Episodes

Episode 149: Endorsing Kingdom Masculinity Somewhere along the way, local churches lost the men. In fact, we seemed to have lost maleness as a whole. Kingdom masculinity is not something that many churches are even aware of as a concept any longer. Our churches have become gently feminized over the past fifty years or so, and now the feminization of the American male has taken an anchor-like hold in churches. This episode is a no-nonsense, unfiltered exhortation for men to return to being men. ...

Episode 148: The Daughter's Inheritance There are a group of five sisters found in two Old Testament passages whom we need to meet. Their names sound funky to our modern ears, but what they carried in their hearts would be of incredible benefit if Christian women today would dare to expect what they expected. In this episode of Mavericks & Misfits, Jeff Lyle addresses the God-given inheritance to women through Jesus Christ. Callings, gifts, anointings and opportunities for Christian women come f...

Episode 147: That Stunning Thing Jesus Said This episode leaves us nowhere to hide. Jesus made a couple of astounding statements recorded in the Gospel of John that the Church can no longer avoid. There is a reason why the modern Church witnesses little to zero supernatural power on a consistent basis. Theological excuses abound for this lack of breakthrough power, but none of them can stand against the simple words of Christ who unapologetically foretold what those who believe in Him should exp...

Episode 146: The Spirit Of Fear One of the most common ailments found in today’s churches is the issue of people being oppressed under a spirit of fear. In many cases, this is the result of an actual demonic assignment that has leveled a person emotionally, mentally, and volitionally. They simply live under a heavy dread almost all of the time. In other instances, a person is less aware that they are operating under this atmosphere of fear. In this episode of Mavericks & Misfits, we look at some...

Episode 145: The Changing of Names On Sunday 4/23/23, Antioch Outpost officially became the new name of what had been previously called The Church at Winder for forty years. In Scripture, when God ordained a dramatic shift in identity, covenant, and purpose, He would sometimes change the very name of the person with whom He was working. Name changes in Scripture are very significant. This episode communicates the reason why Jeff and his co-leaders committed to a new name to the church they serv...

Episode 144: Jeff & Amy Discuss Wholeness Of Soul

Episode 143: Jeff & Amy Discuss Open Demonic Doors

Episode 142: Jeff & Amy Discuss Deliverance

Episode 141: Word Without Power Let’s disclose the elephant in the room. Christians talk far more about God’s power than we actually operate in God’s power. It would seem that the current comfort zone in the American Church is to declare with our mouths how supernaturally powerful God is while, at the same time, being negligent to display with our hands how supernaturally powerful God is. There is a disconnect. In one account in Mark’s Gospel, we are given a prophetic glimpse at where much of t...

Episode 140: Money & The Mark Of The Beast The bible teaches that a man will arise at the end of the age and take control of global government. The Antichrist will be the most wicked man who ever lived upon the earth. Part of his reign will include his totalitarian control of the world’s financial markets. Yes, the Antichrist will control the system that controls all the money on the planet. For those who refuse to take the mark of the beast and worship the Antichrist, there will be no participa...

Episode 139: End Of The Age Finance We all know that we won’t be taking any of our material wealth with us when we die. Whatever we earned and bought remains here on earth once we are taken into glory. Everyone understands that. Not everyone understands, however, that we can send our wealth ahead of us. The teachings of Jesus and His apostles make it abundantly clear that we are able to store up treasure in Heaven as we manage our earthly wealth in a way that honors Christ and His mission. A co...

Episode 138: Spirit Or Truth? We Christians are presently living in an unusual time. While the culture is becoming increasingly aggressive in advancing an anti-God agenda, the Church is beginning to see some amazing releases of awakening and revival. Local assemblies need to be adjusting and preparing for both sides of this equation. Battling against spiritual wickedness in high places needs to be prioritized as we also become people of deeper worship and mission. Some churches are remaining cau...

Episode 137: Recovering The Axe Of Jesus When a young prophet lost his axe, he mourned in the presence of Elisha and begged him for supernatural intervention to recover his only tool that would get the job done. While this is an exciting story from 2nd Kings 6, this episode of Mavericks & Misfits calls us to consider a very urgent application of the crucial lessons in this story. When the Church has dropped and lost what Jesus has given us to build His Kingdom with, what should our response be? ...

Episode 136: Discerning & Defeating False Prophets Who do you allow to speak into your life on behalf of God? None of us are without outside voices which work to shape our views of God, His Kingdom, our own identity, and our life purpose. Understanding how important these areas are…whose voice presently has your ear? Jesus and His apostles repeatedly warn us of the reality of the prevalence of false prophets. In fact, as time moves toward the Second Coming of Jesus, the Bible says we should be e...

Episode 135: CHURCHES: Factory Reset What kind of local church are you a part of? Who is leading you? Do things like leadership structures, spiritual gifting, personal callings, and cooperative ministry vision really make a difference? Well, if you are the average American churchgoer, your answer may be, “It doesn’t really matter.” Yet, if you place high value on God’s blueprints for His churches, it will matter quite a bit. So much has been added to God’s plan by man over the centuries that mos...

Episode 134: What If I'm Not Really Saved Some of what we see right now happening in our churches is an evangelistic call being released by Holy Spirit to church members. Yes, that’s right: God is offering those who have sat in churches for years an opportunity to actually be born again. Because of a lack of commitment to biblical teaching on repentance and conversion, our churches are filled with people who believe but have never been redeemed. They have an intellectual grasp of Gospel facts, b...

Episode 133: Word Curses & The Spirit Of Shimei Everyone who listens to this episode of Mavericks & Misfits will have an experience with their own personal Shimei. Do you know who this is? He is one of the most despicable people in all of the Bible. He was a partner with the devil in releasing demonic word curses against King David. From this painful snapshot in David’s life, we expose six categories of word curses and how they can impact us. Perhaps even more troubling, we may discover that we ...

Episode 132: A Prophetic Urge To Prepare Sometimes Holy Spirit hijacks the podcast episode. Originally, Episode 132 of Mavericks & Misfits was slated to focus on the issue of spiritual warfare through word curses. Within the first three minutes of the recording, Jeff Lyle felt the wind of the Spirit moving and released a calm but VERY clear word concerning what the Church in America should prepare for in the year 2023. Also included is a personal testimony of an area where Jeff failed his King i...

Episode 131: Kingdom Danger Zone In this episode of Mavericks & Misfits, Jeff Lyle welcomes his wife, Amy, into the studio to discuss a word that God gave Amy in December of 2022. After pondering this word privately for a few weeks, Amy shared it with Jeff, and he immediately felt like the warning was for many Christians who have unwisely wandered into a danger zone that is filled with destructive landmines. Because of this, an episode of Mavericks & misfits is being dedicated to it. An overlook...

Episode 130: Is The Local Church Still Valid Have you noticed the increase of people abandoning their commitments to local assemblies? Since Covid put local church gatherings on a temporary pause, we have discerned that many have since then seemingly concluded with the government that churches are non-essential. But is this true? Does God care if we are part of a local assembly of Christians on a regular basis? Today’s episode explores many of the reasons why people have given up on the local ch...

Episode 129: The Spirit Of The Age Has Infected The Climate Of The Church It is a long title, but there was not a better way to describe what has happened to the Church in America. Jesus once rebuked two of His closest followers for not discerning what spirit they were operating in. This same rebuke is being spoken over much of the Church today. The divisive, hostile, hyper-sensitive, reactionary spirit in the culture has now infected local churches and the symptoms are primarily visible on Chri...

Episode 128: What God Said To Me Sometimes we feel compelled to put our latest favorite song in our playlist on continuous play. It impacts us, speaks to us, stirs us, or settles us. We just want to hear it over and over in a loop. In the late Fall of 2022, God spoke one sentence to me that startled me. It actually hurt a little at first, but I knew it was Him speaking. As weeks went on, I would hear this same word from the Lord on repeat in my spirit, and it soon took on the scent of an invitat...

Episode 127: Dethroning Jealousy & Envy Jerry Bridges once wrote a book called Respectable Sins. I read it in 2010 and was both blessed and convicted by what God had the author reveal. More and more, many Christians are realizing the widening gap between the sins we publicly loathe versus the sins we seem to privately tolerate. Why are some sins horrific to us while others seem to be more…respectable. Today’s podcast lasers in on the two ugly twins of Jealousy & Envy. Not all of us understand th...

Episode 126: It Is Not Hopeless Some people were born to run marathons. Some were even born to win them. Most of us, however, prefer the short route and the quickest route from one point to another. Marathons just are not our thing, so we never enter the race. Upon the spiritual journey, we are not given a choice. The race of faith is long, and sometimes it is exhausting. We can be tempted to wonder if we will ever finish. We don’t always feel like we are winning. From a very obscure verse in th...