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Episode 23: Promises (God's Country)
July 21st, 2021 | Season 2 | 58 mins 10 secs
bible, christianity, depression, fundamentalism, guitar, hell, home recording, michael sweet, music, music production, oz fox, parents, plymouth brethren, rapture, stryper, therapeutic
I get some help to attempt an country song, sung by the Almighty. Neon pink, bubblegum-flavoured church icing on your steak and mashed potatoes. Why doesn't Michael Sweet age? How much of Stryper is, as he claims, mainly just him? The Christian answer to everything (besides "go to church") is "surrender all to God." (Let go and let God.) Let God make all your life's decisions, essentially. Well, two problems: 1) if you grew up with your life entirely bound to church expectations, you have no say over your "all" to begin with. You can't surrender something you're not in possession of. 2) What if God refuses to make your life decisions for you? Bill tells us what Christians do. Teenagers wandering the street at night, drunk and looking for trouble, benefit from more rules, expectations and structure. Teenagers raised with no freedom are all full up. The Almighty covers Cheap Trick.
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Episode 22: Who Are You, Anyway?
July 14th, 2021 | Season 2 | 29 mins 7 secs
bible, christianity, depression, fundamentalism, george turcotte, guitar, hell, home recording, michael sweet, music, music production, parents, plymouth brethren, rapture, stryper, therapeutic
What if your church took everything, leaving you nothing to "surrender all" to God? If God's real, are we cool with Him being a person with a personality? If so, what kind of personality? What does He want? Some lions are "Born Free" (by Andy Williams) and others aren't. Slipping restraining bolts, dwarf-following and joining Starfleet through the wardrobe. People can make texts appear to have only one possible interpretation, but that's simple-minded. Attempting a wikkid groove.