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Sons of Patriarchy
Margaret Bronson's CNN Experience (And How You Can Join Her Work)
Help Fuel Deconstruction Doulas Fight Against Religious Abuse: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-us-fuel-our-fight-against-religious-abuse Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Email us: contact@sonsofpatriarchy.com They Called Her Bitter: https://www.instagram.com/theycalledherbitter/ Deconstruction Doulas: https://www.deconstructiondoulas.com Summary In this conversation, Sarah Bader and Margaret discuss their experiences with trauma, healing, and empowerment as survivors. They delve into the anticipation and anxiety surrounding a CNN interview, the importance of building a support...
2026-03-12
1h 11
Sons of Patriarchy
Margaret (and CREC Survivors) will be EXPOSING DOUG WILSON on CNN!
Special comes out March 22 at 8pm EST on CNN TV, and will stream beginning March 23: https://cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/2026/02/17/cnns-pamela-brown-reports-in-the-rise-of-christian-nationalism-for-the-whole-story-with-anderson-cooper/ Help Fuel Deconstruction Doulas Fight Against Religious Abuse: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-us-fuel-our-fight-against-religious-abuse Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Email us: contact@sonsofpatriarchy.com They Called Her Bitter: https://www.instagram.com/theycalledherbitter/ Deconstruction Doulas: https://www.deconstructiondoulas.com Summary In this conversation, Sarah Bader and Margaret Bronson discuss their experiences...
2026-03-07
21 min
Sons of Patriarchy
Are You in a Christian Nationalist Cult? (Part 1)
Help Fuel Deconstruction Doulas Fight Against Religious Abuse: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-us-fuel-our-fight-against-religious-abuse Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Email us: contact@sonsofpatriarchy.com They Called Her Bitter: https://www.instagram.com/theycalledherbitter/ Deconstruction Doulas: https://www.deconstructiondoulas.com Summary In this conversation, Sarah Bader (of Sons of Patriarchy) and Margaret Bronson (of Deconstruction Doulas and CNN's "The Situation Room") delve into the complexities of cult dynamics, exploring personal experiences and the broader implications...
2026-03-05
1h 02
Sons of Patriarchy
The CRISIS Facing Young Men Today (and How to Fix it)
Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Email us: contact@sonsofpatriarchy.com The first hour of "The Boy Crisis" is FREE here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWD-UyD6Spo Jordan Peterson Academy: https://petersonacademy.com The Boy Crisis: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1942952716/ Summary In this conversation, Peter Bell and Dr. Warren Farrell (Jordan Peterson Academy lecturer and bestselling author) explore the complexities of masculinity in contemporary society, discussing the historical co...
2026-03-02
1h 11
Sons of Patriarchy
Sarah Bader and Margaret Bronson's Stories
Help Fuel Deconstruction Doulas Fight Against Religious Abuse: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-us-fuel-our-fight-against-religious-abuse Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Email us: contact@sonsofpatriarchy.com They Called Her Bitter: https://www.instagram.com/theycalledherbitter/ Deconstruction Doulas: https://www.deconstructiondoulas.com Summary In this episode, Sarah Bader and Margaret Bronson discuss the complexities of survivor support, the stigma of bitterness, and the importance of community in healing from spiritual abuse. They share personal experiences, the challenges...
2026-02-26
1h 35
Sons of Patriarchy
Unmasking Religious Extremism
Help Fuel Deconstruction Doulas Fight Against Religious Abuse: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-us-fuel-our-fight-against-religious-abuse Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Email us: contact@sonsofpatriarchy.com They Called Her Bitter: https://www.instagram.com/theycalledherbitter/ Deconstruction Doulas: https://www.deconstructiondoulas.com Summary Join us as we explore honest stories of spiritual trauma, community resilience, and the journey toward liberation from high-control religious systems. This episode features candid conversations about the legacy of evangelical supremacism, the impact...
2026-02-19
1h 21
Sons of Patriarchy
The New Right & Christian Nationalism
Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Email us: contact@sonsofpatriarchy.com They Called Her Bitter: https://www.instagram.com/theycalledherbitter/ Deconstruction Doulas: https://www.deconstructiondoulas.com Summary In this conversation, Peter Bell and David French discuss the relaunch of the Sons of Patriarchy podcast, focusing on the evolving landscape of American politics, particularly the rise of Christian nationalism and the ideological shifts within the Republican Party. They explore the increasing partisanship, the role of...
2026-02-16
54 min
Sons of Patriarchy
The TRUTH About Pete Hegseth's Pastor (His Mother Goes Public)
Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Email us: contact@sonsofpatriarchy.com They Called Her Bitter: https://www.instagram.com/theycalledherbitter/ Deconstruction Doulas: https://www.deconstructiondoulas.com Our NEW weekly series launches on February 16 with David French of The New York Times! They Called Her Bitter, another weekly series in the SoP universe, with Sarah Bader of Sons of Patriarchy and Margaret Bronson of Deconstruction Doulas, launches February 19! Gwen's Facebook post o...
2026-02-09
1h 01
Sons of Patriarchy
NEW: They Called Her Bitter
Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy Deconstruction Doulas: https://www.deconstructiondoulas.com They Called Her Bitter: https://www.instagram.com/theycalledherbitter/ They Called Her Bitter explores stories that often go untold, stories shaped by grief, endurance, and the cost of telling the truth; offering language, validation, and perspective for those untangling from coercive belief systems and structures. Join Sarah Bader of Sons of Patriarchy and Margaret Bronson of Deconstruction Doulas for this...
2026-02-05
01 min
Sons of Patriarchy
Christianity Against Christian Nationalism
Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy Join us as we talk with Sarah Stankorb, Kristin Kobes Du Mez, and Russell Moore about abuse in the church, MAGA, the politicization of theology, racism, and everything else we've learned over the past few months and what the future looks like for the White Evangelical Church. Find Sarah Stankorb: https://sarahstankorb.substack.com Purchase Sarah's book: https://tinyurl.com/jyrzapy2 Find Kristin Kobes D...
2026-02-02
1h 13
Sons of Patriarchy
The REAL Story Behind the Cities Church Protest
Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy Deconstruction Doulas: https://www.deconstructiondoulas.com They Called Her Bitter: https://www.instagram.com/theycalledherbitter/ Get to know Margaret and Deconstruction Doulas. The launch of They Called Her Bitter. Sarah and Margaret's relationship and goal for the new podcast. The protests at Cities Church, Christ Kirk D.C., and Christ Church Moscow all share patterns and people, why is no one talking about them? Hillary Clinton's article in The...
2026-01-31
1h 27
Sons of Patriarchy
Christ Church Santa Clarita (Absolutely CHILLING Story)
Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy In this episode I spoke with an anonymous woman, her son, a former leader at Christ Church Santa Clarita, and Ray Davis (a retired pastor and trauma-informed counselor) about everything that happened at this CREC. This episode is not for the faint of heart, and the first 10 minutes makes that clear. There are no shepherds there. Sons of Patriarchy is brought to you b...
2026-01-29
2h 59
Sons of Patriarchy
Christian Nationalism in Canada and Australia (It's Destroying the Church)
Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy If you're in Australia and need help with a DV situation please call: 1800RESPECT A conversation on Doug Wilson's pernicious and pervasive influence in Canada and Australia with Wes Bredenhof, who has pastored Reformed churches in Canada and Australia, and Camille de Vos, who was born and raised in the Free Reformed Churches of Australia. We have episodes upcoming on the influence of Doug, Christian Nationalism, a...
2026-01-26
2h 27
Sons of Patriarchy
How to Talk to Your Christian Nationalist Friends and Family (and Those You Don't Like)
Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy Our scheduled episode for tomorrow has to be pushed back to next week (the reason why will be apparent when you listen), so I pulled this one out of the hopper! I spoke with Caleb Campbell of Disarming Leviathan and Pastor of Desert Springs Bible Church in Phoenix, Arizona. Need some sanity in this age of extreme political unrest, the takeover of our government, self-professed Christ N...
2026-01-22
1h 16
Sons of Patriarchy
The Kind of Abuse NO ONE Talks About (But Might be the Most Pervasive)
Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy In this last episode of Season 1, I spoke with Dr. Karen Roudkovski, a Licensed Professional Counselor with her own practice, and an expert on trauma and abuse, with her own story of the same. Karen ties in every theme of Sons of Patriarchy Season 1, gives language to those searching and hurting, a listening ear to those who want to speak out, and the compassion to speak into those l...
2026-01-19
1h 15
Sons of Patriarchy
She Was Counseled by Doug Wilson's Father
Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy Find Mountain City Christian Counseling here: https://tinyurl.com/3rjb6vra Sign up for an upcoming Mountain City Christian Counseling retreat here: https://tinyurl.com/59tuu6ra Are you in the PCA, and need help navigating your situation? Contact: https://tinyurl.com/56sb2c3b Free live workshops of the PCA Book of Church Order (BCO): https://tinyurl.com/bdcs7xrt Read a...
2026-01-15
1h 44
Sons of Patriarchy
A Former TradWife On What It's REALLY Like Being a TradWife
Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy I had the opportunity to sit down with Tia Levings to talk about her 2024 memoir, A Well-Trained Wife, her journey through the Patirarchy. Our second-to-last episode of Season 1, Tia's story weaves through every theme we have covered in this series. She made stops in the IBLP, Gothard, SBC, PCA, and CREC circles. She was controlled, manipulated, silenced, abused, and more. She was nearly sacrificed to the P...
2026-01-12
54 min
Sons of Patriarchy
#TherapyToo: When Therapy Hurts
Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy Join Peter in this special episode as he talks with producers (and survivors) Amy Nordhues and Jennifer Kramer about their upcoming documentary, #TherapyToo. They need your help! Website: https://amynordhues.com Trailer: https://www.therapytoofilm.com/watch Documentary: https://amynordhues.com/therapy-abuse-documentary/ Sons of Patriarchy is brought to you by: Producer, Writer, Editor, and Host: Peter Be...
2026-01-10
1h 02
Sons of Patriarchy
This OPC Minister Groomed Young Girls at his Church (Part 2)
Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy Find all the documents here: https://www.facebook.com/patriarchysons Are you in the OPC and need help? Contact the Presbyterian Advocacy Coalition: https://www.presbyterianadvocacycoalition.org Caroline Garcia Osborne and an anonymous woman share their stories of grooming, spiritual abuse, and sexual battery at the hands of Boyd Miller of Covenant OPC in La Grange, Georgia. If you listened to Theresa Garcia Robertson's st...
2026-01-08
2h 25
Sons of Patriarchy
What CORPORAL PUNISHMENT Looks Like in the Home
Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy In this episode we spoke with Sheila Wray Gregoire, founder of Bare Marriage and the author of many books, and Marissa Burt, author of the upcoming Brazos book "The Myth of Good Christian Parenting: How False Promises Betrayed a Generation of Evangelical Families." Dominion theology begets dominating over families. Sex becomes a conquering act, not the beautiful union of a man and a woman who love one another. W...
2026-01-05
1h 36
Sons of Patriarchy
The INSANE Reason the PCA Excommunicated this Woman
Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy Are you in the PCA, and need help navigating your situation? Contact: https://tinyurl.com/56sb2c3b Free live workshops of the PCA Book of Church Order (BCO): https://tinyurl.com/bdcs7xrt Read and discuss the PCA report on Domestic Abuse and Sexual Assault: https://tinyurl.com/4cx9n538 Donate to Advocacy from the Presbyterian Pew: https://tinyurl.com/ms6ba2ky
2026-01-01
2h 23
Sons of Patriarchy
This Denomination Treats Women Like OBJECTS
Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy The counterpart to Episode 13, It's Only a Matter of Rank. This time we have Beth Allison Barr (James Vardaman Professor of History at Baylor University, and author of numerous books), Sheila Wray Gregoire (founder of Bare Marriage, and author of numerous books), Cait West (yes, again!), and Hannah Oliver. The men are trained as leaders, and the women, as followers. The virtuous woman *only* stays at home, homeschools h...
2025-12-29
1h 37
Sons of Patriarchy
This OPC Minister Groomed Young Girls in His Church
Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy Are you in the OPC and need help? Contact the Presbyterian Advocacy Coalition: https://www.presbyterianadvocacycoalition.org Meet Theresa Garcia Robertson, Zach LeReaux, and Caroline McKuen. Theresa is a former member of Covenant OPC in La Grange, Georgia, pastored by Boyd Miller. Zach is Ali's husband (from Let's Get Spiritual), and will shed light on how men should engage with and respond to those who've been a...
2025-12-25
1h 37
Sons of Patriarchy
How Patriarchy Makes a Mockery of the Gospel and Destroys Lives
Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy Read about the woman's story at FBC Beggs here: https://tinyurl.com/5x7w6ddj In this episode I spoke with repeat guest Cait West, a woman whose marriage and church (FBC Beggs in Beggs, Oklahoma, led by pastor Chris Gore) was taken over by the patriarchy, and Zach Wagner (author of "Non-Toxic Masculinity") about the Patriarchy. Patriarchy is not only toxic for the women subjugated u...
2025-12-22
1h 02
Sons of Patriarchy
When Joe Rigney Covered for a Porn Addict (and Discipline the Wife)
Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy Meet Rachel Curtiss, former member of Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota, and Cait West, former member of the PCA, RPCNA, and OPC in Pennsylvania and Colorado. Rachel was publicly excommunicated by Joe Rigney (now at Christ Church Moscow) because she left an abusive marriage and church without their blessing. Cait West, author of the book Rift, was entrenched in the "stay-at-home-daughter" movement, and managed to escape.
2025-12-18
1h 40
Sons of Patriarchy
Theology That Transforms Jesus into a Transgender Man
Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy Join us as we talk with repeat guest Jeff Moss, a former CREC Minister, who has over a decade of experience "in the system." The Trinity is the bedrock of the Christian faith: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Spirit is God. But what happens when you've entered into a culture war? The perceived "feminization" of the Evangelical c...
2025-12-15
1h 29
Sons of Patriarchy
This is What Happens When Husbands DOMINATE Wives
Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy Both stories are coming on anonymously. The first is a couple who attended a CREC in the Southeast, and the second is a woman who grew up at Harvest OPC, near Grand Rapids, Michigan. The first story is about spiritual abuse and gaslighting, the second story is the outworking of Nancy Wilson's disgusting quip, "of course a husband is never trespassing his own garden" in this woman's life.
2025-12-11
1h 27
Sons of Patriarchy
The Reasons Why Doug Wilson is a FALSE Teacher
Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy Join Dr. R. Scott Clark and I as we discuss Federal Vision, it's various off-shoots and internecine debates, amber ale and oatmeal stout "versions," engage with clips from Douglas Wilson, Richard Lusk (among other CREC ministers who have blocked us), and look at the original statements and lectures from Auburn Avenue in 2002. This is our most theologically dense episode of the series. It's a beatdown of "Federal Vision," a...
2025-12-08
1h 25
Sons of Patriarchy
Inside the "Biblical Counseling" Center That is a CULT
Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy A special episode profiling the allegations brought by survivors against Vision of Hope at Faith Lafayette. Resources: Website: https://hoperestoredcommunity.wordpress.com Contact: https://hoperestoredcommunity.wordpress.com/connect/ Recovery Facebook Group: https://tinyurl.com/csk5xhzp Community Facebook Group: https://tinyurl.com/msbs74fy Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hoperestored.community/ Public Facebook Page: https://tinyurl.co...
2025-12-06
2h 07
Sons of Patriarchy
The HARM Spiritual Abuse Does to a Jesus Follower
Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy Meet Aimee Byrd (a former member of the OPC in the Northeast and prolific author), Ali LeReaux (a former member of the OPC in the Southeast), and Heather Nadreau (a former member of Christ Church Spokane, CREC). Spiritual abuse so often gets short shrift, but it upends everything you think about the gospel, the church, Jesus, and the pastors who are commanded to shepherd your soul. T...
2025-12-04
2h 14
Sons of Patriarchy
Canon Press Thinks You're Dumb, Here's How to Fight Back
Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy Join us as we talk with Aimee Byrd, and repeat guests Kristin Kobes du Mez and Nathan & Christiana Wells about the marketing that "bites back." From subversive marketing tactics, to slick production. From rhetorical flair, to retro design. Canon Press, Canon Plus, New Saint Andrews, and Christ Church are the bad boys on the block. The bad boys who know how to market, because the "good" boys are scared of it...
2025-12-01
1h 08
Sons of Patriarchy
Rachael Denhollander on the LIES Churches Believe About Abuse
Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy A SPECIAL episode with Rachael Denhollander! Our first of two conversations on reporting abuse, how churches should handle abuse allegations, the "2 or 3 witnesses" argument, using "non Christian" judges, and more. Rachael's website: https://rachaeldenhollander.com Rachael's books: What Is a Girl Worth? - https://tinyurl.com/45jvk72m How Much Is a Little Girl Worth? - https://tinyurl.com/mw6...
2025-11-29
51 min
Sons of Patriarchy
A Minister Asks an 8 Year Old About Touching Herself
Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy Meet Chelsea Gondrez (former member of the OPC and PCA), an anonymous woman who's known/known of Doug Wilson for decades, and Alaine and Fred Hofland (the parents of Chelsea Gondrez). The standard for women in these churches is impossible, everything is their fault, and they're confronted with this daily. Here's the video with Alaine and Fred (plus others on her page): https://www.facebook.com/1380279173/v...
2025-11-27
1h 38
Sons of Patriarchy
Here's Why the CREC is a FALSE Denomination
Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy Join us as we talk with Jeff Moss, a former CREC Minister, who has over a decade of experience "in the system." We do a deep dive into all things CREC: structure, polity, ordination, founding, everything. What may seem boring is actually a necessary look "under the hood." If you know the structure of the system, you understand how the system works the way it does. W...
2025-11-24
1h 11
Sons of Patriarchy
She Was Kidnapped, Used as Free Labor, and the OPC Turned a Blind Eye
We are re-airing Season 1 with all the interest in Christian Nationalism and Doug Wilson. This gives us the time to reformat and relaunch Sons of Patriarchy with our BIGGEST NEWS YET in 2026! Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy Meet Stephanie Chernyavskiy, former member of Neon Reformed Presbyterian Church (a part of the OPC: Orthodox Presbyterian Church), in Neon, Kentucky. This is her story. Here's the poem St...
2025-11-20
1h 09
Sons of Patriarchy
The Problem with "Christian" Classical Schools
We are re-airing Season 1 with all the interest in Christian Nationalism and Doug Wilson. This gives us the time to reformat and relaunch Sons of Patriarchy with our BIGGEST NEWS YET in 2026! Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy Join us as we talk with Susan Wise Bauer of The Well-Trained Mind and Jill Wright, who has experience with The Oaks Academy and the ACCS (Association of Classical Christian Schools). ...
2025-11-17
1h 44
Sons of Patriarchy
"I Was Groomed by Tom Garfield at Logos School Moscow"
We are re-airing Season 1 with all the interest in Christian Nationalism and Doug Wilson. This gives us the time to reformat and relaunch Sons of Patriarchy with our BIGGEST NEWS YET in 2026! Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy Meet Jade Miller (a former Logos School student), and an anonymous man who has attended CRECs in the Pacific Northwest. Sons of Patriarchy is brought to you by:...
2025-11-13
1h 50
Sons of Patriarchy
"Southern Chattel Slavery Wasn't That Bad"
We are re-airing Season 1 with all the interest in Christian Nationalism and Doug Wilson. This gives us the time to reformat and relaunch Sons of Patriarchy with our BIGGEST NEWS YET in 2026! Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy I sat down with Thabiti Anyawbile (on Zoom) to talk about his interaction with Doug Wilson in 2013 about Doug's booklets "Southern Slavery As It Was" and "Black and Tan." Here's th...
2025-11-10
49 min
Sons of Patriarchy
From Mars Hill to Moscow: A Comparison of Mark Driscoll and Doug Wilson
We are re-airing Season 1 with all the interest in Christian Nationalism and Doug Wilson. This gives us the time to reformat and relaunch Sons of Patriarchy with our BIGGEST NEWS YET in 2026! Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy Enjoy this BONUS episode with Mike Cosper of Christianity Today! We talk through Mark Driscoll, Doug Wilson, the ideologies that have taken over so much of the church, what it does to th...
2025-11-08
1h 11
Sons of Patriarchy
"The CREC Kept a File on My Daughter's Sex Life with Her Husband"
We are re-airing Season 1 with all the interest in Christian Nationalism and Doug Wilson. This gives us the time to reformat and relaunch Sons of Patriarchy with our BIGGEST NEWS YET in 2026! Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy Meet Holly Rench (who has deep Moscow connections and a former CREC member in North Carolina), Kathy (a former CREC member in Oregon), and the Reynolds Family (former members of the CREC in...
2025-11-06
2h 00
Sons of Patriarchy
Racism, Deception, and Anti-Semitism in Modern Day Christian Nationalism
We are re-airing Season 1 with all the interest in Christian Nationalism and Doug Wilson. This gives us the time to reformat and relaunch Sons of Patriarchy with our BIGGEST NEWS YET in 2026! Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy If the fruit of Christian Nationalism is rotten, what does that say about the roots itself? We've spent three episodes in the history, development, and political theories of Christian Nationalism, no...
2025-11-03
1h 38
Sons of Patriarchy
The Illegal and Unethical Business Practices of the CREC
We are re-airing Season 1 with all the interest in Christian Nationalism and Doug Wilson. This gives us the time to reformat and relaunch Sons of Patriarchy with our BIGGEST NEWS YET in 2026! Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy Meet Hayley McCord (a former student at New Saint Andrews), an anonymous woman with deep family connections to Christ Church Moscow, and an anonymous couple who were members at CREC churches in th...
2025-10-30
1h 44
Sons of Patriarchy
The Civil War, Moral Majority, and Modern Day Christian Nationalism
We are re-airing Season 1 with all the interest in Christian Nationalism and Doug Wilson. This gives us the time to reformat and relaunch Sons of Patriarchy with our BIGGEST NEWS YET in 2026! Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy The writings and works of Reconstructioninsts and Theonomists of a bygone age would not recognize the modern iteration of Christian Nationalism. No, today's Christian Nationalism is an entirely new phenomenon wi...
2025-10-27
1h 36
Sons of Patriarchy
"The Women of Christ Church Moscow Are Being Abused and Used"
We are re-airing Season 1 with all the interest in Christian Nationalism and Doug Wilson. This gives us the time to reformat and relaunch Sons of Patriarchy with our BIGGEST NEWS YET in 2026! Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy Meet an anonymous woman who grew up around Jim and Bessie Wilson (Doug's parents), Theresa Smith who married in to the CREC, and Nathan and Christiana Wells (Moscow residents) on the reputation of...
2025-10-23
2h 13
Sons of Patriarchy
The REAL History of Christian Nationalism
We are re-airing Season 1 with all the interest in Christian Nationalism and Doug Wilson. This gives us the time to reformat and relaunch Sons of Patriarchy with our BIGGEST NEWS YET in 2026! Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy Nerds of history, political theory, and political theology, this is your episode! Everyone else? Figure out where this thing called Christian Nationalism came from. Catholic Integralism is both intellectually superior of...
2025-10-20
1h 31
Sons of Patriarchy
Abuse Cover-Up at New Saint Andrews
We are re-airing Season 1 with all the interest in Christian Nationalism and Doug Wilson. This gives us the time to reformat and relaunch Sons of Patriarchy with our BIGGEST NEWS YET in 2026! Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy Meet Tony, Kalina, and Kallie. Tony is the former Chief Operating Officer at New Saint Andrews College in Moscow, Idaho. Kalina is a former member of Church of the King CREC in Sa...
2025-10-16
2h 04
Sons of Patriarchy
The New York Times and Doug Wilson
We are re-airing Season 1 with all the interest in Christian Nationalism and Doug Wilson. This gives us the time to reformat and relaunch Sons of Patriarchy with our BIGGEST NEWS YET in 2026! Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy Join Sarah Bader and Peter Bell as they break down Ross Douthat's interview with Doug Wilson for The New York Times. Full interview here: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/opinion/doug-wilson-america-religion-theocracy.ht...
2025-10-14
1h 25
Sons of Patriarchy
What is Doug Wilson's Particular Brand of Christian Nationalism?
We are re-airing Season 1 with all the interest in Christian Nationalism and Doug Wilson. This gives us the time to reformat and relaunch Sons of Patriarchy with our BIGGEST NEWS YET in 2026! Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy Here's Keely Emerine-Mix's debate with Doug Wilson from 2006: http://www.tomandrodna.com/notonthepalouse/Church_Debate_Mix_Wilson_071106.htm. The tremors of Christian Nationalism have reached the nation. I...
2025-10-13
1h 03
Sons of Patriarchy
The Story Behind Sons of Patriarchy
We are re-airing Season 1 with all the interest in Christian Nationalism and Doug Wilson. This gives us the time to reformat and relaunch Sons of Patriarchy with our BIGGEST NEWS YET in 2026! Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy Meet Sarah Bader, the heartbeat of this podcast and the hero of so many in Moscow. Sons of Patriarchy is brought to you by: Producer, Writer, Edi...
2025-10-11
1h 16
Sons of Patriarchy
The Story of the Girl Who Was Abused By Jim Nance
We are re-airing Season 1 with all the interest in Christian Nationalism and Doug Wilson. This gives us the time to reformat and relaunch Sons of Patriarchy with our BIGGEST NEWS YET in 2026! Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy Meet Emilie Paige Dye, who spoke out in 2020 about the abuse she underwent at Logos School during her time as a high school student. Sons of Patriarchy is bro...
2025-10-09
1h 16
Sons of Patriarchy
How Doug Wilson Took the Helm of the Christian Nationalist Leadership
We are re-airing Season 1 with all the interest in Christian Nationalism and Doug Wilson. This gives us the time to reformat and relaunch Sons of Patriarchy with our BIGGEST NEWS YET in 2026! Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy The emergence of the Young, Restless, and Reformed in the late 1990s and 2000s didn't come out of nowhere. Most were known by their rhetorical power, calvinistic soteriology, and movement-building prowess. But th...
2025-10-06
1h 12
Sons of Patriarchy
The School Doug Wilson Founded Told Emilie Dye to Lie About Her Abuse
We are re-airing Season 1 with all the interest in Christian Nationalism and Doug Wilson. This gives us the time to reformat and relaunch Sons of Patriarchy with our BIGGEST NEWS YET in 2026! Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy Doug Wilson and Emilie Dye were front page of The Wall Street Journal this past weekend. Sarah Bader and Peter Bell sat down with Emilie Dye for an honest and raw conversation of...
2025-10-04
1h 33
Sons of Patriarchy
"Wives MUST Be Led By a FIRM Hand" According to This Church
We are re-airing Season 1 with all the interest in Christian Nationalism and Doug Wilson. This gives us the time to reformat and relaunch Sons of Patriarchy with our BIGGEST NEWS YET in 2026! Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy Meet Sarah Stankorb, whose 2021 VICE article, "Inside the Church That Preaches 'Wives Need to be Led with a Firm Hand,'" broke open the floodgates. She then followed it up with Disobedient Women i...
2025-10-02
58 min
Sons of Patriarchy
Where Did Doug Wilson Come From?
We are re-airing Season 1 with all the interest in Christian Nationalism and Doug Wilson. This gives us the time to reformat and relaunch Sons of Patriarchy with our BIGGEST NEWS YET in 2026! Media inquiries: sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy From fringe to mainstream. Maybe you've heard of them, maybe you haven't. One thing is for sure, they're influential. What started in the late 70s has blossomed into a worldwide movement, making Christian Natio...
2025-09-29
1h 13
Sons of Patriarchy
The Assassination of Charlie Kirk and the Death of Those We Disagree With
We are re-airing Season 1 with all the interest in Christian Nationalism and Doug Wilson. This gives us the time to reformat and relaunch Sons of Patriarchy with our BIGGEST NEWS YET in 2026! Media inquiries: sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy On the assassination of Charlie Kirk. Expert more bonus episodes from us in the future! "Sons of Patriarchy" is brought to you by Producer, Writer, Editor, and Host: Peter Bel...
2025-09-22
11 min
Sons of Patriarchy
MAJOR Update
Media inquiries: sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Equip yourself to engage with all things Christian Nationalism. Sons of Patriarchy is brought to you by: Producer, Writer, Editor, and Host: Peter Bell Co-Producer: Sarah Bader Original Music, Sound Design, and Mixing: https://aaronfeeneymusic.com/ Graphic Design: Anonymous Survivors
2025-09-15
04 min
Sons of Patriarchy
The Event that Changed Everything
Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy Season 2 - Episode 18 Peter Bell and Sarah Stankorb LIVE from the Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre in Downtown Moscow, Idaho. A BIG thank you and hearty commendation of Leigh Robartes' work on the audio for our Moscow event. You can find "Radio Free Moscow" at krfp.org. Sarah's resources: Disobedient Women: https://tinyurl.com/bd...
2025-09-04
1h 53
Sons of Patriarchy
Live from Moscow, Idaho!
Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy Season 2 - Episode 14 Peter Bell and Sarah Stankorb LIVE from the Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre in Downtown Moscow, Idaho. Doug Wilson & Peter Bell's 1-on-1: RNS: https://religionnews.com/2025/08/12/doug-wilson-agrees-to-debate-sons-of-patriarchy-after-dueling-events-in-moscow-idaho/ Roys Report: https://julieroys.com/doug-wilson-agrees-to-debate-sons-of-patriarchy-after-dueling-events-in-moscow-idaho/ Du Mez Connections: https://kristindumez.substack.com/p/confronting-doug-wilson Church Leaders: https://churchleaders.com/news/516697-doug...
2025-08-18
1h 52
Sons of Patriarchy
Christian Dominionism & Women
Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy We are publishing one episode every day from May 5 until the beginning of Season 2... buckle up. Julie Ingersoll: https://julieingersoll.weebly.com Donate to Outreach: https://donorbox.org/outreach-launch Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/SonsofPatriarchy
2025-05-29
1h 11
Sons of Patriarchy
Heritage CPC: Part 3
Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy We are publishing one episode every day from May 5 until the beginning of Season 2... buckle up. Heritage CPC: https://heritagecenterville.org/ Donate to Outreach: https://donorbox.org/outreach-launch Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/SonsofPatriarchy
2025-05-26
51 min
Sons of Patriarchy
Season 2 - The Evangelical Reckoning
Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy See you June 2. This season will be both audio AND video, and we are adding an EXCLUSIVE to YouTube (~2-4x/month) segment covering, critiquing, and critically engaging all things Christian Nationalism and Patriarchy.
2025-05-26
01 min
Sons of Patriarchy
Season 1 Post-Mortem with Sarah Stankorb, Kristen Kobes Du Mez, and Russell Moore
Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy Join us as we talk with Sarah Stankorb, Kristin Kobes Du Mez, and Russell Moore about abuse in the church, MAGA, the politicization of theology, racism, and everything else we've learned over the past few months and what the future looks like for the White Evangelical Church. Resources: Disobedient Women by Sarah Stankorb Jesus and John Wayne by Kristin Kobes Du Mez Losing Ou...
2025-03-03
1h 09
Sons of Patriarchy
Christ Church Santa Clarita
Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy In this episode I spoke with an anonymous woman, her son, a former leader at Christ Church Santa Clarita, and Ray Davis (a retired pastor and trauma-informed counselor) about everything that happened at this CREC. This episode is not for the faint of heart, and the first 10 minutes makes that clear. There are no shepherds there. "Sons of Patriarchy" is brought to y...
2025-02-27
2h 58
Sons of Patriarchy
Wes Bredenhof & Camille de Vos
Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy If you're in Australia and need help with a DV situation please call: 1800RESPECT A conversation on Doug Wilson's pernicious and pervasive influence in Canada and Australia with Wes Bredenhof, who has pastored Reformed churches in Canada and Australia, and Camille de Vos, who was born and raised in the Free Reformed Churches of Australia. We have episodes upcoming on the influence of Doug, C...
2025-02-24
2h 23
Sons of Patriarchy
Disarming Leviathan: Loving Your Christian Nationalist Neighbor
Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy Our scheduled episode for tomorrow has to be pushed back to next week (the reason why will be apparent when you listen), so I pulled this one out of the hopper! I spoke with Caleb Campbell of Disarming Leviathan and Pastor of Desert Springs Bible Church in Phoenix, Arizona. Need some sanity in this age of extreme political unrest, the takeover of our government, s...
2025-02-20
1h 15
Sons of Patriarchy
Understanding Spiritual Abuse
Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy In this last episode of Season 1, I spoke with Dr. Karen Roudkovski, a Licensed Professional Counselor with her own practice, and an expert on trauma and abuse, with her own story of the same. Karen ties in every theme of Sons of Patriarchy Season 1, gives language to those searching and hurting, a listening ear to those who want to speak out, and the compassion to speak i...
2025-02-17
1h 14
Sons of Patriarchy
Too Opinionated: Abuse in the PCA, Part 2
Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy Find Mountain City Christian Counseling here. Sign up for an upcoming Mountain City Christian Counseling retreat here. Are you in the PCA, and need help navigating your situation? Contact: Advocacy from the Presbyterian Pew. Free live workshops of the PCA Book of Church Order (BCO): https://presbyterianpew.org/live-workshops/ Read and discuss the PCA report on Domestic Abuse and Sexual Assault. Donate to Advo...
2025-02-13
1h 42
Sons of Patriarchy
A Conversation with Tia Levings on "A Well-Trained Wife"
Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy I had the opportunity to sit down with Tia Levings to talk about her 2024 memoir, A Well-Trained Wife, her journey through the Patirarchy. Our second-to-last episode of Season 1, Tia's story weaves through every theme we have covered in this series. She made stops in the IBLP, Gothard, SBC, PCA, and CREC circles. She was controlled, manipulated, silenced, abused, and more. She was nearly sacrificed to...
2025-02-10
52 min
Sons of Patriarchy
Millstones: Abuse in the OPC, Part 7
Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy Are you in the OPC, and need help? Contact: Presbyterian Advocacy Coalition Find all the documents here: Sons of Patriarchy Facebook (Slight correction on the audio - the OPC report was published 2024, not 2014) Caroline Garcia Osborne and an anonymous woman share their stories of grooming, spiritual abuse, and sexual battery at the hands of Boyd Miller of Covenant OPC in La Grange, G...
2025-02-06
2h 25
Sons of Patriarchy
How to Rule Your Wife (and Kids)
Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy In this episode we spoke with Sheila Wray Gregoire, founder of Bare Marriage and the author of many books, and Marissa Burt, author of the upcoming Brazos Press book The Myth of Good Christian Parenting: How False Promises Betrayed a Generation of Evangelical Families. Dominion theology begets dominating over families. Sex becomes a conquering act, not the beautiful union of a man and a woman who love one another. Women...
2025-02-03
1h 31
Sons of Patriarchy
Excommunicated: Abuse in the PCA, Part 1
Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy Are you in the PCA, and need help navigating your situation? Contact: Advocacy from the Presbyterian Pew. Free live workshops of the PCA Book of Church Order (BCO): https://presbyterianpew.org/live-workshops/ Read and discuss the PCA report on Domestic Abuse and Sexual Assault. Donate to Advocacy from the Presbyterian Pew here. Follow Donna Westcott on X (@psychotheologin) and her website (donnawestcott.com).
2025-01-30
2h 23
Sons of Patriarchy
Covered Up: Abuse in the OPC, Part 6
Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy Are you in the OPC, and need help? Contact: Presbyterian Advocacy Coalition Meet Theresa Garcia Robertson, Zach LeReaux, and Caroline McKuen. Theresa is a former member of Covenant OPC in La Grange, Georgia, pastored by Boyd Miller. Zach is Ali's husband (from Let's Get Spiritual), and will shed light on how men should engage with and respond to those who've been abused. Caroline McKuen is...
2025-01-23
1h 36
Sons of Patriarchy
It's Only a Matter of Rank
Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy Read about the woman's story at FBC Beggs here: https://tinyurl.com/5x7w6ddj In this episode I spoke with repeat guest Cait West, a woman whose marriage and church (FBC Beggs in Beggs, Oklahoma, led by pastor Chris Gore) was taken over by the patriarchy, and Zach Wagner (author of "Non-Toxic Masculinity") about the Patriarchy. Patriarchy is not only toxic for the wo...
2025-01-20
1h 01
Sons of Patriarchy
Silenced No More: Abuse in the OPC, Part 5
Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy Are you in the OPC, and need help? Contact: Presbyterian Advocacy Coalition. Meet Rachel Curtiss, former member of Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota, and Cait West, former member of the PCA, RPCNA, and OPC in Pennsylvania and Colorado. Rachel was publicly excommunicated by Joe Rigney (now at Christ Church Moscow) because she left an abusive marriage and church. Cait West, author of the boo...
2025-01-16
1h 39
Sons of Patriarchy
The Trinity and Gender Roles
Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy Join us as we talk with repeat guest Jeff Moss, a former CREC Minister, who has over a decade of experience "in the system." The Trinity is the bedrock of the Christian faith: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Spirit is God. But what happens when you've entered into a culture war? The perceived "feminization" of th...
2025-01-13
1h 27
Sons of Patriarchy
Can't Trespass the Garden: Abuse in the OPC, Part 4
Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy Are you in the OPC, and need help? Contact: Presbyterian Advocacy Coalition. Both stories are coming on anonymously. The first is a couple who attended a CREC in the Southeast, and the second is a woman who grew up at Harvest OPC, near Grand Rapids, Michigan. The first story is about spiritual abuse and gaslighting, the second story is the outworking of Nancy Wilson's di...
2025-01-09
1h 28
Sons of Patriarchy
Reformed is (Not) Enough
Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy Join Dr. R. Scott Clark and I as we discuss Federal Vision, it's various off-shoots and internecine debates, amber ale and oatmeal stout "versions," engage with clips from Douglas Wilson, Richard Lusk (among other CREC ministers who have blocked us), and look at the original statements and lectures from Auburn Avenue in 2002. This is our most theologically dense episode of the series. It's a beatdown of "F...
2025-01-06
1h 28
Sons of Patriarchy
Let's Get Spiritual: Abuse in the OPC, Part 3
Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy Are you in the OPC, and need help? Contact: Presbyterian Advocacy Coalition. Meet Aimee Byrd (a former member of the OPC in the Northeast and prolific author), Ali LeReaux (a former member of the OPC in the Southeast), and Heather Nadreau (a former member of Christ Church Spokane, CREC). Spiritual abuse so often gets short shrift, but it upends everything you think about the go...
2025-01-02
2h 14
Sons of Patriarchy
Marketing, or, Why the Ends Justify the Means
Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy Join us as we talk with Aimee Byrd, and repeat guests Kristin Kobes du Mez and Nathan & Christiana Wells about the marketing that "bites back." From subversive marketing tactics, to slick production. From rhetorical flair, to retro design. Canon Press, Canon Plus, New Saint Andrews, and Christ Church are the bad boys on the block. The bad boys who know how to market, because the "good" boys are...
2024-12-30
1h 08
Sons of Patriarchy
2 or 3 Witnesses: A Conversation with Rachael Denhollander
Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy Enjoy this BONUS episode with Rachael Denhollander. Our first of two conversations on reporting abuse, how churches should handle abuse allegations, the "2 or 3 witnesses" argument, using "non Christian" judges, and more. Rachael's books: What Is a Girl Worth? How Much Is a Little Girl Worth? How Much Is a Little Boy Worth? "Sons of Patriarchy" is brought to you by Producer, Writer, Editor, and Host: Peter Bell Original Music, Sound Des...
2024-12-28
49 min
Sons of Patriarchy
Never Good Enough: Abuse in the OPC, Part 2
Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy Are you in the OPC, and need help? Contact: Presbyterian Advocacy Coalition. Meet Chelsea Gondrez (former member of the OPC and PCA), an anonymous woman who's known/known of Doug Wilson for decades, and Alaine and Fred Hofland (the parents of Chelsea Gondrez). The standard for women in these churches is impossible, everything is their fault, and they're confronted with this daily. Here's the video with A...
2024-12-26
1h 39
Sons of Patriarchy
The Anti-Denomination
Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy Join us as we talk with Jeff Moss, a former CREC Minister, who has over a decade of experience "in the system." We do a deep dive into all things CREC: structure, polity, ordination, founding, everything. What may seem boring is actually a necessary look "under the hood." If you know the structure of the system, you understand how the system works the way it does. We compare i...
2024-12-23
1h 11
Sons of Patriarchy
The Lion of Judah Louder Roars: Abuse in the OPC, Part 1
Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy Are you in the OPC, and need help? Contact: Presbyterian Advocacy Coalition. Meet Stephanie Chernyavskiy, former member of Neon Reformed Presbyterian Church (Neon is part of the OPC: Orthodox Presbyterian Church) in Neon, Kentucky. This is her story. Here's the poem Stephanie wrote and read from at the end: The Lion of Judah Louder Roars. "Sons of Patriarchy" is brought to you by Pr...
2024-12-19
1h 09
Sons of Patriarchy
Indoctrination Station
Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy Join us as we talk with Susan Wise Bauer of The Well-Trained Mind and Jill Wright, who has experience with The Oaks Academy and the ACCS (Association of Classical Christian Schools). The Matriarch of Classical Education takes on the Patriarch of "Christian" Classical Education. Susan explains why she doesn't like the phrase "Christian" Classical education, dives into the history of the methodology, misconceptions, and more. Jill lived it. S...
2024-12-16
1h 42
Sons of Patriarchy
A Museum for Saints: Abuse in the CREC, Part 7
Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy Meet Jade Miller (a former Logos School student), and an anonymous man who attended CRECs in the Pacific Northwest. Jade will be releasing her memoir soon, sign up here to get notified when it's available: https://jademari.com/memoir-theoutsidegirl. "Sons of Patriarchy" is brought to you by Producer, Writer, Editor, and Host: Peter Bell Original Music, Sound Design, and Mixing: https://aaronfeeneymusic.com/ Social Media: ...
2024-12-12
1h 51
Sons of Patriarchy
Excursus: A Conversation with Thabiti Anyabwile on Doug Wilson
Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy I sat down with Thabiti Anyawbile (on Zoom) to talk about his interaction with Doug Wilson in 2013 about Doug's booklets "Southern Slavery As It Was" and "Black and Tan." Here's the TGC blog swaps between Thabiti and Doug: https://tinyurl.com/ybwpwt34 "Sons of Patriarchy" is brought to you by Producer, Writer, Editor, and Host: Peter Bell Original Music, Sound Design, and Mixing: https://aaronfee...
2024-12-09
49 min
Sons of Patriarchy
From Mars Hill to Moscow: A Conversation with Mike Cosper
Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy Enjoy this BONUS episode with Mike Cosper of Christianity Today! We talk through Mark Driscoll, Doug Wilson, the ideologies that have taken over so much of the church, what it does to the gospel, and her people, and what can be done about it. Listen to The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill. Purchase The Church in Dark Times. "Sons of Patriarchy" is brought to y...
2024-12-07
1h 10
Sons of Patriarchy
The Moscow Mold: Abuse in the CREC, Part 6
Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy Meet Holly Rench (who has deep Moscow connections and a former CREC member in North Carolina), Kathy (a former CREC member in Oregon), and the Reynolds Family (former members of the CREC in Santa Cruz). "Once Excommunicated" an Instagram journey of the Reynolds family away from the CREC. "Sons of Patriarchy" is brought to you by Producer, Writer, Editor, and Host: Peter Bell...
2024-12-05
2h 03
Sons of Patriarchy
The Fruits of Nationalism
Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy If the fruit of Christian Nationalism is rotten, what does that say about the roots itself? We've spent three episodes in the history, development, and political theories of Christian Nationalism, now we go to its current iteration. Join us as we discuss what Christian Nationalism does. In this episode we speak with Dr. Paul Miller (Georgetown University), Katherine Stewart (op-ed writer for The New York Times, as well as author of several...
2024-12-02
1h 40
Sons of Patriarchy
Veneer of Righteousness: Abuse in the CREC, Part 5
Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy Meet Hayley McCord, a former student at New Saint Andrews, an anonymous woman with deep family connections to Christ Church Moscow, and an anonymous couple who attended a CREC church in the Pacific North West. EDIT: We were alerted that the comment about "spanking tools" currently being sold at Christ Church from 14:20-14:30 is not true. "Sons of Patriarchy" is brought to you by Producer, W...
2024-11-25
1h 47
Sons of Patriarchy
Family Affairs: Abuse in the CREC, Part 4
Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy Meet an anonymous woman who grew up around Jim and Bessie Wilson (Doug's parents), Theresa Smith who married in to the CREC, and Nathan and Christiana Wells (Moscow residents) on the reputation of the church. Follow Doug Wilson Says on Facebook, Instagram, X/Twitter, and Website. "Sons of Patriarchy" is brought to you by Producer, Writer, Editor, and Host: Peter Bell Original Music, Sound...
2024-11-21
2h 12
Sons of Patriarchy
The Roots of Nationalism
Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy Nerds of history, political theory, and political theology, this is your episode! Everyone else? Figure out where this thing called Christian Nationalism came from. Catholic Integralism is both intellectually superior of, and far more historically grounded counterpart to Christian Nationalism. Kevin Vallier (Professor of Philosophy at the University of Toledo) discusses the rise of Catholic Integralism, the Protestant response, and where Christian Nationalism fits into that picture (if...
2024-11-18
1h 32
Sons of Patriarchy
Immersive Communities: Abuse in the CREC, Part 3
Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy Meet Tony, Kalina, and Kallie. Tony is the former Chief Operating Officer at New Saint Andrews College in Moscow, Idaho. Kalina is a former member of Church of the King CREC in Santa Cruz, California. Kallie is a former member of Christ Church and former student at Logos School in Moscow, Idaho. Episode Resources: Anabel's Lion by Tony Baker "Sons of Patriarchy" is brought...
2024-11-14
2h 05
Sons of Patriarchy
Moscow Nationalism
Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy Keely Emerine-Mix's 5-part debate with Douglas Wilson: http://www.tomandrodna.com/notonthepalouse/Church_Debate_Mix_Wilson_071106.htm The tremors of Christian Nationalism have reached the nation. In this episode we interact with Tucker Carlson, Doug Wilson, Joel Webbon, Stephen Wolfe, and many other major players of the Christian Nationalist movements. There are strands of this movement you need to learn about, their major players, their specific policies, and...
2024-11-11
1h 04
Sons of Patriarchy
BONUS: Why Does Sons of Patriarchy Exist? A Conversation with Sarah Bader
Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Patreon: patreon.com/sonsofpatriarchy Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy "Sons of Patriarchy" is brought to you by Producer, Writer, Editor, and Host: Peter Bell Original Music, Sound Design, and Mixing: https://aaronfeeneymusic.com/ Social Media: Sarah Bader Graphic Design: Anonymous Survivors SURVIVORS - THANK YOU, AND MAY YOU BE HEARD.
2024-11-09
46 min
Sons of Patriarchy
Groomed to Submit: Abuse in the CREC, Part 2
Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy Meet Emilie Paige Dye, who spoke out in 2020 about the abuse she underwent at Logos School during her time as a high school student. "Sons of Patriarchy" is brought to you by Producer, Writer, Editor, and Host: Peter Bell Original Music, Sound Design, and Mixing: https://aaronfeeneymusic.com/ Social Media: Sarah Bader Graphic Design: Anonymous Survivors SURVIVORS - THANK YOU, AND MAY YOU BE HEARD.
2024-11-07
1h 19
Sons of Patriarchy
The Apostle to the Patriarchs
Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy The emergence of the Young, Restless, and Reformed in the late 1990s and 2000s didn't come out of nowhere. Most were known by their rhetorical power, calvinistic soteriology, and movement-building prowess. But they've all got a spiritual father, a Patriarch, if you will. Maybe you listened to the 2021 podcast series "The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill," and wondered, "Where did Driscoll come from?" Well, he took what Doug Wilson had written, and preached i...
2024-11-04
1h 12
Sons of Patriarchy
When VICE Broke the Dam: Abuse in the CREC, Part 1
Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy Meet Sarah Stankorb, whose 2021 VICE article, "Inside the Church That Preaches 'Wives Need to be Led with a Firm Hand,'" broke open the floodgates. She then followed it up with Disobedient Women in 2023, which built on, and expanded upon, her original article. She talks through reporting on abuse, speaking with and listening to abuse survivors, the dynamics surrounding women who come forward with abuse stories, the environment(s) that perpetuate abuse, and much more. S...
2024-10-31
1h 00
Sons of Patriarchy
The War on the Evangellyfish
Media inquiries: https://www.sonsofpatriarchy.com/contact Website: sonsofpatriarchy.com Donate: https://donorbox.org/sons-of-patriarchy SURPRISE! We're a day early. From fringe to mainstream. Maybe you've heard of them, maybe you haven't. One thing is for sure, they're influential. What started in the late 70s has blossomed into a worldwide movement, making Christian Nationalism... national. From a small college town, Moscow, Idaho, meet the pastor and movement that is influencing American politics, and infiltrating American churches. In this inaugural episode, Kristin Kobes Du Mez talks about t...
2024-10-28
1h 14
Sons of Patriarchy
Introducing: Sons of Patriarchy
Donate to help the survivor network here. Join: Private Survivor Support Group. Sign up for our Patreon here. Visit sonsofpatriarchy.com to find resources, recommended reading, and more. Social Media: Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, and Facebook Examining Doug Wilson and Moscow: Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook Patriarchy, we're coming for you. Sons of Patriarchy is brought to you by Producer, Writer, Editor, and Host: Peter Bell Original Music, Sound Design, and Mixing: https://aaronfeeneymusic.com/ Assistant Producer: Examining Doug Wilson and Moscow Social Media: Sarah Bader Graphic Design: Anonymous Survivors FOR THE SURVIVORS. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/sons-of-patriarchy7078/donations Adver...
2024-10-14
02 min