Leaving Deliverance Behind: Discernment, Deception, and Returning to the Gospel
What happens when spiritual passion slowly turns into pressure, performance, and fear—without you realizing it?
In this episode of Honest Christian Conversations, I sit down with Dawn Hill, a former false prophet who spent nearly two decades deeply entrenched in the New Apostolic Reformation and modern deliverance ministry. Dawn shares her journey out of sensational, extra-biblical teachings and back to a faith anchored in Scripture and the finished work of Christ.
With honesty and humility, Dawn reflects on what initially drew her into deliverance culture, what eventually caused her to question it, and how God patiently led her back to truth. We talk about discernment, spiritual authority, and why emotional experiences and charismatic leaders can never replace the gospel.
This conversation invites us to wrestle with important questions:
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How do we recognize when spiritual teaching drifts away from Scripture?
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Why are sensational movements so appealing—even to sincere believers?
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What does true freedom look like when faith is rooted in Christ alone?
This episode is for anyone feeling unsettled, confused, or burdened by modern spiritual movements—and longing for clarity, rest, and biblical truth.
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Ana is the host of the Honest Christian Conversations podcast and a prodigal saved by God’s unending grace.
She grew up in a legalistic Christian home where asking questions often felt wrong. In her early twenties, overwhelmed by confusion and hurt, she walked away from her faith. Yet even then, God’s love never stopped pursuing her. At thirty years old—and after a painful second divorce—He brought her back to himself, and she has never looked back.
As Ana returned to Christ, she began rebuilding her faith from the ground up and asked the questions she once feared to ask. Along that journey, she discovered inconsistencies, misplaced teachings, and even lies woven into the Christianity she grew up with. Instead of destroying her faith, this only deepened it. Out of that discovery, she founded Honest Christian Conversations. Ana's heart is to help others navigate the same tension she once lived with: wanting to know the real Jesus while sorting through the noise of deceptive teachings, spiritual manipulation, and “wolves in sheep’s clothing.”
Everything she creates flows from gratitude for the God who rescued her, restored her, and continues to shape her into who He intended her to be.
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