The Skeptic Pastor Podcast
de Jeremy Steele
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Join me for a drink and an unpopular opinion, uncomfortable truth, or something pastors probably aren't supposed to say out loud. Expect irreverent humor, unfiltered language, and honest conversations about religion, sex, relationships, culture, and whatever else gets me in trouble.
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- Raised in a Single-Family Cult: Stella McCormick on Deliver Us From Mother · 35 min · Épisode 129Stella McCormick talks with Jeremy about being raised in a single family cult, her memoir Deliver Us From Mother, and how she got out.
- Love Is Patient. It Is Also Pissed About Injustice. · 42 min · Épisode 1321 Corinthians 13 is probably embroidered on more wedding pillows than any other chapter of the Bible. Which is funny, because Paul was not writing a wedding toast. He was…
- God Told Him to Check the Yellow Pages · 33 min · Épisode 131Long before LinkedIn, Indeed, or even Google, John Doyle says a voice told him to go open the Yellow Pages and God would find him a job. Somehow, that ended with a former…
- Horse Manure, Hospital Trips, and Other Youth Group Activities · 46 min · Épisode 130Youth ministry was apparently what happened when churches handed a 24-year-old a microphone, a van full of teenagers, and absolutely no adult supervision. Jubilee Dawns from…
- What If Communion Passes the Turing Test? · 42 min · Épisode 129Chris' computer-science brain dragged Alan Turing into the Eucharist, and things got weird in the best possible way. Catholics say bread and wine literally become the body and…
- The Rapture, the Closet, and the Organ · 37 min · Épisode 128Nothing says “healthy childhood spirituality” quite like waking up from a nap, finding an empty house, and assuming Jesus took everyone except you. Tim Schram grew up as the…
- The Bible's Biggest Skeptic Might Be Its Best Disciple · 22 min · Épisode 127Some churches silence doubt. Some shame it. Some hand you a Josh McDowell book and hope you stop asking. This episode looks at the real story of Thomas, why skepticism can be…
- 33 Churches Later... He Actually Wanted to Go Back · 29 min · Épisode 126Most people leave church with religious trauma. This guy visited 33 of them on purpose. We talk about why some faith communities become culty, why others become family, what…
- When the Pastor Was the Predator: One Woman's Deconstruction Story · 39 min · Épisode 125What happens when the person teaching you about God becomes the source of your deepest wounds? This episode explores the collision of evangelical culture, purity culture, child…
- Conversion Therapy Droupout · 57 min · Épisode 124Some churches told queer kids there were only two choices: keep your faith or keep yourself. They were wrong. Author Tim Schraeder Rodriguez joins the podcast to talk about his…
- Sen. Chris Coons on Christian nationalism, China, bipartisan conversations, and clean energy · 30 min · Épisode 123What if the loudest Christians in politics aren’t actually the only Christians in politics? Weird idea, I know. Senator Chris Coons joins the podcast to talk about the faith that…
- The Hidden Meanings (and Trauma) Behind Evangelical Church Language · 33 min · Épisode 122This is about the weird moment when you leave evangelicalism and suddenly realize half the language you grew up with was coded ideology pretending to be theology. Or when you…
- What If God Shows Up More in Art Than in Sermons? · 27 min · Épisode 120If you’ve ever felt more alive listening to a song than sitting through a sermon, you’re not broken—you might just be paying attention. In this conversation, we unpack why art…
- Criminalizing Ejaculation, Tarrifs, Bonhoeffer, The Neverending Story and the new book, Saints Sinners and Clickers · 48 min · Épisode 119What do you get when you mix apocalyptic politics, zombie video games, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and a bill that basically criminalizes ejaculation? Apparently… this episode. We talk…
- The Bible Doesn’t Have One Jesus. It Has Four · 32 min · Épisode 118Most of us were handed a “cookie cutter Jesus”—a single, polished version that conveniently fits our theology. The problem? That Jesus doesn’t actually exist in the text. In this…
- The Tea: Queer Pastor Cancelled by a Christian Podcast and Her Story of Coming Out and Getting Ordained · 42 min · Épisode 117What happens when a lesbian pastor gets invited onto a Christian podcast? Apparently… they panic, cancel the interview, and call it “opposing views.” In this episode, Jeremy…
- Interviews on Faith from the No Kings Protest in DC · 30 min · Épisode 116If you think protests are just angry mobs, you might want to actually listen to the people in them. In this episode, I’m on the ground at the No Kings protest in DC talking to…
- Being "Slain in the Spirit" and the Science Behind It · 42 min · Épisode 115Ever watched someone fall over in church in person or on TV and thought, “There’s no way that’s real?” You’re half right—and half very wrong. In this episode, Jeremy tells his…
- Evangelical Camp Drama: How a Spotify Post Became a Faith Crisis · 54 min · Épisode 114A teenager posts about a queer artist—and suddenly his faith, his job, and his community are all on the line. That’s not an overreaction. That’s evangelical culture working…
- Brainwashing Techniques Used by Evangelicals to Teach Hell · 35 min · Épisode 113Evangelicals did not need to take a masterclass in brainwashing. They just built a culture where fear, shame, and thought-stopping clichés do the job for them. In this episode…
