The UnSunday Show

Are local assemblies supposed to be centered around one person or a small group of people, or has that emphasis forced the gifts of the Spirit and the full expression of Christ into obscurity? Let's talk. The video version of this episode is at: https://youtu.be/N8bpbW0Lw4s -------------- Other Places You’ll Find Me: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@unsundayshow

Jon Zens joins me today for an open discussion about church. Is the institutional church model that is all around us an accurate reflection of the mind of Christ for his people, or have we settled for something far less than what we see in the pages of the New Testament? You'll find Jon online at: - https://www.searchingtogether.org - https://www.jonzens.com This episode is also available in...

In this episode I continue the topic of not fitting in when it comes to the institutional church and religion. Let's look at 3 main topics. 1. You have new spiritual DNA 2. You can't unsee once you've seen 3. Finding community is a challenge The video version of this episode is available at https://youtu.be/1-LhsaqS3HE Apologies for the audio on this one. I'm not sure what happ...

This episode is available in video format here: https://youtu.be/vHH8tYyzNIE Maybe the reason you don't fit in church… is because you were never meant to. In Part 1: Church and Ekklesia , I talk about the core reason there is  tension between institutional religion and the living, breathing community Jesus called ekklesia. If you've ever wondered why church isn't a good fit for you...

Amber Stephens ( https://www.youtube.com/@breathin.godsgrace247 ) joined me live on Sunday, November 9th as we explored the topic of living life in a guilt-driven faith. Here's the Grace Cafe link to our conversation with Amber about her story. https://www.podpage.com/the-grace-cafe-podcast/breaking-point-with-amber-stephens-015/ Here's the link to the video version: https://youtube.com/...

Joel Brueseke from the Growing in Grace podcast joined me for this YouTube livestream as we talked about the strongholds of church and religion that have a grip on us and are so much a part of us and our thinking after spending decades in that environment. You can watch the video here: https://www.youtube.com/live/_Rt43IYBkPE?si=2zeJADzG2B0FQ2-t -------------- Other Places You’ll Find Me: YouTube:...

When church leaders ascended and became prominent in the assembly, the body of Christ suffered and continues to suffer. This episode takes a look at how institutional leadership reshaped gatherings that were once spontaneous, relational, and Spirit-led. The video version of this episode is available on the UnSunday YouTube page at  https://youtu.be/LuZuQbrp8ck and was recorded outside. -----------...

Amber Stephens joins me in this episode of The UnSunday Show as we ask the question, "Is the gospel enough?" Does the gospel need our help? Why do we think it does and why do we add things to it that actually diminish it? Additionally, why do we get sidetracked from it become preoccupied with pet doctrines and teachings that have nothing to do with it? Let's explore that in this epi...

Four believers (Joel Brueseke, Amber Stephens, Mike Kapler, and Mike Adams) sit down for a powerful and honest conversation about grace, the New Covenant, and why mixing Law with performance is hurting people in the church. No titles, no pulpits, no sermons—just real talk about what it means to live in the finished work of Christ. We talk about: Grace apart from works The difference between the Ol...

Is signing a formal church membership contract a necessary expression of loyalty? Has the institutional church traded the freedom of life in Christ for institutional control? In this episode I explore how formal membership contracts — often loaded with behavioral clauses, doctrinal checkpoints, and institutional loyalty — distort the gospel of grace and reduce free flowing community to a legal tra...

What happens when church becomes a breeding ground for control, fear, and manipulation? This episode of The UnSunday Show exposes the patterns of church bullying, from toxic leadership to spiritual abuse that often occurs when the institutional church abandons the New Covenant gospel of grace in favor of a mixed-covenant version of a gospel of their own making.  This mixed covenant gospel is no go...

I'm continuing the topic of women in the church and how historically, the church's view of woman has been harmful and abusive. It's not a good track record. This is the fourth of four episodes that I brought over from our Grace Cafe podcast to share with you here. In this episode we talk about headship and submission. We use 1 Corinthians 11 and Ephesians 5 as the backdrop for our c...

This is part 3 of a 4-part series I'm doing on Women in the church that originally aired on the Grace Cafe podcast in 2023. In this episode we're going to take a careful look at 1 Corinthians 14:34-40. It's here that the passage says the law commanded women to be silent, therefore, women should not be allowed to speak when the body of Christ is assembled. The problem is, the law doe...

In this episode we continue talking about the topic of how the institutional box church misrepresents and misinterprets passages of scripture that mention women in the body of Christ. We take a look at the historical and cultural context of Paul's first letter to Timothy and specifically, 1 Timothy chapter 2. In giving his reasons for writing this letter to Timothy, Paul instructs him to disp...

This is part one of four episodes I'm bringing over from the Grace Cafe podcast on the topic of women in the church and how institutional Christianity uses scripture out of context to silent women. Here's a breakdown of the episodes I'm bringing over: Twisting the Truth: How Church Uses Scripture to Silence Women - Part One (this episode). Twisting the Truth: How Church Uses Scriptu...

Let's talk about what happens when we stop going to church. This is from the livestream that I did on May 4th, 2025 on YouTube. Here's the link in case you want to watch the video: https://www.youtube.com/live/CHWejf9tjwk?si=tQtWdw1Jzf3VubJe You can follow the UnSunday Show on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/@unsundayshow -------------- Other Places You’ll Find Me: YouTube: https://w...

The video version of this episode is on my YouTube channel at https://youtu.be/H89bdlfkwHg In this episode I share a quote from Michael C. Kapler's book, Clash of the Covenants: Escaping Religious Bondage Through the Grace Guarantee . This is an excellent book that I recommend without hesitation. You can find it on Amazon at https://bit.ly/3Rump8V -------------- Other Places You’ll Find Me: Y...

The gospel isn't a group project. If grace is free, why do we try so hard to add to it? In this episode, I talk about how bringing nothing to the table isn't a burden but is ultimate freedom. Grace apart from works is a death sentence for institutional religion that can't be tolerated there. Let's talk about grace! -------------- Other Places You’ll Find Me: YouTube: https://ww...

Holiness Isn't a Hustle. We don't become more holy or sanctified over time. We're either holy or we're not. Many believers feel trapped in a cycle of performance, thinking sanctification is about sweating for Jesus. Too often, we're taught that sanctification, or holiness, is about working harder, doing more, and proving ourselves to God. But what if it isn't about st...

" The moment the church of God shall despise the pulpit, God will despise her ." -Charles Spurgeon The pulpit is in the way. Pulpits have a long history of being an obstacle that is in the way of the Body of Christ functioning as God intends for it to function. When the Body of Christ is gathered together are we limited to the voice of one person behind a pulpit telling us their opinion...

"I don't want to read my Bible anymore. Is there something wrong with me? I need to fix this !"  This is a common theme that happens when we leave the institutional box church. Many times, any desire to read the Bible disappears and we start to think there's something wrong with us that needs fixed. We tend to think that losing a desire to have a regular Bible reading schedule...

Let's talk about Jeremiah 17:9 and his statement that the heart is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked. Is it true? Are our hearts deceitful and wicked and not to be trusted or is there more to that description that needs clarification? Let's talk. -------------- Other Places You’ll Find Me: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@unsundayshow

Welcome to episode 100 of The UnSunday Show! I was so focused in this episode on what I wanted to say that I forgot to mention this is episode 100. Triple digits! Yay!!! This is the final episode on the subject of pastors, elders, and shepherds. In this episode I talked about how the word pastors, which only appears in Ephesians 4:11, was a result of church tradition. In every other occurrence of...

This episode is a continuation of last week's as we turn our attention to the topic of elders in the body of Christ. Elders, overseers, shepherds, bishops, and pastors. How are these terms used in the New Covenant scriptures and are they related in some way? Let's sort these out in this episode. -------------- Other Places You’ll Find Me: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@unsundayshow

Do institutional church pastors have a special calling to be pastors? Let's take an honest look at this in light of the New Testament scriptures. -------------- Other Places You’ll Find Me: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@unsundayshow