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Slutty Grace is a Christian deconstruction podcast exploring Christian universalism, progressive Christianity, radical grace, and faith beyond fear. For wanderers, exvangelicals, doubters, and wounded believers rethinking hell, healing from toxic religion, and rediscovering a God rooted in inclusive love.
This is a space where fear-based faith gets reexamined through radical grace.
Through thoughtful interviews and honest reflection, we wrestle with eternal torment theology, LGBTQ+ inclusion, church harm, and the assumptions we inherited — not to tear faith down, but to rebuild it around love.
Slutty Grace names what polite religion often avoids: that God’s love is wider than we were told, mercy is not scarce, and belonging is not conditional.
If you suspect grace is bigger than fear — you’re not alone.
Written, hosted, edited and produced by Jeromy Johnson.
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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, nervous system dysregulation, and the long road of mental health recovery after high-control Christianity. Raised inside Seventh-day Adv...
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 church with God quickly becomes something much more intimate. Chris shares the story of a traumatic workplace tragedy that shattered hi...
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? Drawing from his groundbreaking work on uncontrolling love, Oord explains why God’s love is never coercive, never second-class, and nev...
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. What unfolds is not an argument, a conversion attempt, or a tidy testimony, but an honest, compassionate conversation shaped by curiosity,...
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 process that invites humility, curiosity, and compassion. Stuart brings sharp insight and humor to the table as they unpack why certa...
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 faith, doubt, and the character of God. With a pastoral heart and a sharp theological mind, Jason has helped thousands rethink inherit...
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 pastoral burnout, religious trauma, shame, addiction, a pastoral affair, and the quiet dismantling of the religious framework that once...
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. Jeromy shares how Slutty Grace came to life, why universal grace became the heart of the show, and how a provocative title became a permi...
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 cracked open the text, uncovering layers of meaning, wordplay, and divine character that often get flattened in English translation....
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 squandered everything. A shepherd who abandoned ninety-nine sheep just to chase one. A king who canceled debts so massive they could neve...
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 find us. Through the lens of grace, Jesus’ encounters with the “undeserving,” and the wounds left by shame-based religion, this episod...
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 academic study, historical theology, early-church perspectives, and the breathtaking possibility that God’s love truly has no limits....
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 she finally slowed down enough to listen. To Buddhists. To Mormons. To gay flight attendants. To the very people her fear-based fait...
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—proof that God’s love doesn’t stop where religion does. Together they talk about what happens when you’re too human for church, when yo...
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 Jesus, God kept crossing the lines we defend—eating with sinners, healing enemies, and telling stories where outsiders were the heroes...
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 talk about deconstruction as discovery—what it means to question the beliefs that broke you, to heal from the shame that shaped you, an...
From war zones to church pews, Bob found one truth: grace never stops reaching. In this episode of Slutty Grace, Jeromy Johnson sits down with Bob Hildreth—a pastor, storyteller, and spiritual wanderer who’s walked with both the holy and the hurting. Bob shares his story of religious trauma, healing, and the surprising discovery that grace is far bigger—and far messier—than he was ever told. Together they talk about the difference between a transactional God and a transformative one, how fe...
What if hell isn’t God’s punishment—but our protest? In this episode of Slutty Grace, Jeromy Johnson asks whether hell might simply be the porch outside the party—the place where the “good” and the religious stand, too offended by mercy to step into grace. Through the story of the prodigal son’s older brother, and other moments when Jesus flipped religious expectations, Jeromy explores what happens when divine love feels too inclusive. It’s a raw reflection on Christian deconstruction, faith ...
How do you raise children with love when you were raised with fear? In this episode of Slutty Grace, Jeromy Johnson talks with Nadyia Horning—a mother, advocate, and survivor of fundamentalist religion—about what it means to break the generational chains of fear and raise children with love instead of control. Nadyia shares her story of growing up in an Independent Fundamental Baptist home marked by performance, punishment, and perfectionism—and how she’s rewriting that story through ge...
Can a good God condemn forever? Can love and justice truly coexist? And if the Gospel is good news, shouldn’t it be good for everyone? In Part 2 of Evangelicalism vs. Universalism, Jeromy and David Artman dive head-on into the debate: hell, judgment, free will, and the moral logic of universal salvation. It’s a passionate, respectful clash between evangelical theology and the expanding hope of Christian universalism—a faith that insists every knee will bow, every heart will heal, and love wil...
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