Grace Escape
by Justin and Tiffany
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Leaving the UPCI: What Nobody Tells You About Walking Away | LIVE
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About this podcast
Justin and Tiffany talk about their life growing up in a hyper-charismatic, oneness pentecostal church, and how they separately escaped to find grace outside the fundamental church. Join them as they share their ups and downs, the joys and sorrow, and the journey out of the fundamental church.
Episodes
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- Leaving the UPCI: What Nobody Tells You About Walking Away | LIVE · 2 h 8 min · Season 3What happens when you still love God’s Word, but years of fear, performance, proof-texting and bad interpretation have made it difficult to open it again? In this episode, we’re…
- When Preachers Become Legends | Pentecostalism's Apostle Problem – EP147 · 1 h 50 min · Season 3 Episode 147What happens when you still love God’s Word, but years of fear, performance, proof-texting and bad interpretation have made it difficult to open it again? In this episode, we’re…
- What Just Happened at UPCI General Conference 2026?! | Money, Marriage & Ministry – LIVE · 2 h 3 min · Season 3In this Grace Escape LIVE special, we examine what stood out at UPCI General Conference 2026—from multimillion-dollar fundraising appeals to David Bernard’s candid comments about…
- Sacrifice for the System | When Missions Giving Becomes Spiritual Abuse – SPECIAL LIVE · 2 h 13 min · Season 3In this Grace Escape LIVE special, we examine Josh Herring’s “The Uncomfortable Church” sermon at POA and ask when biblical generosity crosses the line into spiritual coercion…
- Pastor Twists Scripture to Defend Loud Pentecostal Prayer | Nathan Holmes - EDITED SPECIAL · 2 h 34 min · Season 3This is an edited repost of our original LIVE examining Nathan Holmes’ “No Quiet Prayers” message from First Pentecostal Church of North Little Rock (FPCNLR).After the original…
- Were You Taught to Read the Bible Wrong? | How to Start Over After Religious Control – EP146 · 1 h 56 min · Season 3 Episode 146What happens when you still love God’s Word, but years of fear, performance, proof-texting and bad interpretation have made it difficult to open it again? In this episode, we’re…
- Did God Really Show You That? | How Pentecostal Preachers Twist Scripture – EP145 · 1 h 50 min · Season 3 Episode 145We were taught that the Bible was the inspired, authoritative Word of God, but were we actually taught how to read and interpret it? In this episode, we examine what happens when…
- When Pastoral Authority Goes Too Far | Todd Nichols at The Rock Church – LIVE SPECIAL · 2 h 2 min · Season 3Todd Nichols preached two messages at The Rock Church in Elk Grove, that reveal a troubling view of pastoral authority: from turning Nehemiah’s enemies into a template for modern…
- Did They Really "Preach" That?! | Pentecostal Camp Meetings 2026 – LIVE SPECIAL · 2 h 5 min · Season 3In this special LIVE edition, we had you join us as we worked through a stack of clips we collected from Oneness Pentecostal camp meetings and conferences over the summer. Some…
- The Pastors Can’t Be Questioned | Truth or Loyalty? – EP144 · 1 h 44 min · Season 3 Episode 144When churches face leadership crises, are congregants taught how to respond with biblical accountability, or simply how to stay loyal to a man. In this episode, we examine recent…
- Robbing God? | The Tithing Doctrine the New Testament Never Gave – EP143 · 1 h 54 min · Season 3 Episode 143Who gave the modern church (or the pastor!) a biblical claim on the first 10% of every Christian’s income, along with the authority to attach salvation, blessing, protection, or…
- Mission or Mammon? | The Prosperity Gospel They Say They Don’t Preach – EP142 · 1 h 35 min · Season 3 Episode 142Many churches strongly condemn the prosperity gospel, but are they actually teaching something any different? In this episode, we examine the growing idea of "Kingdom prosperity"…
- You Don’t Have to Prove Yourself | Freedom From Pentecostal Performance – EP141 · 1 h 39 min · Season 1 Episode 141Have you ever felt like you had to perform for God? Maybe because of what religion has taught you, or how a pastor trained you. Dress holy, worship emotionally, get involved…
- The Pastor Loyalty Test | Following Christ or Following Men? – EP140 · 1 h 36 min · Season 3 Episode 140A public controversy made headlines, but the church service that followed deserves just as much attention. We walk through the loyalty tests, pastor-centered language, twisted…
- Why Pentecostals Are Afraid to Die | The Fear Legalism Creates – EP139 · 1 h 11 min · Season 3 Episode 139Why does death feel so terrifying for so many people coming out of performance-driven church systems? In this episode, we unpack how works-based theology creates anxiety…
- The Crazy We Called “Church” | Wild Things Pentecostal Preachers Say & Do – EP138 · 1 h 36 min · Season 1 Episode 138In this episode, we are looking at another round of wild, strange, and deeply questionable things Pentecostal preachers say and do. From a prayer log being treated like a…
- Bigger Barns, Bigger Burdens | The Truth About Pentecostal Church Debt – EP137 · 1 h 45 min · Season 3 Episode 137In this episode, we continue last week’s conversation about why modern church buildings are not the “house of God”, by looking at what happens when sacred-building theology gets…
- The “House of God”? | Why Pentecostals Treat Buildings as Sacred – EP136 · 1 h 26 min · Season 3 Episode 136In Oneness Pentecostalism, the church building is often treated as far more than a place to gather. It becomes the “House of God,” the place where God supposedly moves, restores…
- The “First Lady” | The Hidden Power of the Pastor’s Wife – EP136 · 1 h 24 min · Season 3 Episode 135This Mother’s Day, we’re having a complicated conversation on Grace Escape: the role and culture surrounding the modern “First Lady.” In many Pentecostal churches, these pastor…
- Hustling Holiness: The Pentecostal System Behind “Being Set Apart” – EP134 · 1 h 21 min · Season 3 Episode 134Holiness is one of the most talked about, and most misunderstood, concepts in high-control church systems. For many, it became a visible checklist of rules rather than a work of…
