What does repentance and faith look like in an Unbound session when past wounds might cause inner blindness?

How can we go deeper in healing through this First Key of Unbound?

In this episode, we review the foundational and foremost First Key: Repentance and Faith. Sometimes called “The Forgotten Key,” it can be easy to overlook within Unbound prayer.

Repentance is a gift of God’s grace empowered by the Holy Spirit when we respond to truth revealed to us.

God enables us to repent even when we want to hold on to our own way. Saying words like “sorry, please, and thank you” can be part of repentance. Giving our hurts and grief to God is indeed, also, a part of this First Key.

Learn how repentance and faith fit together along with Matt’s explanation of how all Five Keys ultimately are forms of repentance and faith.

Hear the exciting testimonial recently shared with us by someone who attended an Unbound conference six years ago! Transformation has a ripple effect!

Trivia Tidbit: What scripture text is a foremost example of Repentance and Faith?

Find out in this second episode of Season 4 of the Open Doors podcast!

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Release: September 2024
Music by Christian Harper
Artwork by Rosemary Strohm
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Season 4 Begins!!

Matt and Jenn kick off our Open Doors podcast announcing the theme of Season Four: “Come and See!”

Together they offer scriptures from the Apostle John’s writings that invite us to “Come and See” what the Lord is doing.

Due to sin, the world we live in is dark. We can’t see in the dark, but Jesus’ life illuminates things for us.

He joined us, became flesh. He even enlightens the human body, enabling us to see and making the Father known to us.

Philip, Andrew, Nathanial, the Samaritan woman, Lazarus’ sisters, and the disciple Thomas and others are included in this brief, yet broad touch of scriptures – all of which invite us to “Come and See!”

Matt and Jenn present the first exhortation of the season: Invite the Lord into your heart, your darkness, your light. Listen to how He is calling you to come and see. Follow Him in a way you haven’t followed him before.

Matt compares faith to a part of the body – can you guess which? Find out in Episode One of this exciting new season of the Open Doors podcast!


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Release: September 2024
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Jacqueline hosts Neal as he shares about speaking in Rome at the Course on the Ministry of Exorcism and Deliverance sponsored by the Sacerdos Institute. Neal presented a non-confrontational approach to deliverance, which is Unbound ministry, to 195 people from 46 countries worldwide. His talks were translated into four languages.

“It was a very different atmosphere for me. They were all professors and they gave me the title professor.” Asking about this, Neal was told, “You’re a professor this week!”

Encouraging listeners to be open to a new way, Neal offered questions to consider: Is it possible that many people are receiving a confrontational style of deliverance or exorcism who do not need one? Is there another approach to help people?

The Unbound approach addresses the person needing help, not the evil one. “We need to understand a person’s heart,” said Neal, adding the necessity to uncover past traumas, responses to traumas, the enemy’s lies, and unforgiveness. “If we give too much attention to the demonic element, we’re going to miss the person. We see Unbound more as a model for evangelization than just deliverance.”

From there, Neal offered numerous testimonials of individuals set free through Unbound ministry, one being himself!

Overall, “It was well-received and I made a connection,” concluded Neal.

Trivia Quiz
1. What surprised Neal the most during his trip to Rome?
2. How long have Jacqueline and Neal known each other?
Find out these things and far more in this fascinating episode!

Sjoquist, B.S. (2021) “The virtuous use of private exorcism by laypersons,” Antiphon: A Journal for Liturgical Renewal, 25(1), pp. 63–90.

It is not intrinsically immoral for laypersons to issue such commands, and, if done rightly, it is virtuous for them to do so. Moral theologians and canonists writing after the Council of Trent up until the Second Vatican Council referred to this practice as “private exorcism.” A close look at the writings of these authors reveals a nearly universal understanding that no ecclesiastical positive law prohibited such actions. When current laws and instructions related to exorcism are read within the context of this tradition, I believe it is also the case that no ecclesiastical positive law categorically prohibits such actions today.

Bradley S. Sjoquist, Doctor of Moral Theology

Dr. Mary Healy on the authority of lay people to command or cast out