
GracePointe Church | Nashville, TN
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Progressive Christianity with a public conscience.
The gist
GracePointe Church | Nashville, TN is a progressive Christian show built from sermons, readings, and conversations. Its recent episodes move through crucifixion theology, Easter, inherent union with God, deconstruction, community, and faithful responses to injustice.
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About GracePointe Church | Nashville, TN
GracePointe Church | Nashville, TN presents progressive Christianity as a living practice rather than a slogan. The show is part sermon, part theological conversation, and part community reflection. It has room for Easter jokes, Roman imperial history, and a donkey compared to a Huffy. Then it turns toward the serious question underneath: what does God do about injustice? Recent episodes return again and again to the meaning of Jesus' death and resurrection. They question older frameworks of sin, separation, wrath, and shame. They also offer a different emphasis: belovedness, inherent union with God, healing, and resurrection hope. The tone is conversational and direct. It does not hide the stakes behind polished religious language. Palm Sunday becomes a way to think about protest, empire, violence, humility, and imagination. Easter becomes a challenge to the idea that victory belongs to the powerful. Conversations bring in named voices including Stan Mitchell, Doug Padgett, Kat Armas, Shannan Martin, and Brian Recker. Those exchanges connect theology to neighbors, community kitchens, deconstruction, safe churches, public crisis, and faithful conscience. The show is especially attentive to people carrying inherited religious harm. It does not treat doubt as failure. It treats interpretation as part of faith. Beauty, rest, food, gardening, and embodied delight sit beside grief, politics, and broken systems. That balance gives the show its texture. It is tender without becoming vague. It is political without dropping its theological center. GracePointe offers Christian reflection for people who want Scripture, justice, and love held in the same room.
Made for: Suits a listener who wants Christian theology that can question inherited doctrines, speak about justice, and still use the language of Jesus, Scripture, prayer, and resurrection.
What sets it apart: The show sets itself apart by pairing church teaching with candid conversations, moving from crucifixion theology to neighbors, shame, trans dignity, bombing, and community life without treating those as separate subjects.
In their own words
The GracePointe community is leading the theological development and practice of Progressive Christianity. This is at the core of what makes us distinct, and is far from a simple label change for a modern repackaging of traditional beliefs.
Why you'd press play
Jesus on a Huffy, Pilate in a tank: your Palm Sunday assumptions may need a tune-up.
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- to ask whether shame, rather than sin, is what makes God feel far away
- to see the crucifixion through a question about power and who gets called victorious
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Episodes
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GracePointe 201: Jesus
·43m - 2
Christ Crucified: Palm Sunday
·43m - 3
Christ Crucified: A Conversation
·49m - 4
Meeting Paul Again: What Do We Do with Paul Today?
·29m - 5
Meeting Paul Again: Romans
·42m - 6
Meeting Paul Again: Philippians
·37m - 7
Meeting Paul Again: 2 Corinthians
·33m - 8
Meeting Paul Again: Philemon
·38m - 9
Celebrating a Decade of Lessons and Grace (With Stan Mitchell)
·41m - 10
Christ Crucified: Did Jesus Die for Our Sins?
·46m - 11
Christ Crucified: Did Jesus HAVE to Die?
·45m - 12
The (Actual) State of the Union with Doug Pagitt
·41m - 13
Christ Crucified: Putting the Cross in Its Place
·44m - 14
Ashes and Dust: An Introduction to Lent and Ash Wednesday
·34m - 15
Epiphany : Stan Mitchell
·35m - 16
Epiphany : Calming the Storm
·32m - 17
Epiphany : Feeding the 5,000
·28m - 18
Epiphany : The Baptism of Jesus
·34m - 19
Epiphany : The Visit of the Magi
·46m - 20
Epiphany : God is a Verb
·42m - 21
Advent : O Little Town of Bethlehem
·37m - 22
Advent : Joy to the World
·45m - 23
Hell Bent with Brian Recker
·43m - 24
Advent : O Come, O Come Emmanuel
·34m - 25
Liturgies for Resisting Empire
·45m - 26
Cultivate : Gratitude
·32m - 27
Cultivate : Compassion
·36m - 28
Cultivate : Patience
·33m - 29
Cultivate : Mystery
·28m - 30
Cultivate : Community
·40m - 31
Cultivate : Faith
·40m - 32
Cultivate : Love
·39m - 33
Cultivate: Preparing the Soil
·44m - 34
Cultivate: Preparing the Soil
·44m - 35
Inherent Union with God - Stan Mitchell
·44m - 36
GracePointe 201: Church
·44m - 37
Easter: What Does God Do About Injustice?
·36m - 38
GracePointe 201: God
·45m - 39
GracePointe 201: The Bible
·35m - 40
The Afterlife - Stan Mitchell
·41m - 41
Grab Bag: Question + Response
·42m - 42
Grab Bag: Kat Armas
·36m - 43
Grab Bag: The Beatitudes
·43m - 44
Grab Bag: Salvation (Part Two)
·49m - 45
Pride Sunday
·38m - 46
Grab Bag: Is Jesus Our Savior?
·35m - 47
Grab Bag: The New Testament
·42m - 48
Grab Bag: The Hebrew Bible
·36m - 49
*BONUS* An Evening with Dan McClellan
·1h 20m - 50
Grab Bag: The Council of Nicaea
·46m - 51
Grab Bag: Faith and Citizenship
·50m - 52
Grab Bag: The Book of Revelation
·37m - 53
Guest Speaker: Colby Martin
·40m - 54
Easter
·32m - 55
Palm Sunday
·41m - 56
Sharpies and Pencils: Taking Inventory | GracePointe Church
·48m - 57
We Become What We Belove | Advent Series
·26m - 58
Joy to the World | Advent Series
·27m - 59
Mary / Peace | Advent Series
·20m - 60
Joseph / Hope | Advent Series
·27m - 61
GracePointe Gives Thanks | GracePointe Church
·34m - 62
Q+R | Unlearning Series
·54m - 63
A Liturgy of Lament | GracePointe Church
·33m - 64
On the Brink: Responding to the 2024 Election | GracePointe Church
·34m - 65
Skip Collins | GracePointe Church
·36m - 66
Hell | Unlearning Series
·35m - 67
Prayer | Unlearning Series
·29m - 68
Brit Barron & April Ajoy | GracePointe Church
·46m - 69
Exclusivism | Unlearning Series
·31m - 70
Atonement | Unlearning Series
·34m - 71
Original Sin | Unlearning Series
·29m - 72
Labor Day | Unlearning Series
·18m - 73
Hope | Unlearning Series
·38m - 74
Chapter 16 | The Meaning(s) of Easter in Mark
·37m - 75
Joy | Unlearning Series
·31m - 76
The Journey | Unlearning Series
·38m - 77
Community | Unlearning Series
·32m - 78
Faith | Unlearning Series
·41m - 79
Despair | Unlearning Series
·35m - 80
Evilness of Flesh | Unlearning Series
·37m - 81
God's Wrath | Unlearning Series
·29m - 82
God and Country | Unlearning Series
·37m - 83
Pride Conversations | GracePointe Church
·28m - 84
God Has a Plan | Unlearning Series
·19m - 85
God: The Man Upstairs | Unlearning Series
·31m - 86
Reconstructing, Reimagining, Replanting | Unlearning Series
·27m - 87
The Spirit of Pentecost | Pentecost Series
·37m - 88
Doubting Thomas | Pentecost Series
·33m - 89
Josh Scott + Stan Mitchell
·42m - 90
Sin and Progressive Christianity | GracePointe Church
·28m - 91
Reimagining Tradition | GracePointe Church
·1h 21m - 92
Bloom | GracePointe Church
·1h 25m - 93
Chapter 11 | Palm Sunday
·28m - 94
Chapter 10 | Jesus and the Rich Man
·31m - 95
Chapter 9 | The Metamorphosis of Jesus
·37m - 96
Chapter 7 | That Time When Jesus Changed His Mind
·41m - 97
Chapter 6 | Together in This
·37m - 98
Chapter 5 | What Do We Do About the Empire
·53m - 99
Chapter 4 | The Parable of the Mustard Seed
·48m - 100
Discovering Your Internal Universe
A pastor introduces himself and praises Grace Point church in Nashville, comparing it to his own church in Atlanta.
·34m - 101
Kat Armas + Shannan Martin in Conversation
Hidden gemKat Armas interviews Shannan Martin about Counterweights, a book built around her father’s lesson that a heavy burden can be carried more steadily with an equally heavy weight in the other hand.
Apr 13, 2026·46m·3 clips - 102
Kat Armas + Shannan Martin in Conversation
Hidden gemAt GracePointe Church in Nashville, Kat Armas interviews Shannan Martin about Counterweights, a book built around carrying unavoidable suffering alongside chosen acts of goodness.
Apr 13, 2026·46m·3 clips - 103
Easter: What Does God Do About Injustice?
Hidden gemGracePointe Church’s Easter sermon asks what God does about injustice after Jesus is executed for proclaiming a just and generous social order.
Apr 6, 2026·36m·2 clips - 104
Christ Crucified: Palm Sunday
Hidden gemGracePointe Church pastor John presents Palm Sunday as a planned protest against Roman power, contrasting Jesus’s donkey procession with Pontius Pilate’s imperial entrance into Jerusalem.
Mar 30, 2026·43m·3 clips - 105
Christ Crucified: A Conversation
Hidden gemGracePointe Church | Nashville, TN centers “Christ Crucified: A Conversation” on John 3:16, salvation, and the meaning of the cross.
Mar 23, 2026·49m·3 clips - 106
Christ Crucified: Did Jesus Die for Our Sins?
Mar 16, 2026·46m - 107
Christ Crucified: Did Jesus HAVE to Die?
Mar 8, 2026·45m - 108
The (Actual) State of the Union with Doug Pagitt
Pastor Josh interviews Doug Pagitt about the current state of the world and how people of faith can respond to crises like war and anti-trans legislation.
Mar 1, 2026·41m - 109
Christ Crucified: Putting the Cross in Its Place
Feb 23, 2026·44m - 110
Ashes and Dust: An Introduction to Lent and Ash Wednesday
Feb 16, 2026·34m - 111
Epiphany : Stan Mitchell
Feb 12, 2026·35m - 112
Epiphany : Calming the Storm
Feb 1, 2026·32m - 113
Epiphany : Feeding the 5,000
Jan 25, 2026·28m - 114
Epiphany : The Baptism of Jesus
Jan 20, 2026·34m - 115
Epiphany : The Visit of the Magi
Jan 12, 2026·46m - 116
Epiphany : God is a Verb
Jan 4, 2026·42m - 117
Advent : O Little Town of Bethlehem
Dec 21, 2025·37m - 118
Advent : Joy to the World
Dec 16, 2025·45m - 119
Hell Bent with Brian Recker
Brian Recker expresses gratitude to Grace Point Church for their thoughtful, Jesus-centered approach to Christianity and encourages them to continue their impactful work.
Dec 9, 2025·43m - 120
Advent : O Come, O Come Emmanuel
Dec 1, 2025·34m - 121
Liturgies for Resisting Empire
Nov 24, 2025·45m - 122
Cultivate : Gratitude
Nov 17, 2025·32m - 123
Cultivate : Compassion
Nov 10, 2025·36m - 124
Discovering Your Internal Universe
Nov 3, 2025·34m - 125
Cultivate : Patience
Oct 27, 2025·33m - 126
Cultivate : Mystery
Oct 21, 2025·28m - 127
Cultivate : Community
Oct 14, 2025·40m - 128
Cultivate : Faith
Oct 6, 2025·40m - 129
Cultivate : Love
Sep 29, 2025·39m - 130
Cultivate: Preparing the Soil
Sep 23, 2025·44m - 131
Cultivate: Preparing the Soil
Sep 23, 2025·44m - 132
Inherent Union with God - Stan Mitchell
Stan Mitchell discusses the shift from the belief in inherent separation from God to inherent union, where all humans are born as beloved children of God.
Sep 15, 2025·44m - 133
GracePointe 201: Church
Sep 8, 2025·44m - 134
GracePointe 201: Jesus
Aug 25, 2025·43m - 135
GracePointe 201: God
Aug 17, 2025·45m - 136
GracePointe 201: The Bible
Aug 11, 2025·35m - 137
The Afterlife - Stan Mitchell
Aug 4, 2025·41m - 138
Grab Bag: Question + Response
Jul 28, 2025·42m - 139
Grab Bag: Kat Armas
Jul 21, 2025·36m - 140
Grab Bag: The Beatitudes
Jul 14, 2025·43m - 141
Grab Bag: Salvation (Part Two)
Jul 7, 2025·49m - 142
Pride Sunday
Jun 30, 2025·38m - 143
Grab Bag: Is Jesus Our Savior?
Jun 23, 2025·35m - 144
Grab Bag: The New Testament
Jun 16, 2025·42m - 145
Grab Bag: The Hebrew Bible
Jun 9, 2025·36m - 146
*BONUS* An Evening with Dan McClellan
A progressive Christian church hosts an evening with Dan McClellan, discussing his work on the Data Over Dogma podcast and his impact on Bible scholarship.
Jun 5, 2025·1h 20m - 147
Grab Bag: The Council of Nicaea
Jun 3, 2025·46m - 148
Grab Bag: Faith and Citizenship
May 27, 2025·50m - 149
Grab Bag: The Book of Revelation
May 19, 2025·37m - 150
Guest Speaker: Colby Martin
Apr 28, 2025·40m