Shadow of Death: Sinister Minister James Flanders

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🗓️ 22 April 2022

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

In the Bible, First Corinthians 13:4 says, “Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.” It’s actually a pretty good definition of love—the kind most of us hope to have in our lives someday. And it's a definition you’d expect a man of God to live by. A pastor is called to be an example to his congregation. Not to be perfect, but at least transparent—sincere—and a soft place to fall for anyone who’s struggling. But for one congregation in Florida, their leader’s charm and charisma was nothing more than a trap. Join us for the story of Pastor James Flanders, the dynamic head of the Calvary Emerald Coast church in Fort Walton Beach--and Marie Carlson, the lovely young mother he lured into a web of lust, lies and murder.

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NBC's "Dateline," Episode “Secrets on the Emerald Coast”
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0:00.0	Hello campers, grab your marshmallows and gather around the true crime campfire.
0:04.9	Wear your camp counselors, I'm Katie, and I'm Whitney.
0:08.4	And we're here to tell you a true story that is way stranger than fiction, or roasting
0:12.5	murderers and marshmallows around the true crime campfire.
0:22.7	In the Bible, 1 Corinthians 134 says,
0:25.7	Love is patient, love is kind.
0:28.3	It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud, it does not dishonor others, it
0:33.8	is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.
0:39.0	Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.
0:42.8	It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
0:47.5	It's actually a pretty good definition of love.
0:51.2	The kind most of us hope to have in our lives someday.
0:54.5	And it's a definition you'd expect a man of God to live by.
0:58.2	A pastor is called to be an example to his congregation.
1:01.8	Not to be perfect, but at least transparent, sincere, and a soft place to fall for anyone
1:07.1	who's struggling.
1:08.7	But for one congregation in Florida, their leader's charm and charisma was nothing more than
1:14.0	a trap.
1:15.6	This is Shadow of Death, sinister minister James Slanders.
1:33.0	So campers, for this one we're in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, October 19, 2011.
1:39.6	The family and friends of a woman named Marie Carlson received a group text from her
1:43.6	that didn't quite sit right.
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