I Was A Teenage Pharisee! (audiobook)

Episode 1: Chapter One : My Roots

June 8th, 2023  |  Season 1  |  2 hrs 39 mins

bible, christianity, depression, fundamentalism, guitar, hell, home recording, music, music production, parents, plymouth brethren, rapture, teenage pharisee, therapeutic

Part One: Normal's Whatever You're Used To
Foreword and Introduction
Introduction to God
Conversion Experiences
Testimonies
My Own Conversion Experience
Personal Experiences of God
Old Stuff Is Holier Than New Stuff
The "Other Kind" of Worship
Pulled Out Of Yourself.

Episode 2: Chapter Two : Joining Up

June 9th, 2023  |  Season 1  |  1 hr 25 mins

bible, christianity, depression, fundamentalism, guitar, hell, home recording, music, music production, parents, plymouth brethren, rapture, therapeutic

Part One: Normal's Whatever You're Used To continues...

Our Way Is The Only Right Way
Which Church Do You Go To?
The New Originals
Living For The Camera
Earning Grace

Episode 3: Chapter Three : Virtue

June 9th, 2023  |  Season 1  |  26 mins 21 secs

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Part One: Normal's Whatever You're Used To continues...

Blind to Good
Virtue = Abstaining From Good?
Final Thoughts on the Soil From Which I Sprang

Episode 4: Chapter Four : What's Wrong?

June 9th, 2023  |  Season 1  |  1 hr 52 mins

bible, christianity, depression, fundamentalism, guitar, hell, home recording, music, music production, parents, plymouth brethren, rapture, therapeutic

Part Two: Starting To Wake Up

A Missing Sense of Proportion
Pharisees and Christianese
"Sensible" Voices
Modern Pharisees
When's It Going To End?
Taking the Wheel
Christ Instead Of...?

Episode 5: Chapter Five : Why A Wrestling Match?

June 9th, 2023  |  Season 1  |  1 hr 41 mins

Part Two: Starting to Wake Up continues...

Some Christian Kids Get Messed Up
The Answers to Everything
Fleeing Normal

Episode 6: Chapter Six : Regime Vs. Relationship

June 9th, 2023  |  Season 1  |  2 hrs 37 mins

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Part Two : Starting To Wake Up continues...

Relationship Steps
Actually Approaching God
Stuff That's Got To Go
Addictions
I Try to Approach God
Harold Talks About Relationships
What To Do With Feelings
The Number One Thing We Did To Avoid Feeling Our Feelings

Episode 7: Chapter Seven : The Word of God

June 9th, 2023  |  Season 1  |  2 hrs 5 mins

Part Two : Starting to Wake Up

Lost in Translations
Black and White Thinking
Ideas
Not Pretending the Bible Says Things
The Magic of the Bible

Episode 9: Chapter Nine : Human Systems

June 9th, 2023  |  Season 1  |  2 hrs 28 mins

bible, christianity, depression, fundamentalism, guitar, hell, home recording, music, music production, parents, plymouth brethren, rapture, therapeutic

Part Two: Starting to Wake Up continues

Shelley's Story
What Systems Are For
Making Order
Division
Lofty Claims
Henry's Pamphlet (read by Henry)

Episode 8: Chapter Eight : The Rules

June 9th, 2023  |  Season 1  |  1 hr 29 mins

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Part Two : Starting to Wake Up continues...

Writing the Unwritten Rules Down
Devil on Your Christian Shoulder
Idols
A Higher Standard Than Rule-Following?
Kung Fu for Dealing With Pharisees

Episode 10: Chapter Nine : Human Systems (cont.)

June 9th, 2023  |  Season 1  |  3 hrs 30 mins

bible, christianity, depression, fundamentalism, guitar, hell, home recording, music, music production, parents, plymouth brethren, rapture, therapeutic

Part Two: Normal's Whatever You're Used To continues...

Henry's Pamphlet (ESV: Standard English Version/Modern Language)
Jim's Story
Sects, Lies and Videotape
Systems Seem Threatened By People Seeking Answers
Leaving A Group
Some People's Stories of Leaving
Why Discuss Legalistic Church Experiences?
More People's Stories
Why Does Legalism Lead, While Love Leaves?

Episode 12: Chapter Eleven : Stuff You'll Need

June 9th, 2023  |  Season 1  |  1 hr 19 mins

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Part Three: Out But Not Down

Outside Perspectives
More Than One Kind of Person
Boundaries
Driving Your Own Car

Episode 11: Chapter Ten : Finding Your Own Way

June 9th, 2023  |  Season 1  |  3 hrs 16 mins

bible, christianity, depression, fundamentalism, guitar, hell, home recording, music, music production, parents, plymouth brethren, rapture, therapeutic

Part Three: Out But Not Down

Conscience, Sin and the Flesh
Higher Standards for Treating Others
Making Life Decisions
Coming to Terms With Grace
Jesus as Law-Bringer?
Going After Good Stuff, Instead of Staying Away From Bad Stuff
God With You
Shame and Self-Punishment
Who Are You Now?
A Dark, Epic Journey of Transformation and Self-Discovery

Episode 14: Chapter Thirteen : What Quelled the Ranting

June 9th, 2023  |  Season 1  |  1 hr 25 mins

bible, christianity, depression, fundamentalism, guitar, hell, home recording, music, music production, parents, plymouth brethren, rapture, therapeutic

Part Three: Out But Not Down continues...

Legalists Are People Too
Pride, Envy and Enemies
God and Governments Want Your Charity?
The Ordinary, Everyday Nature of Legalism

Episode 13: Chapter Twelve : In and Out

June 9th, 2023  |  Season 1  |  1 hr 6 mins

Part Three: Out But Not Down

Redefining One's Understanding of "Defilement"
Broadening You "Us" to Include More of "Them"
Is Worship Style A Racial Thing?