Feet of Clay—Confessions of the Cult Sisters

Tracey and Sharon

Feet of Clay – Confessions of the Cult Sisters – What's it like to live in a Christian cult commune? How the hell do smart people get brainwashed into crazy beliefs and behaviors?  Tracey & Sharon share their parallel journeys into and out of Last Days Ministries, led by Christian music super-star Keith Green (and later his wife Melody Green).  Plus they interview others who also got out of high-control groups and toxic churches.   Arranged marriages?  Purity culture virgins?  Religious trauma?  Submission of women and misogyny? Child abuse?  Sexual assault?  Power hungry patriarchy?  Heinous homophobia? Christian nationalism and politics?  Yep, we touch on it all.  Hear stories of escaping evangelicalism, surviving spiritual manipulation, deconstructing fundamentalism and so much more!  Former cult sisters, now turned Exvangelical, tell all with humor and healing, compassion and comedy.  Bi-weekly.

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048 - When Faith Fails: The Child Sexual Predator Crime of Steve Greisen (Husband of "2nd Chapter of Acts" Singer) - Part 1
Sep 13 2024
048 - When Faith Fails: The Child Sexual Predator Crime of Steve Greisen (Husband of "2nd Chapter of Acts" Singer) - Part 1
Send us a textTRIGGER WARNING - explicit discussion of child sexual exploitationStrong Willed Project:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/strongwilled/id1205800127Preacher Boys Pod:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/preacher-boys-podcast/id1493726980?i=1000669581965Pastor Suicide: https://www.newschannel5.com/news/maury-county-pastor-former-mayoral-candidate-dies-by-suicide-after-sexual-battery-charge Episode with Dr. Shiloh & Dr. Scotthttps://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/15646635Steve Greisen's crime:https://gazette.com/news/courts/greisen-pleads-guilty/article_657a1e80-c80b-11ed-8af4-ef8af7389e73.htmlSteve's companies:http://www.reelproductions.net/about-us/https://www.explorationfilms.com/2nd Chapter of Acts  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Q4s9BOfTVcMatthew Ward (ballad & 80s rock)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=he-E9nMETFAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzR2n47Ij0k "Virgins and Volcanos" Part 1 (Purity Culture)https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/12790634Keith Green encourages Steve to marry Nelly (59:30 min)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJhmRjF2NxAColorado "Sex Offender Intensive Supervision Program"https://dcj.colorado.gov/dcj-offices/odvsom/som-overvwCO Sex Offender Registry https://www.sotar.us/sotar-public/initPublicIndex.doPods about "Sound of Freedom" and human traffickinghttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/oh-no-ross-and-carrie/id425328515?i=1000628219969https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/oh-no-ross-and-carrie/id425328515?i=1000629169533https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/youre-wrong-about/id1380008439?i=1000626860729https://www.instagram.com/feetofclay.cultsistershttps://feetofclayconfessionsofthecultsisters.buzzsprout.comWe love acronyms -- and we aren't afraid to use them! Here are some common ones that we might forget to explain:LDM - Last Days Ministries (organization) ICT - Intensive Christian Training School (at LDM)YWAM - Youth With A Mission (organization) CCM - Contemporary Christian Music
047 - Understanding Sex Crimes Against Children, with Experts Dr. Shiloh and Dr. Scott: The Case of Steve Greisen (Husband of "2nd Chapter of Acts" Singer)
Aug 28 2024
047 - Understanding Sex Crimes Against Children, with Experts Dr. Shiloh and Dr. Scott: The Case of Steve Greisen (Husband of "2nd Chapter of Acts" Singer)
Send us a textOur episode #46   https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/15479735Our chat on I Was A Teenage Fundamentalist:   https://pod.link/1558606464/episode/cbd70c6c0c7f61a2ee51cdade0a85d7aHeadline about Steve Greisen’s crime:   https://gazette.com/news/courts/greisen-pleads-guilty/article_657a1e80-c80b-11ed-8af4-ef8af7389e73.html2nd Chapter of Acts:   https://www.2ndchapterofacts.com/LA Not So Confidential podcast    https://www.la-not-so-confidential.com/Episode:  Paraphilias https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l-a-not-so-confidential-the-premier/id1293032240?i=1000399934973Episode:  Internet Facilitated Sex Crimes Part 1https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l-a-not-so-confidential-the-premier/id1293032240?i=1000480925303Episode:  Behind The Collar Part 1https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l-a-not-so-confidential-the-premier/id1293032240?i=1000640410981Research article Shiloh referenced:  https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2011-27115-001Documentary "I, Pedophile"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kf8m-B4RVAhttps://www.instagram.com/feetofclay.cultsistershttps://feetofclayconfessionsofthecultsisters.buzzsprout.comWe love acronyms -- and we aren't afraid to use them! Here are some common ones that we might forget to explain:LDM - Last Days Ministries (organization) ICT - Intensive Christian Training School (at LDM)YWAM - Youth With A Mission (organization) CCM - Contemporary Christian Music
043 - Nope, NOT Okay!!!  Part 3 - We Renounce Our Last Days Ministries' Attack on Gays (aka Sy Rogers, "The MYTH in the Mirror") - with Guest Anthony Venn-Brown
Jun 19 2024
043 - Nope, NOT Okay!!! Part 3 - We Renounce Our Last Days Ministries' Attack on Gays (aka Sy Rogers, "The MYTH in the Mirror") - with Guest Anthony Venn-Brown
Send us a text"The Man In The Mirror" Originally published in 1984 Last Days Magazine  https://web.archive.org/web/20200429081529/https://www.exodusglobalalliance.org/themaninthemirrorp338.php More about Sy:https://www.abbi.org.au/2007/12/sy-rogers/https://www.abbi.org.au/2017/03/sy-rogers-2-2/?fbclid=IwAR2S7Md3S-JKyJUcHEwBbBHKLfF2Jqt2y9yDsx-jhf2tIB40uUNksT5DIhwhttps://the-singapore-lgbt-encyclopaedia.fandom.com/wiki/Sy_RogersAmbassadors & Bridge Builders Internationalwww.abbi.org.au/Anthony's  Autobiography https://alifeofunlearning.com/Can't afford it? We'll reimburse you!  Buy the book, send screen shot of receipt to  cultsisterspodcast @ gmail and we'll pay youAnthony on 60 Minutes Australiawww.youtube.com/watch?v=8txAPzOXzKAMUST SEE! "Pray Away" & "Boy Erased"www.prayawayfilm.com/www.youtube.com/watch?v=-B71eyB_OnwWelcoming/Accepting/Affirming www.abbi.org.au/2017/03/welcoming-accepting-affirming/Invitation-only Flamy Grant concert Ocala, FL, Oct 31, 2024! Join Facebook COMMUNITY group for info www.facebook.com/groups/677407940871421Flamy Grant!https://www.flamygrant.com/SPRKL by Flamy Grant  Spotify, or Bandcamp for $1 (Love it? Maybe chip in more) https://flamygrant.bandcamp.com/track/s-p-r-k-l  A few  lyrics:When I finally picked up that brushDragged it through the blushOh, what a revelationIt felt like a salvationWhen I painted what was inside outPuckered her lips and poutedWhat a situationI think I found my new vocationBut honey, you said waitBased on my inherited valuesThat I have not investigatedThis makes me uncomfortableIt's such a scandalAnd it's hard for me to handleAnd I said greatI don't know why you think you'reEntitled to a certain presentation from othersBut I am happy to dismantle itCause this is not your body...Stay proud, radiate, only love can drive out hate!See all lyrics here:https://www.lyrics.com/lyric-lf/14381329/Flamy+Grant/S.P.R.K.L.+%28feat.+Ricky+Braddy%29https://www.instagram.com/feetofclay.cultsistershttps://feetofclayconfessionsofthecultsisters.buzzsprout.comWe love acronyms -- and we aren't afraid to use them! Here are some common ones that we might forget to explain:LDM - Last Days Ministries (organization) ICT - Intensive Christian Training School (at LDM)YWAM - Youth With A Mission (organization) CCM - Contemporary Christian Music
042 - Nope, NOT Okay!!!  Part 2 - We Renounce Our Last Days Ministries' Attack on Gays, with Guest Anthony Venn-Brown
Jun 12 2024
042 - Nope, NOT Okay!!! Part 2 - We Renounce Our Last Days Ministries' Attack on Gays, with Guest Anthony Venn-Brown
Send us a textYou can read the full text of the tract "I'm Gay...O.K.?" in the UNT digital library here:https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc177448/Ambassadors and Bridge Builders International:https://www.abbi.org.au/Anthony's MUST READ book:  https://alifeofunlearning.com/'What does the bible really say about homosexuality? (parts 1 & 2)https://www.abbi.org.au/audio-resources/homosexuality-christianity-church1/https://www.abbi.org.au/audio-resources/what-does-the-bible-really-say-about-homosexuality/The MUST SEE movie "Boy Erased"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-B71eyB_OnwAnthony on 60 Minutes in Australia:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8txAPzOXzKALots of GREAT RESOURCES for people from faith backgrounds: https://www.abbi.org.au/resources/resources-for-people-from-faith-backgrounds/About Anthony Venn-Brown: Anthony Venn-Brown is an author and a respected LGBTQ community leader.  In a former life, he was a high-profile Pentecostal preacher, in Australia’s megachurches such as Hillsong. His autobiography,  ‘A Life of Unlearning’, became a bestseller and now in its third edition. The memoir details Anthony’s rise to prominence and his several decades long struggle with homosexuality including constant prayer, counselling, fasting, conversion “therapy”, exorcisms and marriage, trying NOT to be gay. A chance encounter shattered the wall of denial he’d built and thrust him through a maze of public scandal, rejection, isolation, and trauma. People often say it’s a miracle he survived.Since 2004, his book, writing and organisations have been a source of resolution and healing. Anthony has worked with over 4,000 conversion “therapy” survivors and many more individuals experiencing faith/sexuality conflict.Anthony is the founder and CEO of Ambassadors & Bridge Builders International. He has been recognised for his contribution several times, including being twice voted one of the 25 Most Influential Gay and Lesbian Australians and in 2020 was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for his service to the LGBTQ community.Another claim to fame is that in 2008, along with Heath Ledger, Darren Hayes and Peter Allen, Anthony was named one of Australia’s Poster Children for Sin by the infamous Rev Fred Phelps from the Westboro (God Hates Fags) Baptist Church.Much of Anthony’s work came together recently when he worked with survivors and the state government to see legislation pass banning conversion "therapy".  https://www.instagram.com/feetofclay.cultsistershttps://feetofclayconfessionsofthecultsisters.buzzsprout.comWe love acronyms -- and we aren't afraid to use them! Here are some common ones that we might forget to explain:LDM - Last Days Ministries (organization) ICT - Intensive Christian Training School (at LDM)YWAM - Youth With A Mission (organization) CCM - Contemporary Christian Music
041 - Nope, NOT Okay!!!  Part 1 - We Renounce Our Last Days Ministries' Attack on Gays, with Guest Anthony Venn-Brown
Jun 5 2024
041 - Nope, NOT Okay!!! Part 1 - We Renounce Our Last Days Ministries' Attack on Gays, with Guest Anthony Venn-Brown
Send us a textAmbassadors and Bridge Builders International: https://www.abbi.org.au/Anthony's MUST READ book:  https://alifeofunlearning.com/The MUST SEE movie "Boy Erased"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-B71eyB_OnwAnthony on 60 Minutes in Australia:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8txAPzOXzKAAbout Anthony Venn-Brown:  Anthony Venn-Brown is an author and a respected LGBTQ community leader.  In a former life, he was a high-profile Pentecostal preacher, in Australia’s megachurches such as Hillsong. His autobiography,  ‘A Life of Unlearning’, became a bestseller and now in its third edition. The memoir details Anthony’s rise to prominence and his several decades long struggle with homosexuality including constant prayer, counselling, fasting, conversion “therapy”, exorcisms and marriage, trying NOT to be gay. A chance encounter shattered the wall of denial he’d built and thrust him through a maze of public scandal, rejection, isolation, and trauma. People often say it’s a miracle he survived.Since 2004, his book, writing and organisations have been a source of resolution and healing. Anthony has worked with over 4,000 conversion “therapy” survivors and many more individuals experiencing faith/sexuality conflict.Anthony is the founder and CEO of Ambassadors & Bridge Builders International. He has been recognised for his contribution several times, including being twice voted one of the 25 Most Influential Gay and Lesbian Australians and in 2020 was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for his service to the LGBTQ community.Another claim to fame is that in 2008, along with Heath Ledger, Darren Hayes and Peter Allen, Anthony was named one of Australia’s Poster Children for Sin by the infamous Rev Fred Phelps from the Westboro (God Hates Fags) Baptist Church.Much of Anthony’s work came together recently when he worked with survivors and the state government to see legislation pass banning conversion "therapy".  https://www.instagram.com/feetofclay.cultsistershttps://feetofclayconfessionsofthecultsisters.buzzsprout.comWe love acronyms -- and we aren't afraid to use them! Here are some common ones that we might forget to explain:LDM - Last Days Ministries (organization) ICT - Intensive Christian Training School (at LDM)YWAM - Youth With A Mission (organization) CCM - Contemporary Christian Music
038 - The Demise of Keith Green's Last Days Ministries Cult - Part 2 - Keith Green Blazing Bright (The First Era)
Apr 24 2024
038 - The Demise of Keith Green's Last Days Ministries Cult - Part 2 - Keith Green Blazing Bright (The First Era)
Send us a textSeason 1 Episodes we reference:"Was Keith Green A Cult Leader?"  https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/12748626"Keith Green Arranged My Teenage Marriage" https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/12748728"A New Dawn - Keith Green's Foster Daughter Finds Her Voice"Part 1:    https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/12962275Part 2:    https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/12962632"Keith Green Acres - Our Crazy Cult Commune 'Last Days Ministries'"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/13460453"A 'Brother' From Keith Green's Last Days Ministries Cult: Paul"Part 1:   https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/13696464Part 2:   https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/13703698"The Plane Crash that Killed Keith Green"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/13186307Check out these 70's movies that impacted our generation!!!!Godspell:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4xLOrpNbHMJesus Christ Superstar:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1bAgWsEORc(SHARON SAYS JCSS IS A MUST WATCH!!!!!)Brother Sun, Sister Moon:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFgXxoEepnQ"Via Doloros" sung by Sandi Patti:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYbJINxRz6o"The Green Pastures" 1936 Movie (the scene Sharon mentions is around minute 53)  https://vimeo.com/519820208Cool stuff from Karen Rohlf:"Love It Or Change It"  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AE-SHIUpFBU Amazing online equestrian education:  https://dressagenaturally.net/Why You Should NOT Trust Us:"Tracey & Sharon FLUNK an 80's Trivia Challenge"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/13546192But Tracey DID get this one right:  Justin Timberlake was in NSYNC, and they did the song Bye Bye Bye  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eo-KmOd3i7s https://www.instagram.com/feetofclay.cultsistershttps://feetofclayconfessionsofthecultsisters.buzzsprout.comWe love acronyms -- and we aren't afraid to use them! Here are some common ones that we might forget to explain:LDM - Last Days Ministries (organization) ICT - Intensive Christian Training School (at LDM)YWAM - Youth With A Mission (organization) CCM - Contemporary Christian Music
034 - Bro’s and Ho’s.....  AKA Our Little Bros Troy & Brian: We Were ALL Teenage Fundamentalists! AKA My Old Kentucky Home; AKA Talkin Bout the Cult of Keith Green & Melody Green; AKA Go Cowboys!  AKA The Longest Podcast Episode Title Ever!
Feb 28 2024
034 - Bro’s and Ho’s..... AKA Our Little Bros Troy & Brian: We Were ALL Teenage Fundamentalists! AKA My Old Kentucky Home; AKA Talkin Bout the Cult of Keith Green & Melody Green; AKA Go Cowboys! AKA The Longest Podcast Episode Title Ever!
Send us a textOkay there were LOTS of things referenced in this episode, hopefully we remembered them all for you...Episode 33  We Discuss a Recent Interview with Melody Greenhttps://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/14418819October 2023  Interview with Melody Green   https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/keith-greens-story-with-melody-green/id1412479643?i=1000633195065Episode 14, "The Plane Crash that Killed Keith Green"  https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/13186307Episodes 15 & 16 with Dawn Green (foster daughter of Keith and Melody) https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/12962275  https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/12962632Cheers to Leaving episode about death https://cheerstoleaving.buzzsprout.com/2020672/10974728-ep-21-dr-deathPLEASE don't visit these places in Kentucky unless you are there to mock and ridicule!!! Creation Museum   https://creationmuseum.org/Ark Encounter  https://arkencounter.com/ Troy recommends the book "Religion for Atheists"   https://www.alaindebotton.com/religion/  We LOVE Flight of Conchords - music, HBO series, comedy specials - all of it! http://www.flightoftheconchords.co.nz/video/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_of_the_Conchordshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jLDZjMF3tkhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRJZfwDgNTMYou can be like Tracey & Sharon - become a Patreon supporter of IWATF!!! https://www.patreon.com/IWATFAnd we also LOVE Tim Minchin!!!  https://www.timminchin.com/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVN_0qvuhhwhttps://www.instagram.com/feetofclay.cultsistershttps://feetofclayconfessionsofthecultsisters.buzzsprout.comWe love acronyms -- and we aren't afraid to use them! Here are some common ones that we might forget to explain:LDM - Last Days Ministries (organization) ICT - Intensive Christian Training School (at LDM)YWAM - Youth With A Mission (organization) CCM - Contemporary Christian Music
033 - We Discuss a Recent Interview with Melody Green (Wife of Keith Green)
Feb 14 2024
033 - We Discuss a Recent Interview with Melody Green (Wife of Keith Green)
Send us a textOctober 2023  Interview with Melody Green   https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/keith-greens-story-with-melody-green/id1412479643?i=1000633195065Episodes 15 & 16 with Dawn Green (foster daughter of Keith and Melody)  https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/12962275  https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/12962632 Dana Carvey Na Ga Da   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8jiBKWRWeg Dana Carvey Church Lady https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuJpalsj9sQRocky Horror Time Warp    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-w0WPkB3XJ440th Crash Anniversary   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2QYvVKDXpMSoooooo "logical" !!!   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_V6SYLfmZA Dan McClellan  https://www.instagram.com/maklelan/?hl=enBart Ehrman  https://www.bartehrman.com/ Episode 14, "The Plane Crash that Killed Keith Green"  https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/13186307Song for Josiah   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcIARN7Sd3U“For truly I tell you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.” (Matthew 17:20-21)Naked Pastor cartoon  "How A Child Should NOT Talk to His Father"   https://nakedpastor.com/products/child-talks-to-dadhttps://www.instagram.com/feetofclay.cultsistershttps://feetofclayconfessionsofthecultsisters.buzzsprout.comWe love acronyms -- and we aren't afraid to use them! Here are some common ones that we might forget to explain:LDM - Last Days Ministries (organization) ICT - Intensive Christian Training School (at LDM)YWAM - Youth With A Mission (organization) CCM - Contemporary Christian Music