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This week, we have a two-part story from storytellers Aaron and Joyce.

Today, we will be sharing Aaron's story.

Aaron and Joyce met at a small Christian college in Indiana.

They dated in college, left together, and would eventually get married.

But while at this college, they both experienced the damaging fallout

from the profoundly harmful satanic panic and purity culture crazes.

Their stories, while heartbreaking,

are also testaments to the stunning beauty and uniqueness of God's people.

I'm Jay Coyle, and this is The Bodies Behind the Bus podcast.

I am all about blessed subtraction.

There is a pile of dead bodies behind the Marsville bus.

And by God's grace, it'll be a mountain by the time we're done.

You either get on the bus or you get run over by the bus.

Those are the options.

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