Untamed Grace | Christian Deconstruction, Universalism, & Faith Beyond Fear
Untamed Grace is a Christian deconstruction podcast exploring Christian universalism, progressive Christianity, radical grace, and faith beyond fear.
For wanderers, exvangelicals, doubters, and wounded believers untangling shame, rethinking hell, healing from toxic religion, and rediscovering a God rooted in inclusive love rather than fear.
This is a space where fear-based faith gets reexamined through radical grace — where honest, gut-level questions are welcomed, spirituality becomes human again, and grace is allowed to remain untamed.
Through thoughtful interviews and honest reflection, we wrestle with deconstruction, reconstruction, church harm, LGBTQ+ inclusion, purity culture, embodiment, intuition, eternal torment theology, and the beliefs many of us inherited — not to destroy faith, but to rebuild it around love, freedom, and wholeness.
Untamed Grace exists for those learning to trust themselves again after religion taught them fear — exploring a spirituality with no fences, no fear-based control, and no scarcity of belonging.
Because once grace is tamed, it ceases to be grace.
A QuoirCast podcast. Written, edited, and produced by Jeromy Johnson.
Episodes
39 episodes
Untamed Grace—The Evolution of Slutty Grace
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 — w...
Christianity Broke, Jesus Didn’t—Life after leaving religion and rediscovering authentic faith (Jim Palmer)
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
Can Satan Be Saved?—Universalism, Hell, and God’s Ultimate Victory (Justin Coutts)
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 s...
Purity Culture Broke Us—Sex, Shame, and Self-Worth (Mattie Jo Cowsert)
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 lo...
The Problem Was My Theology—Deconstruction and a kinder vision of God (Del Burnett)
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 Slutt...
My Personal Story of Faith and Unlearning—Jeromy Johnson on Honoring the Journey
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 listen...
Jesus in the Psych Ward—Religious trauma and mental health recovery (Kristi Williams)
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 psy...
A Workplace Death Changed My Life—Finding God in the aftermath of tragedy (Chris Jones)
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 conv...
God Embraces LGBTQ+ People—Uncontrolling love and queer inclusion (Thomas Jay Oord)
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 th...
Did I Fail as a Youth Pastor? Listening to a former youth deconstruct evangelicalism (Autumn Lindsey)
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...
Poking the Bloat—Religion, Trumpism, and American Christianity (Stuart Delony)
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—fo...
Love Will Never Fail—Christian Universalism (Jason Clark and David Artman)
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 conversatio...
The Death of Pastor Dave—From religious burnout, shame, and addiction to beloved son (Dave Everly)
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 conversat...
Unlike Grace, Seasons End—That's a wrap for season one!
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...
God Refuses to Give Up—Hope and restoration in the Hebrew narrative (R.A. Sweeney)
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 ...
God is Not Balanced—Radical love, unapologetic grace, and the God Jesus revealed.
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, extr...
You Don’t Deserve Love—The lie that shaped me, and the God who never agreed.
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 sto...
A Hope in Hell—Eternal-torment theology, judgment, and Biblical Universalism (Benji McNair Scott)
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 c...
From Survivor to Heretic—Leslie Nease's journey from fear to freedom.
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...
Too Human for Church—A former pastor’s story of failure, deconstruction, and unconditional love (Steve White)
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 w...
(Bonus) Shirts and Skins: When Grace Refuses to Take Sides
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,...
Religious Deconstruction—Losing your religion to find your soul (Michael Camp)
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 ...
Being Held by Grace—It’s all going to work out for good (Bob Hildreth)
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...
Hell is Choosing the Porch Over the Party—Loving God yet hating His generosity.
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 b...
Becoming the Mom I Needed—Parenting beyond fear and religion (Nadyia Horning)
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 ...
