Waking Up to Grace
Waking Up to Grace is a Bible-centered podcast for anyone who is weary of religious performance and ready to rest confidently in Christ.
Hosted by Lenny, each episode brings honest conversations and a fresh look at Scripture to questions about grace, faith, the New Covenant, identity in Christ, forgiveness, assurance, the church, and eternal life. The goal is not to give you another religious checklist, but to help you see the finished work of Jesus more clearly and reconsider long-held traditions in the light of Scripture.
Whether you are questioning what you have been taught, recovering from legalism, or simply longing to know Christ more deeply, join us as we wake up to grace—one conversation at a time.
Find companion Bible studies and more at WakingUpToGrace.com
Episodes
109 episodes
What Is Biblical Discernment? | Episode 109
What is biblical discernment, and how is it different from simply having an opinion about what is right or wrong?In this conversation, we look at discernment through the freedom of grace. Romans 12, Philippians, and Hebrews describe a re...
What Is Grace Teaching? | Episode 108
What is grace teaching? Is it enough for a church to say that salvation is by grace, or should grace shape the way we understand the entire Christian life?In this conversation, we begin with a simple definition of grace and then look at ...
One Body, Many Members | Episode 107
What does it mean that we are one body with many members? Christian gathering was never meant to reduce most believers to an audience while one person does all the speaking.In this conversation, we discuss why every member of Christ’s bo...
Leaving Church Without Leaving the Body of Christ | Episode 106
Leaving church can create a strange tension. You may recognize that the structure you have known is no longer helping you participate meaningfully in the body of Christ, yet still feel as though walking away means you are doing something wrong....
Are Spiritual Gifts for Today? | 1 Corinthians 13:8–13 | Episode 105
Are spiritual gifts for today? Paul wrote that prophecy would pass away, tongues would cease, and knowledge would pass away, but that faith, hope, and love would remain.In this episode, we work through 1 Corinthians 12–13 and Ephesians 4...
How Did the Early Church Worship? | 1 Corinthians 14:26–40 | Episode 104
How did the early church worship? When Christians gathered in the New Testament, was the meeting centered around a worship service led from the front, or around believers participating together for the building up of the body?In this con...
Church Leadership Roles and Responsibilities | Acts 20:17, 28–35 | Episode 103
What does the New Testament actually show about church leadership roles and responsibilities? Did the first-century church gather under one ruling pastor, or did elders share the work of oversight, shepherding, teaching, and care?In thi...
What Does a Christian Look Like? | Episode 102
What does a Christian look like? Is there a visible standard that proves someone is a genuine believer, or have we confused Christian identity with religious performance?In this conversation, we examine the impossible picture of the “pe...
God Is Always Below the Bottom | Episode 101
Sometimes life reaches a place where our feelings can no longer reassure us that God is near. In this conversation, Melissa speaks honestly about suffering, and Jack Eldridge shares how grace held him through a sixty-day hospitalization, time o...
How Could David Be a Man After God's Own Heart? | 2 Samuel 12 | Episode 100
How could David commit such grievous acts and still be remembered as a man after God’s own heart?In this episode, we walk through Nathan’s confrontation with David in 2 Samuel 12. We consider David’s repentance, the Lord’s remarkable dec...
Knowing Christ or Checking Boxes? | Episode 99
Grace is not about following religious rules or checking spiritual boxes. In this episode, we discuss children, faith, baptism, and the joy of knowing Christ apart from fear-based religion.Read the companion study and join the conversati...
Are Children Holy? Why It Matters | 1 Corinthians 7:14 | Episode 98
This Bible study explores whether infants and young children who die are automatically saved, working through several key passages. Starting with 1 Corinthians 7:14, the group concludes that a child’s “holiness” describes the covenant environme...
What Does 1 Thessalonians 4:13–18 Mean? | Episode 97
What did Paul mean when he said believers would be caught up in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air?In this episode, we look closely at 1 Thessalonians 4:13–18 and question the familiar assumption that Paul was describing Christians p...
What Does Thy Kingdom Come Mean? | Episode 96
When Jesus taught His disciples to pray, “Your kingdom come, your will be done,” what exactly were they praying for?In this episode, we look at the Lord’s Prayer in its first-century setting and follow the Kingdom language through Jesus’...
Do Babies Go to Heaven? | Episode 95
Do babies go to heaven when they die? Scripture gives us clear answers about how salvation comes through Christ, but it does not give us a simple statement explaining what happens to every infant who dies.In this episode, we continue the...
What Did David Mean When His Son Died? | 2 Samuel 12:13–23 | Episode 94
What did David mean when he said, “I shall go to him, but he will not return to me” in 2 Samuel 12:23? This passage is often used as proof that David expected to see his infant son in heaven, but is that what David actually believed?In t...
How to Pray to God Without the Pressure | Episode 93
How do you pray to God without wondering whether you are doing it the right way? Prayer can easily become another spiritual performance measured by posture, length, technique, or the right words.In this conversation, we look at prayer th...
Is God Disappointed in Me? | Episode 92
Is God disappointed in me when I fail? This conversation begins with whether a Christian can become displeasing to God and looks at that question through the New Covenant. Because our standing with the Father rests in Christ, we do not have to ...
What Is the Church? | Episode 91
What is the church according to the Bible? Many Christians instinctively think of church as a building, an organization, or a Sunday morning service. But the biblical picture begins with people: believers joined together in Christ and sharing l...
Christian Guilt and the Sin Repent Repeat Cycle | Episode 90
Why do so many Christians continue carrying guilt even after believing they are forgiven? This conversation begins with the tension many believers experience in church life and moves into the familiar cycle of sin, repentance, forgiveness, and ...
Peter’s Template for Christian Living | 2 Peter 1:3-10 | Episode 89
What does Christian living actually look like after we have been saved by grace? Peter does not begin with sin management, religious rules, or a list of behaviors. He begins with a faith we have already received.In this episode, we follo...
What Does Divine Nature Mean? | 2 Peter 1:3-4 | Episode 88
What does Peter mean when he says believers become partakers of the divine nature? Does divine nature describe Christian behavior, spiritual growth, our standing before God, or something deeper?In this episode, we work through 2 Peter 1 ...
Everything Pertaining to Life and Godliness Is Yours | 2 Peter 1:3 | Episode 87
Peter says God’s divine power has already given believers everything pertaining to life and godliness. But what does that mean when life becomes painful, uncertain, or frightening?In this episode, we walk through 2 Peter 1 and the differ...
Does God Want Us to Be Happy? | Episode 86
Does God want us to be happy? What does happiness in the Bible look like when life includes suffering, fear, anxiety, and circumstances we cannot control?In this episode, we look at Paul’s experiences of despair, fear, imprisonment, and ...
What Was Paul’s Thorn in the Flesh? | 2 Corinthians 12:7 | Episode 85
What was Paul’s thorn in the flesh, and why did the Lord refuse to remove it? Paul identifies the thorn as a messenger of Satan sent to torment him and explains that it kept him from becoming conceited because of the revelations he had received...