Tales from the temple podcast
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The Texas Baptist Crucible
Podcast · James Spurgeon · Stories and testimonies from former members of the Longview Baptist Temple in Longview, Texas, along with commentary and humor from the author of the book which goes by the same name.
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Thanks. Bookmarked.The Texas Baptist Crucible
Podcast · James Spurgeon · Stories and testimonies from former members of the Longview Baptist Temple in Longview, Texas, along with commentary and humor from the author of the book which goes by the same name.
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Also on Apple, if you're not locked into Spotify.
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The Texas Baptist Crucible
Christianity Podcast · Updated Semiweekly · Stories and testimonies from former members of the Longview Baptist Temple in Longview, Texas, along with commentary and humor from the author of the book which goes by the same name.
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Thanks. I am going to listen tonight.The Texas Baptist Crucible
Podcast · James Spurgeon · Stories and testimonies from former members of the Longview Baptist Temple in Longview, Texas, along with commentary and humor from the author of the book which goes by the same name.
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James use to post on the fff. I listen to Jamie Andrews and it was great . I'm thankful I never was involved in a church like that. FBC was close but because I worked and I did see alot we have posted about it here so I'll not repeat myself.
Do I need to have the Spotify app in order to hear the podcast? I selected one and tapped play but it never began playing.The Texas Baptist Crucible
Podcast · James Spurgeon · Stories and testimonies from former members of the Longview Baptist Temple in Longview, Texas, along with commentary and humor from the author of the book which goes by the same name.
I'm not sure if you have to have the app, but it probably wouldn't hurt to download the app. If you have the app you can follow it, and get notices when new episodes are uploaded. I have several podcasts that I listen to fairly regularly.
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No, you can listen from Spotify's Web player rather than the app.
If you subscribe to it in iTunes instead, you can even get the source link for the feed and put it into any podcast app you want.
Has he made any mention of Bob Gray II and his efforts to distance the church from its past?
Sounds to me like he is doing well and has not apostatized like more than a few FFFers have!
Good to hear someone approach it from a biblical standpoint rather than the so-called "Preacher Boys" who seem to be on the warpath against anything "Christian" these days.
Sounds to me like he is doing well and has not apostatized like more than a few FFFers have!
Good to hear someone approach it from a biblical standpoint rather than the so-called "Preacher Boys" who seem to be on the warpath against anything "Christian" these days.
There was some mention about Bob Gray II in a couple of the episodes. Not anything positive or negative that really stands out to me.
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From my limited knowledge, it seems 2 of Gray’s sons have learned from and distanced themselves from their father’s philosophy of ministry.
As to the podcast, unless you experienced some abuse or mistreatment from LBC, it’s the equivalent of watching I Love Lucy black and white reruns.
I have listened to BG2's statement regarding the shift in ministry philosophy and their "Re-Branding" which I greatly appreciate although it is clear that they are still hard-core IFB, KJVO, they no longer seem to be of the "abusive" variety or at least no longer of the scope that BG Sr. practiced. It is therefore not something I would even remotely consider attending much less affilliating myself with today.
What we can appreciate is that the current leadership has acknowledged that they were in the wrong and are trying to make things right. Then again, I guess we could say that they are just "rebranding and whitewashing" but I would rather reserve such judgment for those who have better familiarity.
My journey away from the IFB was from the "Paul Chappell/Lancaster Baptist Church" brand of which I would consider today as the "best case scenario" of the IFB/KJVO movement. I had my own things to work out but when I left, a good number of folks started approaching me with all their "horror stories" of which I was sympathetic but had little frame of reference myself because most of these were "all in" and well-favored (former deacons, leaders, etc.) I was pretty much "personna non-grata" and on the "outside looking in."
Eric Skwarczynski ("Preacher Boys") has connections with both GSBC (Trieber) and WCBC (Chappell) and I have familiarity with both. Unfortunately, he has also gone apostate which means he is not approaching anything from a biblical, balanced worldview and, as a matter of fact, he is moving more and more towards an "anti-Christian" message these days which is quite tragic.
Spurgeon, on the other hand, seems to be approaching things from the authority of scripture which is a breath of fresh air! I believe we all have matured significantly over the years as we can see that the FFF has taken on a quite different tone these days has it not?