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I started small, recording'}, {'start': '44.559', 'end': '48.840', 'text': 'choirs with borrowed equipment until I'}, {'start': '46.680', 'end': '51.399', 'text': 'transformed my studio into a heavenly praise studio'}, {'start': '48.840', 'end': '53.559', 'text': ', becoming one of the most'}, {'start': '51.399', 'end': '55.520', 'text': 'important names in gospel music in'}, {'start': '53.559', 'end': '58.239', 'text': 'Latin America.  I reached the top, was'}, {'start': '55.520', 'end': '60.440', 'text': 'invited to conferences,'}, {'start': '58.239', 'end': '62.399', 'text': 'television programs, and many saw in me the'}, {'start': '60.440', 'end': '64.879', 'text': 'example of a successful Christian entrepreneur'}, {'start': '62.399', 'end': '67.759', 'text': '.  But over time I began to'}, {'start': '64.879', 'end': '70.560', 'text': 'drift away from what really mattered.'}, {'start': '67.759', 'end': '73.479', 'text': 'It started with subtle tweaks,'}, {'start': '70.560', 'end': '76.040', 'text': 'commercial effects, image changes,'}, {'start': '73.479', 'end': '78.360', 'text': 'more digestible lyrics, all in the name of reaching'}, {'start': '76.040', 'end': '80.520', 'text': 'more people.  I convinced myself that I'}, {'start': '78.360', 'end': '82.439', 'text': 'was serving God, even when'}, {'start': '80.520', 'end': '85.479', 'text': 'the essence of the message was being'}, {'start': '82.439', 'end': '87.920', 'text': 'lost.  In 2019 I received an offer that'}, {'start': '85.479', 'end': '90.200', 'text': 'seemed irresistible.  Don Esteban'}, {'start': '87.920', 'end': '92.720', 'text': 'Vargas, a music industry magnate'}, {'start': '90.200', 'end': '95.520', 'text': ', wanted to invest in my studio.'}, {'start': '92.720', 'end': '97.720', 'text': 'It offered international expansion, access'}, {'start': '95.520', 'end': '100.200', 'text': "to major platforms, everything I'd"}, {'start': '97.720', 'end': '103.159', 'text': 'always dreamed of.  In return, you would only need to'}, {'start': '100.200', 'end': '105.119', 'text': 'follow some creative suggestions.'}, {'start': '103.159', 'end': '107.159', 'text': 'Less cross, less sin, more'}, {'start': '105.119', 'end': '109.159', 'text': 'acceptance.  I signed the contract that same'}, {'start': '107.159', 'end': '111.799', 'text': 'night.  After that, the changes'}, {'start': '109.159', 'end': '113.960', 'text': 'came like an avalanche.  The lyrics'}, {'start': '111.799', 'end': '116.320', 'text': 'began to be filtered by'}, {'start': '113.960', 'end': '118.960', 'text': 'content consultants.'}, {'start': '116.320', 'end': '121.039', 'text': 'Biblical terms were banned and depth'}, {'start': '118.960', 'end': '123.159', 'text': 'gave way to interpretation.  When'}, {'start': '121.039', 'end': '125.439', 'text': 'Pastor Isaiah came to warn me, I was'}, {'start': '123.159', 'end': '127.960', 'text': 'blinded by success.  "The gospel without'}, {'start': '125.439', 'end': '129.720', 'text': 'the cross is just cheap motivation,"'}, {'start': '127.960', 'end': '132.160', 'text': 'he said.  But I ignored it until one'}, {'start': '129.720', 'end': '134.080', 'text': 'night, alone in the studio, I suffered a'}, {'start': '132.160', 'end': '136.400', 'text': 'heart attack.  My body was taken to the'}, {'start': '134.080', 'end': '138.599', 'text': 'hospital, but my soul was taken to a'}, {'start': '136.400', 'end': '140.800', 'text': 'place I will never forget.  What I saw in'}, {'start': '138.599', 'end': '143.120', 'text': 'that state between life and death'}, {'start': '140.800', 'end': '145.519', 'text': 'marked me forever.  A dark,'}, {'start': '143.120', 'end': '147.879', 'text': 'cold, silent place, where the songs he had'}, {'start': '145.519', 'end': '150.319', 'text': 'produced sounded like'}, {'start': '147.879', 'end': '152.680', 'text': 'empty shadows.  I found it there.  Federico'}, {'start': '150.319', 'end': '154.840', 'text': 'Montiel, a singer who had launched and'}, {'start': '152.680', 'end': '157.319', 'text': 'who had already passed away.  Her voice, once'}, {'start': '154.840', 'end': '159.959', 'text': 'angelic, now sounded like a wail.   It'}, {'start': '157.319', 'end': '162.280', 'text': 'was there, in that surreal encounter'}, {'start': '159.959', 'end': '164.920', 'text': 'with Federico, that'}, {'start': '162.280', 'end': '166.879', 'text': 'the gravity of my journey was cruelly revealed.  I had'}, {'start': '164.920', 'end': '169.560', 'text': 'fooled myself into believing that I was only'}, {'start': '166.879', 'end': '171.319', 'text': 'looking for success and expansion, but at'}, {'start': '169.560', 'end': '173.319', 'text': 'that moment I realized that the'}, {'start': '171.319', 'end': '175.760', 'text': 'industry I had helped create'}, {'start': '173.319', 'end': '177.959', 'text': 'was far from the blessing I had'}, {'start': '175.760', 'end': '180.519', 'text': 'imagined.  had contributed to a'}, {'start': '177.959', 'end': '182.680', 'text': "system that used God's name"}, {'start': '180.519', 'end': '185.239', 'text': 'as a product, while his true'}, {'start': '182.680', 'end': '187.360', 'text': 'presence was increasingly erased.'}, {'start': '185.239', 'end': '189.599', 'text': 'As Federico approached, following'}, {'start': '187.360', 'end': '191.440', 'text': 'other familiar figures in the'}, {'start': '189.599', 'end': '194.319', 'text': 'gospel industry, the pain of'}, {'start': '191.440', 'end': '196.760', 'text': 'realization fell over me like a'}, {'start': '194.319', 'end': '198.959', 'text': 'crushing weight.  I had been part of something'}, {'start': '196.760', 'end': '201.000', 'text': 'much bigger than I imagined.  And'}, {'start': '198.959', 'end': '203.200', 'text': 'looking at those faces, I finally'}, {'start': '201.000', 'end': '205.680', 'text': 'understood the price of what I had'}, {'start': '203.200', 'end': '208.400', 'text': 'sacrificed.  What I saw there was not a'}, {'start': '205.680', 'end': '211.200', 'text': 'passing mistake, but the manifestation of'}, {'start': '208.400', 'end': '213.439', 'text': 'a reality that I could no longer ignore.'}, {'start': '211.200', 'end': '215.319', 'text': '"We turned worship into a commodity,"'}, {'start': '213.439', 'end': '217.680', 'text': 'Federico continued, his eyes now'}, {'start': '215.319', 'end': '220.280', 'text': 'dull, lacking the sparkle that enchanted'}, {'start': '217.680', 'end': '222.680', 'text': 'the crowds.  We sell glory for'}, {'start': '220.280', 'end': '225.280', 'text': 'applause, we exchange truth for'}, {'start': '222.680', 'end': '227.879', 'text': 'numbers.  And the worst part is that we are taking millions of people with us in this mistake'}, {'start': '225.280', 'end': '230.360', 'text': '.  Among'}, {'start': '227.879', 'end': '232.200', 'text': 'the figures I recognized Carmela Vázquez,'}, {'start': '230.360', 'end': '234.280', 'text': 'a brilliant composer who had'}, {'start': '232.200', 'end': '236.879', 'text': 'worked with me on dozens of'}, {'start': '234.280', 'end': '239.000', 'text': 'projects.  Her face, once radiant,'}, {'start': '236.879', 'end': '242.000', 'text': 'now showed an expression of deep'}, {'start': '239.000', 'end': '244.120', 'text': 'torment.  Every empty word I wrote'}, {'start': '242.000', 'end': '246.519', 'text': 'was regretted.  I deliberately diluted each song'}, {'start': '244.120', 'end': '248.920', 'text': 'so as not to offend, to'}, {'start': '246.519', 'end': '251.519', 'text': "sell more.  They're here, Miguel, they're"}, {'start': '248.920', 'end': '253.599', 'text': 'accusing me.  Around us the shadows'}, {'start': '251.519', 'end': '255.640', 'text': 'began to take on more'}, {'start': '253.599', 'end': '258.639', 'text': 'defined shapes.  They were ordinary people,'}, {'start': '255.640', 'end': '261.440', 'text': 'listeners, fans.  Their expressions ranged'}, {'start': '258.639', 'end': '263.280', 'text': 'from confusion to accusation.'}, {'start': '261.440', 'end': '265.680', 'text': '"These are the souls our'}, {'start': '263.280', 'end': '268.160', 'text': 'ministry has deceived,"'}, {'start': '265.680', 'end': '270.639', 'text': 'Federico explained.  People who truly'}, {'start': '268.160', 'end': '273.240', 'text': 'sought God, but only received an'}, {'start': '270.639', 'end': '276.360', 'text': 'emotional placebo.  They never heard'}, {'start': '273.240', 'end': '278.759', 'text': 'about repentance, holiness, or'}, {'start': '276.360', 'end': '281.000', 'text': 'the true cost of discipleship.'}, {'start': '278.759', 'end': '283.120', 'text': 'They followed a diluted and'}, {'start': '281.000', 'end': '285.479', 'text': 'commercialized version of the faith.  As'}, {'start': '283.120', 'end': '287.759', 'text': 'we walked through that realm of shadows,'}, {'start': '285.479', 'end': '290.520', 'text': 'Federico showed me a structure that'}, {'start': '287.759', 'end': '293.120', 'text': 'looked like a warped music studio,'}, {'start': '290.520', 'end': '295.639', 'text': 'where the instruments produced'}, {'start': '293.120', 'end': '297.840', 'text': "dissonant sounds on their own.  Here's the"}, {'start': '295.639', 'end': '299.960', 'text': 'bottom line of'}, {'start': '297.840', 'end': '302.400', 'text': 'prosperity evangelical theology, he said'}, {'start': '299.960', 'end': '304.759', 'text': 'bitterly.  an industry built on'}, {'start': '302.400', 'end': '306.919', 'text': "shifting sands.  Look who's presiding over"}, {'start': '304.759', 'end': '309.120', 'text': 'all this.  At the center of that'}, {'start': '306.919', 'end': '311.639', 'text': 'distorted study was Don Esteban, but he'}, {'start': '309.120', 'end': '313.960', 'text': 'was no longer the elegant man I once'}, {'start': '311.639', 'end': '316.720', 'text': 'knew.  His appearance had changed,'}, {'start': '313.960', 'end': '318.919', 'text': 'revealing something monstrous beneath the'}, {'start': '316.720', 'end': '320.960', 'text': 'human veneer.  Beside them, suited figures'}, {'start': '318.919', 'end': '324.039', 'text': 'took notes on clipboards,'}, {'start': '320.960', 'end': '326.919', 'text': 'analyzing graphs and projections.  "The'}, {'start': '324.039', 'end': '329.880', 'text': 'real masters," Federico whispered.'}, {'start': '326.919', 'end': '332.240', 'text': '"non-humans, Miguel. They are entities that'}, {'start': '329.880', 'end': '334.720', 'text': 'deliberately infiltrated'}, {'start': '332.240', 'end': '336.880', 'text': 'Christian music to neutralize it,'}, {'start': '334.720', 'end': '339.360', 'text': 'to transform the gospel into a'}, {'start': '336.880', 'end': '341.520', 'text': 'harmless product. The revelation'}, {'start': '339.360', 'end': '343.600', 'text': 'hit me like a lightning bolt. I remembered the'}, {'start': '341.520', 'end': '345.680', 'text': 'strange clauses in the contract I'}, {'start': '343.600', 'end': '348.240', 'text': 'signed, the subtle changes that were'}, {'start': '345.680', 'end': '350.880', 'text': 'implemented, the specific words'}, {'start': '348.240', 'end': '353.160', 'text': 'that were systematically removed'}, {'start': '350.880', 'end': '356.039', 'text': 'from the songs. Words like blood,'}, {'start': '353.160', 'end': '358.080', 'text': 'cross, sin, repentance. It was just'}, {'start': '356.039', 'end': '360.080', 'text': 'a marketing ploy; it was something'}, {'start': '358.080', 'end': '362.479', 'text': 'much more sinister. In a'}, {'start': '360.080', 'end': '364.600', 'text': 'secluded corner of that terrible place, I met'}, {'start': '362.479', 'end': '367.120', 'text': 'Pastor Tomás Aguirre, who had'}, {'start': '364.600', 'end': '369.560', 'text': 'mentored many Mexican Christian musicians'}, {'start': '367.120', 'end': '371.800', 'text': '. His decades-long ministry'}, {'start': '369.560', 'end': '373.800', 'text': 'had reached millions, but now he'}, {'start': '371.800', 'end': '376.039', 'text': 'stood there with his head bowed. At'}, {'start': '373.800', 'end': '378.639', 'text': 'first, he was genuine. He told me in a'}, {'start': '376.039', 'end': '380.560', 'text': 'choked voice. He really wanted to serve God.'}, {'start': '378.639', 'end': '382.759', 'text': 'But when success came, when the'}, {'start': '380.560', 'end': '384.960', 'text': 'crowds grew, something changed. I'}, {'start': '382.759', 'end': '386.960', 'text': 'began to fear losing popularity. I'}, {'start': '384.960', 'end': '389.759', 'text': 'started preaching what people'}, {'start': '386.960', 'end': '392.000', 'text': 'wanted to hear, not what they needed to'}, {'start': '389.759', 'end': '394.440', 'text': 'hear.  And that\'s where they came in,"'}, {'start': '392.000', 'end': '396.759', 'text': 'he added, looking at the business figures'}, {'start': '394.440', 'end': '399.120', 'text': 'surrounding Don Esteban. "They\'re always looking for'}, {'start': '396.759', 'end': '401.479', 'text': 'authentic movements to corrupt.'}, {'start': '399.120', 'end': '403.880', 'text': 'Mexican gospel music'}, {'start': '401.479', 'end': '405.919', 'text': 'was truly transforming lives, so they'}, {'start': '403.880', 'end': '408.199', 'text': 'came." As I digested these'}, {'start': '405.919', 'end': '410.840', 'text': 'disturbing revelations, I noticed a'}, {'start': '408.199', 'end': '414.039', 'text': 'young woman who seemed out of place, María'}, {'start': '410.840', 'end': '416.440', 'text': 'González, a talented 23-'}, {'start': '414.039', 'end': '418.520', 'text': 'year-old singer who had discovered in Oaxaca her'}, {'start': '416.440', 'end': '420.639', 'text': 'first album, which I had produced'}, {'start': '418.520', 'end': '422.639', 'text': 'before partnering with Don Esteban. It'}, {'start': '420.639', 'end': '424.919', 'text': 'had been pure, powerful, and'}, {'start': '422.639', 'end': '427.199', 'text': 'theologically profound. The second,'}, {'start': '424.919', 'end': '429.360', 'text': 'now under new management, had been'}, {'start': '427.199', 'end': '431.680', 'text': 'completely reworked. Miguel'}, {'start': '429.360', 'end': '434.479', 'text': 'recognized me. His eyes reflected'}, {'start': '431.680', 'end': '437.039', 'text': 'infinite sadness. "You brought me to this'}, {'start': '434.479', 'end': '439.199', 'text': 'path. I trusted you when you changed'}, {'start': '437.039', 'end': '441.759', 'text': 'my songs. When you said'}, {'start': '439.199', 'end': '444.639', 'text': 'we needed more positive lyrics,'}, {'start': '441.759', 'end': '447.160', 'text': 'I felt something was wrong, but I silenced'}, {'start': '444.639', 'end': '449.800', 'text': 'my conscience. The numbers increased,'}, {'start': '447.160', 'end': '452.319', 'text': 'the opportunities multiplied, but'}, {'start': '449.800', 'end': '454.560', 'text': "my heart died. María's words"}, {'start': '452.319', 'end': '456.199', 'text': 'pierced my soul like daggers.  I'}, {'start': '454.560', 'end': '458.400', 'text': 'had been her mentor and promised to'}, {'start': '456.199', 'end': '460.639', 'text': 'help her expand her ministry.'}, {'start': '458.400', 'end': '462.840', 'text': 'Instead, he had diverted his talent from its'}, {'start': '460.639', 'end': '465.159', 'text': 'original purpose.  In that'}, {'start': '462.840', 'end': '467.360', 'text': 'dark moment, a terrifying realization'}, {'start': '465.159', 'end': '470.159', 'text': 'began to form in my mind.  What'}, {'start': '467.360', 'end': '472.080', 'text': 'we called worship ministry'}, {'start': '470.159', 'end': '474.159', 'text': 'had in many cases become'}, {'start': '472.080', 'end': '476.560', 'text': 'exactly the opposite.  A'}, {'start': '474.159', 'end': '479.280', 'text': 'sophisticated mechanism to neutralize the'}, {'start': '476.560', 'end': '481.560', 'text': 'transformative power of the authentic gospel,'}, {'start': '479.280', 'end': '484.240', 'text': 'replacing it with'}, {'start': '481.560', 'end': '486.639', 'text': 'religious entertainment that bothered no one,'}, {'start': '484.240', 'end': '489.159', 'text': 'confronted no sin, and demanded no'}, {'start': '486.639', 'end': '491.599', 'text': 'life change.  And most terrifyingly, I had'}, {'start': '489.159', 'end': '494.000', 'text': 'been one of the architects of'}, {'start': '491.599', 'end': '496.400', 'text': 'this system.  The realization of the evil I had'}, {'start': '494.000', 'end': '498.759', 'text': 'helped spread consumed me'}, {'start': '496.400', 'end': '501.280', 'text': 'when suddenly a light began to'}, {'start': '498.759', 'end': '503.400', 'text': 'form on the horizon of that'}, {'start': '501.280', 'end': '505.360', 'text': 'dark place.  At first it was weak, but'}, {'start': '503.400', 'end': '508.159', 'text': 'it grew in intensity.  The'}, {'start': '505.360', 'end': '510.919', 'text': 'surrounding shadows retreated, hissing in'}, {'start': '508.159', 'end': '512.760', 'text': 'protest.  Something or someone was'}, {'start': '510.919', 'end': '515.320', 'text': 'about to arrive and the inhabitants of that'}, {'start': '512.760', 'end': '517.320', 'text': 'kingdom of darkness trembled with fear.'}, {'start': '515.320', 'end': '519.719', 'text': 'The light advanced like a'}, {'start': '517.320', 'end': '522.159', 'text': 'rising tide, illuminating the darkest corners'}, {'start': '519.719', 'end': '524.440', 'text': 'of that place of torment.'}, {'start': '522.159', 'end': '526.480', 'text': 'As I got closer, the figures around me'}, {'start': '524.440', 'end': '529.480', 'text': 'reacted'}, {'start': '526.480', 'end': '532.000', 'text': 'differently.  Some fled in'}, {'start': '529.480', 'end': '535.000', 'text': 'panic.  Others covered their faces as'}, {'start': '532.000', 'end': '537.519', 'text': 'if the light caused them physical pain.  with'}, {'start': '535.000', 'end': '540.519', 'text': 'Esteban and his associates disappeared'}, {'start': '537.519', 'end': '543.040', 'text': 'into the shadows, leaving only whispers'}, {'start': '540.519', 'end': '545.680', 'text': 'of fury.  In the center of that'}, {'start': '543.040', 'end': '548.600', 'text': 'incandescent glow, a silhouette took shape.  I'}, {'start': '545.680', 'end': '550.560', 'text': "couldn't make out any specific features, it was"}, {'start': '548.600', 'end': '552.920', 'text': 'like looking directly into the sun, but'}, {'start': '550.560', 'end': '555.000', 'text': 'I felt a familiar presence, as if I'}, {'start': '552.920', 'end': '557.399', 'text': 'had known that figure'}, {'start': '555.000', 'end': '560.079', 'text': 'forever.  Son, the voice was like thousands of'}, {'start': '557.399', 'end': '562.320', 'text': 'waters, but intimate as a whisper.'}, {'start': '560.079', 'end': '564.760', 'text': "You've seen it with your own eyes.  Now"}, {'start': '562.320', 'end': '567.959', 'text': "you understand what's at stake.  I fell to my"}, {'start': '564.760', 'end': '570.240', 'text': 'knees, speechless, just tears.'}, {'start': '567.959', 'end': '572.519', 'text': 'How to explain the crushing weight of'}, {'start': '570.240', 'end': '574.519', 'text': 'guilt?  How do I articulate the devastating'}, {'start': '572.519', 'end': '576.760', 'text': 'understanding of evil that I helped'}, {'start': '574.519', 'end': '579.680', 'text': "perpetuate?  It's not too late for"}, {'start': '576.760', 'end': '581.519', 'text': 'you, the voice continued.  His spirit has not yet'}, {'start': '579.680', 'end': '584.079', 'text': "left your body.  I'm giving you"}, {'start': '581.519', 'end': '586.399', 'text': 'a choice.  The light began to slowly fade away'}, {'start': '584.079', 'end': '588.560', 'text': 'and with it the presence.'}, {'start': '586.399', 'end': '590.640', 'text': 'I tried to hold on, to beg them not to'}, {'start': '588.560', 'end': '593.000', 'text': 'leave me there, but my hands'}, {'start': '590.640', 'end': '596.040', 'text': 'passed through the glow as if it were'}, {'start': '593.000', 'end': '598.320', 'text': 'irrelevant.  Seek the truth, expose the'}, {'start': '596.040', 'end': '601.240', 'text': 'darkness.  There are others who need to'}, {'start': '598.320', 'end': '603.720', 'text': 'know.  And then total darkness.  I woke up'}, {'start': '601.240', 'end': '605.399', 'text': 'in the hospital three days later to the'}, {'start': '603.720', 'end': '607.920', 'text': 'astonishment of the doctors, who'}, {'start': '605.399', 'end': '610.040', 'text': 'had already declared me practically'}, {'start': '607.920', 'end': '612.320', 'text': 'brain dead after the severe heart attack.  My'}, {'start': '610.040', 'end': '614.200', 'text': 'wife Gabriela was at my side, her'}, {'start': '612.320', 'end': '616.600', 'text': 'eyes swollen from crying,'}, {'start': '614.200', 'end': '619.000', 'text': "holding a rosary between her fingers.   I'd"}, {'start': '616.600', 'end': '620.920', 'text': 'never seen her so happy as the'}, {'start': '619.000', 'end': '623.000', 'text': 'moment I opened my eyes.  “It’s a'}, {'start': '620.920', 'end': '625.240', 'text': 'miracle,” Dr. Ramirez declared,'}, {'start': '623.000', 'end': '627.440', 'text': 'checking my vital signs in'}, {'start': '625.240', 'end': '629.880', 'text': 'disbelief.  His heart stopped'}, {'start': '627.440', 'end': '631.920', 'text': 'for almost 7 minutes.'}, {'start': '629.880', 'end': '634.040', 'text': 'statistically, but as soon as I'}, {'start': '631.920', 'end': '637.200', 'text': 'heard it, my mind was filled with the'}, {'start': '634.040', 'end': '639.200', 'text': 'visions, the revelations, the choice'}, {'start': '637.200', 'end': '641.680', 'text': 'that was given to me.  Was it all real or'}, {'start': '639.200', 'end': '644.000', 'text': 'just hallucinations of an'}, {'start': '641.680', 'end': '645.880', 'text': 'oxygen-deprived brain?  The answer came'}, {'start': '644.000', 'end': '647.920', 'text': 'when the nurse turned on the small'}, {'start': '645.880', 'end': '650.360', 'text': 'television in the hospital room.'}, {'start': '647.920', 'end': '653.720', 'text': 'Famed gospel producer Federico'}, {'start': '650.360', 'end': '655.279', 'text': 'Montiel, who died in 2016, is the subject of'}, {'start': '653.720', 'end': '657.320', 'text': 'posthumous investigations following'}, {'start': '655.279', 'end': '659.360', 'text': 'allegations of financial manipulation'}, {'start': '657.320', 'end': '661.880', 'text': 'at his foundation.'}, {'start': '659.360', 'end': '664.360', 'text': 'Leaked documents indicate possible connections'}, {'start': '661.880', 'end': '666.519', 'text': 'to an international money laundering network'}, {'start': '664.360', 'end': '668.720', 'text': 'through'}, {'start': '666.519', 'end': '671.399', 'text': 'religious ministries.  I was frozen, Federico,'}, {'start': '668.720', 'end': '673.200', 'text': 'just as I had seen him on the other side.'}, {'start': '671.399', 'end': '675.720', 'text': 'The accusations were too'}, {'start': '673.200', 'end': '677.680', 'text': 'specific, too detailed to'}, {'start': '675.720', 'end': '679.880', 'text': 'be consistent.  Over the'}, {'start': '677.680', 'end': '682.360', 'text': 'next few days, while recovering in the'}, {'start': '679.880', 'end': '684.800', 'text': 'hospital, I began to'}, {'start': '682.360', 'end': '687.839', 'text': 'discreetly investigate using my phone.  What'}, {'start': '684.800', 'end': '689.800', 'text': 'I discovered confirmed my worst fears.   The'}, {'start': '687.839', 'end': '691.880', 'text': 'gospel industry, not only in'}, {'start': '689.800', 'end': '694.480', 'text': 'Mexico but worldwide, had'}, {'start': '691.880', 'end': '697.279', 'text': 'become a multi-million dollar market'}, {'start': '694.480', 'end': '699.959', 'text': 'with practices increasingly removed from'}, {'start': '697.279', 'end': '702.040', 'text': 'any authentic Christian principles.'}, {'start': '699.959', 'end': '705.160', 'text': 'Predatory contracts with'}, {'start': '702.040', 'end': '707.800', 'text': 'young artists, lyrics approved by algorithms'}, {'start': '705.160', 'end': '709.800', 'text': 'to maximize streams.'}, {'start': '707.800', 'end': '712.120', 'text': 'Diluted theology so as not to offend'}, {'start': '709.800', 'end': '714.519', 'text': 'sponsors.  Names like Don'}, {'start': '712.120', 'end': '716.160', 'text': "Esteban's appeared repeatedly,"}, {'start': '714.519', 'end': '718.200', 'text': 'always in the shadows, never in the'}, {'start': '716.160', 'end': '720.480', 'text': 'spotlight, but always influencing'}, {'start': '718.200', 'end': '722.399', 'text': 'important decisions.  Executives'}, {'start': '720.480', 'end': '725.040', 'text': 'who had migrated from the'}, {'start': '722.399', 'end': '727.120', 'text': 'alcohol, tobacco, and even'}, {'start': '725.040', 'end': '729.639', 'text': 'pornography industries now controlled'}, {'start': '727.120', 'end': '731.519', 'text': 'Christian labels by applying the'}, {'start': '729.639', 'end': '733.560', 'text': 'same manipulative'}, {'start': '731.519', 'end': '735.800', 'text': 'marketing techniques.  When I was discharged two'}, {'start': '733.560', 'end': '738.000', 'text': 'weeks later, I already knew what I had to'}, {'start': '735.800', 'end': '740.839', 'text': 'do.  The problem, my contract with'}, {'start': '738.000', 'end': '743.040', 'text': 'Don Esteban.  Examining it closely'}, {'start': '740.839', 'end': '745.279', 'text': "with a spiritual magnifying glass I didn't"}, {'start': '743.040', 'end': '747.680', 'text': 'have before, I noticed dark clauses of an'}, {'start': '745.279', 'end': '750.160', 'text': 'almost demonic nature.  I had'}, {'start': '747.680', 'end': '752.399', 'text': 'committed myself not only financially,'}, {'start': '750.160', 'end': '754.760', 'text': 'but also spiritually.  I sought'}, {'start': '752.399', 'end': '757.040', 'text': "Pastor Isaiah's advice and told him"}, {'start': '754.760', 'end': '759.320', 'text': 'everything, including my near-'}, {'start': '757.040', 'end': '762.040', 'text': 'death experience.  I expected skepticism, but'}, {'start': '759.320', 'end': '764.040', 'text': 'found the opposite.  God has warned'}, {'start': '762.040', 'end': '766.360', 'text': 'many servants about this'}, {'start': '764.040', 'end': '769.000', 'text': 'infiltration, he said gravely in his'}, {'start': '766.360', 'end': '771.639', 'text': 'modest office at the local church.'}, {'start': '769.000', 'end': '774.000', 'text': 'Old, well-used books lined'}, {'start': '771.639', 'end': '775.959', 'text': 'the simple shelves, a stark'}, {'start': '774.000', 'end': '778.600', 'text': 'contrast to my office filled with'}, {'start': '775.959', 'end': '781.120', 'text': 'awards and certificates.  Few have the'}, {'start': '778.600', 'end': '783.199', 'text': 'courage to speak, even fewer are listened to.'}, {'start': '781.120', 'end': '785.680', 'text': 'What do I do, pastor?  Breaking the contract'}, {'start': '783.199', 'end': '787.920', 'text': 'means losing everything.  Study,'}, {'start': '785.680', 'end': '790.279', 'text': "reputation, career.  What's worth more,"}, {'start': '787.920', 'end': '791.760', 'text': 'Miguel?  Your possessions or your soul?  The'}, {'start': '790.279', 'end': '794.279', 'text': 'answer was clear, but its'}, {'start': '791.760', 'end': '796.360', 'text': 'implementation would be devastating, and he was'}, {'start': '794.279', 'end': '799.000', 'text': 'right.  Upon my return to the studio, the'}, {'start': '796.360', 'end': '801.880', 'text': 'artists and staff greeted me with'}, {'start': '799.000', 'end': '804.160', 'text': 'flowers and get-well cards.  But in'}, {'start': '801.880', 'end': '806.480', 'text': 'the eyes of the executives sent by'}, {'start': '804.160', 'end': '809.760', 'text': 'Don Esteban I saw something different, a'}, {'start': '806.480', 'end': '812.360', 'text': 'cold calculation, perhaps even irritation'}, {'start': '809.760', 'end': '814.760', 'text': 'at my unexpected survival.  Diana'}, {'start': '812.360', 'end': '817.199', 'text': 'Fuentes, the new marketing director'}, {'start': '814.760', 'end': '819.959', 'text': 'hired during my absence.  was the'}, {'start': '817.199', 'end': '822.079', 'text': 'first to address practical issues.'}, {'start': '819.959', 'end': '823.839', 'text': '"Miguel, it\'s so good to have you back."'}, {'start': '822.079', 'end': '826.320', 'text': 'His smile did not reach his eyes.'}, {'start': '823.839', 'end': '828.880', 'text': '"While you were gone, we started some'}, {'start': '826.320', 'end': '831.040', 'text': 'new content guidelines. We need'}, {'start': '828.880', 'end': '833.399', 'text': 'your formal approval."  The document he'}, {'start': '831.040', 'end': '836.079', 'text': 'handed me was disturbing, a'}, {'start': '833.399', 'end': '838.959', 'text': 'total ban on terms like'}, {'start': '836.079', 'end': '841.680', 'text': 'sin, hell, repentance, a'}, {'start': '838.959', 'end': '844.560', 'text': 'requirement for universally'}, {'start': '841.680', 'end': '847.320', 'text': 'affirming messages, and the replacement of Jesus with a'}, {'start': '844.560', 'end': '850.160', 'text': 'higher power in certain markets.  That'}, {'start': '847.320', 'end': '851.720', 'text': 'is completely diluting the gospel.   I'}, {'start': '850.160', 'end': '854.079', 'text': "protested.  It's a"}, {'start': '851.720', 'end': '856.360', 'text': 'growth strategy, Diana corrected, hardening'}, {'start': '854.079', 'end': '858.399', 'text': 'her tone.  Investors'}, {'start': '856.360', 'end': '860.560', 'text': 'unanimously approved the changes, with Esteban'}, {'start': '858.399', 'end': '862.920', 'text': 'personally overseeing them.  As I passed'}, {'start': '860.560', 'end': '865.639', 'text': 'by the studio, I found Maria'}, {'start': '862.920', 'end': '868.199', 'text': 'rehearsing her new song, an'}, {'start': '865.639', 'end': '870.560', 'text': 'unrecognizable version of the powerful song'}, {'start': '868.199', 'end': '873.040', 'text': 'about regret we had'}, {'start': '870.560', 'end': '875.160', 'text': 'originally recorded.  The lyrics had'}, {'start': '873.040', 'end': '877.399', 'text': 'been completely rewritten,'}, {'start': '875.160', 'end': '879.800', 'text': 'transforming a call to holiness'}, {'start': '877.399', 'end': '881.880', 'text': 'into a generic self-help message.  Do you'}, {'start': '879.800', 'end': '884.360', 'text': 'like the new version?  I asked looking into'}, {'start': '881.880', 'end': '886.720', 'text': 'his eyes.  Hesitation.  A brief glance at'}, {'start': '884.360', 'end': '888.800', 'text': 'Diana watching from the doorway.  "It\'s'}, {'start': '886.720', 'end': '891.240', 'text': 'more commercial," Maria replied,'}, {'start': '888.800', 'end': '893.800', 'text': 'choosing her words carefully.'}, {'start': '891.240', 'end': '895.759', 'text': '"It will reach more people.  That night I made'}, {'start': '893.800', 'end': '897.959', 'text': 'my decision.  After everyone'}, {'start': '895.759', 'end': '900.480', 'text': 'left.  I stayed alone in the studio and'}, {'start': '897.959', 'end': '903.000', 'text': 'started copying files.  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Would you lie or'}, {'start': '924.639', 'end': '928.800', 'text': 'trust him?  Something pushed me towards'}, {'start': '926.839', 'end': '931.120', 'text': 'the truth.  Javier, have you ever'}, {'start': '928.800', 'end': '932.839', 'text': 'felt like something is deeply wrong'}, {'start': '931.120', 'end': '935.399', 'text': "with what we're doing here?  His"}, {'start': '932.839', 'end': '938.120', 'text': 'gaze instantly changed from'}, {'start': '935.399', 'end': '940.480', 'text': 'confusion to surprising relief.  Every'}, {'start': '938.120', 'end': '943.199', 'text': 'day, he confessed, closing the door.'}, {'start': '940.480', 'end': '945.560', 'text': 'Since Don Stean and his people arrived,'}, {'start': '943.199', 'end': '948.160', 'text': "it's as if we were producing"}, {'start': '945.560', 'end': '950.319', 'text': 'poison packaged as medicine.  He was not'}, {'start': '948.160', 'end': '952.959', 'text': 'alone.  There were others who realized'}, {'start': '950.319', 'end': '955.720', 'text': "that they resisted internally.  I'm"}, {'start': '952.959', 'end': '957.680', 'text': "gathering evidence, I revealed.  I'll lay it"}, {'start': '955.720', 'end': '960.000', 'text': "all out.  I'll probably lose"}, {'start': '957.680', 'end': '961.920', 'text': 'everything too.  To my surprise, Javier approached'}, {'start': '960.000', 'end': '963.639', 'text': 'the computer.  I have access to the'}, {'start': '961.920', 'end': '966.040', 'text': 'backup servers.  I can'}, {'start': '963.639', 'end': '968.800', 'text': 'get you much more.  Documents you'}, {'start': '966.040', 'end': '971.199', 'text': 'never knew existed.'}, {'start': '968.800', 'end': '973.480', 'text': 'An unexpected alliance was forming, but I'}, {'start': '971.199', 'end': '976.360', 'text': 'also realized that with one'}, {'start': '973.480', 'end': '978.920', 'text': 'more ally the danger increased'}, {'start': '976.360', 'end': '981.360', 'text': 'exponentially.  Why would you help me?'}, {'start': '978.920', 'end': '983.560', 'text': 'Taking that risk, Javier hesitated,'}, {'start': '981.360', 'end': '986.079', 'text': 'then rolled up his sleeve to'}, {'start': '983.560', 'end': '988.040', 'text': 'reveal a tattoo, a'}, {'start': '986.079', 'end': '990.120', 'text': 'Bible verse.  Because before working in'}, {'start': '988.040', 'end': '992.319', 'text': 'music I was a minister.  I left'}, {'start': '990.120', 'end': '995.319', 'text': 'formal ministry to influence'}, {'start': '992.319', 'end': '997.680', 'text': 'culture through art.  I never imagined I'}, {'start': '995.319', 'end': '999.959', 'text': 'would end up being part of something that'}, {'start': '997.680', 'end': '1001.880', 'text': 'actively distorts the message of'}, {'start': '999.959', 'end': '1004.279', 'text': 'Christ.  As we copied the'}, {'start': '1001.880', 'end': '1006.040', 'text': 'files, a certainty grew in me.  Don'}, {'start': '1004.279', 'end': '1008.560', 'text': 'Esteban was not just an'}, {'start': '1006.040', 'end': '1011.560', 'text': 'opportunistic businessman.  There was something far'}, {'start': '1008.560', 'end': '1013.959', 'text': 'more sinister going on in their operation and they would soon'}, {'start': '1011.560', 'end': '1016.399', 'text': 'realize what we were'}, {'start': '1013.959', 'end': '1018.759', 'text': 'doing.  The conflict was just beginning,'}, {'start': '1016.399', 'end': '1021.800', 'text': 'and the forces against us were far'}, {'start': '1018.759', 'end': '1024.199', 'text': 'more powerful and organized than we'}, {'start': '1021.800', 'end': '1025.919', 'text': 'could have imagined.  As we'}, {'start': '1024.199', 'end': '1028.439', 'text': 'continued our'}, {'start': '1025.919', 'end': '1031.160', 'text': 'clandestine operation, new'}, {'start': '1028.439', 'end': '1033.480', 'text': 'layers of complexity began to emerge, expanding our'}, {'start': '1031.160', 'end': '1036.000', 'text': 'understanding of the magnitude of the problem we'}, {'start': '1033.480', 'end': '1038.039', 'text': 'faced.  Gabriela, my wife,'}, {'start': '1036.000', 'end': '1040.280', 'text': 'noticed the immediate change in my'}, {'start': '1038.039', 'end': '1042.839', 'text': 'behavior after the'}, {'start': '1040.280', 'end': '1045.120', 'text': 'near-death experience.  Always intuitive, she'}, {'start': '1042.839', 'end': '1047.559', 'text': 'realized that something profound had happened'}, {'start': '1045.120', 'end': '1049.600', 'text': 'that escaped all'}, {'start': '1047.559', 'end': '1052.000', 'text': 'medical explanation.  "You look different, Miguel," she'}, {'start': '1049.600', 'end': '1054.559', 'text': 'commented one evening as I sifted through'}, {'start': '1052.000', 'end': '1057.160', 'text': 'documents in our home office'}, {'start': '1054.559', 'end': '1059.679', 'text': 'in Zapopan, a wealthy suburb of'}, {'start': '1057.160', 'end': '1062.160', 'text': 'Guadalajara.  "Your eyes seem to see'}, {'start': '1059.679', 'end': '1064.160', 'text': 'beyond things. I hesitated to share'}, {'start': '1062.160', 'end': '1066.720', 'text': 'everything. How do you explain a trip to'}, {'start': '1064.160', 'end': '1069.080', 'text': 'hell without sounding like a lunatic, but'}, {'start': '1066.720', 'end': '1071.799', 'text': 'Gabriela had always been my'}, {'start': '1069.080', 'end': '1074.080', 'text': 'spiritual anchor, even when I strayed in'}, {'start': '1071.799', 'end': '1076.880', 'text': 'my pursuit of success. Something happened'}, {'start': '1074.080', 'end': '1079.400', 'text': 'while I was on the other side. I'}, {'start': '1076.880', 'end': '1081.200', 'text': 'finally confessed. I saw things, Gabi. I understood what'}, {'start': '1079.400', 'end': '1083.000', 'text': "we're really doing in the"}, {'start': '1081.200', 'end': '1084.799', 'text': "industry. It's worse than you can"}, {'start': '1083.000', 'end': '1087.080', 'text': 'imagine." To my surprise, she didn\'t'}, {'start': '1084.799', 'end': '1089.480', 'text': 'question my sanity. 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"I never told you because it seemed'}, {'start': '1107.360', 'end': '1112.320', 'text': 'crazy and you were so enthusiastic about'}, {'start': '1109.640', 'end': '1114.039', 'text': 'the partnership." This revelation opened'}, {'start': '1112.320', 'end': '1116.400', 'text': 'a new dimension in our'}, {'start': '1114.039', 'end': '1118.840', 'text': 'research. Gabriela, a graduate in'}, {'start': '1116.400', 'end': '1121.159', 'text': 'theology and art history, began'}, {'start': '1118.840', 'end': '1123.480', 'text': 'identifying symbols and'}, {'start': '1121.159', 'end': '1125.799', 'text': 'hidden references in promotional materials,'}, {'start': '1123.480', 'end': '1128.440', 'text': 'album covers, and even  sets'}, {'start': '1125.799', 'end': '1131.159', 'text': 'for shows produced by'}, {'start': '1128.440', 'end': '1133.600', 'text': 'Don Esteban\'s network.  "These symbols are'}, {'start': '1131.159', 'end': '1136.000', 'text': 'ancient," he explained, pointing out'}, {'start': '1133.600', 'end': '1138.480', 'text': 'barely perceptible details in designs I'}, {'start': '1136.000', 'end': '1140.480', 'text': 'had inadvertently approved.'}, {'start': '1138.480', 'end': '1142.799', 'text': 'Some have their origin in'}, {'start': '1140.480', 'end': '1145.480', 'text': 'pre-Columbian cults, others in'}, {'start': '1142.799', 'end': '1147.679', 'text': 'European secret societies.  They hide in plain'}, {'start': '1145.480', 'end': '1150.320', 'text': 'sight.  Meanwhile, Javier activated his'}, {'start': '1147.679', 'end': '1152.159', 'text': 'own network of contacts, former'}, {'start': '1150.320', 'end': '1154.120', 'text': 'ministry colleagues who were now working in'}, {'start': '1152.159', 'end': '1156.400', 'text': 'different sectors of the'}, {'start': '1154.120', 'end': '1159.520', 'text': 'gospel industry throughout Mexico.  We discovered'}, {'start': '1156.400', 'end': '1161.880', 'text': 'that heavenly praise was not an'}, {'start': '1159.520', 'end': '1164.640', 'text': 'isolated case.  The same pattern was'}, {'start': '1161.880', 'end': '1166.760', 'text': 'repeated by other producers,'}, {'start': '1164.640', 'end': '1169.080', 'text': 'music publishers, and even'}, {'start': '1166.760', 'end': '1171.600', 'text': 'theological seminaries that trained'}, {'start': '1169.080', 'end': '1173.440', 'text': 'Christian musicians.  Pastor Isaiah then'}, {'start': '1171.600', 'end': '1175.960', 'text': 'connected us with a discreet group of'}, {'start': '1173.440', 'end': '1178.520', 'text': 'pastors who had been documenting'}, {'start': '1175.960', 'end': '1180.679', 'text': 'troubling changes in the theology of'}, {'start': '1178.520', 'end': '1183.039', 'text': 'the most popular songs on'}, {'start': '1180.679', 'end': '1185.720', 'text': 'Christian radio for the past 5 years.'}, {'start': '1183.039', 'end': '1187.840', 'text': 'Their analysis showed a dramatic'}, {'start': '1185.720', 'end': '1190.159', 'text': 'decrease in references to the'}, {'start': '1187.840', 'end': '1192.520', 'text': "cross, Christ's sacrifice, and"}, {'start': '1190.159', 'end': '1195.159', 'text': 'confession of sin, replaced'}, {'start': '1192.520', 'end': '1197.600', 'text': 'by self-affirming messages almost'}, {'start': '1195.159', 'end': '1200.240', 'text': 'indistinguishable from secular'}, {'start': '1197.600', 'end': '1202.480', 'text': 'self-help literature.  María González, the young'}, {'start': '1200.240', 'end': '1204.640', 'text': 'singer, became a'}, {'start': '1202.480', 'end': '1206.400', 'text': 'critical point in our mission.  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The artists"}, {'start': '1229.000', 'end': '1234.360', 'text': 'return different, more docile, more'}, {'start': '1232.320', 'end': '1236.720', 'text': 'aligned.  Carmen Soto came in'}, {'start': '1234.360', 'end': '1239.039', 'text': 'questioning everything and came out defending'}, {'start': '1236.720', 'end': '1241.400', 'text': 'the new guidelines as if she'}, {'start': '1239.039', 'end': '1243.840', 'text': 'had always believed in them.  The mention of'}, {'start': '1241.400', 'end': '1246.280', 'text': 'Carmen Soto, another talented singer who'}, {'start': '1243.840', 'end': '1249.240', 'text': 'had drastically changed her style and'}, {'start': '1246.280', 'end': '1251.720', 'text': 'message, set off alarm bells.  We decided to'}, {'start': '1249.240', 'end': '1253.840', 'text': 'investigate these mysterious'}, {'start': '1251.720', 'end': '1255.799', 'text': 'creative retreats.  As our'}, {'start': '1253.840', 'end': '1257.080', 'text': 'research deepened, I realized'}, {'start': '1257.080', 'end': '1262.480', 'text': 'we needed outside help.  The risk'}, {'start': '1260.000', 'end': '1264.880', 'text': 'of exposing Don Esteban and his network was'}, {'start': '1262.480', 'end': '1267.400', 'text': 'enormous.  They had connections to the'}, {'start': '1264.880', 'end': '1269.880', 'text': 'media, politicians, and even'}, {'start': '1267.400', 'end': '1271.720', 'text': 'influential religious leaders.   We'}, {'start': '1269.880', 'end': '1273.960', 'text': 'needed protection and a'}, {'start': '1271.720', 'end': '1276.520', 'text': 'platform to share our'}, {'start': '1273.960', 'end': '1279.159', 'text': 'findings.  It was Gabriela who suggested'}, {'start': '1276.520', 'end': '1281.640', 'text': 'contacting Lucas Mendoza, an'}, {'start': '1279.159', 'end': '1283.640', 'text': 'investigative journalist for the respected newspaper El'}, {'start': '1281.640', 'end': '1286.120', 'text': 'Universal, who had published an'}, {'start': '1283.640', 'end': '1288.559', 'text': 'award-winning series on corruption in the'}, {'start': '1286.120', 'end': '1291.080', 'text': 'religious world.  Initially skeptical,'}, {'start': '1288.559', 'end': '1293.640', 'text': 'Lucas changed completely after'}, {'start': '1291.080', 'end': '1295.720', 'text': 'looking at our initial documentation.'}, {'start': '1293.640', 'end': '1297.799', 'text': '"This is a lot bigger than I'}, {'start': '1295.720', 'end': '1300.120', 'text': 'imagined," he admitted, reviewing the'}, {'start': '1297.799', 'end': '1302.200', 'text': 'files in a discreet cafe on the'}, {'start': '1300.120', 'end': '1303.919', 'text': 'outskirts of the city.  You do realize'}, {'start': '1302.200', 'end': '1305.679', 'text': "you're up against some"}, {'start': '1303.919', 'end': '1307.880', 'text': 'extremely powerful people, right?'}, {'start': '1305.679', 'end': '1310.640', 'text': 'People who would not hesitate to destroy'}, {'start': '1307.880', 'end': '1312.880', 'text': 'lives to protect their interests.  They'}, {'start': '1310.640', 'end': '1315.440', 'text': "are already destroying souls, I replied.  It's"}, {'start': '1312.880', 'end': '1317.159', 'text': 'worse than destroying lives.  Lucas agreed to'}, {'start': '1315.440', 'end': '1319.360', 'text': 'investigate further, but'}, {'start': '1317.159', 'end': '1321.720', 'text': 'warned us to be extremely'}, {'start': '1319.360', 'end': '1323.840', 'text': 'cautious.  From now on, assume'}, {'start': '1321.720', 'end': '1325.840', 'text': 'that all your devices are'}, {'start': '1323.840', 'end': '1328.520', 'text': 'compromised and that all your'}, {'start': '1325.840', 'end': '1330.960', 'text': 'communications are monitored.'}, {'start': '1328.520', 'end': '1333.360', 'text': "Luke's warning proved prophetic."}, {'start': '1330.960', 'end': '1336.320', 'text': 'During the following week we began to'}, {'start': '1333.360', 'end': '1338.679', 'text': 'notice subtle signs of surveillance.'}, {'start': '1336.320', 'end': '1341.559', 'text': 'Unfamiliar cars parked for'}, {'start': '1338.679', 'end': '1344.000', 'text': 'long periods near our homes,'}, {'start': '1341.559', 'end': '1346.080', 'text': 'people just happening to be in the same'}, {'start': '1344.000', 'end': '1348.360', 'text': 'places we frequented.  Small'}, {'start': '1346.080', 'end': '1350.760', 'text': 'intrusions into our'}, {'start': '1348.360', 'end': '1353.360', 'text': 'electronic devices.  Amidst this growing'}, {'start': '1350.760', 'end': '1355.679', 'text': 'tension, we welcome an'}, {'start': '1353.360', 'end': '1358.080', 'text': 'unexpected ally.  Roberto Sánchez, a senior'}, {'start': '1355.679', 'end': '1360.679', 'text': "executive at Don Esteban's own company"}, {'start': '1358.080', 'end': '1362.600', 'text': ', discreetly approached me'}, {'start': '1360.679', 'end': '1365.159', 'text': 'after a day of work.  I heard'}, {'start': '1362.600', 'end': '1366.840', 'text': 'rumors about your investigation, he revealed,'}, {'start': '1365.159', 'end': '1368.640', 'text': 'visibly nervous when we'}, {'start': '1366.840', 'end': '1370.799', 'text': 'met in a deserted parking lot'}, {'start': '1368.640', 'end': '1373.400', 'text': '.  There are more people internally'}, {'start': '1370.799', 'end': '1375.559', 'text': 'dissatisfied than you think, Miguel.'}, {'start': '1373.400', 'end': '1377.799', 'text': 'People are too scared to'}, {'start': '1375.559', 'end': '1380.480', 'text': 'act, but willing to help if there is'}, {'start': '1377.799', 'end': '1383.240', 'text': 'a real possibility of change.'}, {'start': '1380.480', 'end': '1385.919', 'text': 'Roberto provided crucial information.'}, {'start': '1383.240', 'end': '1388.679', 'text': 'Location of the next creative retreat they would'}, {'start': '1385.919', 'end': '1391.080', 'text': 'take Maria to.  Details about the'}, {'start': '1388.679', 'end': '1393.640', 'text': 'shadowy corporate structure behind'}, {'start': '1391.080', 'end': '1396.080', 'text': "Don Esteban's investments.  And most"}, {'start': '1393.640', 'end': '1399.200', 'text': 'strikingly, there is evidence of the use of'}, {'start': '1396.080', 'end': '1402.000', 'text': 'advanced psychological techniques to'}, {'start': '1399.200', 'end': '1404.080', 'text': 'reprogram resistant artists.   They'}, {'start': '1402.000', 'end': '1406.559', 'text': 'mix neurolinguistic programming'}, {'start': '1404.080', 'end': '1408.919', 'text': 'with hypnosis techniques and even'}, {'start': '1406.559', 'end': '1411.159', 'text': 'substances that increase'}, {'start': '1408.919', 'end': '1414.080', 'text': 'suggestibility, all explained under the'}, {'start': '1411.159', 'end': '1416.159', 'text': 'guise of creative training.   The'}, {'start': '1414.080', 'end': '1418.159', 'text': 'situation became even more complicated when'}, {'start': '1416.159', 'end': '1420.640', 'text': "we discovered that Javier's teenage son"}, {'start': '1418.159', 'end': '1423.320', 'text': ', Daniel, had been recruited into'}, {'start': '1420.640', 'end': '1425.440', 'text': 'a youth talent program run'}, {'start': '1423.320', 'end': '1427.840', 'text': "by one of Don Esteban's organizations"}, {'start': '1425.440', 'end': '1429.880', 'text': '.  What seemed like an'}, {'start': '1427.840', 'end': '1432.720', 'text': 'incredible opportunity turned out to be a form of'}, {'start': '1429.880', 'end': '1434.799', 'text': "pressure.  It's a clear message, Javier said,"}, {'start': '1432.720', 'end': '1436.960', 'text': 'shocked.  They wanted us to know that'}, {'start': '1434.799', 'end': '1439.760', 'text': 'our families were vulnerable.'}, {'start': '1436.960', 'end': '1442.200', 'text': 'Time was running out.'}, {'start': '1439.760', 'end': '1444.559', 'text': "Mindus Maria's retreat would take place in two"}, {'start': '1442.200', 'end': '1446.919', 'text': 'weeks.  on an isolated farm in the'}, {'start': '1444.559', 'end': '1449.320', 'text': 'mountains of Jalisco.  We needed to'}, {'start': '1446.919', 'end': '1451.480', 'text': 'record what was happening there'}, {'start': '1449.320', 'end': '1454.159', 'text': 'before it was too late.'}, {'start': '1451.480', 'end': '1456.559', 'text': 'Lucas Mendoza was preparing the first part'}, {'start': '1454.159', 'end': '1458.840', 'text': 'of his complaint, focusing on'}, {'start': '1456.559', 'end': '1461.840', 'text': "the organization's financial crimes."}, {'start': '1458.840', 'end': '1464.480', 'text': 'Money laundering, abusive contracts,'}, {'start': '1461.840', 'end': '1467.480', 'text': 'tax evasion.  It was the strategic entry to'}, {'start': '1464.480', 'end': '1470.120', 'text': 'gain credibility before revealing the'}, {'start': '1467.480', 'end': '1471.919', 'text': 'darkest spiritual abuses.  But'}, {'start': '1470.120', 'end': '1474.399', 'text': 'then I got a'}, {'start': '1471.919', 'end': '1477.240', 'text': 'chilling call.  Don Esteban was returning to'}, {'start': '1474.399', 'end': '1479.520', 'text': 'Guadalajara and demanding a private meeting'}, {'start': '1477.240', 'end': '1482.360', 'text': 'with me, something out of the ordinary.  The'}, {'start': '1479.520', 'end': '1484.520', 'text': 'meeting would coincide exactly with the'}, {'start': '1482.360', 'end': '1486.760', 'text': "presentation of Lucas's report.  It was"}, {'start': '1484.520', 'end': '1489.080', 'text': 'obvious that he knew.  Our group now'}, {'start': '1486.760', 'end': '1491.880', 'text': 'operated as a clandestine cell.'}, {'start': '1489.080', 'end': '1494.159', 'text': 'Codes, disposable phones, and meetings'}, {'start': '1491.880', 'end': '1496.240', 'text': 'in improvised locations.  The tension was'}, {'start': '1494.159', 'end': '1498.480', 'text': 'constant.  Gabriela had an'}, {'start': '1496.240', 'end': '1501.440', 'text': "open Bible next to the bed.  It's not"}, {'start': '1498.480', 'end': '1503.440', 'text': 'superstition.  "It\'s spiritual warfare,"'}, {'start': '1501.440', 'end': '1505.760', 'text': "she said. Meanwhile, with Roberto's help"}, {'start': '1503.440', 'end': '1507.960', 'text': ', we secretly implanted a'}, {'start': '1505.760', 'end': '1509.679', 'text': "recording device in María's cell phone. We"}, {'start': '1507.960', 'end': '1512.200', 'text': 'were preparing for the'}, {'start': '1509.679', 'end': '1515.600', 'text': "final clash, and it wasn't just against"}, {'start': '1512.200', 'end': '1518.080', 'text': 'powerful men, but against much'}, {'start': '1515.600', 'end': '1520.080', 'text': 'darker forces. The week leading up to my meeting'}, {'start': '1518.080', 'end': '1522.600', 'text': 'with Don Esteban passed in an'}, {'start': '1520.080', 'end': '1524.960', 'text': 'atmosphere of unbearable tension. Every'}, {'start': '1522.600', 'end': '1527.279', 'text': 'phone call, every'}, {'start': '1524.960', 'end': '1530.039', 'text': 'email, every glance from colleagues'}, {'start': '1527.279', 'end': '1532.000', 'text': 'in the studio seemed fraught with a'}, {'start': '1530.039', 'end': '1534.520', 'text': 'second nature. Our small'}, {'start': '1532.000', 'end': '1537.360', 'text': 'resistance now operated with protocols'}, {'start': '1534.520', 'end': '1539.919', 'text': 'worthy of spies: specific phone numbers,'}, {'start': '1537.360', 'end': '1542.159', 'text': 'coded communications, meetings in'}, {'start': '1539.919', 'end': '1544.559', 'text': 'always different locations. Gabriela'}, {'start': '1542.159', 'end': '1547.279', 'text': 'began sleeping with an open Bible'}, {'start': '1544.559', 'end': '1549.159', 'text': 'beside her bed. "It\'s not superstition,"'}, {'start': '1547.279', 'end': '1551.159', 'text': 'she explained when I asked her. "It\'s a'}, {'start': '1549.159', 'end': '1553.200', 'text': "spiritual declaration. We're at"}, {'start': '1551.159', 'end': '1555.960', 'text': 'war, Miguel, and not just against flesh'}, {'start': '1553.200', 'end': '1558.360', 'text': 'and blood." The plan to expose the'}, {'start': '1555.960', 'end': '1560.320', 'text': 'creative retreat was underway. With'}, {'start': '1558.360', 'end': '1562.480', 'text': "Roberto's technical help, we discreetly"}, {'start': '1560.320', 'end': '1564.480', 'text': 'installed a recording device'}, {'start': '1562.480', 'end': '1566.279', 'text': "in María's phone.  Remember,"}, {'start': '1564.480', 'end': '1568.679', 'text': 'Maria instructed the day before her'}, {'start': '1566.279', 'end': '1570.720', 'text': 'departure during a quick encounter in'}, {'start': '1568.679', 'end': '1573.600', 'text': 'a convenience store parking lot'}, {'start': '1570.720', 'end': '1576.279', 'text': '.  If you feel any'}, {'start': '1573.600', 'end': '1579.039', 'text': 'real danger, abandon the mission.  Your safety'}, {'start': '1576.279', 'end': '1581.520', 'text': 'comes first.  His eyes reflect.'}, {'start': '1579.039', 'end': '1584.120', 'text': "Determination mixed with fear isn't"}, {'start': '1581.520', 'end': '1586.679', 'text': "just for me, Miguel.  It's for all the"}, {'start': '1584.120', 'end': '1589.120', 'text': 'artists who are being manipulated'}, {'start': '1586.679', 'end': '1591.000', 'text': 'without realizing it.  To all young people'}, {'start': '1589.120', 'end': '1593.559', 'text': 'who are inspired by our music,'}, {'start': '1591.000', 'end': '1595.760', 'text': 'believing they are receiving'}, {'start': '1593.559', 'end': '1597.840', 'text': 'spiritual truth.  The next day, Maria'}, {'start': '1595.760', 'end': '1600.440', 'text': 'departed for her mountain retreat'}, {'start': '1597.840', 'end': '1602.640', 'text': 'while Lucas finished his explosive'}, {'start': '1600.440', 'end': '1605.640', 'text': 'report.  The agreement was that the article'}, {'start': '1602.640', 'end': '1607.799', 'text': 'would be published at exactly 10 a.m., the'}, {'start': '1605.640', 'end': '1609.760', 'text': 'start time of my meeting with Don'}, {'start': '1607.799', 'end': '1612.600', 'text': 'Esteban.  On the eve of the meeting,'}, {'start': '1609.760', 'end': '1614.919', 'text': 'Pastor Isaiah gathered a small,'}, {'start': '1612.600', 'end': '1617.880', 'text': 'trusted group in his home for a night'}, {'start': '1614.919', 'end': '1620.240', 'text': 'of intense prayer.  The atmosphere was'}, {'start': '1617.880', 'end': '1622.640', 'text': 'heavy but concentrated.  He warned that what'}, {'start': '1620.240', 'end': '1624.840', 'text': 'we were facing was not just corruption, it'}, {'start': '1622.640', 'end': '1627.279', 'text': 'was a battle against'}, {'start': '1624.840', 'end': '1629.960', 'text': 'spiritual forces infiltrating'}, {'start': '1627.279', 'end': '1632.520', 'text': 'Christian music.  During the prayer'}, {'start': '1629.960', 'end': '1635.159', 'text': 'something extraordinary happened.  Gabriela,'}, {'start': '1632.520', 'end': '1637.279', 'text': 'normally reserved, began to speak'}, {'start': '1635.159', 'end': '1640.159', 'text': 'in an unknown language.  One of the'}, {'start': '1637.279', 'end': '1643.080', 'text': 'shepherds, surprised, identified him.   It'}, {'start': '1640.159', 'end': '1645.720', 'text': "was Aramaic, Jesus' language, exhausted"}, {'start': '1643.080', 'end': '1648.279', 'text': 'after the ordeal, she only said, "I received a'}, {'start': '1645.720', 'end': '1650.679', 'text': 'message. Tomorrow do not be afraid. When I stand'}, {'start': '1648.279', 'end': '1652.799', 'text': 'before him, it will not be you who speaks."  The'}, {'start': '1650.679', 'end': '1655.000', 'text': 'next day I headed to the'}, {'start': '1652.799', 'end': '1657.720', 'text': 'Presidente Intercontinental Hotel, where'}, {'start': '1655.000', 'end': '1660.120', 'text': 'Don Esteban was waiting for me on the top floor.'}, {'start': '1657.720', 'end': '1662.480', 'text': 'As the elevator went up, my heart'}, {'start': '1660.120', 'end': '1664.679', 'text': 'raced.  There was no news from Maria'}, {'start': '1662.480', 'end': '1667.559', 'text': 'or Lucas.  As I entered the'}, {'start': '1664.679', 'end': '1669.480', 'text': 'dark, quiet room, I saw Esteban with'}, {'start': '1667.559', 'end': '1671.679', 'text': 'his back to me, looking out at the city.  When he'}, {'start': '1669.480', 'end': '1674.000', 'text': 'spoke to me, his voice was calm, almost'}, {'start': '1671.679', 'end': '1676.519', 'text': 'cordial, but the surroundings revealed something'}, {'start': '1674.000', 'end': '1679.000', 'text': 'else.  There were shadows around,'}, {'start': '1676.519', 'end': '1681.799', 'text': 'still men.  Watching, he commented on my'}, {'start': '1679.000', 'end': '1684.399', 'text': 'miraculous recovery from the heart attack and'}, {'start': '1681.799', 'end': '1686.640', 'text': 'then made a veiled accusation.  I was'}, {'start': '1684.399', 'end': '1688.919', 'text': 'investigating the organization itself.'}, {'start': '1686.640', 'end': '1691.360', 'text': "My cell phone vibrated with a message, but I didn't"}, {'start': '1688.919', 'end': '1693.559', 'text': 'dare check it.  The tension was just'}, {'start': '1691.360', 'end': '1695.960', 'text': 'beginning.  I tried to deny it, but Don'}, {'start': '1693.559', 'end': '1697.960', 'text': 'Esteban already had proof.  One of the'}, {'start': '1695.960', 'end': '1700.320', 'text': 'security guards placed'}, {'start': '1697.960', 'end': '1702.600', 'text': 'a folder on the table containing records of'}, {'start': '1700.320', 'end': '1705.039', 'text': 'off-duty attacks, meetings with Lucas, and'}, {'start': '1702.600', 'end': '1707.600', 'text': 'suspicious meetings.  When I opened it,'}, {'start': '1705.039', 'end': '1709.960', 'text': 'I saw pictures of me with Isaiah and Roberto,'}, {'start': '1707.600', 'end': '1712.679', 'text': 'who to my surprise was there'}, {'start': '1709.960', 'end': '1714.880', 'text': 'next to Esteban.  He had betrayed me.'}, {'start': '1712.679', 'end': '1717.120', 'text': 'It was a test of loyalty,'}, {'start': '1714.880', 'end': '1719.279', 'text': 'Esteban revealed coldly.  And you failed.  My'}, {'start': '1717.120', 'end': '1721.760', 'text': 'cell phone vibrated again.  Don Esteban'}, {'start': '1719.279', 'end': '1724.760', 'text': 'perhaps realized about the history of'}, {'start': '1721.760', 'end': '1726.799', 'text': 'Mendoza.  He suggested, looking at his watch.  He'}, {'start': '1724.760', 'end': '1729.399', 'text': 'knew everything.  He reported that Lucas had'}, {'start': '1726.799', 'end': '1731.720', 'text': 'suffered an accident and that his files had'}, {'start': '1729.399', 'end': '1733.880', 'text': 'been deleted in a suspected'}, {'start': '1731.720', 'end': '1736.120', 'text': 'cyberattack.  Then Diana Fuentes came in'}, {'start': '1733.880', 'end': '1737.840', 'text': '.  The report will not be published.'}, {'start': '1736.120', 'end': '1740.159', 'text': 'Miguel Lucas is hospitalized and'}, {'start': '1737.840', 'end': '1742.600', 'text': 'confused.  Maria, for her part, is'}, {'start': '1740.159', 'end': '1744.519', 'text': 'fine.  For now.  The threat was clear.'}, {'start': '1742.600', 'end': '1747.399', 'text': 'All seemed lost until my'}, {'start': '1744.519', 'end': '1750.159', 'text': 'cell phone vibrated again.  Three messages.'}, {'start': '1747.399', 'end': '1752.880', 'text': 'Live stream started.  The sign'}, {'start': '1750.159', 'end': '1755.320', 'text': 'of Mary is active.  Javier activated plan'}, {'start': '1752.880', 'end': '1757.480', 'text': 'B. Esteban noticed my change in expression,'}, {'start': '1755.320', 'end': '1759.679', 'text': 'but I already knew.  He had figured out'}, {'start': '1757.480', 'end': '1761.799', 'text': "our steps, but he didn't count on"}, {'start': '1759.679', 'end': '1764.120', 'text': 'our backup plans.  Without saying'}, {'start': '1761.799', 'end': '1766.919', 'text': 'a word, I turned on the speakerphone.'}, {'start': '1764.120', 'end': '1769.880', 'text': "Maria's voice filled the room revealing"}, {'start': '1766.919', 'end': '1772.320', 'text': 'everything.  Drugs, mental manipulation,'}, {'start': '1769.880', 'end': '1774.200', 'text': 'frequencies used in cults,'}, {'start': '1772.320', 'end': '1776.519', 'text': 'documents signed by'}, {'start': '1774.200', 'end': '1778.840', 'text': 'religious leaders.  Stephen was furious.'}, {'start': '1776.519', 'end': '1781.120', 'text': 'Diana approached, but stopped when'}, {'start': '1778.840', 'end': '1782.960', 'text': "she heard the next voice, Javier's,"}, {'start': '1781.120', 'end': '1785.200', 'text': 'on the live broadcast.  What was'}, {'start': '1782.960', 'end': '1787.880', 'text': 'secret was now public, now'}, {'start': '1785.200', 'end': '1790.720', 'text': 'transmitting complete documents to more than'}, {'start': '1787.880', 'end': '1792.640', 'text': '500 independent pastors throughout'}, {'start': '1790.720', 'end': '1795.720', 'text': 'Mexico and Latin America.'}, {'start': '1792.640', 'end': '1798.279', 'text': 'Tax evidence for tax authorities.'}, {'start': '1795.720', 'end': '1800.440', 'text': 'Predatory contracts for'}, {'start': '1798.279', 'end': '1802.799', 'text': 'consumer protection agencies.'}, {'start': '1800.440', 'end': '1805.360', 'text': 'Comparative theological analyses showing the'}, {'start': '1802.799', 'end': '1807.840', 'text': 'systematic elimination of'}, {'start': '1805.360', 'end': '1810.000', 'text': 'central doctrines.  Don Esteban said something in a'}, {'start': '1807.840', 'end': '1812.559', 'text': "language I didn't recognize and the lights in the"}, {'start': '1810.000', 'end': '1815.039', 'text': 'room flickered violently for'}, {'start': '1812.559', 'end': '1817.720', 'text': 'a moment, too brief to be'}, {'start': '1815.039', 'end': '1820.240', 'text': 'sure.  His eyes seemed to change,'}, {'start': '1817.720', 'end': '1822.679', 'text': 'turning completely black.'}, {'start': '1820.240', 'end': '1825.120', 'text': 'Suddenly, Roberto moved.  not towards me,'}, {'start': '1822.679', 'end': '1827.960', 'text': 'but towards Don Esteban, taking something out of'}, {'start': '1825.120', 'end': '1830.080', 'text': 'his pocket.  A small cross he placed'}, {'start': '1827.960', 'end': '1832.159', 'text': "between us.  He's coming,"}, {'start': '1830.080', 'end': '1834.120', 'text': 'Roberto concentrated.  This ends now.  The fourth'}, {'start': '1832.159', 'end': '1836.679', 'text': 'figure in the shadows took a step'}, {'start': '1834.120', 'end': '1839.320', 'text': 'forward and nearly fell over in shock as he'}, {'start': '1836.679', 'end': '1841.519', 'text': 'considered Pastor Isaiah.  He was carrying an'}, {'start': '1839.320', 'end': '1844.120', 'text': 'open Bible and began reciting'}, {'start': '1841.519', 'end': '1846.840', 'text': 'verses aloud.  Don Esteban let'}, {'start': '1844.120', 'end': '1849.360', 'text': 'out a sound that was not human, a'}, {'start': '1846.840', 'end': '1851.640', 'text': 'distorted scream that made the'}, {'start': '1849.360', 'end': '1854.480', 'text': 'windows vibrate.  Diana'}, {'start': '1851.640', 'end': '1856.679', 'text': 'recoiled in horror as if she saw'}, {'start': '1854.480', 'end': '1858.760', 'text': "something terrible that I couldn't see.  What"}, {'start': '1856.679', 'end': '1860.960', 'text': '\'s that?  I yelled at Roberto.  "What\'s'}, {'start': '1858.760', 'end': '1862.600', 'text': 'happening is not human, Miguel,"'}, {'start': '1860.960', 'end': '1864.760', 'text': 'Roberto replied, holding'}, {'start': '1862.600', 'end': '1867.200', 'text': 'the cross firmly in the direction of Don'}, {'start': '1864.760', 'end': '1869.440', 'text': 'Esteban, who was now slipping away from an'}, {'start': '1867.200', 'end': '1872.080', 'text': 'impossible path.  It never was.  Some'}, {'start': '1869.440', 'end': '1874.799', 'text': 'of us suspected it, but'}, {'start': '1872.080', 'end': '1876.799', 'text': 'needed confirmation.  You were'}, {'start': '1874.799', 'end': '1878.760', 'text': 'on our side the whole time.  I am'}, {'start': '1876.799', 'end': '1881.279', 'text': 'on the side of truth, he replied'}, {'start': '1878.760', 'end': '1883.120', 'text': 'simply, undercover for years'}, {'start': '1881.279', 'end': '1885.240', 'text': 'waiting for an opportunity.  Your'}, {'start': '1883.120', 'end': '1887.039', 'text': 'near-death experience was the'}, {'start': '1885.240', 'end': '1889.360', 'text': 'breakthrough we needed.'}, {'start': '1887.039', 'end': '1891.360', 'text': 'Finally we had someone willing'}, {'start': '1889.360', 'end': '1893.760', 'text': 'to step up.  Pastor'}, {'start': '1891.360', 'end': '1896.320', 'text': 'Isaiah continued reciting the'}, {'start': '1893.760', 'end': '1898.279', 'text': 'scriptures, moving toward Don Esteban,'}, {'start': '1896.320', 'end': '1900.120', 'text': 'who seemed to shrink at the'}, {'start': '1898.279', 'end': '1902.440', 'text': 'words.  The cell phone continued'}, {'start': '1900.120', 'end': '1905.519', 'text': 'transmitting audio recordings of'}, {'start': '1902.440', 'end': '1908.440', 'text': 'secret meetings, compromising confessions, and'}, {'start': '1905.519', 'end': '1911.000', 'text': 'images of rituals.  In retreats everything was'}, {'start': '1908.440', 'end': '1913.440', 'text': 'broadcast in real time.'}, {'start': '1911.000', 'end': '1915.679', 'text': 'Canal seats.  Suddenly the room began'}, {'start': '1913.440', 'end': '1918.279', 'text': 'to shake.  The windows cracked'}, {'start': '1915.679', 'end': '1921.279', 'text': 'into symbols.  Pastor Isaiah'}, {'start': '1918.279', 'end': '1924.080', 'text': 'stood up with authority.  The deception has been'}, {'start': '1921.279', 'end': '1926.000', 'text': 'revealed.  This is over.  Don Esteban'}, {'start': '1924.080', 'end': '1928.360', 'text': 'looked at me.  His appearance began to'}, {'start': '1926.000', 'end': '1931.799', 'text': 'distort as if his human form'}, {'start': '1928.360', 'end': '1934.039', 'text': 'was just an illusion.  "This doesn\'t end'}, {'start': '1931.799', 'end': '1936.600', 'text': 'here," he whispered in a multi-voice.  "'}, {'start': '1934.039', 'end': '1938.760', 'text': 'Music is just one medium.'}, {'start': '1936.600', 'end': '1941.399', 'text': 'We have thousands."  Then he threw himself against'}, {'start': '1938.760', 'end': '1943.840', 'text': 'the window and disappeared.  Diana fell to her'}, {'start': '1941.399', 'end': '1945.960', 'text': 'knees in despair.  He promised me power.'}, {'start': '1943.840', 'end': '1948.120', 'text': '"What fact?"  I stood still trying'}, {'start': '1945.960', 'end': '1949.960', 'text': 'to understand what I had just seen.  The'}, {'start': '1948.120', 'end': '1952.120', 'text': 'cell phone vibrated with thousands of'}, {'start': '1949.960', 'end': '1954.760', 'text': 'notifications.  The content went'}, {'start': '1952.120', 'end': '1956.919', 'text': 'viral.  Pastor Isaiah put his hand'}, {'start': '1954.760', 'end': '1959.480', 'text': 'on my shoulder.  The battle has only just'}, {'start': '1956.919', 'end': '1962.000', 'text': 'begun, but now the truth is out in'}, {'start': '1959.480', 'end': '1964.480', 'text': 'the open.  Roberto nodded.  The truth,'}, {'start': '1962.000', 'end': '1966.399', 'text': 'however hard it may be, is the beginning of'}, {'start': '1964.480', 'end': '1968.840', 'text': 'liberation.  Facing the city and the'}, {'start': '1966.399', 'end': '1970.799', 'text': 'broken window, I realized this war'}, {'start': '1968.840', 'end': '1973.320', 'text': 'was much bigger, an'}, {'start': '1970.799', 'end': '1975.840', 'text': 'invisible spiritual war, driven through'}, {'start': '1973.320', 'end': '1978.200', 'text': 'art, technology, and faith.  And for the'}, {'start': '1975.840', 'end': '1980.279', 'text': 'first time I knew which side I was on.  In'}, {'start': '1978.200', 'end': '1982.399', 'text': 'the 48 hours following the'}, {'start': '1980.279', 'end': '1985.360', 'text': 'confrontation with Don Esteban, the world'}, {'start': '1982.399', 'end': '1987.720', 'text': 'around us turned upside down.'}, {'start': '1985.360', 'end': '1990.519', 'text': "María's broadcast and Javier's leaks"}, {'start': '1987.720', 'end': '1992.840', 'text': 'caused a meltdown at the'}, {'start': '1990.519', 'end': '1995.320', 'text': 'network.  The next morning, Gabriela'}, {'start': '1992.840', 'end': '1997.720', 'text': 'woke me up.  On television the scene'}, {'start': '1995.320', 'end': '1999.559', 'text': 'was clear.  Vehicles surrounding the'}, {'start': '1997.720', 'end': '2002.600', 'text': 'record label building.  The'}, {'start': '1999.559', 'end': '2004.880', 'text': 'headlines exploded.  The'}, {'start': '2002.600', 'end': '2007.200', 'text': 'corruption scheme in the'}, {'start': '2004.880', 'end': '2009.880', 'text': 'gospel industry exposed.  Authorities revealed that'}, {'start': '2007.200', 'end': '2012.200', 'text': 'the investigation had been going on for months, but the'}, {'start': '2009.880', 'end': '2015.000', 'text': 'leak accelerated everything.  My phone'}, {'start': '2012.200', 'end': '2017.240', 'text': 'was ringing non-stop.  Journalists,'}, {'start': '2015.000', 'end': '2019.880', 'text': 'religious leaders, and musicians demanded'}, {'start': '2017.240', 'end': '2023.679', 'text': 'explanations on social media.'}, {'start': '2019.880', 'end': '2026.159', 'text': 'Gospel truth and the exposé of the industry were'}, {'start': '2023.679', 'end': '2028.679', 'text': 'among the most talked about topics.  My biggest'}, {'start': '2026.159', 'end': '2030.679', 'text': 'concern was Maria.  Gabriela'}, {'start': '2028.679', 'end': '2032.919', 'text': 'reassured me.  She is safe.'}, {'start': '2030.679', 'end': '2035.159', 'text': "Pastor Isaiah confirmed it.  Roberto's team"}, {'start': '2032.919', 'end': '2037.360', 'text': 'rescued her in time.  The impact'}, {'start': '2035.159', 'end': '2040.320', 'text': 'was immediate.  Scandal,'}, {'start': '2037.360', 'end': '2042.960', 'text': 'divided support and attacks.  While part of'}, {'start': '2040.320', 'end': '2045.519', 'text': 'the evangelical community celebrated the'}, {'start': '2042.960', 'end': '2048.240', 'text': 'exposition of the truth, other leaders'}, {'start': '2045.519', 'end': '2050.760', 'text': 'reacted with hostility.  Trying to'}, {'start': '2048.240', 'end': '2053.320', 'text': 'discredit the evidence became'}, {'start': '2050.760', 'end': '2055.320', 'text': 'a strategy.  We found ourselves safe'}, {'start': '2053.320', 'end': '2057.919', 'text': 'and sound on the outskirts of the city.'}, {'start': '2055.320', 'end': '2060.040', 'text': 'Roberto assessed the situation.  Many'}, {'start': '2057.919', 'end': '2062.280', 'text': 'are too committed to'}, {'start': '2060.040', 'end': '2064.919', 'text': 'back down.  Some knew it,'}, {'start': '2062.280', 'end': '2067.200', 'text': 'others were blinded by time.'}, {'start': '2064.919', 'end': '2069.760', 'text': 'Lucas was found unconscious, the'}, {'start': '2067.200', 'end': '2071.720', 'text': 'victim of a staged overdose.   He'}, {'start': '2069.760', 'end': '2074.320', 'text': 'survived in the hospital.  I was already'}, {'start': '2071.720', 'end': '2076.440', 'text': 'planning new articles based on'}, {'start': '2074.320', 'end': '2078.440', 'text': 'the archives on display.  However,'}, {'start': '2076.440', 'end': '2080.040', 'text': 'something even more disturbing began to'}, {'start': '2078.440', 'end': '2082.960', 'text': 'emerge: hatred.'}, {'start': '2080.040', 'end': '2085.520', 'text': 'Fanatical followers started a campaign against'}, {'start': '2082.960', 'end': '2088.119', 'text': 'us.  We received threats,'}, {'start': '2085.520', 'end': '2090.240', 'text': 'accusations of persecuting the anointed.'}, {'start': '2088.119', 'end': '2092.839', 'text': '"People are spiritually'}, {'start': '2090.240', 'end': '2094.760', 'text': 'intoxicated," Isaiah said.  "For them,'}, {'start': '2092.839', 'end': '2096.960', 'text': 'the truth has become a'}, {'start': '2094.760', 'end': '2099.160', 'text': 'blasphemy. I felt it firsthand when I went'}, {'start': '2096.960', 'end': '2102.240', 'text': 'to the market. A woman spat at my'}, {'start': '2099.160', 'end': '2104.200', 'text': "feet. Traitor! You'll burn in hell,"}, {'start': '2102.240', 'end': '2106.160', 'text': 'I tried not to react! How can we'}, {'start': '2104.200', 'end': '2108.560', 'text': 'explain that it was all for the love of the'}, {'start': '2106.160', 'end': '2110.800', 'text': 'true faith? Soon there was'}, {'start': '2108.560', 'end': '2113.280', 'text': 'material damage, blocked accounts,'}, {'start': '2110.800', 'end': '2115.320', 'text': 'canceled contracts, technical bankruptcy.'}, {'start': '2113.280', 'end': '2117.560', 'text': 'The studio was closed. In a matter'}, {'start': '2115.320', 'end': '2119.800', 'text': "of days, everything I'd built collapsed"}, {'start': '2117.560', 'end': '2122.520', 'text': '. Gabriela calmly took my'}, {'start': '2119.800', 'end': '2124.359', 'text': 'hand. This is the price. Jesus asked'}, {'start': '2122.520', 'end': '2126.440', 'text': "the rich young man for everything. Maybe it's our"}, {'start': '2124.359', 'end': '2129.119', 'text': 'turn. 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His'}, {'start': '2152.520', 'end': '2157.720', 'text': 'clandestine recording, which shows'}, {'start': '2154.599', 'end': '2160.319', 'text': 'almost hypnotic techniques applied to'}, {'start': '2157.720', 'end': '2162.720', 'text': 'artists, became evidence in'}, {'start': '2160.319', 'end': '2164.960', 'text': 'official investigations.  Even more'}, {'start': '2162.720', 'end': '2168.280', 'text': 'impressive was his decision to'}, {'start': '2164.960', 'end': '2170.560', 'text': 'independently release a Detox album,'}, {'start': '2168.280', 'end': '2172.760', 'text': 're-recordings of his hits in their'}, {'start': '2170.560', 'end': '2175.280', 'text': 'original, theologically'}, {'start': '2172.760', 'end': '2177.319', 'text': 'complete versions, accompanied by explanations'}, {'start': '2175.280', 'end': '2179.480', 'text': 'of how they were modified.  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Javier soon realized that'}, {'start': '2199.119', 'end': '2203.599', 'text': 'Don Esteban was not the boss, but'}, {'start': '2201.200', 'end': '2205.599', 'text': 'simply a regional agent of a'}, {'start': '2203.599', 'end': '2208.119', 'text': 'global operation.  The documents'}, {'start': '2205.599', 'end': '2210.640', 'text': 'revealed advanced research'}, {'start': '2208.119', 'end': '2212.839', 'text': 'into the neurological effects of'}, {'start': '2210.640', 'end': '2215.640', 'text': 'music, emotional manipulation techniques,'}, {'start': '2212.839', 'end': '2218.040', 'text': 'and methods for stripping'}, {'start': '2215.640', 'end': '2220.400', 'text': 'Christian songs of their'}, {'start': '2218.040', 'end': '2222.440', 'text': 'doctrinal content, retaining only their'}, {'start': '2220.400', 'end': '2224.960', 'text': 'spiritual appearance.  An'}, {'start': '2222.440', 'end': '2228.839', 'text': 'alarming fact caught our attention.  In'}, {'start': '2224.960', 'end': '2231.319', 'text': '1980, 74% of popular'}, {'start': '2228.839', 'end': '2233.560', 'text': 'worship songs mentioned central themes'}, {'start': '2231.319', 'end': '2236.920', 'text': 'such as the blood of Christ, the cross, or'}, {'start': '2233.560', 'end': '2239.400', 'text': 'repentance.  In 2020, only 12%'}, {'start': '2236.920', 'end': '2241.520', 'text': 'still contained these references, and even'}, {'start': '2239.400', 'end': '2243.960', 'text': 'then only superficially.  There was also'}, {'start': '2241.520', 'end': '2246.760', 'text': 'audio of confidential meetings where'}, {'start': '2243.960', 'end': '2249.240', 'text': 'voices coldly discussed how to'}, {'start': '2246.760', 'end': '2251.560', 'text': 'reprogram the Christian public for'}, {'start': '2249.240', 'end': '2253.200', 'text': 'decades, diluting biblical truths'}, {'start': '2251.560', 'end': '2255.920', 'text': 'through emotionally'}, {'start': '2253.200', 'end': '2258.079', 'text': 'pleasing, but theologically empty lyrics.   It'}, {'start': '2255.920', 'end': '2260.200', 'text': "was clear, they hadn't just exposed"}, {'start': '2258.079', 'end': '2262.640', 'text': 'corporate crimes, they were'}, {'start': '2260.200', 'end': '2265.319', 'text': 'uncovering a'}, {'start': '2262.640', 'end': '2267.960', 'text': 'carefully planned spiritual offensive.  This'}, {'start': '2265.319', 'end': '2270.160', 'text': 'explained the intensity of the resistance'}, {'start': '2267.960', 'end': '2272.079', 'text': 'and the attacks they suffered, but'}, {'start': '2270.160', 'end': '2274.079', 'text': 'a dilemma arose: how to reveal something so'}, {'start': '2272.079', 'end': '2276.440', 'text': 'profound to the public without it seeming'}, {'start': '2274.079', 'end': '2279.400', 'text': 'conspiratorial.  Lucas Mendoza, still'}, {'start': '2276.440', 'end': '2282.000', 'text': 'hospitalized, clearly warned: "For what is'}, {'start': '2279.400', 'end': '2284.920', 'text': 'verifiable, show the data, analyze'}, {'start': '2282.000', 'end': '2288.160', 'text': 'the letters, present documents, gain'}, {'start': '2284.920', 'end': '2290.119', 'text': 'credibility before Mindach, address'}, {'start': '2288.160', 'end': '2292.680', 'text': 'the spiritual."  Following this advice,'}, {'start': '2290.119', 'end': '2294.760', 'text': 'the group initiated a plan to expose'}, {'start': '2292.680', 'end': '2296.920', 'text': 'theological manipulation through'}, {'start': '2294.760', 'end': '2299.280', 'text': 'historical comparisons,'}, {'start': '2296.920', 'end': '2301.720', 'text': 'artist testimonies, and contracts containing'}, {'start': '2299.280', 'end': '2303.960', 'text': 'clauses directing the content.'}, {'start': '2301.720', 'end': '2305.400', 'text': 'However, new threats have emerged.'}, {'start': '2303.960', 'end': '2307.079', 'text': 'Diana Fuentes'}, {'start': '2305.400', 'end': '2309.720', 'text': 'mysteriously disappeared from the'}, {'start': '2307.079', 'end': '2311.760', 'text': 'psychiatric hospital and rumors began to circulate'}, {'start': '2309.720', 'end': '2314.599', 'text': 'that Esteban was seen in'}, {'start': '2311.760', 'end': '2316.720', 'text': 'Tijuana apparently unharmed.  The battle'}, {'start': '2314.599', 'end': '2319.319', 'text': 'was far from over.  What seemed like'}, {'start': '2316.720', 'end': '2321.800', 'text': 'an initial victory turned out to be just the'}, {'start': '2319.319', 'end': '2324.200', 'text': 'first chapter of something much'}, {'start': '2321.800', 'end': '2326.560', 'text': "bigger.  He's not human, remember?"}, {'start': '2324.200', 'end': '2328.839', 'text': 'Roberto said grimly when I'}, {'start': '2326.560', 'end': '2331.359', 'text': 'shared the information with him.  What we saw in'}, {'start': '2328.839', 'end': '2333.560', 'text': 'that room does not die like we do.'}, {'start': '2331.359', 'end': '2336.040', 'text': 'The implications were clear.  Our'}, {'start': '2333.560', 'end': '2338.280', 'text': 'initial victory was significant, but'}, {'start': '2336.040', 'end': '2340.680', 'text': 'the war was just beginning and the'}, {'start': '2338.280', 'end': '2343.119', 'text': 'adversaries we faced'}, {'start': '2340.680', 'end': '2346.160', 'text': 'were operating at levels most'}, {'start': '2343.119', 'end': '2348.200', 'text': "people didn't even think possible.  Three"}, {'start': '2346.160', 'end': '2350.000', 'text': 'weeks after the revelations,'}, {'start': '2348.200', 'end': '2352.400', 'text': 'Miguel received an'}, {'start': '2350.000', 'end': '2354.200', 'text': 'unexpected invitation to speak at a conference of'}, {'start': '2352.400', 'end': '2356.680', 'text': 'independent Christian leaders in'}, {'start': '2354.200', 'end': '2358.920', 'text': 'Monterrey on the topic of Restoring'}, {'start': '2356.680', 'end': '2361.680', 'text': 'Integrity in Worship.  Although the'}, {'start': '2358.920', 'end': '2364.480', 'text': 'risks were high, the possibility of'}, {'start': '2361.680', 'end': '2366.440', 'text': 'alerting influential leaders made him'}, {'start': '2364.480', 'end': '2368.480', 'text': 'accept the call, marking his'}, {'start': '2366.440', 'end': '2371.040', 'text': 'definitive transition from'}, {'start': '2368.480', 'end': '2373.119', 'text': 'music producer to music producer.  Spokesman for'}, {'start': '2371.040', 'end': '2375.240', 'text': 'a spiritual reform movement.'}, {'start': '2373.119', 'end': '2377.680', 'text': 'Days before the incident, a new'}, {'start': '2375.240', 'end': '2380.040', 'text': 'threat arrived via anonymous message.  The music'}, {'start': '2377.680', 'end': '2382.520', 'text': 'was just the beginning.  The next phase has'}, {'start': '2380.040', 'end': '2384.359', 'text': 'already begun.  This is technology you ca'}, {'start': '2382.520', 'end': '2386.359', 'text': "n't even imagine."}, {'start': '2384.359', 'end': '2388.560', 'text': 'Get well while you can.  Still, the'}, {'start': '2386.359', 'end': '2390.359', 'text': 'determination to move forward grew'}, {'start': '2388.560', 'end': '2392.920', 'text': 'stronger.  The team prepared an'}, {'start': '2390.359', 'end': '2395.200', 'text': 'irrefutable presentation.  Javier created'}, {'start': '2392.920', 'end': '2397.760', 'text': 'a timeline showing the progressive'}, {'start': '2395.200', 'end': '2400.240', 'text': 'dilution of gospel lyrics since the'}, {'start': '2397.760', 'end': '2402.760', 'text': '1980s. Pastor Isaiah made a'}, {'start': '2400.240', 'end': '2405.200', 'text': 'theological comparison between'}, {'start': '2402.760', 'end': '2409.079', 'text': "Mildon Sepas's 100 most popular praise songs"}, {'start': '2405.200', 'end': '2411.480', 'text': 'from 1990 and 2020. María prepared a'}, {'start': '2409.079', 'end': '2413.520', 'text': 'striking musical example showing a'}, {'start': '2411.480', 'end': '2415.720', 'text': 'song in its original form and its'}, {'start': '2413.520', 'end': '2417.800', 'text': 'commercial version, where the'}, {'start': '2415.720', 'end': '2419.920', 'text': 'spiritual content was completely emptied, although'}, {'start': '2417.800', 'end': '2422.200', 'text': 'the sonic aesthetic remained'}, {'start': '2419.920', 'end': '2424.760', 'text': 'attractive.  With heightened security and'}, {'start': '2422.200', 'end': '2426.960', 'text': 'carefully planned routes, the'}, {'start': '2424.760', 'end': '2429.680', 'text': 'group arrived at the conference, which had'}, {'start': '2426.960', 'end': '2431.800', 'text': 'a reduced presence.  Many leaders'}, {'start': '2429.680', 'end': '2433.920', 'text': 'had surrendered under pressure and'}, {'start': '2431.800', 'end': '2436.160', 'text': 'threats.  From the pulpit, Miguel'}, {'start': '2433.920', 'end': '2438.560', 'text': 'presented concrete evidence: contracts'}, {'start': '2436.160', 'end': '2440.720', 'text': 'censoring core faith terms,'}, {'start': '2438.560', 'end': '2443.440', 'text': 'internal emails'}, {'start': '2440.720', 'end': '2445.920', 'text': 'discussing the softening of'}, {'start': '2443.440', 'end': '2447.839', 'text': 'theological language, and methods of'}, {'start': '2445.920', 'end': '2450.040', 'text': 'emotional manipulation through'}, {'start': '2447.839', 'end': '2452.599', 'text': 'music production.  Maria, by singing both'}, {'start': '2450.040', 'end': '2454.920', 'text': 'versions of the same song, made it'}, {'start': '2452.599', 'end': '2457.800', 'text': 'clear to what extent the content had'}, {'start': '2454.920', 'end': '2459.960', 'text': 'been subtly exchanged for'}, {'start': '2457.800', 'end': '2462.599', 'text': 'empty self-help.  The impact was'}, {'start': '2459.960', 'end': '2465.359', 'text': 'immediate, with shock, disbelief and'}, {'start': '2462.599', 'end': '2467.880', 'text': 'even indignation.  An elderly pastor'}, {'start': '2465.359', 'end': '2470.200', 'text': 'expressed the pain of having been deceived'}, {'start': '2467.880', 'end': '2472.000', 'text': 'for so long.  Miguel responded'}, {'start': '2470.200', 'end': '2474.640', 'text': 'frankly.  We were all'}, {'start': '2472.000', 'end': '2477.079', 'text': 'conditioned little by little.  It was gradual,'}, {'start': '2474.640', 'end': '2479.480', 'text': 'so no one noticed.  The'}, {'start': '2477.079', 'end': '2481.960', 'text': 'turning point came when Miguel shared'}, {'start': '2479.480', 'end': '2484.760', 'text': 'his near-death experience.  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It was like a'}, {'start': '2531.880', 'end': '2536.880', 'text': 'collective release, where the weight of years of'}, {'start': '2534.160', 'end': '2539.240', 'text': 'complacency and manipulation began to'}, {'start': '2536.880', 'end': '2541.240', 'text': 'dissolve.  By the end of the first day,'}, {'start': '2539.240', 'end': '2543.640', 'text': 'an unplanned prayer altar was formed'}, {'start': '2541.240', 'end': '2546.200', 'text': '.  The pastors wept,'}, {'start': '2543.640', 'end': '2548.800', 'text': 'prayed, and confessed their commitment to'}, {'start': '2546.200', 'end': '2551.520', 'text': 'a corrupt system.  It was a'}, {'start': '2548.800', 'end': '2554.119', 'text': 'spiritual catharsis.  Mary starred in a'}, {'start': '2551.520', 'end': '2556.599', 'text': 'deeply symbolic musical moment, solo'}, {'start': '2554.119', 'end': '2558.680', 'text': 'voice and guitar, singing ancient hymns'}, {'start': '2556.599', 'end': '2561.200', 'text': 'with clear theology about the cross,'}, {'start': '2558.680', 'end': '2564.079', 'text': 'repentance, and redemption.  An'}, {'start': '2561.200', 'end': '2566.720', 'text': "emotional woman summed up the impact.  It's"}, {'start': '2564.079', 'end': '2568.760', 'text': 'like pure water after years of drinking'}, {'start': '2566.720', 'end': '2571.200', 'text': 'soda.  You only realize your'}, {'start': '2568.760', 'end': '2573.640', 'text': 'true thirst when you taste the'}, {'start': '2571.200', 'end': '2576.160', 'text': 'real source again.  The conference, which was supposed to last'}, {'start': '2573.640', 'end': '2578.319', 'text': 'one day, lasted three days, transforming into'}, {'start': '2576.160', 'end': '2580.839', 'text': 'practical workshops.  How to identify'}, {'start': '2578.319', 'end': '2583.559', 'text': 'songs with diluted theology.  How to'}, {'start': '2580.839', 'end': '2586.319', 'text': 'clean the liturgical repertoire?  How to'}, {'start': '2583.559', 'end': '2589.040', 'text': 'produce independent Christian music'}, {'start': '2586.319', 'end': '2591.640', 'text': 'without commercial distortions.  In the end,'}, {'start': '2589.040', 'end': '2593.440', 'text': 'the most unexpected thing happened.  An executive'}, {'start': '2591.640', 'end': '2595.520', 'text': 'from one of the'}, {'start': '2593.440', 'end': '2597.319', 'text': "country's largest gospel record labels asked to"}, {'start': '2595.520', 'end': '2599.599', 'text': 'speak.  Moved, he confessed to having'}, {'start': '2597.319', 'end': '2602.000', 'text': 'participated in the same'}, {'start': '2599.599', 'end': '2604.280', 'text': 'condemned practices, contracts to censor the'}, {'start': '2602.000', 'end': '2606.680', 'text': 'gospel and strategies of'}, {'start': '2604.280', 'end': '2609.480', 'text': 'doctrinal dilution.  Since the revelations, he was'}, {'start': '2606.680', 'end': '2612.040', 'text': 'tormented by nightmares and could no longer'}, {'start': '2609.480', 'end': '2613.839', 'text': 'silence his conscience.  Then he made a'}, {'start': '2612.040', 'end': '2616.440', 'text': 'shocking announcement.  Your'}, {'start': '2613.839', 'end': '2618.880', 'text': 'record label would create a new'}, {'start': '2616.440', 'end': '2621.599', 'text': 'music division committed to'}, {'start': '2618.880', 'end': '2624.000', 'text': 'theological integrity, free from corporate interference,'}, {'start': '2621.599', 'end': '2626.720', 'text': 'and with complete transparency.  invited'}, {'start': '2624.000', 'end': '2629.839', 'text': "María to be the label's first artist"}, {'start': '2626.720', 'end': '2632.240', 'text': 'without hidden clauses, without'}, {'start': '2629.839', 'end': '2634.680', 'text': 'content consultants.  Part of the proceeds'}, {'start': '2632.240', 'end': '2637.480', 'text': 'will go to a fund that supports'}, {'start': '2634.680', 'end': '2639.720', 'text': 'independent musicians committed to speaking'}, {'start': '2637.480', 'end': '2642.680', 'text': 'the truth.  Despite the tempting'}, {'start': '2639.720', 'end': '2644.760', 'text': 'proposal, Maria hesitated and looked at Miguel.'}, {'start': '2642.680', 'end': '2647.160', 'text': 'They both knew from their'}, {'start': '2644.760', 'end': '2649.319', 'text': 'recent scars that true trust'}, {'start': '2647.160', 'end': '2651.880', 'text': 'cannot be rebuilt with'}, {'start': '2649.319', 'end': '2654.599', 'text': "easy promises.  Miguel's battle revealed a"}, {'start': '2651.880', 'end': '2656.839', 'text': 'disturbing truth.  Music, which was'}, {'start': '2654.599', 'end': '2659.079', 'text': 'supposed to lead souls to'}, {'start': '2656.839', 'end': '2661.559', 'text': 'God, had become a'}, {'start': '2659.079', 'end': '2663.280', 'text': 'tool of spiritual manipulation.'}, {'start': '2661.559', 'end': '2666.119', 'text': 'The transformation of the'}, {'start': '2663.280', 'end': '2668.520', 'text': 'gospel industry into a mechanism that diluted the'}, {'start': '2666.119', 'end': '2671.160', 'text': 'gospel did not happen by chance,'}, {'start': '2668.520', 'end': '2673.400', 'text': 'but by design.  Miguel and his'}, {'start': '2671.160', 'end': '2675.559', 'text': 'trained allies fought not only against'}, {'start': '2673.400', 'end': '2678.319', 'text': 'corrupt executives, but also'}, {'start': '2675.559', 'end': '2680.640', 'text': 'against organized spiritual forces'}, {'start': '2678.319', 'end': '2682.880', 'text': 'seeking to neutralize the'}, {'start': '2680.640', 'end': '2685.119', 'text': 'transformative power of faith.  This'}, {'start': '2682.880', 'end': '2687.760', 'text': 'silent war for the soul of'}, {'start': '2685.119', 'end': '2690.480', 'text': 'Christian music exposes the fragility of'}, {'start': '2687.760', 'end': '2693.359', 'text': 'our religious institutions and the'}, {'start': '2690.480', 'end': '2696.200', 'text': 'need for constant vigilance'}, {'start': '2693.359', 'end': '2699.319', 'text': "against the corruption of God's message."}, {'start': '2696.200', 'end': '2701.319', 'text': 'Two years later, Miguel watched Maria'}, {'start': '2699.319', 'end': '2704.200', 'text': 'singing in a small church in'}, {'start': '2701.319', 'end': '2706.680', 'text': 'Oaxaca, without spotlights or visual effects,'}, {'start': '2704.200', 'end': '2709.000', 'text': 'just her crystalline voice proclaiming'}, {'start': '2706.680', 'end': '2711.319', 'text': 'eternal truths.  The'}, {'start': '2709.000', 'end': '2713.680', 'text': 'restoration movement grew organically and'}, {'start': '2711.319', 'end': '2716.359', 'text': 'independent studios emerged'}, {'start': '2713.680', 'end': '2718.559', 'text': 'across the country.  Don Esteban was never'}, {'start': '2716.359', 'end': '2720.880', 'text': 'found again, but his influence persisted'}, {'start': '2718.559', 'end': '2723.680', 'text': 'in hidden places.  Miguel touched the'}, {'start': '2720.880', 'end': '2726.160', 'text': 'scar on his chest, a'}, {'start': '2723.680', 'end': '2727.920', 'text': 'physical reminder of his journey into the abyss.'}, {'start': '2726.160', 'end': '2730.640', 'text': 'Some battles were won, but the war'}, {'start': '2727.920', 'end': '2733.520', 'text': 'continued.  A difference.  Now thousands of'}, {'start': '2730.640', 'end': '2735.760', 'text': 'eyes were open.  Vigilantes against'}, {'start': '2733.520', 'end': '2738.440', 'text': 'the enemy operating in the shadows.'}, {'start': '2735.760', 'end': '2740.400', 'text': 'What are you consuming spiritually?'}, {'start': '2738.440', 'end': '2742.920', 'text': 'Question the content that feeds your'}, {'start': '2740.400', 'end': '2745.240', 'text': 'soul.  Critically examine the lyrics of'}, {'start': '2742.920', 'end': '2747.720', 'text': 'the songs you sing in spirit.'}, {'start': '2745.240', 'end': '2750.000', 'text': 'Seek theological depth, not just'}, {'start': '2747.720', 'end': '2752.359', 'text': 'passing emotions.  Support'}, {'start': '2750.000', 'end': '2754.920', 'text': 'artists and ministries committed to'}, {'start': '2752.359', 'end': '2756.960', 'text': 'the full biblical truth, not a'}, {'start': '2754.920', 'end': '2759.760', 'text': 'watered-down version.  Share this'}, {'start': '2756.960', 'end': '2762.160', 'text': 'testimony with leaders and communities.'}, {'start': '2759.760', 'end': '2764.920', 'text': 'Pray for discernment in times of'}, {'start': '2762.160', 'end': '2767.319', 'text': 'sophisticated deception.  The battle for'}, {'start': '2764.920', 'end': '2770.200', 'text': 'spiritual integrity requires'}, {'start': '2767.319', 'end': '2772.400', 'text': "constant vigilance.  Don't outsource your"}, {'start': '2770.200', 'end': '2774.800', 'text': 'spiritual growth to the'}, {'start': '2772.400', 'end': '2777.119', 'text': 'religious entertainment industry.  Seek the'}, {'start': '2774.800', 'end': '2779.280', 'text': 'truth even when you feel'}, {'start': '2777.119', 'end': '2783.520', 'text': 'uncomfortable.  The authentic gospel is not'}, {'start': '2779.280', 'end': '2783.520', 'text': 'a product, it is transformative power.'}, {'start': '2791.230', 'end': '2794.309', 'text': '[Music]'}, {'start': '2798.450', 'end': '2803.880', 'text': '[Music]'}]