the psychology beneath “-isms”: people don’t want to think, they want to be comforted; denominations can become identity pacifiers; and closed systems

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10:35

When Worship Lyrics Gently Rewrite Covenant

Sergio DeSoto The Counterintuitive Podcast ·

2025/12/21

Modern worship isn’t just emotional—it’s formative. In this Messianic reflection, Sergio explores how subtle language in today’s most-sung worship lyrics can quietly detach “chosen,” “loved,” and “identity” from Israel’s covenant story and reattach them to the modern therapeutic self. Not with cynicism or critique, but with covenant loyalty—brit loyalty—he shows how forgetting the roots invites supersessionism by erosion, and how restoring Israel’s storyline deepens worship rather than diminishing

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11:24

The Psychology of Hiding From God

Sergio DeSoto The Counterintuitive Podcast ·

2025/12/17

Why do intelligent, sincere people cling to denominations, traditions, and charismatic leaders instead of reading Scripture plainly? In this episode, we go beneath theology into psychology—attachment, fear, identity, and the human need for safety. Anchored in Isaiah’s call to reason, this hard-hitting reflection exposes why institutions thrive, why direct relationship with God feels threatening, and why Scripture itself insists we don’t need human mediators. Then comes the war warning: the danger of

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14:41

Baptism Didn’t Save You. It Drafted You.

Sergio DeSoto The Counterintuitive Podcast ·

2025/12/15

What if baptism was never meant to save you—but to record a repentance that’s already real?In this extended episode, we recover immersion as Scripture presents it: a humble act of washing that embodied repentance, readiness, and covenant allegiance. We take a deep look at the thief on the cross—not as a loophole, but as a model of genuine turning—and then trace how post-Nicene institutional Christianity layered men’s doctrines and systems over a simple covenant sign. If baptism has ever felt like a

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14:26

If You’re a Pastor and You Truly Want a Real Church

Sergio DeSoto The Counterintuitive Podcast ·

2025/12/12

Most churches are secretly built like theaters, then wonder why their people live like spectators.In this episode, Sergio tells the story of the night he refused the pulpit, sat in a chair instead, and watched the whole room shift. From there he unpacks why the modern stage-and-pastor system is psychologically co-dependent, biblically weak, and spiritually exhausting for both leaders and people.You will hear:Why COVID accidentally exposed the deep hunger for courage and truth in the body.How the

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13:52

The Gospel Manifesto: The Gospel You’ve Been Sold...

Sergio DeSoto The Counterintuitive Podcast ·

2025/12/10

Most believers have never heard the real Gospel — only the comfortable Western version that excuses sin, avoids obedience, and leaves hearts unchanged.In this episode, Sergio delivers The Gospel Manifesto, a covenant-rooted, Torah-honoring, Kingdom-centered proclamation of the Gospel Yeshua actually preached.This message will confront you, free you, and call you into wholeness.Your eternity depends on hearing this. Get full access to Sergio DeSoto at www.sergiodesoto.com/subscribe

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23:23

When Jesus Walked in Winter

Sergio DeSoto The Counterintuitive Podcast ·

2025/12/09

In this episode we walk into the Temple courts with Yeshua—not at Passover, but at Hanukkah, the Feast of Dedication. We dig into the real Maccabean story behind John 10: the outlawing of Torah, the desecration of the Temple, and the courage of a village priest who refused to bow to empire. Then we ask the uncomfortable questions: what does it mean that the Light of the world and true Temple stood in that rededicated house and was rejected by its guardians? What does Hanukkah expose about our own

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18:58

When John’s Gospel Was Turned Against His Own People

Sergio DeSoto The Counterintuitive Podcast ·

2025/12/05

In this episode, we take on a hard question most believers quietly avoid: Why does John’s Gospel sound so anti-Jewish in English—and is that really what John is? We trace how theological agendas, imperial politics, and liturgical habits turned a deeply Jewish Gospel into a weapon against the very people it came from. Along the way, we stop at the woman at the well and let John 4 do its work: a Jewish Messiah crossing a hostile boundary between Jews and Samaritans, refusing to honor the lines His own

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8:09

The Branch and the Watchman

Sergio DeSoto The Counterintuitive Podcast ·

2025/12/04

In this episode, we peel back the layers behind Matthew’s phrase, “He shall be called a Nazarene” (Matt. 2:23), and discover that it was never about geography. We follow the Hebrew root n–tz–r as it ties together the Netzer (Branch) of Isaiah 11, the Notzrim (Watchmen) of Jeremiah 31, and the divine Watchman who guards Israel’s covenant in the Psalms and Prophets. From there, we explore how the Mishnah and Talmud — not as Scripture, but as linguistic witnesses — confirm Matthew’s deeply Hebrew

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