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Chase Peeples


    • May 4, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 49m AVG DURATION
    • 20 EPISODES


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    20 Me & Contemporary Christian Music Part 3

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2022 48:28


    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 President Putin to all of his right wing evangelical supporters in the US of A --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/save-me-podcast/support

    Me & Contemporary Christian Music part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2022 47:32


    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 Liberal Christian Wordle. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/save-me-podcast/support

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

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2022 45:07


    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-roll worse." This spisode sponsored by Jonas Nightingale Ministry's new service: pet exorcisms. This episode also sponsored by Croaksbury Books' resources for the MLK holiday which are suitable for White churches who want to be perceived like non-racists but have never read a single word MLK ever said. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/save-me-podcast/support

    17 You're Going to Hell and I'm Not

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2021 69:39


    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: Shame Space--the app which shames your way to heaven Croaksbury Books--St. Jude Sin Scanner --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/save-me-podcast/support

    Southern Baptists & Non-Submissive Women

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2021 33:59


    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 Obstructing Obvious Pop-culture Inroads Everywhere (P.O.O.P.I.E.) which invites you to join its Disney boycott and Croaksbury Books with it's new line of Confederate-inspired clergy clothing! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/save-me-podcast/support

    Addicted to Altar Calls/Order Out of Chaos

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2021 42:13


    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. Episode sponsors: White Mansplainer Publications--try out their new line of books for Christian women now that Beth Moore has backslided into sin Jonas Nightingale College of Faith Healing and Prophecy--pay no attention to those prophecies about Trump winning the 2020 presidential election --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/save-me-podcast/support

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

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2021 45:03


    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 Publications and CarperHollins Books, the former publisher for Zavi Racharias. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/save-me-podcast/support

    QAnon and Evangelical Apocalyptic Conspiracies

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2021 34:47


    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 Christians have been stewing over for decades. This episode sponsored by MountainSong Church for Celebrities and People Who Worship Celebrities and by Croaksbury Books, the online bookstore for dying mainline churches that don't want to change or sacrifice anything. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/save-me-podcast/support

    Ghosts at Christmastime

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2020 17:25


    In Episode 12, Chase shares something he has written about Christmas, Ghosts, Dickens and stuff. Boo! Sponsored by Operation Christmas Crap --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/save-me-podcast/support

    The Future of Theological Education

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2020 36:07


    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 Theological Education. This episode is sponsored by Churchwide Ornamentation and Ammunition's new Crosses of Guns. Also sponsored by Gift Card Advent Calendars. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/save-me-podcast/support

    Why is St. Louis So Racist?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2020 31:22


    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 activist in STL and offers her perspective on Ferguson and what's happened since 2015 when Michael Brown was killed. This episode brought to you by Jonas Nightingale Staffing for megachurches, rich parachurch ministries and Christian universities who have lost their leaders due to scandal. Also brought to you by Croaksbury Books, the online bookstore for dying mainline churches. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/save-me-podcast/support

    Intersectionality

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2020 70:56


    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 about growing up next door to Ferguson, MO and life since the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmad Aubery. This episode contains a Haiku from Sasquatch (a.k.a. Father Aaron Raulerson) and a Married to the Minister segment from Colleen Only. This episode is sponsored by Zipporah Recruiter, the job site for churches, SimpliSaved, church security and Croaksbury Books, the online bookstore for dying mainline churches who don't want to change or sacrifice anything. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/save-me-podcast/support

    A Thriving Progressive Church in a Red Red State

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2020 50:48


    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 compromised immune system during the COVID-19 pandemic. Father Aaron Raulerson (a.k.a. Sasquatch) provides another Haiku and Colleen Brown Only ponders selling the church building in her Married to the Minister segment. Host Chase Peeples shares about what the HBO series The Leftovers has to say about grief. This episode' is sponsored by In Remembrance of Me Communion Launcher, Jonah Nightingale Self Storage Ministry and Croaksbury Books, the on-line bookstore for dying mainline churches that don't want to sacrifice or change anything. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/save-me-podcast/support

    Being a White Ally/Diversity

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2020 73:03


    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 Church Member Dot Com, Crossspace your all-in-one truly Christian web site tool and Croaksbury Books the bookstore for Mainline churches who don't want to change or sacrifice anything --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/save-me-podcast/support

    The Enneagram Episode

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2020 69:11


    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. Aaron Raulerson offers another Haiku. Sponsored by Better Spiritual Health Online Counseling Service which is not to be confused with secular humanist counseling services that are born in the womb of Satan; Croaksbury Books, the online bookstore for dying mainline churches that don't want to change or sacrifice anything; and Charles Snob Investments' new podcast "It's gone. All gone. You'll never see your money again." --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/save-me-podcast/support

    Episode 5 Discerning Vocation

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2020 89:44


    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 single conversation can change the trajectory of a person's life. (Stay tuned for the next episode where we get into the nitty gritty of the Enneagram.) Sponsored by Preacher Clothes in a Box, "making you into the preacher you want to be or at least the preacher you can't help but be;" Croaksbury Books, "the online bookstore for dying mainline churches who don't want to sacrifice or change anything;" and Jonas Nightingale's "Holy Spirit Healing Gel." --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/save-me-podcast/support

    Episode 4 Post Church?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2020 47:52


    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 of COVID-19. Sponsored by: New Creation Media: helping unattractive ministers look awesome during streaming worship services; Croaksbury Books: the online bookstore for dying mainline churches that don't want to sacrifice or change; and Red Apron Prepared Meals Based on Foods of the Bible. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/save-me-podcast/support

    Save Me Podcast Episode 3: Resurrection is a Verb

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2020 44:48


    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 and The Mediocre Courses for groups of white liberals who wish to talk about an issue rather than doing anything about it. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/save-me-podcast/support

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

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2020 57:20


    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 are sponsored by Croaksbury Books: the on-line bookstore for dying mainline churches that don't want to sacrifice or change anything and by Little Old Lady Church Secretary Dot Com. Oh, yeah and by Anchor. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/save-me-podcast/support

    Save Me Podcast Ep. 1 The Only Thing That Endures

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2020 38:27


    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 mainline churches that don't want to sacrifice or change anything. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/save-me-podcast/support

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