Untamed Grace | Christian Deconstruction, Universalism, & Faith Beyond Fear

What if the part of you the church told you to fight was never the enemy? In this episode of Untamed Grace, Jeromy sits down with Andy Wells, author of Tried to Be Straight, for a deeply honest conversation about conversion therapy, LGBTQ faith, queer theology, and learning to stop asking for permission to exist. Andy spent years as a devoted Christian while privately wrestling with being gay. He...

What does it take to survive when the people and systems that were supposed to protect you become part of the pain? In this episode of Untamed Grace , Jeromy sits down with Grace Sandra for a powerful conversation about childhood trauma, abuse, racial identity, church hurt, healing, and the long journey of learning to trust yourself again. Grace shares her story of growing up with sexual abuse, fa...

What happens when you grow up being taught that your inner voice is dangerous? In this episode of Untamed Grace , Jeromy sits down with Nanette Foster for a deeply honest conversation about religious conditioning, intuition, church hurt, and learning to trust yourself again after fear-based faith. Raised in a deeply fundamentalist environment shaped by control, certainty, and distrust of the self,...

Send Jeromy a Message or Voicemail After a lot of reflection, thought, and honestly… a bit of mourning… Slutty Grace is entering a new chapter. In this special standalone episode, Jeromy shares the deeply personal story behind the podcast’s evolution into Untamed Grace — why the name is changing, why the heart of the show isn’t, and how the deeper voice of the podcast slowly emerged over the past...

Send Jeromy a Message or Voicemail What happens when the faith that once gave your life meaning… stops working? In this episode of Slutty Grace , Jeromy sits down with Jim Palmer—former megachurch pastor, founder of The Center for Non-Religious Spirituality , and guide for those navigating Christian deconstruction, religious trauma, and life after leaving the church. Jim shares his story of rising...

Send Jeromy a Message or Voicemail If God really restores all things … does that include Satan? In this episode, Jeromy sits down with Justin Coutts to explore one of the most uncomfortable—and revealing—questions in Christian theology: can Satan and demons be saved? What starts as a listener question turns into a much deeper conversation about the nature of evil, the purpose of hell, and whether...

Send Jeromy a Message or Voicemail Purity culture didn’t just teach rules about sex — it reshaped how we see ourselves. In this episode of Slutty Grace, we explore the lasting impact of evangelical purity culture — from sexual shame and fear-based teaching to the deeper loss of self-trust and identity. Jeromy sits down with Mattie Jo Cowsert for an honest, unfiltered conversation about what purity...

Send Jeromy a Message or Voicemail Maybe the problem wasn’t God… maybe it was my theology. This episode is part of a short journey we’re exploring on the podcast — moving from fear-based faith toward freedom. Enjoy the series! In this episode of Slutty Grace, Jeromy Johnson sits down with Del Burnett for a conversation about what happens when the beliefs you once defended with certainty begin to f...

Send Jeromy a Message or Voicemail Before Slutty Grace was a podcast, it was a journey. My journey. In this special episode, Jeromy Johnson shares the story behind his own faith shift as a guest on Leslie Nease’s podcast, Honoring the Journey . Many listeners have asked how Jeromy moved from evangelical ministry and certainty into the world of faith deconstruction, progressive Christianity, and ra...

Send Jeromy a Message or Voicemail What happens when religious trauma collides with mental health crisis—and your old faith doesn’t survive the fall? In this raw and deeply honest conversation, Kristi Williams shares her journey from high-control Christianity to psych ward hospitalization—and into real mental health recovery. Together, they unpack religious trauma, psych ward hospitalization, nerv...

Send Jeromy a Message or Voicemail What if God isn’t changing your circumstances… because He’s changing you? In this deeply personal episode of Slutty Grace , Jeromy sits down with Chris Jones, host of the podcast Spiritual Hot Sauce , for a raw conversation about suffering, pride, fear-based faith, and spiritual transformation. What begins as a discussion about fear-based religion and confusing c...

Send Jeromy a Message or Voicemail If love is the measure of theology, what does that mean for LGBTQ+ people in the Church? In this powerful episode of Slutty Grace , Jeromy Johnson sits down with renowned theologian Dr. Thomas Jay Oord to confront one of the most urgent questions facing Christianity today: Are LGBTQ+ people fully embraced by God—and should they be fully included in the Church? Dr...

Send Jeromy a Message or Voicemail What happens when a former youth pastor sits down—not to defend his past—but to listen? In this episode of Slutty Grace , Jeromy Johnson reconnects with Autumn Lindsey , a former middle-school student from his youth ministry who has since deconstructed evangelical Christianity and now identifies as a None —someone no longer affiliated with organized religion. Wha...

Send Jeromy a Message or Voicemail What happens when you take Jesus seriously—but can’t take American Christianity at face value anymore? In this episode, Jeromy sits down with Stuart Delony —pastor-turned-satirist, writer, and host of Snarky Faith —for a conversation that’s as honest as it is disarming. Together, they explore faith deconstruction not as a phase to survive, but as an ongoing human...

Send Jeromy a Message or Voicemail In this episode of Slutty Grace , Jeromy Johnson is joined by Jason Clark and David Artman , two of the most influential and trusted voices in the contemporary Christian universalism and universal reconciliation conversation. Jason Clark is a pastor, theologian, and host of Rethinking God with Tacos , a podcast known for thoughtful, accessible conversations about...

Send Jeromy a Message or Voicemail What happens when everything you thought you were, suddenly vanishes?  In this episode of Slutty Grace , Jeromy sits down with his close friend Dave Everly for an honest, unfiltered, and, at times, humorous conversation about faith collapse, Christian deconstruction, and what happens when identity unravels alongside belief. Dave shares his journey through pastora...

Send Jeromy a Message or Voicemail Twenty-five episodes. Four months. Hundreds of stories of grace unfolding. In this Season One Wrap-Up of Slutty Grace , host Jeromy Johnson pauses to reflect on the journey so far: from launching a podcast rooted in radical grace and Christian deconstruction, to the unexpected conversations, guest stories, and listener responses that shaped the first season. Jero...

Send Jeromy a Message or Voicemail What if the Bible is far more playful, hopeful, and grace-soaked than we were ever told? In this episode of Slutty Grace , Jeromy Johnson sits down with R.A. Sweeney (Reed), a Hebrew scholar and author whose deep immersion in the original biblical languages reveals a God overflowing with love, humor, and relentless grace. Reed shares how learning Hebrew and Greek...

Send Jeromy a Message or Voicemail Most of us picture God as balanced—a careful blend of wrath and mercy, justice and love. That’s the God we think we can live with: predictable, measured, safe. But the God Jesus revealed wasn’t safe or predictable at all. He was excessive, extreme, even unreasonable in the ways he poured out love and forgiveness. A father who ran wild to embrace a son who’d squan...

Send Jeromy a Message or Voicemail What if the most damaging lie we inherited from religion was that we don’t deserve love? In this episode, Jeromy and Religious Trauma Coach Kristi Williams unravel how shame-based theology shaped us, and how grace tells a different story. First, Jeromy unravels the theology that taught us we were born depraved, unworthy, and in need of fixing before love could fi...

Send Jeromy a Message or Voicemail What if the scariest doctrine in Christianity was never true in the first place? In this episode of Slutty Grace , Jeromy Johnson sits down with Benji McNair Scott—theologian, author of Hope in Hell , and one of the most compelling voices challenging the traditional doctrine of eternal conscious torment. Benji’s journey takes us from his evangelical roots through...

Send Jeromy a Message or Voicemail Leslie Nease , a former evangelical and Survivor China contestant, opens up about the moment her fear-based faith cracked and the grace that finally brought her home. From Survivor to Heretic is Leslie’s raw, courageous story of what happens when a lifetime of evangelical certainty begins to crack. Her journey didn’t unravel because of scandal—or fame—but because...

Send Jeromy a Message or Voicemail Sometimes the ones who preached grace the loudest are the ones who have to learn it the hardest. In this episode of Slutty Grace , Jeromy Johnson talks with Steve White, a former pastor and seminary-trained worship leader who lost everything, including his ministry, but found grace waiting in the wreckage. Steve’s story is one of failure, exile, and redemption—pr...

Send Jeromy a Message or Voicemail We love our sides. Teams, tribes, doctrines, denominations—lines in the sand that give us a sense of belonging, but also someone to fight against. From childhood football games of shirts versus skins to the way churches police communion tables, we learn to divide the world into “us” and “them.” But here’s the scandal of grace: God doesn’t play for our team. In Je...

Send Jeromy a Message or Voicemail Sometimes losing your religion is how you finally find your soul. In this episode of Slutty Grace, Jeromy Johnson sits down with Michael Camp —former missionary, Bible teacher, and author of Faith Funk: How to Break Free from Toxic Religion and Reboot a Healthy Spirituality. Michael’s story is a roadmap for anyone leaving fear-based faith behind. Together they ta...