The Offensive Grace Podcast is an unscripted conversation about the gospel, grace, and real life. Not a theological podcast. Not polished. Sometimes unfiltered. Always focused on God's amazing grace.
Smells, Bells, and Smoke Machines: Where Is Jesus?
Ancient traditions. Smoke machines. Beautiful cathedrals. Plain church buildings. What are we actually looking for when we gather to worship?
In this episode, we explore the apparent interest in historic church traditions and the hunger for something solid in a rapidly changing world. Along the way, we discuss church entertainment, meaningful rituals, emotional experiences, and how easily a preference can become a rule—or the place we put our confidence.
We don’t agree on every detail. But the conversation keeps returning to one foundation: Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, today, and forever.
Whether your church has incense, stage lights, or neither, the question reaches all of us: Are we keeping Christ and His gospel at the center?
Offensive Grace Podcast — Hope of freedom in Christ to those living in bondage.
9 Oct 2026
Lawful but Not Expedient: When Freedom Calls for Wisdom
Just because we can do something, does that mean we should?
In 1 Corinthians, Paul connects Christian freedom with what is helpful, what builds others up, and what can take control of us. Frank, Kent, and Alex wrestle with what that means in everyday life, especially after leaving a religion where so many decisions came with a ready-made rule.
How do we make wise choices without slipping back into bondage? Can we notice a lack of fruit without becoming constant fruit inspectors? And how do trust in Jesus, obedience, and personal responsibility fit together?
Beginning with the good news of Ephesians 2, this conversation moves through family decisions, competing responsibilities, changing desires, and the difference between growing real fruit and taping plastic fruit onto a tree. There is honest disagreement, friendship, and a shared desire to follow Jesus.
We do not tie every question into a neat package. We bring the questions back to Christ.
Offensive Grace Podcast: Hope of freedom in Christ to those living in bondage
2 Oct 2026
Can a Christian Sin? Wrestling with 1 John 3:9
Can a Christian sin? A listener's question about 1 John 3:9 opens a conversation about sin, grace, and identity in Christ. Frank, Alex, and Kent wrestle with John's strong language alongside his words about confession and Jesus as our advocate. The discussion moves from temptation and obedience to a practical question: Are our eyes fixed on our failures, or on Christ?
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