In this episode, Lex Lutheran and Flame respond to Christine Caine’s teaching that the quality of your faith can move God’s hand and unlock miracles.

But is faith meant to impress God?

From a biblical perspective, we argue that when faith turns inward—measuring its strength, intensity, or effectiveness—it stops resting in Christ and begins trusting itself. That subtle shift corrupts biblical faith.

Scripture teaches that faith does not move God. Faith receives what God freely gives in Christ. The power is not in the quality of faith, but in the object of faith: Jesus.

When Christians are told that miracles hinge on how impressive their faith is, the result is not freedom—but pressure, anxiety, and often spiritual disillusionment.

If you’ve ever wondered whether your faith just “wasn’t strong enough,” this conversation is for you.

Jackie Hill Perry and Preston Perry are absolutely right to call believers into deeper intimacy with the Lord. We need prayer and fasting. We need communion with God. We need hearts awakened to Christ.

But there is one thing missing.

When they speak about intimacy, you can hear healthy reflexes toward something objective something real something happening outside of us. Yet they stop short of the place where Christ has promised to meet us bodily and concretely.

The Lord’s Supper.

In this episode of The Study Boys, Lex Lutheran and I pick up where they leave off. We move from the language of intimacy to the language of gift. From spiritual closeness to Christ actually giving Himself to us. From internal experience to external promise.

Not just emotion.
Not just devotion.
But forgiveness of sins.
Renewing strength.
Christ for you.

Extra nos.
Outside of us.
Given.

Let’s go deeper.

In this episode, The Study Boys unpack true biblical spiritual warfare and contrast it with the superstitious, pop-Christian versions often passed around today. We identify the real threat to the Church—the false prophet, a tool Satan uses to deceive Christians—and explain why sound doctrine is essential in recognizing that danger.

We confront these things by reacting to an episode from Chris Rosebrough on spiritual warfare.

Watch the full episode here:
https://www.youtube.com/live/BfXRqgWlB8U?si=L9pVaPSHyiW8Pxrv