Best Chase Peeples Podcasts (2025)

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20 Me & Contemporary Christian Music Part 3 47:40

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3+ y ago47:40

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This is part 3 of Chase's story about attempting to host a concert by a Contemporary Christian Music star at the Baptist college he attnded back in the day. Things don't go as planned Podcast sponsors: Coaches Prayer Resources--prayers for football coaches who want their players to be righteous and holy The Russian Federation--a message from Presid…

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Me & Contemporary Christian Music part 2 46:43

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This is part two of a three-part story about Chase's real life experiences with a star of Contemporary Christian Music. When Chase and some college friends attempt to stage a concert with a CCM star things don't go well. This spisode sponsored by Church of the Unicorn's Vaccine Religious Exemption Certificates. This episode also sponsored by Libera…

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18--"You're Making Rock-n-Roll Worse"--Me & Contemporary Christian Music 44:18

4y ago44:18

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This is part one of a three-part story about Chase's real life experiences with a star of Contemporary Christian Music. When Chase and some college friends attempt to stage a concert with a CCM star things don't go well. As Hank Hill from TV's King of the Hill once told his son Bobby, "You're not making Christianity cooler. You're making rock-n-rol…

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17 You're Going to Hell and I'm Not 1:08:51

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Episode 17 of Save Me: A Failed Minister Considers the Decline of American Christianity When did you first realize other people who didn't believe the same things as you were not wrong, evil or hellbound? Chase shares about some key moments of his spiritual journey that forced him to reconsider the evangelical worldview he was raised in. Sponsors: …

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Southern Baptists & Non-Submissive Women 33:11

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Episode 16 (this time the edited version for sure!)--Save Me: a Failed Minister Considers the Decline of American Christianity Chase gives his take on the current Southern Baptist battles (new fight same as the old fight) and how his preacher's wife mother taught him women should NEVER be silent in church. This episode sponsored by Parents Obstruct…

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Addicted to Altar Calls/Order Out of Chaos 41:25

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Episode 15 of the Save Me Podcast (A failed minister considers the decline of American Christianity) Chase shares about his teenage addiction to altar calls--cocaine's got nothing on rededicating your life to Christ! Then he shares his belief that God is still creating order out of chaos, even if we can only see the world sliding into destruction. …

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PK's: Preacher's Kids/How Do We Do Church After the Jan. 6 Insurrection? 44:15

5y ago44:15

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Episode 14 of Save Me: a Failed Minister Considers the Decline of American Christianity--In this episode Chase reflects on how his kids are doing after watching their minister father get canned. He also offers ideas about how to do church after the January 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. This episode is sponsored by White Christian Mansplainer …

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QAnon and Evangelical Apocalyptic Conspiracies 33:59

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Episode 13 of The Save Me Podcast: a Failed Minister Considers the Decline of American Christianity Chase considers the startling similarities between the whack-job conspiracy theories of QAnon and the nutso evangelical apocalyptic conspiracy theories he heard growing up. QAnon is basically just a remix of what evangelical and fundamentalist Christ…

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Ghosts at Christmastime 16:36

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In Episode 12, Chase shares something he has written about Christmas, Ghosts, Dickens and stuff. Boo! Sponsored by Operation Christmas Crap --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/save-me-podcast/support

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The Future of Theological Education 35:19

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Episode 11 of the Save Me Podcast--a failed minister considers the decline of American Christianity This episode Chase talks to Sonya Vann about the state of theological education and its future. Sonya is a black, bisexual, woman who happens to be the Director of Admissions at Eden Theological Seminary and Executive Director of Pathways to Theologi…

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Why is St. Louis So Racist? 30:33

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Episode 10 of the Save Me Podcast--back after a bit of a hiatus--a failed minister considers the decline of American Christianity This episode Chase talks to Sonya Vann about why St. Louis is so freaking racist. Sonya is a black, bisexual, woman who happens to be the Director of Admissions at Eden Theological Seminary. She is a social justice activ…

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Intersectionality 1:10:08

5+ y ago1:10:08

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Episode 9 of the Save Me Podcast where a failed minister considers the decline of American Christianity. Sonya Vann educates listeners about intersectionality and shares about negotiating various spaces as a black bisexual woman. Sonya is the Director of Admissions and Financial Aid at Eden Theological Seminary in St. Louis, MO. She also shares abo…

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A Thriving Progressive Church in a Red Red State 49:59

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Episode 8 of the Save Me Podcast presents the second part of an interview with Rev. Dr. Jeremy Rutledge, pastor of Circular Congregational Church, United Church of Christ in Charleston, SC. Jeremy shares how his progressive and justice-oriented congregation thrives in a Red Red state. He also shares what it's like to be a minister with a compromise…

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Being a White Ally/Diversity 1:12:15

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Episode 7 Interview with Rev. Dr. Jeremy Rutledge of Circular Congregational Church in Charleston, SC about what it takes to be a white ally in the struggle for racial justice, why diversity matters and religious naturalism. Regular segments: Married to the Minister by Colleen Brown Only and a Haiku by Rev. Aaron Raulerson Sponsored by: Black Churc…

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The Enneagram Episode 1:08:23

5+ y ago1:08:23

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Part 2 of the interview with Dr. Jon Singletary--This part goes in deep about the Enneagram. Jon is the Dean of the School of Social Work at Baylor University. This episode also includes discussion of "Weird Christianity" and congregations who abuse their clergy. Colleen Brown Only presents another installment of "Married to the Minister," and Rev.…

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Episode 5 Discerning Vocation 1:28:56

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Episode 5 contains new segments: a haiku from Rev. Aaron Raulerson and "Married to the Minister" by Colleen Brown Only. Also part 1 of an interview with Dr. Jon Singletary, Dean of the School of Social Work at Baylor University as well as a 3 on the Enneagram. In this first half of the interview we talk about discerning one's vocation, and how a si…

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Episode 4 Post Church? 47:04

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A Failed Minister Considers the Decline of American Christianity This week's episode includes musings on what does it mean to be post-church?, why Chase is so self-depreciating, and the great cultural tidal wave wiping churches off the map. This episode also contains a special guest appearance from Jeremy Rutledge reading Thomas Merton in the time …

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Save Me Podcast Episode 3: Resurrection is a Verb 44:00

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A Failed Minister Considers the Decline of American Christianity This week's episode includes musings on the empty tomb we are all stuck in now, what's up with that poem "The People Stayed Home"?, and why resurrection is a verb. Sponsored by: Croaksbury Books: the online bookstore for dying mainline churches that don't want to sacrifice or change a…

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Save Me Podcast Ep. 2--The Sermon I Want to Hear This Holy Week 56:32

5+ y ago56:32

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A Failed Minister Considers the Decline of American Christianity This week I explain what I mean by "failed." I read some good stuff I found from David Whyte and Bill Wilson. Then I share what I need to hear during a Holy Week that falls during the COVID-19 outbreak (and read some kind of long passages from Moltmann and Boenhoffer.) This week we ar…

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Save Me Podcast Ep. 1 The Only Thing That Endures 37:39

6y ago37:39

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The very first Save Me Podcast in which an unemployed failed minister offers encouragement to clergy trying to minister during COVID-19. Sorry about the bad audio, as will be obvious if you listen to this, I don't know what I am doing. Thanks to podcast sponsors: Joseph Nightingale Inflatable Pulpits and Croaksbury Books, providing titles to dying …