He Was Baptized Twice… But The Pastor Said He Was Lost | Southern Storytelling | Episode 170

Hayden Alabama Podcast · May 21, 2026 · 1h 47m

Rick Burgess joins the Hayden Alabama Podcast for a conversation full of Southern stories, childhood trouble, hunting memories, brother fights, and the kind of testimony that stops the room. What starts with hilarious old-school stories about brush fires, coon hunting, and growing up in Alabama eventually turns into one of the most honest conversations we’ve had.

Rick shares the moment a pastor refused to marry him and told him something he did not expect to hear: even though he had been baptized, raised around church, and knew the language of Christianity, the fruit of his life told a…