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A tartalmat a Tracey and Sharon biztosítja. Az összes podcast-tartalmat, beleértve az epizódokat, grafikákat és podcast-leírásokat, közvetlenül a Tracey and Sharon vagy a podcast platform partnere tölti fel és biztosítja. Ha úgy gondolja, hogy valaki az Ön engedélye nélkül használja fel a szerzői joggal védett művét, kövesse az itt leírt folyamatot https://hu.player.fm/legal.

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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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050 - The Bookkeeper's Tale: In the Basement at Exploration Films/ExploreFlix, “Christian” Companies Led by Child-Sexual-Predator-Felon Steve Greisen (aka Greasy Grimy Gross Grafter Greisen),… 1:18:34

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Send us a text TRIGGER WARNING - Discussion of attempted sex crime against a minor. We are so honored to speak with Karisten, who worked directly for Steve Greisen at Exploration Films / ExploreFlix, for 4 years from 2020 to 2024. She was the executive administrative assistant responsible for the financials, communications and so much more. Steve and Nelly Greisen lied to Karisten and managed to completely hide the facts of his crime, arrest and sentencing.... she was utterly shocked to learn the truth a full 2 years later, after which she immediately quit. Karisten bravely shares personal details from behind Greisen's "Christian" facade, and tells a tale of hypocrisy, greed, and so much more. Hers is thus far the only voice of anyone near to Steve who is calling for accountability. The Roys Report (see comments as well): https://julieroys.com/es/2nd-chapter-of-acts-christian-streaming-company-tied-greisen-registered-sex-offender/ https://www.instagram.com/feetofclay.cultsisters https://feetofclayconfessionsofthecultsisters.buzzsprout.com We 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…

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049 - Where the F have Tracey & Sharon Been?!?!? 52:08

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Send us a text Why we've been "missing" for a while, and when we'll be back... https://www.instagram.com/feetofclay.cultsisters https://feetofclayconfessionsofthecultsisters.buzzsprout.com We 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…

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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 2:05:22

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Send us a text TRIGGER WARNING - explicit discussion of child sexual exploitation Strong Willed Project: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/strongwilled/id1205800127 Preacher Boys Pod: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/preacher-boys-podcast/id1493726980?i=1000669581965 Pastor Suicide: https://www.newschannel5.com/news/maury-county-pastor-former-mayoral-candidate-dies-by-suicide-after-sexual-battery-charge Episode with Dr. Shiloh & Dr. Scott https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/15646635 Steve Greisen's crime: https://gazette.com/news/courts/greisen-pleads-guilty/article_657a1e80-c80b-11ed-8af4-ef8af7389e73.html Steve's companies: http://www.reelproductions.net/about-us/ https://www.explorationfilms.com/ 2nd Chapter of Acts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Q4s9BOfTVc Matthew Ward (ballad & 80s rock) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=he-E9nMETFA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzR2n47Ij0k "Virgins and Volcanos" Part 1 (Purity Culture) https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/12790634 Keith Green encourages Steve to marry Nelly (59:30 min) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJhmRjF2NxA Colorado "Sex Offender Intensive Supervision Program" https://dcj.colorado.gov/dcj-offices/odvsom/som-overvw CO Sex Offender Registry https://www.sotar.us/sotar-public/initPublicIndex.do Pods about "Sound of Freedom" and human trafficking https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/oh-no-ross-and-carrie/id425328515?i=1000628219969 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/oh-no-ross-and-carrie/id425328515?i=1000629169533 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/youre-wrong-about/id1380008439?i=1000626860729 https://www.instagram.com/feetofclay.cultsisters https://feetofclayconfessionsofthecultsisters.buzzsprout.com We 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…

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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) 1:45:49

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Send us a text Our episode #46 https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/15479735 Our chat on I Was A Teenage Fundamentalist: https://pod.link/1558606464/episode/cbd70c6c0c7f61a2ee51cdade0a85d7a Headline about Steve Greisen’s crime: https://gazette.com/news/courts/greisen-pleads-guilty/article_657a1e80-c80b-11ed-8af4-ef8af7389e73.html 2nd 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=1000399934973 Episode: Internet Facilitated Sex Crimes Part 1 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l-a-not-so-confidential-the-premier/id1293032240?i=1000480925303 Episode: Behind The Collar Part 1 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l-a-not-so-confidential-the-premier/id1293032240?i=1000640410981 Research article Shiloh referenced: https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2011-27115-001 Documentary "I, Pedophile" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kf8m-B4RVA https://www.instagram.com/feetofclay.cultsisters https://feetofclayconfessionsofthecultsisters.buzzsprout.com We 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…

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046 - July 1982 Keith Green Plane Crash - NEW INFO! - Did Keith Grab the Controls? 1:18:52

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Send us a text Our original episode #14: The Plane Crash That Killed Keith Green https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/13186307 The YouTube video "The TERRIFYING Last Minutes of Christian Music Singer Keith Green" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfRYtT8JL38 The YouTube video "We Can LEARN A LOT From Keith Green's Plane Crash" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeZvkHGobdY Join the conversation in our Facebook Community Group - and get details to join us for the October 31, 2024 Flamy Grant Concert Party in Ocala, Florida. https://www.facebook.com/groups/677407940871421 https://www.instagram.com/feetofclay.cultsisters https://feetofclayconfessionsofthecultsisters.buzzsprout.com We 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…

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045 - 100,000 Downloads Still Can't F*ing Save the World! 35:06

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Send us a text Our Website: https://www.confessionsofthecultsisters.com/ Our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/677407940871421 Our Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/feetofclay.cultsisters/ Episode 38: Grandkids, Groveling, and the Greatest Love https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/14698767 https://www.instagram.com/feetofclay.cultsisters https://feetofclayconfessionsofthecultsisters.buzzsprout.com We 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…

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044 - Closets in Keith Green's Commune, with former Last Days Ministries Cult Brother Jim York 1:36:57

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Send us a text Come to our I nvitation-Only Flamy Grant concert Ocala, FL, Oct 31, 2024! Join our Facebook group "Feet of Clay - Confessions of the Cult Sisters COMMUNITY" for info www.facebook.com/groups/677407940871421 Flamy Grant! https://www.flamygrant.com/ Previous episodes we mention: Nope , NOT Okay!!! with Anthony Venn-Brown (3 Parts) https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/15177553 https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/15168324 https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/15168351 Virgins & Volcanos (4 Parts) https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/12790634 https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/12825513 https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/12890425 https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/12900524 Abigail's Story (3 Parts) https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/13030650 https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/13055778 https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/13098917 https://www.instagram.com/feetofclay.cultsisters https://feetofclayconfessionsofthecultsisters.buzzsprout.com We 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…

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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 1:30:09

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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-jhf2tIB40uUNksT5DIhw https://the-singapore-lgbt-encyclopaedia.fandom.com/wiki/Sy_Rogers Ambassadors & Bridge Builders International www.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 you Anthony on 60 Minutes Australia www.youtube.com/watch?v=8txAPzOXzKA MUST SEE! "Pray Away" & "Boy Erased" www.prayawayfilm.com/ www.youtube.com/watch?v=-B71eyB_Onw Welcoming/Accepting/Affirming www.abbi.org.au/2017/03/welcoming-accepting-affirming/ I nvitation-only Flamy Grant concert Ocala, FL, Oct 31, 2024! Join Facebook COMMUNITY group for info www.facebook.com/groups/677407940871421 Flamy 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 brush Dragged it through the blush Oh, what a revelation It felt like a salvation When I painted what was inside out Puckered her lips and pouted What a situation I think I found my new vocation But honey, you said wait Based on my inherited values That I have not investigated This makes me uncomfortable It's such a scandal And it's hard for me to handle And I said great I don't know why you think you're Entitled to a certain presentation from others But I am happy to dismantle it Cause 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%29 https://www.instagram.com/feetofclay.cultsisters https://feetofclayconfessionsofthecultsisters.buzzsprout.com We 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…

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042 - Nope, NOT Okay!!! Part 2 - We Renounce Our Last Days Ministries' Attack on Gays, with Guest Anthony Venn-Brown 1:26:58

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Send us a text You 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_Onw Anthony on 60 Minutes in Australia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8txAPzOXzKA Lots 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.cultsisters https://feetofclayconfessionsofthecultsisters.buzzsprout.com We 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…

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041 - Nope, NOT Okay!!! Part 1 - We Renounce Our Last Days Ministries' Attack on Gays, with Guest Anthony Venn-Brown 1:55:36

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Send us a text Ambassadors 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_Onw Anthony on 60 Minutes in Australia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8txAPzOXzKA 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.cultsisters https://feetofclayconfessionsofthecultsisters.buzzsprout.com We 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…

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040 - The Demise of Keith Green's Last Days Ministries Cult - Part 4 - The Sharon Problem (The First Era) 1:56:52

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Send us a text LYRICS so you can sing along! How do you solve a problem like A Sharon? How do you keep your mind from going down? How do you stop your eyes from always starin’? A suitable elder, wedding date and a gown! EPISODES WE REFERENCE: Our book discussion including "The Woman They Wanted" https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/13735349 (part 1) https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/13839087 (part 2) Virgins and Volcanos (Purity Culture) https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/12790634 (part 1) https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/12825513 (part 2) https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/12890425 (part 3) https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/12900524 (part 4) Our Interviews on IWATF https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/12748728 (Sharon) https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/12748626 (Tracey) If you refuse to follow us on Instagram, Tracey forgives you... barely... and offers the alternative of following her on Facebook to watch her reels: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100090090827809 https://www.instagram.com/feetofclay.cultsisters https://feetofclayconfessionsofthecultsisters.buzzsprout.com We 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…

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039 - The Demise of Keith Green's Last Days Ministries Cult - Part 3 - A Tale of Two Letters: Sharon's Confession & Keith's Repentance (The First Era) 2:04:45

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Send us a text Kevin James - "It Was the 90's!" https://www.tiktok.com/@kevinjamesthornton/video/7226790780046806314?lang=en Recommended (REQUIRED?) Viewing: Jesus Christ Superstar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1bAgWsEORc Brother Sun, Sister Moon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFgXxoEepnQ Godspell: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4xLOrpNbHM Jesus People USA (JPUSA) general info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_People_USA "No Place To Call Home" - Documentary about the abuses at JPUSA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0V4G00Gl51c https://www.instagram.com/feetofclay.cultsisters https://feetofclayconfessionsofthecultsisters.buzzsprout.com We 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…

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038 - The Demise of Keith Green's Last Days Ministries Cult - Part 2 - Keith Green Blazing Bright (The First Era) 1:58:25

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Send us a text Season 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/2078827/12962275 Part 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/2078827/13696464 Part 2: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/13703698 "The Plane Crash that Killed Keith Green" https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/13186307 Check out these 70's movies that impacted our generation!!!! Godspell: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4xLOrpNbHM Jesus 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/519820208 Cool 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/2078827/13546192 But 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.cultsisters https://feetofclayconfessionsofthecultsisters.buzzsprout.com We 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…

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037 - Our Road Trip Back to the Texas Property of Keith Green's Last Days Ministries Cult (Unedited!) 1:30:59

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Send us a text JAMA stands for "Jesus Awakening Movement for America/All Nations". (Nothing new under the sun...) The song we were (trying!) singing along to was "Elya" by Silverwind. It came up because we were going to reconnect with one of the members of the trio who was in the area that day. Grublet's Cafe - an allowable indulgence in an otherwise bleak area of east Texas. Agape Force - another "ministry" in the East Texas vortex, also plagued with later scandals (weren't they ALL?!?!?!) (But we DID appreciate Grublet's!) Dukes BBQ off I-20 was great! Sadly we did not have time to return to the YWAM "Journey Coffee House" - it would have been a LOT of fun to let them witness to us . https://www.instagram.com/feetofclay.cultsisters https://feetofclayconfessionsofthecultsisters.buzzsprout.com We 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…

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Send us a text Here's a link to the song by Avalon, "Testify to Love." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LYsUSdd0SI https://www.instagram.com/feetofclay.cultsisters https://feetofclayconfessionsofthecultsisters.buzzsprout.com We 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…

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035 - The Demise of Keith Green's Last Days Ministries Cult (Part 1) ... Brought to You By Melody Green and YWAM 56:21

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Send us a text Previous episodes we mention: The Plane Crash that Killed Keith Green https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/13186307 A New Dawn: Keith Green's Foster Daughter Finds Her Voice - Part 1 https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/12962275 https://www.instagram.com/feetofclay.cultsisters https://feetofclayconfessionsofthecultsisters.buzzsprout.com We 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…

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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! … 1:39:15

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Send us a text Okay 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 Green https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/14418819 October 2023 Interview with Melody Green https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/keith-greens-story-with-melody-green/id1412479643?i=1000633195065 Episode 14, "The Plane Crash that Killed Keith Green" https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/13186307 Episodes 15 & 16 with Dawn Green (foster daughter of Keith and Melody) https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/12962275 https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/12962632 Cheers to Leaving episode about death https://cheerstoleaving.buzzsprout.com/2020672/10974728-ep-21-dr-death PLEASE 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_Conchords https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jLDZjMF3tk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRJZfwDgNTM You can be like Tracey & Sharon - become a Patreon supporter of IWATF!!! https://www.patreon.com/IWATF And we also LOVE Tim Minchin!!! https://www.timminchin.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVN_0qvuhhw https://www.instagram.com/feetofclay.cultsisters https://feetofclayconfessionsofthecultsisters.buzzsprout.com We 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…

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033 - We Discuss a Recent Interview with Melody Green (Wife of Keith Green) 1:34:17

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Send us a text October 2023 Interview with Melody Green https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/keith-greens-story-with-melody-green/id1412479643?i=1000633195065 Episodes 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=FuJpalsj9sQ Rocky Horror Time Warp https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-w0WPkB3XJ4 40th Crash Anniversary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2QYvVKDXpM Soooooo "logical" !!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_V6SYLfmZA Dan McClellan https://www.instagram.com/maklelan/?hl=en Bart Ehrman https://www.bartehrman.com/ Episode 14, "The Plane Crash that Killed Keith Green" https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/13186307 Song 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-dad https://www.instagram.com/feetofclay.cultsisters https://feetofclayconfessionsofthecultsisters.buzzsprout.com We 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…

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032 - Season 1: Two-Minute Wrap Up (yeah, right!) 25:55

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Send us a text Our Christmas Photos in the Holidays Story Highlights on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stories/highlights/17983196135380302/ Join our Facebook Community Page https://www.facebook.com/groups/677407940871421/ https://www.instagram.com/feetofclay.cultsisters https://feetofclayconfessionsofthecultsisters.buzzsprout.com We 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…

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031 - Tracey & Sharon FLUNK an 80's Trivia Challenge! (Play along if you dare...) 1:20:36

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Send us a text As Tracey puts it, we spent a lot of years in a cult-commune-cave! Enjoy our pathetic attempts to answer cultural questions about the 1980s. You're welcome. WHAT V&V episode has Top Gun eye cover? Pee Wee Herman *** RECORD AN INSET FOR THIS?) 16:35 WTF is a "Rick Roll"??? Watch this! (starting minute 15:16) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oADU2PIzhD0&t=956s https://www.instagram.com/feetofclay.cultsisters https://feetofclayconfessionsofthecultsisters.buzzsprout.com We 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…

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030 - How We Handle the Holidays, Then & Now 56:23

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Send us a text "Dear Lord Baby Jesus" prayer from Talladega Nights https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1Nh_3JCFj8 Sharon (of course!) highly recommends the "Harry Potter" books. But if you don't have time to read or listen, here are a few pearls of wisdom: https://www.wizardingworld.com/features/pearls-of-wisdom-from-professor-dumbledore Reparenting your inner child: https://time.com/6268636/inner-child-work-healing/ Setting personal boundaries: https://positivepsychology.com/great-self-care-setting-healthy-boundaries/ "Change Your Story, Change Your Life" on Hidden Brain https://hiddenbrain.org/podcast/healing-2-0-change-your-story-change-your-life/ Winter Solstice celebrations: https://www.britannica.com/list/7-winter-solstice-celebrations-from-around-the-world https://www.instagram.com/feetofclay.cultsisters https://feetofclayconfessionsofthecultsisters.buzzsprout.com We 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…

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029 - A Flamy Grant Christmas (sort of?) - The Hip-Swaying, Shame-Slaying, Chart-Topping Drag Queen! 56:36

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Send us a text We all want more Flamy! Check out the website for all her fabulous happenings: https://www.flamygrant.com/ https://flamygrant.bandcamp.com/ See Flamy in concert! https://www.flamygrant.com/shows Official video for "Bible Belt Baby" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlsVNigFByk&list=RDrlsVNigFByk&start_radio=1 Drag Queen Trixie Mattel dismantles anti-drag rhetoric in less than 1 minute! https://www.pride.com/drag-queens/trixie-mattel-drag-bans-response Over the Rhine music: https://overtherhine.com/ ACLU of Tennessee LGBTQ Equality issues: https://www.aclu-tn.org/en/press-releases/murfreesboro-officials-amend-anti-lgbtq-ordinance-response-advocates-lawsuit Tracey & Sharon's burlesque party pics: https://www.instagram.com/feetofclay.cultsisters/ https://www.instagram.com/feetofclay.cultsisters https://feetofclayconfessionsofthecultsisters.buzzsprout.com We 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…

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028 - We Discuss Two Books: “Counting the Cost” by Jill Duggar & “The Woman They Wanted” by Shannon Harris (Part 2) 1:19:51

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Send us a text "Counting the Cost" by Jill Duggar https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Counting-the-Cost/Jill-Duggar/9781668024447 "The Woman They Wanted" by Shannon Harris https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/product/9781506483160/The-Woman-They-Wanted "Shiny Happy People" docuseries on Prime https://www.amazon.com/Shiny-Happy-People-Duggar-Secrets/dp/B0B8TR2QV5 Our episode discussing "Shiny Happy People" https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/13032097 "Virgins & Volcanoes" - Our series about Purity Culture, part 1 here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/12790634 An IBLP cult survivor, Abigail, shares her story, part 1 here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/13030650 A man's perspective on surviving the IBLP cult, Chad's story : https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/13233210 A "Brother" from Last Days Ministries, Paul's story, part 1 here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/13696464 You can request to join our Facebook group: Feet of Clay - Confessions of the Cult Sisters COMMUNITY: https://www.facebook.com/groups/677407940871421 Witches of Hollywood Documentary: https://www.wichitafilms.com/en/films/les-sorcieres-a-hollywood/ Savior Complex Documentary: https://www.hbo.com/savior-complex https://www.instagram.com/feetofclay.cultsisters https://feetofclayconfessionsofthecultsisters.buzzsprout.com We 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…

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027 - We Discuss Two Books: “Counting the Cost” by Jill Duggar & “The Woman They Wanted” by Shannon Harris (Part 1) 1:34:39

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Send us a text "Counting the Cost" by Jill Duggar https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Counting-the-Cost/Jill-Duggar/9781668024447 "The Woman They Wanted" by Shannon Harris https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/product/9781506483160/The-Woman-They-Wanted "Shiny Happy People" docuseries on Prime https://www.amazon.com/Shiny-Happy-People-Duggar-Secrets/dp/B0B8TR2QV5 Our episode discussing "Shiny Happy People" https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/13032097 "Virgins & Volcanoes" - Our series about Purity Culture, part 1 here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/12790634 An IBLP cult survivor, Abigail, shares her story, part 1 here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/13030650 A man's perspective on surviving the IBLP cult, Chad's story : https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/13233210 https://www.instagram.com/feetofclay.cultsisters https://feetofclayconfessionsofthecultsisters.buzzsprout.com We 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…

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026 - A "Brother" from Keith Green's Last Days Ministries Cult - Paul (Part 2) 1:22:45

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Send us a text Paul Kellerman joined Last Days Ministries in 1982. He was a student in the second ever LDM "Intensive Christian Training School," then became a leader in that school, and ultimately part of the cult-commune work-force. In Part 2 of our interview, Paul shares about the confusing trauma of being kicked out of Last Days, and the long, difficult road to freedom and healing. You can listen to Part 1 of Paul's story here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/13696464 Our 4-part series on "purity culture," Virgins & Volcanoes. Start with Part 1 here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/12790634 Abigail's story in three parts. Start with Part 1 here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/13030650 Agape Force Open Letter, 2005: https://agape-force.livejournal.com/901.html Oregon tie-dye toilet paper? https://www.pinterest.com/pin/461900505507307966/?fbclid=IwAR0DkAdZs753Oyvy6wNga7xDtM-VPi3WOg_fz7U-BSdNWa3oGZ3iTkQSRXI You can connect with Paul in the Facebook Group "Confessions of the Cult Sisters COMMUNITY," or by email: daringtobme@gmail.com https://www.instagram.com/feetofclay.cultsisters https://feetofclayconfessionsofthecultsisters.buzzsprout.com We 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…

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025 - SPECIAL EPISODE: Loren Cunningham, YWAM Founder (& Cult Leader?) Just Died ... Entanglements with Keith Green and Last Days Ministries 58:49

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Send us a text Loren Cunningham, founder of Youth With A Mission (YWAM), passed away on October 6, 2023. News of his passing was particularly difficult for MANY former members (YWAMers) because he escaped a long-overdue reckoning to account for the years of exploitation, manipulation, and spiritual and financial abuse he designed and presided over throughout the decades of Youth With A Mission’s history. Tracey and Sharon share their own experiences with this systemic model of abuse and manipulation due to the close ties between Keith Green and Loren Cunningham and between Last Days Ministries and Youth With a Mission back in the early 1980’s. Loren Cunningham exploited both youth and nations with a program that functioned much more like a multi-level marketing scheme (MLM) than a true ministry. We share the dark side of his ‘legacy’ that you won’t often hear because Loren Cunningham and other high-level YWAM leaders worked hard to remove and silence people and bury and hide important and heart-breaking stories of abuse and corruption. References for this episode: Tyler Morning Telegraph Newspaper article – History of Ministries in East Texas https://tylerpaper.com/lifestyle/faith/christian-pioneers-make-east-texas-a-hub-for-worldwide-ministries/article_3bfb0beb-9f0a-578c-8236-8549236a5233.html The Cross and the Switch Blade Movie Trailer starring Erik Estrada (who starred in the TV Show CHiPs in the 1970’s) https://youtu.be/w4ANAyIQi8Y?si=YWzERVCizDfyYFdp The Book used by YWAM to emphasize the principle – “Do not come against God’s anointed.” The Tale of Three Kings – by Gene Edwards Sharon mentions visiting the home of the Anastasis Ship in 1982 : Loren Cunningham had a long-time vision of a ship ministry, which was finally realized in 1979. The first ship, named “Anastasis” (the Greek word for Resurrection), became the first in a fleet to be known as Mercy Ships–a ministry which would provide hope and healthcare to the needy in port cities around the world. (Note: Mercy Ships is no longer an affiliate of YWAM – it became a stand-alone ministry in 2003) Other Stories about experiences with YWAM abuse: https://ministrywatch.com/spiritual-abuse-a-common-complaint-for-ywam-students/ https://www.spiritualabuseresources.com/articles/my-experience-in-ywa Tracey's Interview on IWATF: "Was Keith Green A Cult Leader?" https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/12748626 Sharon's Interview on IWATF: "Keith Green Arranged My Teenage Marriage" https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/12748728 A little slice of life at the cult-commune Last Days Ministries: https://www.instagram.com/feetofclay.cultsisters https://feetofclayconfessionsofthecultsisters.buzzsprout.com We 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…

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024 - A "Brother" from Keith Green's Last Days Ministries Cult: Paul (Part 1) 1:20:33

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Send us a text Paul Kellerman joined Last Days Ministries in 1982. He was a student in the second ever LDM "Intensive Christian Training School," then became a leader in that school, and ultimately part of the cult-commune work-force. In Part 1 of our interview, Paul tells us a bit about his childhood, coming to Last Days, and the set up for what would soon become a major life trauma. Other episodes we reference: 014 - The Plane Crash that Killed Keith Green https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/13186307 023 - Keith Green Acres, Our Crazy Cult Commune Last Days Ministries https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/13460453 Leonard Ravenhill was an older fiery preacher from the UK who settled in East Texas, and became a mentor of sorts to Keith and the rest of us. Perhaps his most well-known book was "Why Revival Tarries." (And so now you are in on the joke as well!) You can connect with Paul in the Facebook Group "Confessions of the Cult Sisters COMMUNITY," or by email: daringtobme@gmail.com https://www.instagram.com/feetofclay.cultsisters https://feetofclayconfessionsofthecultsisters.buzzsprout.com We 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…

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023 - Keith Green Acres: Our Crazy Cult Commune "Last Days Ministries" 1:17:53

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Send us a text WARNING!!!!!!!! This episode contains accounts of animal cruelty. Listener discretion is advised. ORIGINAL "Green Acres" television show intro and theme song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrbPAt1_vc4 (You can stream episodes on various platforms) Lyrics to OUR version of (Keith) Green Acres! KEITH GREEN Acres is the place to be Ranch house livin' is the life for me Texas spreadin' out so far and wide Keep Southern Cal, we're in for a crazy ride God's cause! Our flaws! The Spin! Your Sin! We are Keith's slaves! Die to self and dig our graves! KEITH GREEN Acres we are there! Links to interview with Dawn Green (foster daughter of Keith & Melody), Parts 1 & 2: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/12962275 https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/12962632 "No Compromise - The Life Story of Keith Green" by Melody Green. If you feel you must read this book, please do us a favor and buy a USED copy! Links to Sharon’s story on IWATF: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/12748728 Links to our series on Purity Culture, "Virgins & Volcanos" https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/12790634 https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/12825513 https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/12890425 https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/12900524 “DBA” means “doing business as.” - The legal name of the non-profit entity was “Last Days Evangelical Association,” but in all our publications we were known as “Last Days Ministries.” “ROI” means “return on investment” --- does the time and money spent yield a big enough return (profit) to make it worthwhile? In the LDM farming ventures, that answer was FUCK NO! Canton Fair - World’s Largest Flea Market! https://www.firstmondaycanton.com/ The song Sharon sang while working in the prison kitchen grating potatoes: His ways are greater than mine His ways are greater than mine His ways are greater than mine, MUCH greater! Greater, greater, much much greater! Greater, greater, much greater! “The Burn” - when everyone in the ministry had to work almost 24/7 to typeset, print, collate and mail out our publication, “The Last Days Magazine.” “Witnessing” - talking to people, trying to persuade them to “give their lives to Jesus.” https://www.instagram.com/feetofclay.cultsisters https://feetofclayconfessionsofthecultsisters.buzzsprout.com We 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…

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022 - Cheers to Leaving with Rachael & Molly (Crossover Part 2) 1:25:11

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Send us a text Is it ILLEGAL to have this much fun?!?!? Our wide-ranging ramble includes sex, is Tracey gay, sex, purity culture, sex, ghost stories, sex, child custody, sex, mental health, sex, abortion rights, sex, the Barbie movie, sex, etc. This is Part 2 of our "crossover interview" with Rachael and Molly from the wonderful podcast "Cheers to Leaving." Listen to Part 1: https://cheerstoleaving.buzzsprout.com/2020672/13502416 For our previous episodes about Purity Culture, start with Part 1: Virgins & Volcanos, https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/12790634 The book Sharon recommends, "Come As You Are" by Dr. Emily Nagoski: https://www.amazon.com/Come-You-Are-Surprising-Transform/dp/B08CPVQT5M/ref=sr_1_1?hvadid=580750092959&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=9012353&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=e&hvrand=2208994383439932044&hvtargid=kwd-3218609054&hydadcr=22560_13493318&keywords=come+as+you+are+book&qid=1691100974&sr=8-1 Tracey is PROMISING a photo of us kissing - check us out on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/feetofclay.cultsisters/ Link to Franky Schaefer interview on IWATF: https://pod.link/1558606464/episode/36f8ae2913393b49b30c7dfeefa44911 The video Rachael mentioned re: history repeats itself: https://www.tiktok.com/@lornemalvo665/video/7246334603688938779 Generations defined and age ranges: https://www.beresfordresearch.com/age-range-by-generation/ Don't miss the incredible SNL " Dick in a Box"! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rt0spqQtMKg The phrase “Go down Moses!” is from the song "He'll Take Care of the Rest" by Keith Green https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c27znFbcFrg https://www.instagram.com/feetofclay.cultsisters https://feetofclayconfessionsofthecultsisters.buzzsprout.com We 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…

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Send us a text Sharon's rap debut first aired on Episode # of Cheers to Leaving: https://cheerstoleaving.buzzsprout.com/2020672/13502416 Now devil's got ya in his hold, he gonna spank yo tushy God tryin a tell ya just like Moses in the burning bushy Get on yo knees and say yo prayers, don't be so god damned wussy All those angels makin heavin fuckin cushy (Yep, Sharon IS a sucker for a dare!) https://www.instagram.com/feetofclay.cultsisters https://feetofclayconfessionsofthecultsisters.buzzsprout.com We 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…

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021 - Remember What We Said Last Week? We've Now Gone Bi . . . 2:43

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Send us a text As of last week, we are going to an every-other-week podcast schedule. We know, we know, you are going to have withdrawals! But we promise (said in our best, comforting mommy voices) - YOU WILL BE OKAY SWEETIE! And to help ease your pain, you DON'T have to go cold turkey - TOMORROW (August 31, 2023) you can hear us having lots of fun with Molly and Rachael on the podcast Cheers to Leaving! Here's the Link: https://cheerstoleaving.buzzsprout.com/2020672/13502416-ep-67-spiritual-orgasms-with-feet-of-clay-confessions-of-cult-sisters In the meantime.... have you already listened to ALL of our previous episodes? If not, today is a good day to catch up a little bit. And don't forget, you can see fun stuff on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/feetofclay.cultsisters/ And join our listener community on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/677407940871421 And last but not least, you can send us a written or voice message on our website! We'd love to hear your stories, suggestions, compliments or complaints. https://www.confessionsofthecultsisters.com/talk-to-us As always, be good to yourselves, be kind to others, and we'll see you next week! https://www.instagram.com/feetofclay.cultsisters https://feetofclayconfessionsofthecultsisters.buzzsprout.com We 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…

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Send us a text Sharon asks Tracey how she's doing, and Tracey doesn't hold back. REALITY CHECK - when she says she wants to burn down a church - this is FIGURATIVELY folks!!!! We in NO WAY recommend or condone or support violence!!!!! Article (3 Parts) "Ministry of Violence" https://theswordandthesandwich.substack.com/p/ministry-of-violence#:~:text=This%20is%20the%20first%20of,from%20children%2C%20and%20its%20effects. Corporal punishment in schools is currently legal in 19 states: AL, AZ, AR, CO, FL, GA, ID, IN, KS, KY, LA, MS, MO, NC, OK, SC, TN, TX, WY. As far as we know, there are no laws or limits on corporal punishment in private homes or church settings. https://njsbf.org/2023/01/04/is-corporal-punishment-making-a-comeback/#:~:text=Many%20states%20have%20banned%20corporal,still%20permitted%20in%2019%20states. Books that promote horrific child abuse, including spanking rituals, all in the name of "raising up a child in the way he should go": Dare to Discipline by Dr . James Dobson God, the Rod and Your Child's Bod by Larry Tomczak The Strong Willed Child by Dr. James Dobson To Train Up a Child by Michael & Debi Pearl PS - if you feel compelled to get copies of these books for your own research, PLEASE find a way to buy used, so that the authors receive no additional royalties! Thank you! Become a 'No Hit Zone' advocate -- https://nohitzone.com/ What is the goal of No Hit Zone? To create an environment of comfort and safety for parents, families, and staff present in every location and facility. A No Hit Zone sets a precedent within the community and establishes a commitment to the promotion of effective parenting techniques by instilling that: No adult shall hit a child No child shall hit another child No adult shall hit another adult No child shall hit an adult Tracey mentioned a verse in Psalms, but it actually is in Proverbs. (We take it as a point of pride that we no longer remember every bible reference!) Here are verses in Proverbs, the "wisdom" of Solomon (suggestions?) that justify beating a child: 13:24; 19:18; 20:30; 22:15; 23:13-14; 29:15. Interestingly, those who embrace these precepts are able to conveniently ignore the absolute COMMAND from God via Moses in Deuteronomy 21:18-21 - if your son won't obey you, you MUST stone him to death! Just one more example of bible gymnastics. Our episodes that explore how purity culture and ritualized spanking abuse can have a major impact on future sexuality: "SeXploration with sExvangelicals" Parts 1 and 2: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/13365285 https://www.bu https://www.instagram.com/feetofclay.cultsisters https://feetofclayconfessionsofthecultsisters.buzzsprout.com We 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…

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Send us a text CAUTION! Well, duh, we talk about sex in this episode (explicitly!), but we also touch on ritualized child spanking, spiritual abuse and more. Not appropriate for kids. Listener discretion advised - and please take care of yourselves. You are currently listening to Part 2 --- you can listen to PART 1 here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/13329982 How do you find healthy sexuality after the mind-fuck of purity culture? Chad and Abigail escaped Bill Gothard's cult IBLP. Tracey and Sharon slowly emerged from Keith Green's cult Last Days Ministries. Together they talk about the journey to healing and healthy sexuality. Virgins & Volcanos - Purity Culture (Part 1 of 4) https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/12790634 Abigail's Story (Part 1 of 3) https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/13030650 Chad's Story https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/13233210 Our general discussion of "Shiny Happy People" https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/13032097 Link to the documentary "Shiny Happy People" https://www.amazon.com/Shiny-Happy-People-Duggar-Secrets/dp/B0B8TR2QV5 Chad's TikTok, Twitter & InstaGram (not to be missed!) https://www.tiktok.com/@archradish https://www.twitter.com/archradish https://www.instagram.com/archradish85 Abigail's TikTok (with lots of juicy cult stuff!) https://www.tiktok.com/@unicornhabitat?_t=8d8e9yzzuNH&_r=1 Abigail's wonderful non-profit work with therapy dogs can be found here: https://www.theroverchasefoundation.org/ https://www.instagram.com/feetofclay.cultsisters https://feetofclayconfessionsofthecultsisters.buzzsprout.com We 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…

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Send us a text CAUTION! Well, duh, we talk about sex in this episode (explicitly!), but we also touch on ritualized child spanking, spiritual abuse and more. Not appropriate for kids. Listener discretion advised - and please take care of yourselves. How do you find healthy sexuality after the mind-fuck of purity culture? Chad and Abigail escaped Bill Gothard's cult IBLP. Tracey and Sharon slowly emerged from Keith Green's cult Last Days Ministries. Together they talk about the journey to healing and healthy sexuality. Virgins & Volcanos - Purity Culture (Part 1 of 4) https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/12790634 Abigail's Story (Part 1 of 3) https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/13030650 Chad's Story https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/13233210 Our general discussion of "Shiny Happy People" https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/13032097 Link to the documentary "Shiny Happy People" https://www.amazon.com/Shiny-Happy-People-Duggar-Secrets/dp/B0B8TR2QV5 Chad's TikTok, Twitter & InstaGram (not to be missed!) https://www.tiktok.com/@archradish https://www.twitter.com/archradish https://www.instagram.com/archradish85 Abigail's TikTok (with lots of juicy cult stuff!) https://www.tiktok.com/@unicornhabitat?_t=8d8e9yzzuNH&_r=1 Abigail's wonderful non-profit work with therapy dogs can be found here: https://www.theroverchasefoundation.org/ https://www.instagram.com/feetofclay.cultsisters https://feetofclayconfessionsofthecultsisters.buzzsprout.com We 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…

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Send us a text TRIGGER WARNING! This episode contains discussions and descriptions of ritualized child spanking, child abuse, spiritual abuse, sexual content and more. Listener discretion advised - and please take care of yourselves. Tracey and Sharon talk with our new cult BROTHER! Chad Harris is another a courageous survivor of "IBLP" (Institute for Basic Life Principles), led by Bill Gothard. Chad was featured in the Prime documentary "Shiny Happy People." In fact, Chad is the handsome and articulate dude in the black shirt and red tie! In this episode we're also joined by Abigail Witthauer, who introduced us to Chad in the first place. (Go Abigail!) Chad's TikTok, Twitter & InstaGram (not to be missed!) https://www.tiktok.com/@archradish https://www.twitter.com/archradish https://www.instagram.com/archradish85 Our general discussion of "Shiny Happy People" https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/13032097 Virgins & Volcanos - Purity Culture (Part 1 of 4) https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/12790634 Abigail's Story (Part 1 of 3) https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/13030650 Link to the documentary "Shiny Happy People" https://www.amazon.com/Shiny-Happy-People-Duggar-Secrets/dp/B0B8TR2QV5 Abigail's TikTok (with lots of juicy cult stuff!) https://www.tiktok.com/@unicornhabitat?_t=8d8e9yzzuNH&_r=1 Abigail's wonderful non-profit work with therapy dogs can be found here: https://www.theroverchasefoundation.org/ https://www.instagram.com/feetofclay.cultsisters https://feetofclayconfessionsofthecultsisters.buzzsprout.com We 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…

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Send us a text Links directly from Dawn Michele Ziemer: https://www.aurora-dawn.com/ https://www.youtube.com/@AuroraDawnWitchcraft https://www.instagram.com/auroradawnwitchcraft/ Link to song "So You Wanna Go Back to Egypt" by Keith Green https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BQkBdRWxrs When we say "the book," we mean "No Compromise - The Life Story of Keith Green" by Melody Green. If you feel you must read it, get a USED copy somewhere! Link to our episode where we discuss "The Plane Crash that Killed Keith Green": https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/13186307 Link to episode with details of Keith arranging Sharon's marriage: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/12748728 Two final thoughts: 1) When Dawn said that Keith was already talking about arranging a future marriage for Josiah, we confess we were just a bit dubious, thought maybe she had misunderstood him. But THEN, shortly thereafter, that former LDM guy tells us that Keith was trying to fix him up with Dawn when she was 16! So yep, Dawn, we totally believe it! 2) Regarding the phenomenon of religious leaders having entitled attitudes and disrespectful behaviors towards "assigned household servants" - Tracey vividly remembers what 4-year-old Josiah said to her on the first day she was assigned to drive him to preschool: "I know why you are driving me. Because you are one of my dad's servants." That is a reflection on the parents, not the child. The corrupting indoctrination starts very early. https://www.instagram.com/feetofclay.cultsisters https://feetofclayconfessionsofthecultsisters.buzzsprout.com We 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…

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Send us a text Links direct from Dawn Michele Ziemer: https://www.aurora-dawn.com/ https://www.youtube.com/@AuroraDawnWitchcraft https://www.instagram.com/auroradawnwitchcraft/ Link to song "So You Wanna Go Back to Egypt" by Keith Green https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BQkBdRWxrs When we say "the book," we mean "No Compromise - The Life Story of Keith Green" by Melody Green. If you feel you must read it, get a USED copy somewhere! Link to our episode where we discuss "The Plane Crash that Killed Keith Green": https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/13186307 Link to episode with details of Keith arranging Sharon's marriage: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/12748728 https://www.instagram.com/feetofclay.cultsisters https://feetofclayconfessionsofthecultsisters.buzzsprout.com We 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…

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014 - The Plane Crash that Killed Keith Green 1:43:01

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Send us a text YES, we know this episode is LOOOOONG. We tried to break it into 2 parts, but it just didn't feel right. So - listen to what you can at any one time, pause if you need to, then pick it up later. As far as we know, NO ONE ELSE has gone on record about these things... so here it is. What caused the crash that killed Keith Green? A deadly combination of ego, arrogance, gross negligence and spiritual abuse. CAUTION: Episode includes details about a small plane crash that killed 12 people, including 8 children. Some listeners may find this very disturbing. Please use discretion. Because time moved so fast at LDM, Tracey "forgot" that she was already on Staff when the plane went down. She was fast-tracked in order to be placed in leadership as a department head. (Sharon says it's cuz Tracey is just so damn smart!) SPECIAL THANKS to Elizabeth, Paul & Linda for sharing their memories. Video (25min): Keith Green Plane Crash Shows Value of Accident Investigation https://flightsafetydetectives.com/keith-green-plane-crash-shows-value-of-accident-investigation-episode-170/ V ideo (15min): Keith Green Plane Crash Investigation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZIriTiiJEI Video (14min): New Info on Pilot Don Burmeister https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eUEuQhvzZk Aviation Safety Network Report https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/39435 Link to lawsuit details: https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F2/783/1234/41667/ Sharon's interview on "I Was A Teenage Fundamentalist," including how Keith led her to the Lord & arranged her teenage marriage: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/12748728 Documentaries about the NXIVM Cult: “The Vow” on HBOMAX “Seduced – Inside the NXIVM Cult” on Netflix Need a laugh? "The Righteous Gemstones" on HBO Book "No Compromise - The Life Story of Keith Green" by Melody Green. If you feel you must read this, please do us a favor and buy a USED copy! Guitar background during memories is instrumental of "Oh Lord, You're Beautiful," music & lyrics by Keith Green https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtzCD_8Kbj https://www.instagram.com/feetofclay.cultsisters https://feetofclayconfessionsofthecultsisters.buzzsprout.com We 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…

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Send us a text The bible story of Zacchaeus is found in Luke 19:1-9, and here are the first few verses: Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through. A man was there by the name of Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was wealthy. He wanted to see who Jesus was, but because he was short he could not see over the crowd. So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig tree to see him, since Jesus was coming that way. In our adorable Christian parenting, we taught our kids a little song about Zacchaeus, and here were the first two lines: Zacchaeus was a wee little man, and a wee little man was he! He climbed up in a sycamore tree to see what he could see... A passage in the bible about head coverings: 1 Corinthians 11:2-16 Link to Part 1 of Abigail's Story: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/13030650 Link to the documentary "Shiny Happy People" https://www.amazon.com/Shiny-Happy-People-Duggar-Secrets/dp/B0B8TR2QV5 "Feet of Clay - Confessions of the Cult Sisters" is a new podcast hosted by Sharon Madere (Bennett) and Tracey Phalen (Reed), who both worked alongside Keith and Melody Green at Last Days Ministries (LDM). As one-time key leaders in the organization, they go on record about the spiritually traumatic and often damaging influences of the Greens and the multitude of materials (many of which are still available today) published through LDM, including ' The Last Days Newsletter '. Sharon and Tracey each joined LDM as teenagers, where they met and married their respective spouses during those cult-commune years. Both couples independently left LDM in 1987 and moved hundreds of miles apart. They continued in their hard-held beliefs for over ten additional years, yet ultimately divorced in the early 2000s. In this podcast Tracey and Sharon come together to talk about their parallel journeys out of the cult mindset, the long process of unpacking indoctrination and spiritual trauma, and their separate but often co-mingled road to healing and humor. Come join them on the journey! https://www.instagram.com/feetofclay.cultsisters https://feetofclayconfessionsofthecultsisters.buzzsprout.com We 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…

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012 - Abigail's Story Part 3 - Surviving and Thriving After Bill Gothard's IBLP Cult (Shiny Happy People) 1:24:24

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Send us a text TRIGGER WARNING! This 3-part series contains discussions and descriptions of arranged teen marriage, spiritual abuse, sexual abuse, sexual assault, domestic abuse, and more. Listener discretion advised - and please take care of yourselves. Tracey and Sharon talk with Abigail Witthauer, a courageous survivor of the cult "IBLP" (Institute for Basic Life Principles), led by Bill Gothard, and featured in the new documentary "Shiny Happy People." Shiny Happy People also told the "real" story of cult celebrities, "The Duggar Family." This episode is the third of a multi-part interview with Abigail. Part 1 is here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/13030650 Part 2 is here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/13055778 L isten to our general discussion of "Shiny Happy People" in episode 009, here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/13032097 Link to the documentary "Shiny Happy People" https://www.amazon.com/Shiny-Happy-People-Duggar-Secrets/dp/B0B8TR2QV5 FANTASTIC-DO-NOT-MISS-THIS satire video on purity culture by the great folks at Mega-the-Podcast is here: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CreKutxI0e6/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== Abigail's TikTok (with lots of juicy cult stuff!) https://www.tiktok.com/@unicornhabitat?_t=8d8e9yzzuNH&_r=1 Abigail's wonderful non-profit work with therapy dogs can be found here: https://www.theroverchasefoundation.org/ "Feet of Clay - Confessions of the Cult Sisters" is a new podcast hosted by Sharon Madere (Bennett) and Tracey Phalen (Reed), who both worked alongside Keith and Melody Green at Last Days Ministries (LDM). As one-time key leaders in the organization, they go on record about the spiritually traumatic and often damaging influences of the Greens and the multitude of materials (many of which are still available today) published through LDM, including ' The Last Days Newsletter '. Sharon and Tracey each joined LDM as teenagers, where they met and married their respective spouses during those cult-commune years. Both couples independently left LDM in 1987 and moved hundreds of miles apart. They continued in their hard-held beliefs for over ten additional years, yet ultimately divorced in the early 2000s. In this podcast Tracey and Sharon come together to talk about their parallel journeys out of the cult mindset, the long process of unpacking indoctrination and spiritual trauma, and their separate but often co-mingled road to healing and humor. Come join them on the journey! https://www.instagram.com/feetofclay.cultsisters https://feetofclayconfessionsofthecultsisters.buzzsprout.com We 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…

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Send us a text TRIGGER WARNING! This episode contains discussions and descriptions of arranged teen marriage, spiritual abuse, sexual abuse, sexual assault, and more. Listener discretion advised - and please take care of yourselves. Tracey and Sharon talk with Abigail Witthauer, a courageous survivor of the cult "IBLP" (Institute for Basic Life Principles), led by Bill Gothard, and featured in the new documentary "Shiny Happy People." Shiny Happy People also told the "real" story of celebrities "The Duggar Family." This episode is the second of a multi-part interview with Abigail. Part 1 is here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/13030650 You can listen to our general discussion of "Shiny Happy People" in episode 009, here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/13032097 Link to the documentary "Shiny Happy People" https://www.amazon.com/Shiny-Happy-People-Duggar-Secrets/dp/B0B8TR2QV5 FANTASTIC-DO-NOT-MISS-THIS satire video on purity culture by the great folks at Mega-the-Podcast is here: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CreKutxI0e6/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== Abigail's TikTok (with lots of juicy cult stuff!) https://www.tiktok.com/@unicornhabitat?_t=8d8e9yzzuNH&_r=1 Abigail's wonderful non-profit work with therapy dogs can be found here: https://www.theroverchasefoundation.org/ "Feet of Clay - Confessions of the Cult Sisters" is a new podcast hosted by Sharon Madere (Bennett) and Tracey Phalen (Reed), who both worked alongside Keith and Melody Green at Last Days Ministries (LDM). As one-time key leaders in the organization, they go on record about the spiritually traumatic and often damaging influences of the Greens and the multitude of materials (many of which are still available today) published through LDM, including ' The Last Days Newsletter '. Sharon and Tracey each joined LDM as teenagers, where they met and married their respective spouses during those cult-commune years. Both couples independently left LDM in 1987 and moved hundreds of miles apart. They continued in their hard-held beliefs for over ten additional years, yet ultimately divorced in the early 2000s. In this podcast Tracey and Sharon come together to talk about their parallel journeys out of the cult mindset, the long process of unpacking indoctrination and spiritual trauma, and their separate but often co-mingled road to healing and humor. Come join them on the journey! https://www.instagram.com/feetofclay.cultsisters https://feetofclayconfessionsofthecultsisters.buzzsprout.com We 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…

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Send us a text TRIGGER WARNING! This episode contains discussions and descriptions of ritualized child spanking, child abuse, spiritual abuse, and more. Listener discretion advised - and please take care of yourselves. Tracey and Sharon talk with Abigail Witthauer, a courageous survivor of the cult "IBLP" (Institute for Basic Life Principles), led by Bill Gothard, and featured in the new documentary "Shiny Happy People." Shiny Happy People also told the "real" story of celebrities "The Duggar Family." This episode is the first of a multi-part interview with Abigail. You can also listen to our general discussion of "Shiny Happy People" in episode 009, here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/13032097 Link to the documentary "Shiny Happy People" https://www.amazon.com/Shiny-Happy-People-Duggar-Secrets/dp/B0B8TR2QV5 Abigail's TikTok (with lots of juicy cult stuff!) https://www.tiktok.com/@unicornhabitat?_t=8d8e9yzzuNH&_r=1 Abigail's wonderful non-profit work with therapy dogs can be found here: https://www.theroverchasefoundation.org/ "Feet of Clay - Confessions of the Cult Sisters" is a new podcast hosted by Sharon Madere (Bennett) and Tracey Phalen (Reed), who both worked alongside Keith and Melody Green at Last Days Ministries (LDM). As one-time key leaders in the organization, they go on record about the spiritually traumatic and often damaging influences of the Greens and the multitude of materials (many of which are still available today) published through LDM, including ' The Last Days Newsletter '. Sharon and Tracey each joined LDM as teenagers, where they met and married their respective spouses during those cult-commune years. Both couples independently left LDM in 1987 and moved hundreds of miles apart. They continued in their hard-held beliefs for over ten additional years, yet ultimately divorced in the early 2000s. In this podcast Tracey and Sharon come together to talk about their parallel journeys out of the cult mindset, the long process of unpacking indoctrination and spiritual trauma, and their separate but often co-mingled road to healing and humor. Come join them on the journey! https://www.instagram.com/feetofclay.cultsisters https://feetofclayconfessionsofthecultsisters.buzzsprout.com We 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…

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009 - Shiny Happy People, plus the Cult of Keith Green & Last Days Ministries and Bill Gothard & IBLP (could we make this title any longer?) 50:47

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Send us a text Tracey's journal entry, after her first encounter with a man beyond her marriage... I found myself sitting across the table from a man whose intellectual and spiritual roots ran far deeper than my own; whose composure exuded that rare blend of wild abandon, yet calm stability; whose very essence reflected, without fanfare, the evidence of a rich array of life experiences. You were no "character", but one who stood at the far end of a path I had just begun to travel. And though our verbal communication stayed somewhat shallow and, at times, even a little disconnected, there was an unspoken message coming from you that resonated loud and clear within me. I was drawn... You kissed me. And I knew I had a choice to make. Back at your apartment, as I looked out over the skyline, I immediately felt a sense of "coming home" --- it was as though I was being reunited with a part of me that I had lost long, long ago. In the spillover of your quiet strength, I found safety to follow the voice that had been beckoning me for months; the voice that gave me permission to follow my desires. Releasing my sensuality with you came as naturally as breathing, without guilt or fear, shattering once and for all the guise of truth the lies had worn. No more self-doubt... You were a springtime awakening in the dead of my winter. A gift --- hand picked by the universe to encourage me forth into vibrant and ... "luscious living". And though I have only skimmed your surface, I will forever be grateful to you for choosing a lifestyle that encourages the freedom of sensual expression, and for sharing even a small part of that with me. *********************************** Sharon's poem, the first time she felt a sense of emotional, romantic love and connection with a man... When I awake my thoughts take flight And far across an ocean fly To light upon the love who holds my heart Once cold, once left to die And as the sun his journey makes My soul is filled with silent song Whispered to this secret love To whom my hopes and dreams belong And when the stars and moon embrace To gently fade the twilight blue I close my eyes and feel the joy Of knowing, trusting, loving you "Feet of Clay - Confessions of the Cult Sisters" is a new podcast hosted by Sharon Madere (Bennett) and Tracey Phalen (Reed), who both worked alongside Keith and Melody Green at Last Days Ministries (LDM). As one-time key leaders in the organization, they go on record about the spiritually traumatic and often damaging influences of the Greens and the multitude of materials (many of which are still available today) published through LDM, including ' The Last Days Newsletter '. Sharon and Tracey each joined LDM as teenagers, where they met and married their respective spouses during those cult-commune years. Both couples independently left LDM in 1987 and moved hundreds of miles apart. They continued in their hard-held beliefs for over ten additional years, yet ultimately divorced in the early 2000s. In this podcast Tracey and Sharon come together to talk about their https://www.instagram.com/feetofclay.cultsisters https://feetofclayconfessionsofthecultsisters.buzzsprout.com We 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…

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008 - Virgins and Volcanos - Purity Culture Part 4 1:02:41

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Send us a text CAUTION! In this episode we talk very vulnerably, honestly and explicitly about sex and our personal experiences. We feel this is not appropriate for younger kids. Regarding teenagers... for those who may have already been influenced by or are struggling with the teachings of "purity culture" and/or fundamentalist principles, our unvarnished real-life experiences may be useful and instructive. Please use discretion. * If you haven't yet listened to the first three parts of Virgins & Volcanos, quit your dilly-dallying and catch up: Part 1: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/12790634 Part 2: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/12825513 Part 3: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/12890425 NOTES & CORRECTIONS It is NEVER our intention to inflict pain or shame. We did our best to refer to our former spouses without using their names. In one place we slipped (actually, TRACEY is the one who blew it!), so we "bleeped" over the name with our super high-tech verbal "BEEP" technique. Enjoy. OMG we didn't need to make ANY corrections on this episode! Guess we've finally approaching perfection... ... except that we AGAIN had some audio challenges, and quality isn't up to snuff yet. Sigh. "Feet of Clay - Confessions of the Cult Sisters" is a new podcast hosted by Sharon Madere (Bennett) and Tracey Phalen (Reed), who both worked alongside Keith and Melody Green at Last Days Ministries (LDM). As one-time key leaders in the organization, they go on record about the spiritually traumatic and often damaging influences of the Greens and the multitude of materials (many of which are still available today) published through LDM, including ' The Last Days Newsletter '. Sharon and Tracey each joined LDM as teenagers, where they met and married their respective spouses during those cult-commune years. Both couples independently left LDM in 1987 and moved hundreds of miles apart. They continued in their hard-held beliefs for over ten additional years, yet ultimately divorced in the early 2000s. In this podcast Tracey and Sharon come together to talk about their parallel journeys out of the cult mindset, the long process of unpacking indoctrination and spiritual trauma, and their separate but often co-mingled road to healing and humor. Come join them on the journey! https://www.instagram.com/feetofclay.cultsisters https://feetofclayconfessionsofthecultsisters.buzzsprout.com We 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…

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007 - Virgins and Volcanos - Purity Culture Part 3 1:14:34

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Send us a text CAUTION! In this episode we talk very vulnerably, honestly and explicitly about sex and our personal experiences. We feel this is not appropriate for younger kids. Regarding teenagers... for those who may have already been influenced by or are struggling with the teachings of "purity culture" and/or fundamentalist principles, our unvarnished real-life experiences may be useful and instructive. Please use discretion. * If you haven't yet listened to Virgins & Volcanos Part 1, you can catch up here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/12790634 * If you haven't yet listened to Virgins & Volcanos Part 2 , you can catch up here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/12825513 In Part 3 we continue our discussion about how we, as VIRGINS, were impacted by the oppressiveness of Purity Culture, and the PAIN that was sown and reaped in our marriages. NOTES & CORRECTIONS It is NEVER our intention to inflict pain or shame. We did our best to refer to our former spouses without using their names. In one place we slipped (actually, TRACEY is the one who blew it!), so we "bleeped" over the name with our super high-tech verbal "BEEP" technique. Enjoy. TRACEY got her 'E' prophets mixed up, it was EZEKIEL who spoke to the dry bones in Ezekiel 37:5. "Feet of Clay - Confessions of the Cult Sisters" is a new podcast hosted by Sharon Madere (Bennett) and Tracey Phalen (Reed), who both worked alongside Keith and Melody Green at Last Days Ministries (LDM). As one-time key leaders in the organization, they go on record about the spiritually traumatic and often damaging influences of the Greens and the multitude of materials (many of which are still available today) published through LDM, including ' The Last Days Newsletter '. Sharon and Tracey each joined LDM as teenagers, where they met and married their respective spouses during those cult-commune years. Both couples independently left LDM in 1987 and moved hundreds of miles apart. They continued in their hard-held beliefs for over ten additional years, yet ultimately divorced in the early 2000s. In this podcast Tracey and Sharon come together to talk about their parallel journeys out of the cult mindset, the long process of unpacking indoctrination and spiritual trauma, and their separate but often co-mingled road to healing and humor. Come join them on the journey! https://www.instagram.com/feetofclay.cultsisters https://feetofclayconfessionsofthecultsisters.buzzsprout.com We 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…

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006 - Virgins and Volcanos - Purity Culture Part 2 1:36:29

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Send us a text CAUTION! In this episode we talk very vulnerably, honestly and explicitly about sex and our personal experiences. We feel this is not appropriate for younger kids. Regarding teenagers... for those who may have already been influenced by or are struggling with the teachings of "purity culture" and/or fundamentalist principles, our unvarnished real-life experiences may be useful and instructive. Please use discretion. *** If you haven't yet listened to Virgins & Volcanos Part 1, you can catch up here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/12790634 In Part 2 we pick up where we left off last time discussing: The Preparations - how we, as VIRGINS, navigated our engagements and got ready for our weddings. The Pain - the disorienting and devastating reality we discovered on our wedding nights, that the fulfillment of all those "Promises" wasn't quite what we'd been led to expect. NOTES, ADDITIONS & CORRECTIONS It is NEVER our intention to inflict pain or shame. We did our best to refer to our former spouses without using their names. In two places we slipped, and have "bleeped" over those names with our super high-tech verbal "BEEP" technique. Enjoy. Neither Tracey nor Sharon had ever had a boyfriend prior to their marriages at Last Days Ministries. The high-school choir teacher who molested Sharon at age 16 was Mr. J. Edmund Hughes, who taught at Tucson High School. Yep, we are naming names. (Sharon later found out she wasn't the first teenage girl he took advantage of... and we're guessing she wasn't the last.) Solomon, of the Bible, is believed to have had 700 wives and 300 concubines. The 'daughters of Jerusalem' mentioned in the Song of Songs are considered to be poetic 'cheer leaders' to the love between Solomon and his newest bride. Tracey misspoke when she said she "could not UNDER-state" the emotional impact that the LDM leadership fractures had upon her - she meant to say should could not OVER-state that impact. "Feet of Clay - Confessions of the Cult Sisters" is a new podcast hosted by Sharon Madere (Bennett) and Tracey Phalen (Reed), who both worked alongside Keith and Melody Green at Last Days Ministries (LDM). As one-time key leaders in the organization, they go on record about the spiritually traumatic and often damaging influences of the Greens and the multitude of materials (many of which are still available today) published through LDM, including ' The Last Days Newsletter '. Sharon and Tracey each joined LDM as teenagers, where they met and married their respective spouses during those cult-commune years. Both couples independently left LDM in 1987 and moved hundreds of miles apart. They continued in their hard-held beliefs for over ten additional years, yet ultimately divorced in the early 2000s. In this podcast Tracey and Sharon come together to talk about their parallel journeys out of the cult mindset, the long process of unpacking indoctrination and spiritual trauma, and their separate but often co-mingled road to healing and humor. Come join them on the journey! https://www.instagram.com/feetofclay.cultsisters https://feetofclayconfessionsofthecultsisters.buzzsprout.com We 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…

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Send us a text Enjoy this little boner, er...uh...BONUS! Shared with permission, courtesy of Mega The Podcast. Find more great stuff on Instagram: MegaThePodcast Watch video here: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CreKutxI0e6/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== I just like, I just opened my mind to the Holy Spirit and this is what came through Jeah, uh, yeah Set the scene, Follow me now Bass is bumping and the party is jumping Makin my way through the crowd at a social function Then I see you girl, let me tell you somethin You’re not looking like a snack You’re looking like a whole luncheon I’m supposed to be walking the line But right now at this moment you are looking so fine And all I can think about is making you mine And now my designs are quite far from divine I look down at my promise ring feeling ashamed Cuz deep down in my body I am feeling the pain You can’t hate the player, you can’t hate the game Cuz in this situation there’s just one thing to blame Ooo you made me feel like that Oh Ooo you made me feel like that Gurrrrl Ooo you made me feel like that Uh If I get horny, well that’s your fault Ooo you made me feel like that Gurrrrl Ooo you made me feel like that Oh Ooo you made me feel like that My arousal is your responsibility I should drop to my knees, contemplate divinity Focus on the aspects of the holy trinity Cause ever since the moment that you came in my vicinity I have been rethinking my commitment to virginity Oh wait til marriage that’s how it’s supposed to be But you’re seducing me, and haven’t even noticed me And then your eyes slowly move in my direction I notice you noticing my underwhelming erection Security grabs me, says I’m acting indecently Says I’m “quote-unquote” staring at you creepily This is entrapment, the culprit is you Forgive them Father they know not what they do Ooo you made me feel like that Oh Ooo you made me feel like that Gurrrrl Ooo you made me feel like that Dang I am not responsible for my C+ boner Ooo... Ooo... Ooo ... If I get horny well that’s your fault We have free will and this is God’ wisdom Cuz otherwise the universe would be a closed system Omnicient, Ominpresent and Omnipotent Every single thing He sees, knows and controls it Then how could anything that we do be called sinning If God knew exactly what would happen from the beginning And why go to hell to be eternally tormented If an all-loving God could have prevented But if He manifested and ----- us to show it Then we wouldn’t be free agents, we’d just be puppets Right? So yeah, that’s all His voice, we always have a free choice And without that everything falls apart We can choose to accept Him or choose to depart Everything in the world comes from God and His Son All the sins I commit are my fault except one Ooo... Ooo... Ooo... I am full of lust and that’s on you O https://www.instagram.com/feetofclay.cultsisters https://feetofclayconfessionsofthecultsisters.buzzsprout.com We 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…

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005 - Virgins and Volcanos - Purity Culture Part 1 1:07:30

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Send us a text CAUTION! In this episode we talk very vulnerably, honestly and explicitly about sex and our personal experiences. We feel this is not appropriate for younger kids. Regarding teenagers... for those who may have already been influenced by or are struggling with the teachings of "purity culture" and/or fundamentalist principles, our unvarnished real-life experiences may be useful and instructive. Please use discretion. In this Part 1 we discuss: 1) The "Promise"- remaining a virgin until marriage will give you the healthiest, happiest sex life possible (pssssst - nope!) 2) The "Predicament" - what the heck is a good Christian supposed to do with all those sexual feelings and the decision whether / when to marry, and 3) "Purity Culture" - the packaging and selling of this definitely-NOT-innocuous belief system to unsuspecting young people (and their parents) NOTES & CORRECTIONS: Sharon wondered about the publication date of the book "The Joy of Sex"... turns out it was in 1972, so she was most likely 11 or 12 years old when she first perused those pages. Tracey was right - those home movies in the '70s WERE "Super 8" mm... which means she is also right that Sharon IS F%@*ing OLD! "Feet of Clay - Confessions of the Cult Sisters" is a new podcast hosted by Sharon Madere (Bennett) and Tracey Phalen (Reed), who both worked alongside Keith and Melody Green at Last Days Ministries (LDM). As one-time key leaders in the organization, they go on record about the spiritually traumatic and often damaging influences of the Greens and the multitude of materials (many of which are still available today) published through LDM, including ' The Last Days Newsletter '. Sharon and Tracey each joined LDM as teenagers, where they met and married their respective spouses during those cult-commune years. Both couples independently left LDM in 1987 and moved hundreds of miles apart. They continued in their hard-held beliefs for over ten additional years, yet ultimately divorced in the early 2000s. In this podcast Tracey and Sharon come together to talk about their parallel journeys out of the cult mindset, the long process of unpacking indoctrination and spiritual trauma, and their separate but often co-mingled road to healing and humor. Come join them on the journey! https://www.instagram.com/feetofclay.cultsisters https://feetofclayconfessionsofthecultsisters.buzzsprout.com We 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…

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004 - Just the Facts (Last Days Ministries and Keith Green) 30:54

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Send us a text Want a little CONTEXT for all the CRAZY?!?!? Tracey & Sharon summarize the Who, What, Where, and When... but NOT the Why. (Yeah, right.) Here's a quick reference list to some of the stuff: ***Last Days Ministries (LDM) - Non-profit religious organization founded by Keith Green in 1977; began in Southern California, relocated to East Texas in 1979. ***Intensive Christian Training School (ICT) - 10 week course and recruiting program on-site at LDM ***Youth With A Mission (YWAM) - Non-profit religious organization founded by Loren Cunningham in 1960 ***Keith Green (1953 - 1982) - Best-selling Christian musician, preacher, author, founder of LDM; killed in private plane crash in 1982. ***Melody Green (1946 - ) - Widow of Keith Green, author of book "No Compromise." Married Andrew Seivright in 1999, later divorced. Continues to run LDM as an online ministry / business. ***Wayne & Kathleen Dillard - Leadership couple who met and married (1980) at LDM; Wayne was an elder with Keith and Martin; worked with Melody through 1991; Wayne died in 2010 ***Martin & Sharon Bennett - Leadership couple who met and married (1981) at LDM; Martin was an elder with Keith and Wayne; Martin & Sharon were kicked out of LDM in early 1987 by Melody and YWAM council; divorced in 2005. ***Lindsay & Tracey Reed - Couple who met and married (1986) at LDM; became Directors of ICT; left LDM in 1987; divorced in 2006. Link to 60 minute video "Keith Green Documentary: Your Love Broke Through" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nLRCIzNI5c&t=29s Link to 10 minute video "LDM Information, Services & Product Promotionals" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CuPVBCpors NOTE: Sharon's use of the term "jewfro" was repeating how Keith had referred to his own hair. "Feet of Clay - Confessions of the Cult Sisters" is a new podcast hosted by Sharon Madere (Bennett) and Tracey Phalen (Reed), who both worked alongside Keith and Melody Green at Last Days Ministries (LDM). As one-time key leaders in the organization, they go on record about the spiritually traumatic and often damaging influences of the Greens and the multitude of materials (many of which are still available today) published through LDM, including ' The Last Days Newsletter '. Sharon and Tracey each joined LDM as teenagers, where they met and married their respective spouses during those cult-commune years. Both couples independently left LDM in 1987 and moved hundreds of miles apart. They continued in their hard-held beliefs for over ten additional years, yet ultimately divorced in the early 2000s. In this podcast Tracey and Sharon come together to talk about their parallel journeys out of the cult mindset, the long process of unpacking indoctrination and spiritual trauma, and their separate but often co-mingled road to healing and humor. Come join them on the journey! https://www.instagram.com/feetofclay.cultsisters https://feetofclayconfessionsofthecultsisters.buzzsprout.com We 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…

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003-B Sharon's Interview on IWATF: "Keith Green Arranged My Teenage Marriage" 1:26:29

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Send us a text CORRECTION: In this interview Sharon mistakenly says she was with LDM through 1985 - truth is she was there until early 1987. This is a REPEAT of Sharon's guest appearance with hosts Brian McDowell and Troy Waller on their podcast I Was a Teenage Fundamentalist, Episode #076: "Keith Green Arranged My Teenage Marriage” (Keith Green Part 2) https://www.iwasateenagefundamentalist.com/ They’ve generously allowed us to share this interview here as a convenience to our listeners. Enjoy! Don’t miss Sharon's brief discussion with Tracey, talking about her experience going back in time and looking at all this crazy shit. Our episode #3 here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/12715266 SHOW NOTES FROM IWATF #076: "Following on from Episode 072 Was Keith Green a Cult Leader?, we interview Sharon Madere. She was 'led to the Lord' by Keith and experienced the 'baptism in the Holy Spirit' experience with Keith in the 1970s. She lived at the Last Days Ministries commune in California and later in Texas in the 1980s. In this episode, Sharon tells her stories and claims Keith Green arranged her teenage marriage to Martin Bennett, one of the three elders of LDM. Correction: In this episode, Sharon says she remained with LDM until 1985. She wishes to correct this and state she stayed with LDM until early-1987. Transcript of the episode is here. Podcast links: https://linktr.ee/iwatf You can follow Sharon & Tracey on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/feetofclay.cultsisters/ "Feet of Clay - Confessions of the Cult Sisters" is a new podcast hosted by Sharon Madere (Bennett) and Tracey Phalen (Reed), who both worked alongside Keith and Melody Green at Last Days Ministries (LDM). As one-time key leaders in the organization, they go on record about the spiritually traumatic and often damaging influences of the Greens and the multitude of materials (many of which are still available today) published through LDM, including ' The Last Days Newsletter '. Sharon and Tracey each joined LDM as teenagers, where they met and married their respective spouses during those cult-commune years. Both couples independently left LDM in 1987 and moved hundreds of miles apart. They continued in their hard-held beliefs for over ten additional years, yet ultimately divorced in the early 2000s. In this podcast Tracey and Sharon come together to talk about their parallel journeys out of the cult mindset, the long process of unpacking indoctrination and spiritual trauma, and their separate but often co-mingled road to healing and humor. Come join them on the journey! https://www.instagram.com/feetofclay.cultsisters https://feetofclayconfessionsofthecultsisters.buzzsprout.com We 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…

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003 - Intro to Sharon's Story on 'I Was a Teenage Fundamentalist' (Episode #76) 8:09

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Send us a text In this short chat, Sharon talks to her long-time friend and cult-sister Tracey about the experience of telling her story publicly for the FIRST time on the podcast 'I Was a Teenage Fundamentalist' with Brian McDowell and Troy Waller (April 28, 2023). Listen to Tracey & Sharon's brief intro, then CLICK BELOW to hear Sharon's FULL ORIGINAL INTERVIEW. "I Was a Teenage Fundamentalist - Episode 76: Keith Green Arranged My Teenage Marriage" https://pod.link/1558606464/episode/82bb238f918a2b45264396bcb66e2d16 Correction: In her interview, Sharon said she remained with LDM until 1985 ---- truth is she didn't leave until early 1987. (Perhaps that was wishful thinking on her part?) IWATF Episode #76: "Following on from Episode 072 Was Keith Green a Cult Leader?, we interview Sharon Madere. She was 'led to the Lord' by Keith and experienced the 'baptism in the Holy Spirit' experience with Keith in the 1970s. She lived at the Last Days Ministries commune in California and later in Texas in the 1980s. In this episode, Sharon tells her stories and claims Keith Green arranged her teenage marriage to Martin Bennett, one of the three elders of LDM." "Feet of Clay - Confessions of the Cult Sisters" is a new podcast hosted by Sharon Madere (Bennett) and Tracey Phalen (Reed), who both worked alongside Keith and Melody Green at Last Days Ministries (LDM). As one-time key leaders in the organization, they go on record about the spiritually traumatic and often damaging influences of the Greens and the multitude of materials (many of which are still available today) published through LDM, including ' The Last Days Newsletter '. Sharon and Tracey each joined LDM as teenagers, where they met and married their respective spouses during those cult-commune years. Both couples independently left LDM in 1987 and moved hundreds of miles apart. They continued in their hard-held beliefs for over ten additional years, yet ultimately divorced in the early 2000s. In this podcast Tracey and Sharon come together to talk about their parallel journeys out of the cult mindset, the long process of unpacking indoctrination and spiritual trauma, and their separate but often co-mingled road to healing and humor. Come join them on the journey! https://www.instagram.com/feetofclay.cultsisters https://feetofclayconfessionsofthecultsisters.buzzsprout.com We 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…

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002 - Revisiting the Book "No Compromise, The Life Story of Keith Green" 34:19

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Send us a text Long time cult-sister and dear friend, Sharon, visits Tracey in her home in Knoxville, TN to talk about Sharon's FIRST time (finally) reading through the book, 'No Compromise, The Life Story of Keith Green ' by Melody Green. To hear Tracey's background story, check out episode #072 on 'I Was a Teenage Fundamentalist' podcast with Brian McDowell and Troy Waller. CLICK THE LINK BELOW https://pod.link/1558606464/episode/d78b95b0fc8d894b3f7eaf9364f7e964 (Sharon's background story soon to follow on episode #076 of IWATF) "Feet of Clay - Confessions of the Cult Sisters" is a new podcast hosted by Sharon Madere (Bennett) and Tracey Phalen (Reed), who both worked alongside Keith and Melody Green at Last Days Ministries (LDM). As one-time key leaders in the organization, they go on record about the spiritually traumatic and often damaging influences of the Greens and the multitude of materials (many of which are still available today) published through LDM, including ' The Last Days Newsletter '. Sharon and Tracey each joined LDM as teenagers, where they met and married their respective spouses during those cult-commune years. Both couples independently left LDM in 1987 and moved hundreds of miles apart. They continued in their hard-held beliefs for over ten additional years, yet ultimately divorced in the early 2000s. In this podcast Tracey and Sharon come together to talk about their parallel journeys out of the cult mindset, the long process of unpacking indoctrination and spiritual trauma, and their separate but often co-mingled road to healing and humor. Come join them on the journey! https://www.instagram.com/feetofclay.cultsisters https://feetofclayconfessionsofthecultsisters.buzzsprout.com We 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…

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001-B, Tracey's Interview on IWATF: "Was Keith Green a Cult Leader?" 1:21:15

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Send us a text This is a REPEAT of Tracey’s guest appearance with hosts Brian McDowell and Troy Waller on their podcast I Was a Teenage Fundamentalist, Episode #072: “Was Keith Green a Cult Leader?” (Keith Green Part 1) https://www.iwasateenagefundamentalist.com/ They’ve generously allowed us to share this interview here as a convenience to our listeners. Enjoy! Don’t miss Tracey’s brief discussion with Sharon, talking about the unexpected feelings she faced after doing this interview on IWATF. Our episode #1 here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/12713444 SHOW NOTES FROM IWATF #072:“Keith Green was one of CCM’s most revered and loved music superstars of the 1970s and 80s. Spoiler alert! Tracey Phalen thinks he was a cult leader! She was a member of Keith and Melody Green's Last Days Ministries in the 1980s. She joined as a teenage fundamentalist and left after five years of living and serving on the Texas ranch. In this episode, Tracey shares her story and helps Brian and Troy deconstruct Keith Green and Last Days Ministries.” --- Transcript of the episode is here. Podcast links: https://linktr.ee/iwatf "Feet of Clay - Confessions of the Cult Sisters" is a new podcast hosted by Sharon Madere (Bennett) and Tracey Phalen (Reed), who both worked alongside Keith and Melody Green at Last Days Ministries (LDM). As one-time key leaders in the organization, they go on record about the spiritually traumatic and often damaging influences of the Greens and the multitude of materials (many of which are still available today) published through LDM, including ' The Last Days Newsletter '. Sharon and Tracey each joined LDM as teenagers, where they met and married their respective spouses during those cult-commune years. Both couples independently left LDM in 1987 and moved hundreds of miles apart. They continued in their hard-held beliefs for over ten additional years, yet ultimately divorced in the early 2000s. In this podcast Tracey and Sharon come together to talk about their parallel journeys out of the cult mindset, the long process of unpacking indoctrination and spiritual trauma, and their separate but often co-mingled road to healing and humor. Come join them on the journey! https://www.instagram.com/feetofclay.cultsisters https://feetofclayconfessionsofthecultsisters.buzzsprout.com We 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…

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001 - Intro to Tracey's Story on 'I Was a Teenage Fundamentalist' (Episode #72) 11:12

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Send us a text In this brief intro, Tracey talks to her long-time friend and cult-sister Sharon about the experience of telling her story publicly for the FIRST time on the podcast 'I Was a Teenage Fundamentalist' with Brian McDowell and Troy Waller (March 2, 2023). Listen to Tracey & Sharon's short chat, then CLICK BELOW to hear Tracey's FULL ORIGINAL STORY. "I Was a Teenage Fundamentalist - Episode 72: Was Keith Green a Cult Leader?" https://pod.link/1558606464/episode/d78b95b0fc8d894b3f7eaf9364f7e964 IWATF Episode #72: "Keith Green was one of CCM’s most revered and loved music superstars of the 1970s and 80s. Spoiler alert! Tracey Phalen thinks he was a cult leader! She was a member of Keith and Melody Green's Last Days Ministries in the 1980s. She joined as a teenage fundamentalist and left after five years of living and serving on the Texas ranch. In this episode, Tracey shares her story and helps Brian and Troy deconstruct Keith Green and Last Days Ministries. " "Feet of Clay - Confessions of the Cult Sisters" is a new podcast hosted by Sharon Madere (Bennett) and Tracey Phalen (Reed), who both worked alongside Keith and Melody Green at Last Days Ministries (LDM). As one-time key leaders in the organization, they go on record about the spiritually traumatic and often damaging influences of the Greens and the multitude of materials (many of which are still available today) published through LDM, including ' The Last Days Newsletter '. Sharon and Tracey each joined LDM as teenagers, where they met and married their respective spouses during those cult-commune years. Both couples independently left LDM in 1987 and moved hundreds of miles apart. They continued in their hard-held beliefs for over ten additional years, yet ultimately divorced in the early 2000s. In this podcast Tracey and Sharon come together to talk about their parallel journeys out of the cult mindset, the long process of unpacking indoctrination and spiritual trauma, and their separate but often co-mingled road to healing and humor. Come join them on the journey! https://www.instagram.com/feetofclay.cultsisters https://feetofclayconfessionsofthecultsisters.buzzsprout.com We 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…

Feet of Clay—Confessions of the Cult Sisters

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Send us a text "Feet of Clay - Confessions of the Cult Sisters" is a new podcast hosted by Sharon Madere (Bennett) and Tracey Phalen (Reed), who both worked alongside Keith and Melody Green at Last Days Ministries (LDM). As one-time key leaders in the organization, they go on record about the spiritually traumatic and often damaging influences of the Greens and the multitude of materials (many of which are still available today) published through LDM, including ' The Last Days Newsletter '. Sharon and Tracey each joined LDM as teenagers, where they met and married their respective spouses during those cult-commune years. Both couples independently left LDM in 1987 and moved hundreds of miles apart. They continued in their hard-held beliefs for over ten additional years, yet ultimately divorced in the early 2000s. In this podcast Tracey and Sharon come together to talk about their parallel journeys out of the cult mindset, the long process of unpacking indoctrination and spiritual trauma, and their separate but often co-mingled road to healing and humor. Come join them on the journey! https://www.instagram.com/feetofclay.cultsisters https://feetofclayconfessionsofthecultsisters.buzzsprout.com We 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…

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