FWOTW: The Tony Hutson One-Liner Podcast
The “lunatic fringe” of fundamentalism is never quite as far away from the “mainstream” as those who claim to be the mainstream would have you believe. Since guilt by association is a favorite game of many fundies, I’ll beg your indulgence while I try my own hand at it for a moment.
Consider Tony Hutson, son of former Sword of the Lord editor Curtis Hutson. A few minutes spent listening to the Tony Hutson One-Liner Podcast will reveal a slew of crazy rants that attempt to pass for preaching. Don’t miss the story on apologetics that ends with a recounting of an alleged conversation where Curtis Hutson tells Tony “boy, you’re even more ignorant than your mama.” Um…amen?
Yet for all of this craziness, he still maintains close ties with Sword of the Lord. He has a listing at the top of their Tenessee Church Directory and routinely preaches at SOTL conferences. Meanwhile, the Sword of the Lord has grown increasingly close to none other than the “mainstream” fundamentalist organization Pensacola Christian College who from all accounts puts quite a sum of money into keeping the Sword afloat. To emphasize that tie, SOTL Editor Shelton Smith will be preaching at the PCC Campus Church from Jan. 18-22 of this month. There is no stronger endorsement in fundyland than letting a man fill your pulpit.
Hutson->Smith->PCC. Is there really a “mainstream” of fundamentalism when crazyland is never more than a hop skip and a jump away? Discuss amongst yourselves.
Posted by Darrell
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I don’t care who you are, “Red Cowboy Boots” is pretty funny! Hutson should go on the road and do stand-up.
Wonder what John R. Rice would be thinking? Sad, sad, sad.
Didn’t PCC endorse Kent Hovind for a little while?
Tony Hutson is HHHHOWWWWWWLINGG MMAAAADDDDD!!!!!!! Lol…
He used to speak in chapel when I was in High School , and every time, he would do something outrageous, but he would always spit and sweat all over the place, while he was yelling. I always remembered thinking, if this is real Christianity, i may need a rabies shot first.
I couldn’t get any of them to play longer than 5 seconds, they kept shutting off. Maybe God is watching over me.
I grew up in P-cola and I’ve always thought that PCC was on the crazy side of fundamentalism.
I feel slightly lost…Maybe that’s a good thing. Seeing I was fortunate to not grow up on this side of Fundyland.
I listened through Maze Jackson and I like the polecat couldn’t take anymore.
Anyone else find the Carl Hatch/Amy Grant story a little hard to believe?
Looks like this guy just missed out being cast as Howard Beale in “Network.”
He and SotL are just the mainstream of crazyland. Problem solved.
I look at the photo and I have a saturday night live skit run through my head, “and I live in a van behind the church”
I was listening to the “I am Santa Claus” one, and it was kinda scary when he said he bought a little girl on his bus route “pretty lacy drawers”……I wouldn’t trust him around my kids.
The mainstream of Fundamentalism is whoever has the most numbers. Sorry Mounty, the BJU and GARB side is dying while the crazyland side is growing by leaps and bounds in comparison. There are more freaks like him and those who follow those who are in league with guys like him in fundyism.
John,
PCC was the liberal side of fundyism where I grew up.
My husband was spit upon by Curtis Hutson in Bible College while he was ranting about something while he was preaching. What a blessing! (enter sarcasm here)