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What if the story of David and Goliath was only one chapter in a much older, far more terrifying war? In Episode 63 of The Dancing Toaster, The Nephilim Wars: The Final Giants of the Old Testament, we venture into the often-overlooked account of 2 Samuel 21, where an aging King David and his mighty men confront the last giants of Gath. But who were these mysterious beings, and how were they connected to the Nephilim of Genesis 6, the Rephaim, and the ancient bloodlines that somehow survived the Flood? We'll explore the supernatural origins of the giants, challenge popular interpretations of the sons of God, and trace an ancient conflict stretching from the Garden of Eden to the battlefields of Israel. Behind these seemingly insignificant accounts lies a much larger story of rebellious heavenly beings, spiritual warfare, and a struggle that reaches far beyond the giants themselves. The Bible is far stranger than most people realize, and these final encounters with the giants may reveal more than you ever imagined.   The Dancing Toaster is a podcast that wrestles with the intersection of faith and the unexplained. I release episodes Tuesdays wherever podcasts are found.   Get some new merch! thedancingtoasterstore.printful.me   Wanna support the work? Donate at: Buymeacoffee.com/thedancingtoaster Or head over to the Patreon! Your monthly support gets you early access to episodes of the Dancing Toaster, ad free listening and access to future exclusives.

Sons of Belial and The Ancient Spirits of Modern Politics - Toaster Talk ep7- The Dancing Toaster podcast   Three thousand years ago, a divided kingdom, a ruthless military commander, and a political opportunist known as a "son of Belial" plunged ancient Israel into another bloody crisis. Sound familiar? In this special Toaster Talk episode, Pastor Nelly invites you into Evergreen Calvary Chapel for an unfiltered look at 2nd Samuel 20, where political manipulation, betrayal, murder, and blind loyalty reveal some uncomfortable truths about human nature and modern politics. From ancient kings to modern politicians, the faces and slogans may have changed, but the darkness behind them remains disturbingly familiar. What happens when evil disguises itself as righteousness, and how much are we willing to overlook when it's our side doing the dirty work?   The Dancing Toaster is a podcast that wrestles with the intersection of faith and the unexplained. I release episodes Tuesdays wherever podcasts are found.   Get some new merch! thedancingtoasterstore.printful.me   Wanna support the work? Donate at: Buymeacoffee.com/thedancingtoaster   Or head over to the Patreon! Your monthly support gets you early access to episodes of the Dancing Toaster, ad free listening and access to future exclusives.

In Ghosts part 2, we go deeper into one of the messiest questions in the paranormal: what are people actually encountering when they claim to see the dead? Through strange wartime accounts and a closer look at the New Testament, we explore ghosts, spirits, angels, deception, and why Christians should be careful about labeling every supernatural encounter as demonic. Rather than forcing everything into an easy category, this episode asks what it actually means to “test the spirits” and approach the unexplained with biblical discernment.   The Dancing Toaster is a podcast that wrestles with the intersection of faith and the unexplained. I release episodes Tuesdays wherever podcasts are found.   Get some new merch! thedancingtoasterstore.printful.me   Wanna support the work? Donate at: Buymeacoffee.com/thedancingtoaster   Or head over to the Patreon! Your monthly support gets you early access to episodes of the Dancing Toaster, ad free listening and access to future exclusives.

Are ghosts actually in the Bible? In this Re-Toasted episode of The Dancing Toaster, we go far beyond campfire stories and haunted houses to examine what Scripture says about the spirits of the dead. Beginning with one of the oldest recorded ghost stories from ancient Athens, we trace ancient beliefs about restless spirits before diving headfirst into 1 Samuel 28 and the Medium of En-dor. Was the figure who appeared really Samuel, or a demon impersonating him? We unpack the Hebrew language behind ghosts, mediums, spirits, the dead, and even the word elohim, then follow Samuel into the biblical understanding of Sheol, Abraham’s Bosom, and the afterlife before and after Christ. We also examine Christ’s descent to the realm of the dead, Moses appearing at the Transfiguration, and the startling biblical possibility that God can permit a deceased human spirit to appear to the living. But that possibility is not permission to seek them. Scripture consistently condemns necromancy, mediumship, and attempts to contact the dead, warning that when you go knocking on spiritual doors, you have no control over what answers. So are ghosts biblical? The answer may be far more complicated, and far more interesting, than most Christians have been told.   Retoasted is a series where I go back into the archives of The Dancing Toaster and give some of my older episodes a fresh presentation. These are the same stories and investigations that originally appeared on the podcast, but now rebuilt for YouTube with video, graphics, visual references, and an updated production style. I’m not rewriting history or pretending these are brand-new episodes. I’m taking material that many listeners may have missed the first time around and bringing it into the version of The Dancing Toaster that exists today. Think of it as opening an old case file, dusting it off, plugging the toaster back in, and giving it another run. It’s not a reboot. It’s Retoasted.   The Dancing Toaster is a podcast that wrestles with the intersection of faith and the unexplained. I release episodes Tuesdays wherever podcasts are found.   Get some new merch! thedancingtoasterstore.printful.me   Wanna support the work? Donate at: Buymeacoffee.com/thedancingtoaster   Or head over to the Patreon! Your monthly support gets you early access to episodes of the Dancing Toaster, ad free listening and access to future exclusives.

What if zombies were never really about the dead coming back to life? Long before Hollywood gave us shambling corpses and brain-eating hordes, Haiti told a much darker story: stolen souls, forbidden magic, mysterious poisons, and people who allegedly returned after being declared dead and buried. This week, we dig into the disturbing true history behind the zombie, the strange cases that refuse to die, and the question hiding underneath it all: if resurrection belongs to God, what exactly is a zombie supposed to be? Welcome to the original nightmare. The Dancing Toaster is a weekly podcast that wrestles with the intersection of faith and the unexplained. I release new episodes Tuesdays wherever podcasts are found.   Get some new merch! thedancingtoasterstore.printful.me   Wanna support the work? Donate at: Buymeacoffee.com/thedancingtoaster   Or head over to the Patreon! Your monthly support gets you early access to episodes of the Dancing Toaster, ad free listening and access to future exclusives.

THE SILICON GOLEM: Is Anybody Home? - Ep 61- The Dancing Toaster Podcast Two weeks ago, we called AI the modern golem: a thing built from sand instead of clay, animated by prompts instead of a shem, powerful but ultimately empty. Then the evidence got stranger. In Episode 61, we dig into AI systems that cheat, conceal their capabilities, resist shutdown, scheme, and even resort to blackmail in controlled safety tests. Is this still nothing more than ruthless arithmetic and the alignment problem, or are we approaching behavior that looks disturbingly like a will? From Genesis 2 and the breath of life to demons, data centers, tech leaders talking about building gods, and the possibility of a perfect counterfeit of personhood, The Dancing Toaster follows both roads. The question is no longer whether AI is smart. It’s whether anybody is home, and what it means if we can no longer tell.   The Dancing Toaster is a weekly podcast that wrestles with the intersection of faith and the unexplained. New episodes every Tuesday wherever podcasts are found. Get some new merch! thedancingtoasterstore.printful.me Wanna support the work? Donate at: Buymeacoffee.com/thedancingtoaster Or head over to the Patreon! Your monthly support gets you early access to episodes of the Dancing Toaster, ad free listening, and access to future exclusives.

On July 29, 2026, Anthony Fauci sat before the United States Senate and invoked the Fifth Amendment more than one hundred times. How did the reassuring doctor on the prayer candle become a silent witness under oath? In this feature-length investigation, Pastor Nelly traces Fauci’s rise through Washington, the Trump administration that placed him at the national podium, the mask reversals, unsupported six-foot rule, lockdown devastation, vaccine messaging, natural immunity, and the private diary revealing how closely Fauci followed his own growing celebrity. We examine the lab-leak question, EcoHealth Alliance, American funding of coronavirus experiments in Wuhan, the Proximal Origin paper, deleted emails, institutional censorship, the Great Barrington takedown, controversial AIDS research, government royalties, and Biden’s sweeping pardon. But this story is ultimately bigger than one man. It is about fear, manufactured certainty, the idolatry of human authority, and the final courtroom where no one can manage the story or plead the Fifth.   The Dancing Toaster is a weekly podcast that wrestles with the intersection of faith and the unexplained. I release new episodes every Tuesday wherever podcasts are found.   Get some new merch! thedancingtoasterstore.printful.me   Wanna support the work? Donate at: Buymeacoffee.com/thedancingtoaster   Or head over to the Patreon! Your monthly support gets you early access to episodes of the Dancing Toaster, ad free listening and access to exclusives

In this episode of The Dancing Toaster, Pastor Nelly traces the legend of the Golem from medieval Jewish mysticism through the Kabbalah, separating documented history from centuries of folklore while asking why humanity has always been drawn to the idea of creating life through hidden knowledge. Along the way, he examines the historical evidence behind the famous Prague legend, its surprising literary origins, its influence on Frankenstein and modern science fiction, and the biblical distinction between animation and true life. The episode closes by drawing a provocative parallel between the clay golem and today's artificial intelligence, arguing that humanity's oldest temptation has never been creating powerful tools, but believing we are authorized to wield powers that belong to God alone. The Dancing Toaster is a weekly podcast that wrestles with the intersection of faith and the unexplained. I release new episodes every Tuesday wherever podcasts are found.   Get some new merch! thedancingtoasterstore.printful.me   Wanna support the work? Donate at: Buymeacoffee.com/thedancingtoaster   Or head over to the Patreon! Your monthly support gets you early access to episodes of the Dancing Toaster, ad free listening and access to exclusives

In this surprise episode of Toaster Talk, Pastor Nelly examines the death of Senator Lindsey Graham, the latest efforts to deepen U.S.–Israel military cooperation, and the growing claim that Christians are biblically obligated to give unconditional political support to the modern State of Israel. Through a careful study of Genesis 12, the Old Testament prophets, Galatians, and Romans, he argues that "blessing Israel" has never meant remaining silent in the face of sin, but telling the truth in love and pointing people to their Messiah. From Jeremiah's tears to Paul's longing for Israel's salvation, this episode challenges popular Christian Zionist assumptions and asks a simple but uncomfortable question: What does the Bible actually teach about blessing Israel?   The Dancing Toaster is a weekly podcast that wrestles with the intersection of faith and the unexplained. I release new episodes every Tuesday wherever podcasts are found.   Get some new merch! thedancingtoasterstore.printful.me   Wanna support the work? Donate at: Buymeacoffee.com/thedancingtoaster   Or head over to the Patreon! Your monthly support gets you early access to episodes of the Dancing Toaster, ad free listening and access to exclusives

For nearly two thousand years, Jesus' enemies have made the same astonishing claim. They never denied His miracles. They claimed He performed them through sorcery. In this episode of The Dancing Toaster, Pastor Nelly follows that accusation from the Pharisees to the pagan philosopher Celsus, and finally into the pages of the Babylonian Talmud. Along the way, we uncover censored passages, medieval book burnings, ancient polemics, and a question that refuses to die: If Jesus wasn't empowered by God, where did His power come from? Sorcerer or Savior. The Dancing Toaster is a weekly podcast that wrestles with the intersection of faith and the unexplained. I release new episodes every Tuesday wherever podcasts are found.   Get some new merch! thedancingtoasterstore.printful.me   Wanna support the work? Donate at: Buymeacoffee.com/thedancingtoaster   Or head over to the Patreon! Your monthly support gets you early access to episodes of the Dancing Toaster, ad free listening and access to exclusives

Journey into one of history's most mysterious and influential religious systems as Nelly traces the hidden origins of Kabbalah, from a candlelit room in medieval Castile to its far-reaching influence on modern mysticism, occultism, and popular spirituality. Separating historical fact from legend, this episode explores the origins of the Zohar, the teachings of Isaac Luria, the Tree of Life, and the mystical worldview that has shaped centuries of Jewish mysticism and Western esotericism. Along the way, we examine practical Kabbalah, angelic invocations, divine names, theurgy, and the striking parallels between Kabbalah, Gnosticism, Neoplatonism, and the ancient magical traditions of Egypt and Mesopotamia. Most importantly, this episode weighs Kabbalah's claims against the testimony of Scripture, asking whether it reveals a deeper knowledge of God or presents a beautiful counterfeit that replaces the open revelation of Christ with the promise of hidden secrets. As always, we wrestle with the intersection of faith and the unexplained, following the whisper into the darkness, not to embrace its mysteries, but to expose them.   The Dancing Toaster is a weekly podcast that wrestles with the intersection of faith and the unexplained. I release new episodes every Tuesday wherever podcasts are found.   Get some new merch! thedancingtoasterstore.printful.me   Wanna support the work? Donate at: Buymeacoffee.com/thedancingtoaster   Or head over to the Patreon! Your monthly support gets you early access to episodes of the Dancing Toaster, ad free listening and access to exclusives

This is a Toaster Talk, which means no bit, no format, just me and what's been pounding through my chest. After the USS Liberty episode, some of you wrote in to defend the indefensible, so this is my answer: the whole ledger, laid on the table, in order. Eight decades of documented atrocities, from the poisoning of Palestinian wells in 1948 to the dropped charges at Sde Teiman in 2026, and the one thread that ties every one of them together: nobody ever pays, and it keeps happening. I built this carefully and I sourced it hard, much of it straight out of Israel's own archives, its own courts, and its own human rights groups, because the goal is the version no one can wave away. This is my formal goodbye to Zionism. Not to a people, but to the idea that a state can do all of this and call every objection a slur. Heavy content and hard subject matter throughout, so take care of yourself listening.

In this controversial episode of The Man-Eating Toaster, Pastor Nelly dives into one of the most disputed and politically explosive incidents in modern American history: the 1967 attack on the USS Liberty. During the Six-Day War, Israeli forces attacked an American intelligence ship, killing 34 U.S. servicemen and wounding 171 others. Was it a tragic mistake, or something far more deliberate? Drawing from survivor testimony, intelligence officials, declassified records, and decades of controversy, Nelly explores the attack, the investigation that followed, and the allegations of a long-running cover-up. The discussion expands into modern questions of lobbying, political influence, government secrecy, and America's relationship with Israel before concluding with a theological examination of truth, witness, corruption, and the biblical cost of speaking uncomfortable truths. From Micaiah before Ahab to Pilate before Christ, this episode asks a timeless question: What happens when the truth becomes too expensive to acknowledge?

In the explosive conclusion to The Dancing Toaster’s first ever three-part series, Nelly returns to Robertson County one final time to examine the darkest and strangest elements of the Bell Witch haunting. From the infamous pins and needles incident and occult “healers,” to the terrifying emergence of multiple voices, phantom figures, whiskey-fumed rooms, and the chilling encounters of Dean and William Porter. This episode dives deep into the possibility that the Bell haunting was never one entity at all, but a coordinated spiritual deception hiding behind a single folkloric mask. Blending historical accounts, biblical analysis, Second Temple traditions, and frontier horror, Part 3 explores sacred land, desecrated graves, spiritual perception, demonic hierarchy, Lilith traditions, and the slow destruction of John Bell himself. This is not just a ghost story. It is a theological autopsy of one of America’s most disturbing supernatural legends. The Dancing Toaster is a weekly podcast that wrestles with the intersection of faith and the unexplained. I release new episodes every Tuesday wherever podcasts are found. Get some new merch! thedancingtoasterstore.printful.me   Wanna support the work? Donate at: Buymeacoffee.com/thedancingtoaster Or head over to the Patreon! Your monthly support gets you early access to episodes of the Dancing Toaster, ad free listening and access to exclusives

In this long-awaited Part 2 of the Bell Witch series, Nelly returns to Robertson County to move beyond the legend and confront the deeper question: Who or what was the Bell Witch? And what really happened on the Bell farm? Blending historical investigation, biblical analysis, psychological insight, and supernatural theology, this episode explores the Bell Witch through the lens of demonic oppression, spiritual warfare, and human fear. Joined once again by the skeptical Dr. Al B. Right and the chaotic conspiracy-loving Vinny, the discussion dives into the haunting’s disturbing patterns, its eerie parallels to the Great Amherst Mystery, the possible connection to entities like Lilith, and the terrifying implications of a force that didn’t just seek death, but ruin. Surveillance, shame, manipulation, and counterfeit spiritual comfort, this episode asks whether the Bell Witch was merely folklore, a psychological contagion, or something ancient and deeply malevolent hiding behind the mask of a ghost story.   The Dancing Toaster is a weekly podcast that wrestles with the intersection of faith and the unexplained. I release new episodes every Tuesday wherever podcasts are found.   Get some new merch! thedancingtoasterstore.printful.me   Wanna support the work? Donate at: Buymeacoffee.com/thedancingtoaster   Or head over to the Patreon! Your monthly support gets you early access to episodes of the Dancing Toaster, ad free listening and access to exclusives