Feet of Clay—Confessions of the Cult Sisters

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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/
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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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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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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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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

Send 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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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

Send 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

Send 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

Send 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

Send 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