25 years after 9/11, former Secret Service agent Darin Kinder tells the full story behind "Bury Me in a Dirty Suit": a burning stairwell, a fire truck he almost hid under, an angel a dying friend says he saw, and the anger it took him two decades to name. Plus: is apathy, not terrorism, the real threat to the Western church?

Resources Mentioned

Books:

• "Bury Me in a Dirty Suit: Discovering Man's Valiant Purpose in the Aftermath of 9/11" by Darin Kinder (Streamline Books, 2025), the book this episode is built around.

People Referenced:

• Tim Keller, cited for the line "anger breeds bitterness but righteous anger breeds action."
• Bill, a friend from Kinder's church life group, since deceased (ALS), whose account of seeing two angels beside Kinder anchors one of the episode's central stories.

Websites & Links:

• darinkinder.com
• fierce-faith.com

Four-time World Series champion Darryl Strawberry, author of Another Life, sits down with Dr. Jack Graham and Jeremiah Johnston forty years after his Game 7 home run. He talks about Gary Carter's faith in the 1986 Mets clubhouse, his mother's prayers, coming to Christ in 1991 with no one to disciple him, a heart attack, preaching in prisons and on death row, and a word for parents of prodigals. The Disputable Matter: should Christians bet on sports?

Scripture referenced

2 Timothy 1:13; Luke 15:11-32 (the prodigal son); Matthew 20:16; John 15:5 (the vine); Philippians 1:21; Romans 11:29; Acts 7:58 to 8:3 (Saul at Stephen's stoning); Hebrews 9:27; Matthew 25:21; Matthew 7:23; Ephesians 4:27; Matthew 7:12 (the golden rule); Romans 14:1.

Resources mentioned

• Another Life: Discovering the Healing Power of Purpose on My Long Journey from Player to Preacher by Darryl Strawberry
• Strawberry Ministries: strawberryministries.org
• The books of Billy Graham
• Dr. Adrian Rogers, quoted by Dr. Graham

Allen Parr built a ten-year YouTube ministry teaching Christians to spot false doctrine by knowing the real thing cold, the way a teller spots a counterfeit bill by studying genuine currency. Jack Graham and Jeremiah Johnston, PhD run that method against tongues-as-salvation, the prosperity gospel, and Christian manifestation, then turn personal: Parr was single until 40 because of a "soul chain" he did not know he was carrying, and Graham answers the hardest question in the room, why some of the godliest people die young, with his own father's murder at 56.

Books:

• Breaking Through: How Ordinary Believers Experience Extraordinary Freedom, Allen Parr, Nelson Books, 2026
• Misled: 7 Lies That Distort the Gospel and How to Discern the Truth, Allen Parr

People referenced:

• Jennifer Parr, Allen Parr's wife, married in 2015
• Joshua Broome, friend of Parr's, former pornography-industry performer turned minister; met his wife Hope, they attend Hope Church and lead Hope Ministries
• Charlie Kirk, the late Turning Point USA founder, discussed at length
• Kathryn Krick, self-styled "Apostle Kathryn Krick," named by Parr as an example of prosperity-gospel and false-prophecy teaching

Websites and links:

• allenparr.com
• youtube.com/@thebeatagp
• Book - https://link.amazon/B0eS3KuVo
• TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@allenparr
• Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/allengparr
• Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/allengparr
• X - https://x.com/allengparr
• LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/allenparr