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Dr. and Pastor Asher Mathew draws from the Scriptures, answers to life's challenges. www.CalvaryChapelLaPalma.org © 2012 Asher Mathew
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As a Dauntless Media podcast, this is a companion to Scott's forthcoming book about losing faith while teaching at an evangelical university. This podcast will feature former students and faculty of Azusa Pacific University. They will tell stories of racism, sexism, hatred towards the LGBTQ community, and early alt-right shenanigans. Other guests outside of the APU world will also be invited to share their experiences. Join the growing Chapel Probation community on Instagram, Discord, and Fa ...
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Cántaro Institute es una organización evangélica reformada comprometida con el avance de la cosmovisión cristiana para la reforma y renovación de la iglesia y la cultura.
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Estudios Biblicos en Español
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On the Road to Rock is not just a podcast, it's a true rock n' roll experience, an unabashed celebration of rock's living legends and all the stories that have shaped the fabric of the music business.
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"Lisa Hendey and Friends" invites you into dialogue with authors and entertainment industry professionals, spiritual bright lights and seekers, and whoever else Lisa meets along her daily journey. From LA to Kenya and all points in between, come along for the conversation!
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Pivot Point explores the personal experiences of those who have made a life and career in the world of film, music and the arts. We’ll hear from industry pros about how they got started, the hurdles they overcame and the help they received along the way. Joseph’s style of interviewing reveals stories we embrace as our own, finding empathy and encouragement in the creative journey and hopefully help you move closer to your own personal Pivot Point.
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Chapel Probation s5- Joh Chase- Worship Leader to Rock Star and Teacher
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1:15:42I always knew Joh Chase would be a guest on Chapel Probation. They were one of the most influential people to come out of APU, and they are exquisitely talented. As a guitarist, singer, and songwriter, for my money, Joh is one of the best I've ever seen. And there's a reason we are still friends after meeting in 2005 during their sophomore year. Lo…
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Chapel Probation s5- Andrea: Enduring Toxic Men at Wheaton and Beyond
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1:28:21Content Warning for descriptions of assault and rape. This week we go to the "Harvard" of Evangelical schools, which is not really a thing. But we go to Wheaton and learn from semi-anonymous guest, Andrea, that the patriarchal systems in place protect men and harm women when it comes to harassment and assault. And at every instance, Christian women…
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Living Like There's No Tomorrow W/ Lorraine Lewis
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32:31The vivacious and ultra-talented Lorraine Lewis is back with a vengeance with her latest Femme Fatale single "Living Like There's No Tomorrow" which perfectly encapsulates her attitude and zest for life. Lorraine talks about the ups and downs of the last year of her life and how she's embraced making every day count.…
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Chapel Probation s5- Katie Malia: Calvary Chapel OC Schools to Amazing Dancer, Comedian, and Actor
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1:23:51Despite leaving christianity years ago, Katie Malia has never needed to find community centered on deconstruction. She forged her own creative life without ExVangelical twitter, podcasts, or White influencers. Not even Brian Recker! Gasp. Nope. Katie found life and community in the arts, comedy, and music. You've seen her on tv commercials. She's o…
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Chapel Probation s5- Mike Sonksen: LA Poet Shares Poetry and Creativity with the Deconstruction World
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1:16:543rd-generation Angeleno Mike Sonksen, aka Mike the PoeT, is an acclaimed poet, professor, journalist, historian and tour guide whose work has appeared in publications like the Academy of American Poets, Alta, PBS So Cal, Poetry Foundation and Westways. Sonksen’s read poetry at over 100 academic institutions, appeared on radio and television and hos…
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Chapel Probation s5- Jess Grace Garcia: Culty Christian to Queer Pastor/Community Leader
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1:34:17With all the hell happening all around us, particularly in the LA area, it feels good to present this conversation that offers so much hope and mind-expanding ideas. Jess Grace Garcia is a badass who has made it their life mission to help queer people find healing and positive identity in life after fundamentalist faith. They've been all through th…
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Buckcherry frontman Josh Todd is back on the show to talk about all things "Roar Like Thunder," the 11th studio album from Buckcherry which is out TODAY! Josh also talks about his passion for competitive sports including Tennis.
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Chapel Probation s5- Katie Hampton- APU: Mining Religious Trauma for Comedy Gold
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1:25:28Katie Hampton survived APU as a theater kid and pursued a life as a comedian, improviser, and now podcaster. Her deconstruction paved the way for finding humor as both a vocation and a tool for healing. Also a survivor of Scott's Introduction to Literature class, Katie has found a life outside of Christianity that has been so much fuller and, let's…
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Chapel Probation s5- Marla Taviano: Celebrating the Majesty of "Fuck"
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1:22:44Marla is back with some things to say about language, prude christians, and thoughts on finding our people. In a relatively short time, Marla has gone from dutiful Christian wife living as a missionary to outspoken advocate for BIPOC and Queer voices. Her latest project is called Mouth: A Little Book of Cheeky Poems, but as of this typing, there ar…
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Chapel Probation s5- Rick Pidcock- BJU to Empathy and Fatherhood
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1:25:28We are back at Bob Jones University, or BJU, with Rick Pidcock. Rick is a writer with Baptist News Global, and he has come a long way from those bizarre, high-control days of BJU. He tells his story of finding his way to being an empathetic human being in stark contrast with the uncaring theobro culture of BJU and how he became a stay-at-home dad, …
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Chapel Probation s5- Jeff Karow Returns
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1:21:22Jeff Karow told one of the most moving stories a couple of seasons ago, and he returns to Chapel Probation to give an update and to share some of his insights into putting his life together after leaving his conservative church and getting divorced. Like for so many people, deconstructing faith can have dire consequences. Relationships with family …
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Chapel Probation s5- Rohadi Nagassar- Finding Our Voice as Asian Men
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1:18:30It often comes as a surprise to non-Asians that people like Rohadi Nagassar and myself have things to say. Especially inside of North American Christianity. Like the proverbial tree falling in the forrest with no one to hear it, we do exist. We Asians often have to find our way out of church to develop our voices. Forget about "platforms." We have …
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Chapel Probation s5- Scott's Periodic Check-in: Things Are Not OK
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20:37As someone who was born into a family that got completely fucked by this country, I have some thoughts about the current situation. My family lost everything and had no due process before being incarcerated in concentration camps simply for being Japanese American. No one in my family takes freedom for granted because of this, and no one assumes th…
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Chapel Probation s5- Liz Matthews- Biola Basketball to Authentic Living
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1:30:38Liz Matthews has been a social media friend and member of the Chapel Probation Facebook group, and we finally got her on to tell her story. She graduated from Biola where she played basketball, but she actually had a good time there. Liz brings up the concept of "shelving" borrowed from Ex-Mormon podcasts. It's where you place all the doubts, quest…
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Chapel Probation s5- Mary B Safrit: Young Life Evangelical to Found Family
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1:12:07Welcome to the first full episode of Season 5! We kick things off with Mary B Safrit, a writer and podcaster who actually interviewed Scott a few weeks ago on her podcast, Found Family. Mary B grew up in a mix of christian traditions and went to a normal college where she worked with Young Life. This solidified her evangelical identity at the time,…
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Chapel Probation s5- Scott Talks About "Community" in the Deconstruction World
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32:57What is Chapel Probation today? Who knows? Not me. But I'm going to keep going to give voice to people who are not ok with the state of things. Christians are to blame for where we are today, and our stories can help lead us out of this mess. That said, I wanted to also address what I think "community" is or should be. I give some thoughts on the T…
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Tracii Guns talks L.A. Guns "Leopard Skin"
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29:35Famed guitarist Tracii Guns is back on the show talking about the new L.A. Guns release "Leopard Spots" which is an album that leans heavily into the band's 70's roots. Tracii opens up about how important it is to him to continue writing and recording and why some bands from his era just aren't interested.…
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Famed rock singer Jeff Scott Soto is back to talk about the new W.E.T. album "Apex" which is out March 28th via Frontiers. Soto talks about his latest tour with TSO and gives an update on what he's been up to lately.
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The Horny Chapel: Diana: Conservative Iranian Immigrant to Sex-Positive OnlyFans Star
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1:27:25In deconstruction circles, it can feel like our experiences are so unique, and in many cases they are, but thestruggle for identity and agency in our identities is a universal one. Diana's story of immigrating from England to the US as part of a conservative Iranian family mirrors our fundamentalist Christian upbringings in so many ways. Diana te…
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Paul Trudeau (Billy Idol) "Lost Diamond Boy"
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28:06Fabulous musician Paul Trudeau (current keyboard player in Billy Idol) is set to release another solo album, "Lost Diamond Boy" this August. The first single "Three Little Things" is available now and features a fantastic flamenco style acoustic solo from fellow Billy Idol bandmate Steve Stevens.
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Foghat frontman Scott Holt talks about the band's relentless touring schedule and why Foghat still endears itself to so many fans 50-years into their legendary career.
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The Horny Chapel- Janice Selbie: Mennonite to Shameless Sexuality
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1:10:52This week we talk to therapist, author, and podcaster, Janice Selbie. Scott and Priska saw an ad for the Shameless Sexuality conference and knew they had to talk to Janice about her story in which she went from the most conservative fundamentalist world to a sex-positive, religion-free life. The Pentecostal life wasn't restrictive enough for Janice…
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The Horny Chapel Episode 9: Purity Culture...Loopholes...? WTF
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1:13:30UPDATE: Uploaded the sizzle file by accident. Should be the correct file now. In start contrast to last episode's rundown of I Kissed Dating Goodbye's no-touch, no fun, no-humanity mindset, we look at more recent trends in remaining "pure" while still managing to get some. And it's bizarre. The Horny Chapel is part of the Dauntless Media C…
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Guitar virtuoso Phil X is on the show for the first time ever as he talks about Phil X and the Drill's upcoming new album "Pow! Right in the Kisser" and the 10 year journey of making the album. Phil also talks about his time with Bon Jovi and his recent appearance on stage playing "Living on a Prayer" with Richie Sambora.…
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Drew Cagle and the Reputation are bringing the danger back to rock n' roll with their latest release "Bad Attitude," which features an appearance from L.A. Guns' guitarist Tracii Guns. Cagle talks about the band's rise to prominence while playing with legendary acts like Stryper, Mr. Big, L.A. Guns and many more!…
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Guitarist Dario Lorina's new band Dark Chapel is set to release their first album "Spirit in the Glass" which is due out on February 28th. Lorina talks about playing with Jani Lane, Lizzy Borden and Black Label Society.
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One of the great voices in rock history, Robin McAuley, will release his solo album "Soulbound" on February 28th via Frontiers. The iconic vocalist also talks some MSG, Black Swan and his upbringing in Dublin, Ireland.
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The Horny Chapel- I Kissed Dating Goodbye: Worst Book Ever Written?
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1:54:19We're about 25 years late to this and about 7 years past Japanese American Joshua Harris denouncing his shitty book, but here we are. After Scott's Substack post about Harris had 4x as many reads as he has subscribers, we figured we should take a look back at why today's Christians are so damaged. A big part of it is purity culture. Scott never rea…
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Chapel Probation s4- Rochelle Younan Montgomery- From APU to a Life of Embodiment and Social Justice
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1:08:18As we wrap up season 4, we return to where Chapel Probation began: Azusa Pacific "University." 20 years ago, I was asked to take over a Freshman Writing class because the other adjunct quit suddenly. There I met Rochelle and we've been friends ever since. From the shallow, fake people of the dorms to the fringes of APU's then progressive crevices, …
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Chapel Probation s4- Caleb Martin- From Closeted Rural Church Music to Coming Out and a Life of Music and Composing in LA
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1:14:53You've probably heard Caleb Martin's music somewhere on TV. I met Caleb in our music community through Shin Kawasaki, whose music you hear every week on Chapel Probation. But I had no idea Caleb had an evangelical background until just the past couple of years when we started chatting on IG about religious trauma. And I'm glad we did chat because i…
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Chapel Probation s4- Dr. Lucas Wilson- Liberty U and Conversion Therapy to a PhD and a Great Life
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1:17:07Happy New Year! We close out 2024 with Dr. Lucas Wilson who survived Liberty University and the conversion therapy it offered. Life at Liberty was complicated as Luke tried to follow the rules and heal himself from his "same-sex attraction" as the christian put it. But he had some bizarre experiences that left him confused and searching for answer.…
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Chapel Probation s4- Chaz: Host of the Excommunication Station and a Christmas Message
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1:44:54It's Christmas Eve and this means different things for everyone. Some have the family gathering with food and laughter. Many do not. Chaz grew up in an unhappy family that was fully devoted to the horrific teachings of a backwards church. He endured every kind of abuse there is before growing up and finding his way out. As a co-host of the Excommun…
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Chapel Probation s4- David Olsen, Ph.D- From Closeted Cedarville Fundamentalists to Chair of Comm Studies at Cal State LA
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1:17:49Dr. Olsen was that kid who witnessed to his elementary teachers and still got A's. In college, he poked theological holes in his Cedarville classmates' theologies and was still popular. But ultimately, his quest for knowledge and truth caused him to deconstruct his fundamentalist faith and fully accept his identity as a queer man. Despite emerging …
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Chapel Probation s4- Rebecca Williamson- Moody Bible Institute Student and Employee
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1:27:53We're back at Moody this week with Rebecca Williamson. Not only do we get the scoop on the expected racism and misogyny, we actually get a practical look at what life under Project 2025 will be like. That's right. Attending christian schools is the perfect preview for Project 2025. It's just that instead of being limited to these campuses, the biza…
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Chapel Probation s4- The Horny Chapel #7- The Myth of Addiction in Purity Culture
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1:33:12If you grew up in purity culture, you were taught that things like sex, alcohol, and porn were evil portals to demon possession, and you would become addicted to these kinds of vices. Of course people can become addicted to things, but purity culture lied to us. For most christians, there is no such thing as balanced living with people making choic…
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Chapel Probation s4- Sanctuary with Dr. Lloyd Barba and Dr. Sergio Gonzalez
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1:15:14Immigration reform has been completely abandoned by politicians on both sides with Christians leading the charge against people coming into the U.S. across the southern border. And with the coming winter of our discontent things will get worse. But it's important to point out that not all christians are anti-immigrant. In fact, the research of Dr. …
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Chapel Probation s4- REAP w Erin and Crystal
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1:17:27LGBTQIA students, faculty, and staff at chrisitian schools have always faced bigotry and discrimination. Since the election a few weeks ago, that bigotry and discrimination has increased at alarming levels. Although there is uncertainty about the future of Title 9 protections, the fact is that queer people have not been safe at christian schools an…
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Legendary former Grand Funk Railroad frontman Mark Farner has released a new album "Closer to My Home" and Farner talks about his 55 year rock n' roll journey and how he loves bringing the theme of freedom to the masses with his latest release.
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Chapel Probation s4- The Horny Chapel #6- Waiting Too Long to Break Up with Esther Cho
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1:35:42Breaking up is hard to do. It's even harder to do in Purity Culture if you've experienced any degree of physical intimacy with your partner. This leads people to remain in unhealthy and even abusive relationships because of deeply programmed guilt and shame. Esther Cho is a singer/songwriter and dear friend of Priska. She was gracious enough to ent…
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Wings of Steel is a hard rock/heavy metal band founded by vocalist Leo Unndermark and guitarist Parker Halub in 2019. Leo and Parker join the show to talk about the evolution of the band and set the scene for what's next!
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Chapel Probation s4- Dauntless Media Election Reaction
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2:01:58We were weeping and gnashing our teeth after the election, so we decided to record a joint episode to process the grief, rage, constipation, etc. I was on vacation in Minneapolis, so I had my earbuds. Sorry for my bad audio. But if you're looking for a conversation about what this election means, enjoy this 2-hour special episode.…
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Chapel Probation s4- Donavon Delisle-SA Survivor Turned Deconstruction Podcaster
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1:35:18Donavon Delisle grew up in a nightmarish household of bizarre christianity and an abusive father who controlled everything. As awful as Donavon's story is, it falls within the "normal" area of christian households for the simple fact that it was patriarchal. Sexual, physical, and emotional abuse may have been factors in the house, but these were al…
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Chapel Probation s4- Tori Williams Douglass- Christian Homeschool to Anti-Racist Educator
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1:20:11Tori Williams Douglass is back on Chapel Probation to talk about her homeschooling experience, which was more home indoctrination into fundamentalist chrsitianity than home education. But she asked questions and sought answers, which is a recipe for disaster in that world. We also talk about Content Warning and how it can help us heal from our educ…
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Chapel Probation s4: The Horny Chapel #5- Sexual Awakening
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1:28:54Priska and Scott get spicy...well, as spicy as possible within the confines of purity culture...as they talk about their sexual awakenings. Even inside purity culture, curiosity and desire got stimulated, giving them a glimpse into sexual possibilities. From pop culture, movies, music, to their friends, sex and sexuality was on their minds, whether…
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Chapel Probation s4- Uriah Wesman: Survivor of 3 cults becomes a comedian with a one-man show
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1:14:28One could argue that most christian churches and organizations are "culty" or even proper cults. No argument necessary for the bizarre churches Uriah Wesman grew up in. With their ritual chanting, leaders choosing mates to have lots of children, and ridiculous levels of control over every aspect on one's life, yep. Cults. The very definition. But e…
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Chapel Probation s4: "Julie" Former EV School Math Teacher Tells All
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1:30:29"Julie," (not her real name) has been listening to Chapel Probation for a while and came to a SoCal ExVangelical hang at my house a few months ago. She told me about her time teaching at a well-known Christian school in the area, and I was struck by how similar our stories were. Like me, the whole experience contributed greatly to her deconstructio…
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It's 2024 and the PREIST IS BACK! The band is currently on a lengthy U.S. tour in support of their latest album "Invincible Shield" and guitarist Richie Faulkner is talking about all the latest in the Priest camp including the age old question...will Priest and Maiden ever tour together?
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