Show Notes Episode 453: I Have Sinned Against You Part 1 of Summer Series 2024This week Host Dave Bledsoe gets religion as he fervently prays for absolution of his bar tab. (Prayer is always the last refuge of a scoundrel and a deadbeat.) On the show this week we kick off Summer Series 2024 Let’s Talk About (Scandals) with part one, the story of a pious man who loved to “minister” to the sex workers just a little too much: Reverend Jimmy Swaggart.

Along the way Dave explains why he is such a disappointment to his family. (Well one of the many reasons.) Then give you a brief history of why Christians are compelled to want you to be a Christian too. (Enjoy this copy of The Watch Tower.) Then we meet Jimmy Lee Swaggart, cousin to Jerry Lee Lewis and Mickey Gilley. (True, we looked it up!) We follow Jimmy’s rise from humble servant of the Lord singing in church to preaching on the television and finally the pulpit of a multi-million dollar international ministry. (Did he have his own private jet? You bet your ass he did.) We learn how Jimmy spent millions of tax free dollars every year. (Did he sponsor a private army in Africa that committed war crimes?  You bet your ass he did!) Finally, we find out what brought it all down for the Reverend. (A low rent hotel and a lower rent sex worker.) 

Our Sponsor this week is Sin Away, we can’t absolve your sins, but we can plea bargain them down. We open the show with news footage of Jerry’s little goof ‘em up and close with Gates & Goodell who want you to conserve electricity.

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Citations Needed:

Wikipedia: Jimmy Swaggarthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Swaggart

Wikipedia: Tent Revivalshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tent_revival

About Jimmy Swaggarthttps://www.jsm.org/about-jimmy-swaggart

JIMMY SWAGGART AND THE SNARE OF SINhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1988/02/25/jimmy-swaggart-and-the-snare-of-sin/d07127d2-c412-4738-98d9-3b186d1b92f9/

The Fall of Jimmy Swaggarthttps://people.com/archive/cover-story-the-fall-of-jimmy-swaggart-vol-29-no-9/

Woman Riding in Swaggart Car Says She’s a Prostitutehttps://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-10-12-mn-202-story.html

Swaggart: God Says `It's None Of Your Business'https://web.archive.org/web/20200219033627/https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=19911017&slug=1311458

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