Slutty Grace | Deconstruction, Christian Universalism, & Faith Beyond Fear The Problem Was My Theology—Deconstruction and a kinder vision of God (Del Burnett)
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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 Slutty Grace, Jeromy Johnson sits down with Del Burnett for a conversation about what happens when the beliefs you once defended with certainty begin to fall apart.
For Jeromy, Del became one of the unexpected voices who helped unravel the theology he inherited from evangelical Christianity—a framework shaped by fear, control, and rigid doctrine. But what felt like losing faith turned out to be something very different.
It was the beginning of discovering a bigger gospel, a deeper grace, and a kinder vision of God.
Together they explore the tension many people face during faith deconstruction: what happens when the version of Christianity you were taught no longer holds up? Is questioning your theology the same thing as losing God?
This conversation dives into religious deconstruction, grace-centered theology, and spiritual reconstruction, examining how fear-based beliefs about hell, judgment, and salvation have shaped modern Christianity—and how the message of Jesus might point us toward something far more hopeful.
If you’ve ever wrestled with losing your faith, rebuilding your spirituality, or healing from toxic theology, this episode offers an honest reminder that sometimes faith doesn’t die when theology collapses.
Sometimes it finally begins.
Because sometimes the most important discovery on the spiritual journey is this:
God was never the problem.
Our theology might have been.
Next week we continue the journey…
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Episode written, hosted, edited and produced by Jeromy Johnson.