Best Calvary Grace Support Podcasts (2025)

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Chapel Probation s5- The Horny Chapel at the Shameless Sexuality Conference 1:01:59

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We interviewed ⁠Janice Selbie⁠ earlier this year, and we signed up to attend the ⁠Shameless Sexuality conference⁠ that she organizes. And we were pleasantly surprised to get an invite from Janice to speak at the conference, which was held virtually back in May. We brought our humor and insight to the event, shedding light on purity culture through …

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An Unlikely Hero

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Chapel Probation s5: Celeste Irwin- Mars Hill and a Cult to Trans Advocate and Writer 1:11:03

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When one becomes indoctrinated into conservative christianity at a young age, that person usually does everything possible to adhere to the teachings and values that ultimately cause harm. Celeste Irwin did everything she could as a cis-het man, even joining a church plant for what she later learned was an insidious cult. But once she extricated he…

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Who Knows What Is Good For Man?

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Wisdom For Enjoying Your Vain Life Under the Sun: Studies in Ecclesiastes Who Knows What Is Good For Man? Ecclesiastes 6:10-7:14 Rob Snyder 1. It's Good To Face Death (7:1-4) 2. It's Good To Be Humbled (7:5-12) 3. It's Good To Consider the Work of God (7:13, 14)

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Chapel Probation s5- Joh Chase- Worship Leader to Rock Star and Teacher 1:15:42

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I always knew Joh Chase would be a guest on Chapel Probation. They were one of the most influential people to come out of APU, and they are exquisitely talented. As a guitarist, singer, and songwriter, for my money, Joh is one of the best I've ever seen. And there's a reason we are still friends after meeting in 2005 during their sophomore year. Lo…

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Chapel Probation s5- Andrea: Enduring Toxic Men at Wheaton and Beyond 1:28:21

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Content Warning for descriptions of assault and rape. This week we go to the "Harvard" of Evangelical schools, which is not really a thing. But we go to Wheaton and learn from semi-anonymous guest, Andrea, that the patriarchal systems in place protect men and harm women when it comes to harassment and assault. And at every instance, Christian women…

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Full Access

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Chapel Probation s5- Katie Malia: Calvary Chapel OC Schools to Amazing Dancer, Comedian, and Actor 1:23:51

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Despite leaving christianity years ago, Katie Malia has never needed to find community centered on deconstruction. She forged her own creative life without ExVangelical twitter, podcasts, or White influencers. Not even Brian Recker! Gasp. Nope. Katie found life and community in the arts, comedy, and music. You've seen her on tv commercials. She's o…

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True Worship: The Fear of God

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Chapel Probation s5- Mike Sonksen: LA Poet Shares Poetry and Creativity with the Deconstruction World 1:16:54

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3rd-generation Angeleno Mike Sonksen, aka Mike the PoeT, is an acclaimed poet, professor, journalist, historian and tour guide whose work has appeared in publications like the Academy of American Poets, Alta, PBS So Cal, Poetry Foundation and Westways. Sonksen’s read poetry at over 100 academic institutions, appeared on radio and television and hos…

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Love and Hatred of Neighbor Under the Sun

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Chapel Probation s5- Jess Grace Garcia: Culty Christian to Queer Pastor/Community Leader 1:34:17

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With all the hell happening all around us, particularly in the LA area, it feels good to present this conversation that offers so much hope and mind-expanding ideas. Jess Grace Garcia is a badass who has made it their life mission to help queer people find healing and positive identity in life after fundamentalist faith. They've been all through th…

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No One Born of God Makes A Practice of Sinning

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No One Born of God Makes A Practice of Sinning 1. The Purifying Power of Christ’s Appearings 2. The Paternal Pattern of Children 3. The Potential Path To Apostasy

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Chapel Probation s5- Katie Hampton- APU: Mining Religious Trauma for Comedy Gold 1:25:28

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Katie Hampton survived APU as a theater kid and pursued a life as a comedian, improviser, and now podcaster. Her deconstruction paved the way for finding humor as both a vocation and a tool for healing. Also a survivor of Scott's Introduction to Literature class, Katie has found a life outside of Christianity that has been so much fuller and, let's…

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Time, Eternity, and the Justice of God 2

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1. Seasons of Injustice Under the Sun (3:16) 2. A Time for God's Justice (3:17) 3. A Time of Testing (3:18-22)

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Chapel Probation s5- Marla Taviano: Celebrating the Majesty of "Fuck" 1:22:44

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Marla is back with some things to say about language, prude christians, and thoughts on finding our people. In a relatively short time, Marla has gone from dutiful Christian wife living as a missionary to outspoken advocate for BIPOC and Queer voices. Her latest project is called Mouth: A Little Book of Cheeky Poems, but as of this typing, there ar…

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Time, Eternity, and the Purposes of God

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Chapel Probation s5- Rick Pidcock- BJU to Empathy and Fatherhood 1:25:28

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We are back at Bob Jones University, or BJU, with Rick Pidcock. Rick is a writer with Baptist News Global, and he has come a long way from those bizarre, high-control days of BJU. He tells his story of finding his way to being an empathetic human being in stark contrast with the uncaring theobro culture of BJU and how he became a stay-at-home dad, …

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Antichrists: They Went Out From Us

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1. The Departing, Denying and Deceiving 2. The Anointing and Abiding 3. The Perseverance Of The Saints

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Chapel Probation s5- Jeff Karow Returns 1:21:22

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Jeff Karow told one of the most moving stories a couple of seasons ago, and he returns to Chapel Probation to give an update and to share some of his insights into putting his life together after leaving his conservative church and getting divorced. Like for so many people, deconstructing faith can have dire consequences. Relationships with family …

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God is Speaking - Pay Attention!

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Chapel Probation s5- Rohadi Nagassar- Finding Our Voice as Asian Men 1:18:30

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It often comes as a surprise to non-Asians that people like Rohadi Nagassar and myself have things to say. Especially inside of North American Christianity. Like the proverbial tree falling in the forrest with no one to hear it, we do exist. We Asians often have to find our way out of church to develop our voices. Forget about "platforms." We have …

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Take It From Me: The Royal Inscription of the King East of Eden

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Wisdom for Enjoying Your Vain Life Under the Sun: Studies in Ecclesiastes

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Chapel Probation s5- Scott's Periodic Check-in: Things Are Not OK 20:37

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As someone who was born into a family that got completely fucked by this country, I have some thoughts about the current situation. My family lost everything and had no due process before being incarcerated in concentration camps simply for being Japanese American. No one in my family takes freedom for granted because of this, and no one assumes th…

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Getting Cut Down to Size

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Chapel Probation s5- Liz Matthews- Biola Basketball to Authentic Living 1:30:38

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Liz Matthews has been a social media friend and member of the Chapel Probation Facebook group, and we finally got her on to tell her story. She graduated from Biola where she played basketball, but she actually had a good time there. Liz brings up the concept of "shelving" borrowed from Ex-Mormon podcasts. It's where you place all the doubts, quest…

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Believing is Seeing

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Chapel Probation s5- Mary B Safrit: Young Life Evangelical to Found Family 1:12:07

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Welcome to the first full episode of Season 5! We kick things off with Mary B Safrit, a writer and podcaster who actually interviewed Scott a few weeks ago on her podcast, Found Family. Mary B grew up in a mix of christian traditions and went to a normal college where she worked with Young Life. This solidified her evangelical identity at the time,…

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Seeking the Living Among the Dead

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The Four Movements of Faith

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Chapel Probation s5- Scott Talks About "Community" in the Deconstruction World 32:57

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What is Chapel Probation today? Who knows? Not me. But I'm going to keep going to give voice to people who are not ok with the state of things. Christians are to blame for where we are today, and our stories can help lead us out of this mess. That said, I wanted to also address what I think "community" is or should be. I give some thoughts on the T…

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From Hosanna to Armageddon

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Lord, Who Will Not Fear You?

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The Victory of the Lamb

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1. Victory Sung vv 1-5 2. Victory Preached vv 6-13 3. Victory Reaped vv 14-20

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Beauty and the Beasts

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The Horny Chapel: Diana: Conservative Iranian Immigrant to Sex-Positive OnlyFans Star 1:27:25

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In deconstruction circles, it can feel like our experiences are so unique, and in many cases they are, but thestruggle for identity and agency in our identities is a universal one. ⁠Diana's⁠ story of immigrating from England to the US as part of a conservative Iranian family mirrors our fundamentalist Christian upbringings in so many ways. Diana te…

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Enter the Dragon: Satan Versus Christ and the Children of God

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The Horny Chapel- Janice Selbie: Mennonite to Shameless Sexuality 1:10:52

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This week we talk to therapist, author, and podcaster, Janice Selbie. Scott and Priska saw an ad for the Shameless Sexuality conference and knew they had to talk to Janice about her story in which she went from the most conservative fundamentalist world to a sex-positive, religion-free life. The Pentecostal life wasn't restrictive enough for Janice…

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The Surpassing Treasure of Jesus Christ

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The Horny Chapel Episode 9: Purity Culture...Loopholes...? WTF 1:13:30

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UPDATE: Uploaded the sizzle file by accident. Should be the correct file now. In start contrast to last episode's rundown of I Kissed Dating Goodbye's no-touch, no fun, no-humanity mindset, we look at more recent trends in remaining "pure" while still managing to get some. And it's bizarre. The Horny Chapel is part of the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Dauntless Media C…