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MYSTERY BABYLON SERMONS

Teaching specifically focused on Mystery Babylon and the woman of Revelation 17–18.

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August 30, 2026Pastor Dean Odle

The Reshaping of Christianity

In “The Reshaping of Christianity,” Pastor Dean Odle warns that Christianity can be counterfeited when biblical authority and personal devotion to Jesus Christ are replaced by religious ritual, institutional loyalty, political identity, occult spirituality, or a universalized “Christ” acceptable to every religion. Beginning with Israel’s golden calf in Exodus 31-32, he argues that people may retain the language of worship while fashioning a god from their own culture and imagination. He connects that pattern with Paul’s warning about “another Jesus,” “another spirit,” and “another gospel” in 2 Corinthians 11 and Galatians 1.

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August 23, 2026Pastor Dean Odle

The Great Whore (Part 2)

In The Great Whore (Part 2), Pastor Dean Odle argues that Jesus Christ is sufficient as Savior, high priest, intercessor, and the one mediator between God and humanity. Beginning with his own struggle, weakness, and need for grace, he contrasts biblical faith in Christ's blood with religious systems that, in his view, place Mary, saints, priests, sacraments, images, relics, or church tradition between the believer and Christ. First Timothy 2:5-6, Romans 3 and 5, Exodus 20, and Colossians 2 form the message's principal biblical foundation.

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August 16, 2026Pastor Dean Odle

The Great Whore

Pastor Dean Odle presents a Protestant and futurist reading of Revelation 17–18, identifying Mystery Babylon with the Roman Catholic system centered in Rome. He examines doctrine, Marian devotion, papal authority, transubstantiation, ecumenism, and contemplative practices, then calls believers to test every teaching by Scripture and look to Jesus Christ as the only mediator between God and humanity.

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April 21, 2024Pastor Dean Odle

The Roman Catholic Whore

Dean Odle argues that Roman Catholic mysticism and ecumenical compromise have polluted parts of the Pentecostal and charismatic church. Beginning with revival history and the abuse scandal surrounding IHOP Kansas City founder Mike Bickle, he says spiritual movements must be judged by Scripture, doctrine, and moral fruit rather than reputation, prophecy, spectacle, or institutional success. He contrasts ministries centered on repentance and deliverance with practices he associates with Catholic contemplative mystics, repetitive prayer, visualization, and leaders who shield serious sin.

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