LEGAL DIRECTIONS and DISCERNMENT end the judgment by Magistrate Gareth Christophi in his findings re former pastor Brian Houston's criminal trial in Sydney last year. This 3rd part is made up of the judge's own directions to himself and his final conclusions and verdict decision. DON'T MISS OUT ! these are the transcripts from NSW local court where the trial was held! this is word for word...what happened.. so YOU CAN DECIDE! PART 3 IS READ BY author, ( Lesser Light , Bringing Me Back to Me ), h...
Nov 19, 2023•35 min•Season 4Ep. 22
pt 2 of the reading of verdict transcripts from NSW Local Court in the trial of Brian Houston for Concealing a Serious Indictable Offence. This is the reading of the judgment by Magistrate Gareth Christopher on 17 August 2023. thx to Jake Elliot and PCD for voices! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 10, 2023•35 min•Season 4Ep. 21
Ex pastor Brian Houston's verdict read from the transcripts of his day in court for concealing a serious indictable offence. Direct from NSW courts... a world first.. the entire verdict... well, part 1.. with Tanya Levin and Jake Elliot! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 05, 2023•35 min•Season 4Ep. 20
When Troy's older brother, Peter, started attending Hillsong, Troy kept quiet. But when his 'trance' like state became more concerning, Troy tagged along. This fascinating tale of two brothers and their strong bond is continued in this episode. Troy, a social worker in London, is a very measure and fair type, wanting to be rational and just, yet he found it was too hard to accept Hillsong as anything other than a secret club, a cult. Come chat as we find out how he managed to get Peter out.. and...
Sep 17, 2023•34 min•Season 4Ep. 19
When Troy's brother Peter started hanging with the Hillsongers in London, he tried to be understanding. But as it progressed, Troy had some real concerns...and he loved his brother... Troy tells the story of brotherly love and how he followed his brother all the way to the altar... Come chat! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 10, 2023•34 min•Season 4Ep. 18
Geoff Bullock and Brian Houston were good mates. Until they weren't when Geoff left. One doesn't leave a narcissist without punishment. And Geoff was punished in every way they could think up. In part 3, Geoff recalls the man he used to call a friend and tells us what he'd say to his old buddy if he could. This is a bittersweet story of love, loss and friendship and.. A spiritual milkshake. Come chat! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Sep 03, 2023•31 min•Season 4Ep. 17
SOCIAL MEDIA INFLUENCERS HOUSTONS Laura, Roberta Lee and Brian Charles were out in full mediocrity and DSM IV criteria following THE VERDICT. suddenly the legal system is the bees' knees. And the judge is honorable and they care about victims. Super cute if it weren't too little, too late. Come read along and follow the bouncing ball of snake oil selling and hypocrisy. Let's talk! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Aug 27, 2023•21 min•Season 4Ep. 16
YOLANDI B and Tanya dive back into the BOLT 💙 HOUSTON 💙 HOUSTON interview and we talk a lot and listen and talk about two of the most privileged humans complain about one going to court. We've pulled it apart so you don't have to and next up is a gossip ep so.. jump in! Come chat! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 20, 2023•1 hr 19 min•Season 4Ep. 15
Immediately after Brian Houston was found not guilty of concealing a serious indictable offence, he was interviewed by Andrew Bolt of Sky News. In this interview, Houston chooses his words and reactions carefully, as does Bolt. Yolandi Bosch, former Hillsong student and advocate, was concerned, as a Christian, who identifies as conservative, about WHAT Houston was saying. So we had a chat... and we took this theatre apart in our way! Come talk with us! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for ...
Aug 20, 2023•30 min•Season 4Ep. 14
Geoff Bullock and his mate, Mike Smith knew each other from high school. When Mike had a radical salvation experience in his early 2o's, Geoff wanted to know, too. He went to the church, met Frank Houston and then, met Brian Houston, and they became best buds Geoff found the piano, and the rest, as they say, is history. So we're going back over that history... and what it was like being a late 20's pastor at Hills CLC... when Brian was just a and we ask What Happened!!! What happened to 5th Beat...
Aug 06, 2023•55 min•Season 4Ep. 13
In Part 2 of Angel's story of Hillsong Bible college in Sydney, after his visa is cancelled, far from home and family, Angel makes moves to take back control of his life and his thinking... We find out what happened with immigration and the mountain of lessons learned from and in spite of...being a Hillsong bible college student.. Join Pedagogist and Cat Lover, Angel Huertas, talking about Leaving Hillsong and Leaving church and finding out what and whom to trust! Come chat with us in Puerto Ric...
Jul 31, 2023•49 min•Season 4Ep. 12
In Part 2 of Angel's story of Hillsong Bible college in Sydney, after his visa is cancelled, far from home and family, Angel makes moves to take back control of his life and his thinking... We find out what happened with immigration and the mountain of lessons learned from and in spite of...being a Hillsong bible college student.. Join Pedagogist and Cat Lover, Angel Huertas, talking about Leaving Hillsong and Leaving church and finding out what and whom to trust! Come chat with us in Puerto Ric...
Jul 31, 2023•49 min•Season 4Ep. 12
Angel Huertas hails from Puerto Rico and in 2005, he was super excited to go to bible college in Sydney, Australia! He packed up and set sail for sunshine and theology and he found something very different. Far from home, when things took a turn for the not so happy.... Angel realised how far away he really was.. Angel is a teacher and shares his learnings with us ... tonight... come chat! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jul 30, 2023•35 min•Season 4Ep. 11
Following last week's plunge into the sordid and sincere, PCD and TL chat more about #why PCD thinks BCH should 'wake up every morning screaming' #what the 'words of knowledge' are really all about in the pentecostal movement #if Christianity offers any 'good' at all... #what those people are still doing in #thatplace! and so much more so don't wait a second longer! Come chat! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jul 23, 2023•42 min•Season 4Ep. 10
Paul Castle Dine made a $5 bet with a friend about the group with the tambourine that were camped outside his job at Mcdonalds as a teen... he won... well, he was right.. but it lead directly to his initiation into the Hills Christian Life centre which unbeknownst to anyone least of all PCD in the mid 1980s was going to explode one day into the virus called Hillsong. Your loyal host is always up for a step back in time and so well, between the old Donna stories and some Brian lore, we found time...
Jul 16, 2023•40 min•Season 4Ep. 9
In the final part of The Grifter Highway, Janice Lagata from God Has Not Given in New York shares some more views on the people that ran the New York Hillsong. We talk about the finances that the 'church' threw around and spent and how did they end up with no money again? Can there be redemption for Hillsong? What will happen to Carl Lentz? And a quick question about where Brian has citizenship??? hmmmm Find out in part 3! Come chat! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jul 09, 2023•25 min•Season 4Ep. 8
@godhasnotgiven Star Janice Lagata continues her discussion from New York City with Tanya about: hell podcasts friends who think you're going to hell leaving church whatever might be going on in preachers' heads when they spend up all that money! So come talk the big talk as we travel further on down The Grifter Highway... come chat! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jul 03, 2023•36 min•Season 4Ep. 7
Writer, performer, musician and host of top-rating #exvangelical and life podcast @godhasnotgiven, Janice Lagata, joins Tanya Levin to discuss her story of being in and leaving the most famous of all the Hillsongs--- New York City with Pastor Carl Lentz. Teamed up to discuss the internal investigation report from the lawyers, we move on to topics including Janice's own history and her perspective now the report, the pastors, and the leaders are all OUT... This is nothing if not HONEST and Janice...
Jul 02, 2023•38 min•Season 4Ep. 6
On 15 and 16 June, the closing arguments in the trial of R v Brian Charles Houston were heard at Sydney's Downing Centre, the prosecution and the defence allocated one day each. Jake Elliot from @the_framew0rk and me, Tanya were there both days to see these things in real life and he took notes while I stared at Bobbie. We take a good stab at understanding what took place, offer some opinions for what they're worth and we even hear from our LH lawyer ! I don't think the prosecutor is Scottish bu...
Jun 25, 2023•57 min•Season 4Ep. 5
Peter Fox is a former Detective Chief Inspector of the NSW Police force and had been on the force for decades when he came across cover ups in the Catholic church of pedophilia in the very neighbourhood he commanded. Worse yet, when he brought this to the attention of the police, he was directed to hand over his investigation. Mr Fox blew the whistle and demanded a royal commission into these issues. It cost him his career, but not his will. I was thrilled to talk to Peter about how he sparked a...
Jun 18, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Season 4Ep. 4
Why did the Vanity Fair documentary nosedive into a promo piece for a perp with multiple complaints about his leadership, his behaviour, his financial misappropriation, sexual exploitation, labour exploitation, coercive control and on and on including spiritual abuse? We may never find out, although I suspect we will... but today we conclude the Carl Lentz VF exploration with Tanya's first hand account of working with the producers... and being deceived... and feeling scammed. Shaun Nemorin, M.S...
Jun 11, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Season 4Ep. 3
What did BCH ask Tanya Levin after more than 23 years of no contact when they caught up at court? Why did Tanya get arrested while Justin Bieber was at conference? We continue Luc Hilton's interview with Leaving Hillsong host, Tanya Levin in part 2 of this very special episode ... don't miss it!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 05, 2023•34 min•Season 4Ep. 2
Vanity Fair's recent 'documentary' The Secrets Of Hillsong had a really big secret it kept from most of the participants - they were being interviewed without knowing that the source of so many complaints of abuse, celeb loving pastor from New York, Carl Lentz was actually using this for a comeback. Or using Vanity Fair or from most ways you look at this, the positive light shines bright like a diamond in a pastor's Rolex. And we got scammed. Bad. Just lied to... and here we are. So, i decided, ...
Jun 04, 2023•44 min•Season 4Ep. 1
Bobbie Houston, the former Biggest Shot at Hillsong, has been preaching up a storm at her frenemy's church, Wendy Treat over in Seattle, blissfully ignorant of the reality of her husband's bad behaviour and inability to shave. Or is she? Join me, Tanya and James, our resident Mental Health consultant as we look over the myriad of drivel and confessions that pour out of the heart/mouth of Roberta Lee Houston nee McDonald. Is she a witch? Is she mentally ill? Is she lying? All 3? You decide tonigh...
May 28, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Season 3Ep. 39
Carl Lentz was an unusual pastor to his New York City sheep and they loved every moment of him. Until they didn't. Long before Lentz's famous fall, Nate, a native New Yorker was on the production team at Carl's NY franchise, and he joins us again with his fiance, Gail, a Canadian, who also comes from a background of evangelicalism. We chat about Carl, and Josh, and Darnell, and what it's like to SERVE under the KING ... we also have a fun time talking about what's the point of Brian Houston? and...
May 21, 2023•1 hr 14 min•Season 3Ep. 38
Gail is from Canada. Nate is from New York. Both are from an evangelical background and wound up engaged. Nate and Gail from the Full Mutuality Podcast talk American fundamentalism and Hillsong NYC and the highs and lows it offered. In Part 1 we meet them and find out how Nate went from being taught he was 'worse than Judas' to being up close and personal with some of New York's finest... Christians. Come chat! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
May 14, 2023•55 min•Season 3Ep. 37
Drapps, our UK correspondent, joins us to talk Mike Pilavachi and Soul Survivor and the recent #SCANDAL to hit the UK. We talk about what happens when young men feel uncomfortable and how an entire movement. based on celibacy turned out not to be so. What to do next? well, come chat and let's find out! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 07, 2023•57 min•Season 3Ep. 36
Scott and his wife Kat join us for part 3 of our deep dive into the MUSIC of Hillsong... how it's created and how it's weaponized for crowds... and then, something happened... as we were talking about growing up in Hillsong, Scott spoke of abuse at Youth Group, physical, psychological, and sexual. This is an intense episode with a passion expressed that is as raw as any church service. What is criminal and what is....religious freedom? Don't miss this episode... And if you're a parent who goes t...
Apr 30, 2023•59 min•Season 3Ep. 35
The Hillsong liturgy? TONIGHT we take apart the magic of Hillsong music and its worldwide influence.. how does it work? And who gets to be a STAR? Find out who gets chosen to play the role of musician in the Greatest Megachurch Show on Earth! Scott and Kat both had roles on stage and they guide us through the highly scripted and highly influential music machine that is Hillsong music in part 2.. come chat!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Apr 25, 2023•1 hr•Season 3Ep. 34
"I know the people who wrote those songs!", says Scott's friend in the 7th grade. "Really! thinks Scott, then I'm going to that Hillsong Church...." For 15 years Scott sang Hillsong songs on stage and learned all there is about music... well, Hillsong music. In the mean time, Kat was growing up on the North Coast of NSW and going Uniting, until she took a gap year for college... and before she was classically trained at the Conservatorium. Together they made all kinds of music (groan, yes) and n...
Apr 23, 2023•1 hr 24 min•Season 3Ep. 33
