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The UnSunday Show
by Mike Adams
The UnSunday Show asks honest questions about the origin and validity of institutional church rules, traditions, and practices. These religious rules and practices lead us away from the simplicity of the gospel and into an exhausting performance-based experience that is designed to perpetuate itself by placing ever increasing demands on its people and are of no value in Christ. If you're exhausted from trying to keep all the religious rules that have been placed on you, listen in to these conversations as we rediscover the freedom we've been given, apart from religion and empty religious obligation.
Episodes
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I Was a Performance Believer
Thinking our performance adds anything to God's opinion of us is a lie that leads to despair. That was me!This video is a segment from a livestream I did on 7-12-26. Full Livestream: https://youtube.com/live/jRFQ08zE8sM?feature=share Video version of this episode: https://youtu.be/9JDR5lXadxI
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Passive in the Pew: Muzzled by the Church
In most modern institutional churches, there is no opportunity for the body of Christ to function. We're not allowed to serve one another by using our spiritual gifts. Odds are, most of us don't even know what our spiritual gifts are because we've never been given the chance to discover and use...
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Is This Christ's Heart For His Church?
I've been mulling this over in my mind for the last couple of hours so I though I would get my thoughts into a video while they're still fresh. What are your thoughts on this topic? Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/Flr3FIcoWg0
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Faith, Reconciliation, and the Gospel: Let's Talk
Let's return to some of the foundations of our faith for a few minutes and talk about faith, reconciliation, and the gospel. For the video version of this episode, go to https://youtu.be/LmqDkkdRT1w
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David Didn't Know What We Know - Psalm 119 in Context
I was asked a good question recently on my video, "What's My Goal in Reading the Bible?" She said, "Honest question, explain Psalm 199:11 and how this fits into your point." I replied to that comment but here's my fuller explanation. This episode is available as a video on YouTube at:...
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Gospel Roundtable: Common Misconceptions About the Bible
I'm once again joined in this video by Amber Stephens, Mike Kapler, and Joel Brueseke for our second Gospel Roundtable. This time we explore the topic of common misconceptions about the Bible and its place in our lives as believers. Get in your favorite chair with your favorite beverage and snack...
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Leaving Church: Walking Away From Religious Obligation
This is an audio excerpt from a YouTube livestream I did on Sunday, May 3rd, 2026. Here's the link to the full video in case you're interested in watching: https://www.youtube.com/live/Zdj_LO45vgw?si=SF6XvmGB1UKmouul Enjoy! -------------- Other Places You’ll Find Me: YouTube:...
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Take Five: How To Have a Jesus-Lite Theology of the New Covenant
Jesus himself is the New Covenant. The New Covenant isn't something he brought with him, tucked neatly under his arm. He is the New Covenant. Let's take five and talk about how to have a Jesus-lite theology of the New Covenant where Jesus gets occasional, honorable mention but the real emphasis…
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Emily Shepherd: Leaving a High-Control Church System
My guest for this episode is Emily Shepherd. Emily and her family spent several years in a high-control Reformed church environment before making the decision to leave. This is her story, so I'll let her tell it. If you're in a similar situation I hope this encourages and helps you. Emily's...
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The Law, Grace, Justification, Works, Righteousness: An Open Forum With Q&A
This episode is from a YouTube livestream I did on Sunday, April 19th. It was an open Q&A on a variety of topics all centered around the New Covenant gospel of grace, the Law of Moses, the Old Covenant, church, and performance-based Christianity. Grab your favorite beverage and listen in. I think...
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From Simplify to Complexity and Back Again
I think this is the story of most of us who've discovered the grace of God after spending years in religion and institutional church settings. It's my story in one sentence. So let's talk about it. This episode is also a video I recorded in my car. You can watch it here:...
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Take Five: Grace and Truth
In John 1:17 we're told this: "For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ." I've lost count of how many times I've heard someone who doesn't understand grace say this verse is a call to temper or tone down grace with truth. To keep grace balanced. That grace...
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Doing from Overflow, Not Obligation
Amber Stephens joined me in this YouTube livestream as we talk about doing from the freedom and overflow of grace, not from religious obligation and guilt. Links mentioned in this video: The video version of this episode: https://www.youtube.com/live/65_2In7KYyk?si=9IpMpaVkLhQXLhpA Amber's…
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Take Five: Performance-Based Christianity
In Matthew 15 Jesus is talking to the scribes and Pharisees when he says this: "You hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, when he said: ‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me; in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’"…
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The Law, Fulfilled and Abolished: Did Paul and Jesus Agree?
One of the things I get pushback on from time to time is the idea that Paul was incorrect in saying that the Law was abolished and in fact, he was contradicting Jesus' words in Matthew 5 when Jesus said he didn't come to abolish the Law. I think this stems from a misunderstanding of the movement...
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Take Five: Is The Holy Spirit Policing You? (133)
I used to think the Holy Spirit was convicting me of my sins. When I would leave a church service feeling bad about myself, I assigned that bad feeling to the Holy Spirit. The worse I felt after a Sunday sermon, the better I thought the sermon was because I thought the Holy Spirit was convicting…
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Who Has Bewitched You? (132)
What qualifies as a false gospel? According to Paul, any mixture of law and grace. Mixing law and grace isn't neutral. It's toxic. It's deadly. Righteousness and the forgiveness of sins is by faith from first to last. It doesn't rely on me to add anything. In fact, adding my own works or...
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Take Five: Perfection, Not Progress (131)
In this episode of Take Five, let's talk about what God requires. At the end of Matthew chapter five, Jesus tells those listening that what God requires is perfection. So let's talk about that today. -------------- Other Places You’ll Find Me: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@unsundayshow
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Take Five: Christ is the End of the Law (130)
Today I am introducing you to a group of shorter episodes that I’m going to start dropping in between the regular longer episodes that I do. I’m calling these shorter episodes Take Five. In this first Take Five, Let's talk about what it means that Christ is the end of the law for all who believe....
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Was the Sermon on the Mount Intended for the Church? (129)
This episode is available in video on the UnSunday YouTube channel at https://youtu.be/bFNtpuVi5Mg Mike Kapler joins me today as we talk about the Sermon on the Mount. Were Jesus' words in Matthew 5–7 directed to believers today as behavior goals — or were they intended for Old Covenant Jews…
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Is Hebrews 10:25 About Joining a Church? (128)
Is Hebrews 10:25 about modern church attendance or membership? Does it mean I need to be involved in church and conforming to church rules and expectations or is it referencing something else? Is it a call to belong to a religious organization or is it a call to leave religion and find true…
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The Lord's Prayer In Context: Forgiving to be Forgiven? (127)
In this episode I take a look at the Lord's Prayer in response to a listener's question about the forgiveness of sins. Do we have to forgive others in order to be forgiven? And how does that fit in to what I said in a previous video about 1 John 1:9 and the forgiveness of sins? Let's put the…
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Covenant Context: The Big Picture in Understanding the Bible (126)
What is the New Covenant? What is the Old Covenant? Why does it matter? In this episode I take a high-level overview of the Old and New Covenants and why knowing the difference between the two is important when we read the Bible. This is a topic that I'm going to weave into future videos in much...
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The Gospel at 70: A Quiet Confidence (125)
Age doesn’t diminish faith or make it less relevant—it clarifies it. This is the gospel after decades of life experiences, needing to be right, letting go, listening, and learning that the only thing that matters is faith expressing itself in love. This episode is available as a video on the...
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Untangling the Tithing Myth, with Joel Brueseke (124)
Joel Brueseke joins me as we talk about tithing. What is tithing? Where did it come from? Are we supposed to tithe? Is it a sin not to tithe? Does God want us to tithe to the local church? Hint: You can keep your money. Let's talk. The video version of this episode is available at:...
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Sin Confession and Religious Paranoia: What Does 1 John 1:9 Mean? (123)
Do you feel the constant pressure put on you by religion to be confessing all of your sins while at the same time, filled with anxiety and seldom experiencing peace? What if I told you 1 John 1:9 has nothing to do with believers recounting all of their sins to stay forgiven? Let's talk. This...
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Do Churches Need a Pastor in Charge? (122)
Are local assemblies supposed to be centered around one person or a small group of people, or has that emphasis forced the gifts of the Spirit and the full expression of Christ into obscurity? Let's talk. The video version of this episode is at: https://youtu.be/N8bpbW0Lw4s -------------- Other...
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Jesus' Heart For His Church: My Conversation with Jon Zens (121)
Jon Zens joins me today for an open discussion about church. Is the institutional church model that is all around us an accurate reflection of the mind of Christ for his people, or have we settled for something far less than what we see in the pages of the New Testament? You'll find Jon online…
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The Reality of Not Fitting In, Part 2: You Can't Unsee This (120)
In this episode I continue the topic of not fitting in when it comes to the institutional church and religion. Let's look at 3 main topics. 1. You have new spiritual DNA 2. You can't unsee once you've seen 3. Finding community is a challenge The video version of this episode is available at...
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The Reality of Not Fitting In, Part 1: Church and Ekklesia (119)
This episode is available in video format here: https://youtu.be/vHH8tYyzNIE Maybe the reason you don't fit in church… is because you were never meant to. In Part 1: Church and Ekklesia, I talk about the core reason there is tension between institutional religion and the living, breathing…
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Guilt-Driven Faith: How Religion Uses Guilt to Control You (118)
Amber Stephens (https://www.youtube.com/@breathin.godsgrace247) joined me live on Sunday, November 9th as we explored the topic of living life in a guilt-driven faith. Here's the Grace Cafe link to our conversation with Amber about her story....
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Breaking Down Religious Strongholds - Live With Joel Brueseke (117)
Joel Brueseke from the Growing in Grace podcast joined me for this YouTube livestream as we talked about the strongholds of church and religion that have a grip on us and are so much a part of us and our thinking after spending decades in that environment. You can watch the video here:...
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The Ascension of Church Leaders Diminished the Free-Flowing Expression of Christ (116)
When church leaders ascended and became prominent in the assembly, the body of Christ suffered and continues to suffer. This episode takes a look at how institutional leadership reshaped gatherings that were once spontaneous, relational, and Spirit-led. The video version of this episode is...
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The Gospel Alone vs. Church and Human Add-Ons (115)
Amber Stephens joins me in this episode of The UnSunday Show as we ask the question, "Is the gospel enough?" Does the gospel need our help? Why do we think it does and why do we add things to it that actually diminish it? Additionally, why do we get sidetracked from it become preoccupied with pet...
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Gospel Roundtable - New Covenant Grace: What The Church Ignores (114)
Four believers (Joel Brueseke, Amber Stephens, Mike Kapler, and Mike Adams) sit down for a powerful and honest conversation about grace, the New Covenant, and why mixing Law with performance is hurting people in the church. No titles, no pulpits, no sermons—just real talk about what it means to...
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Community Without Roll Call: Exchanging Freedom For a Contract (113)
Is signing a formal church membership contract a necessary expression of loyalty? Has the institutional church traded the freedom of life in Christ for institutional control? In this episode I explore how formal membership contracts — often loaded with behavioral clauses, doctrinal checkpoints…
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Church Bullying: When Faith Turns Into Fear (112)
What happens when church becomes a breeding ground for control, fear, and manipulation? This episode of The UnSunday Show exposes the patterns of church bullying, from toxic leadership to spiritual abuse that often occurs when the institutional church abandons the New Covenant gospel of grace in...
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Twisting the Truth: Headship and Submission (111)
I'm continuing the topic of women in the church and how historically, the church's view of woman has been harmful and abusive. It's not a good track record. This is the fourth of four episodes that I brought over from our Grace Cafe podcast to share with you here. In this episode we talk about...
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Twisting the Truth: Did The Law of Moses Silence Women? (110)
This is part 3 of a 4-part series I'm doing on Women in the church that originally aired on the Grace Cafe podcast in 2023. In this episode we're going to take a careful look at 1 Corinthians 14:34-40. It's here that the passage says the law commanded women to be silent, therefore, women should…
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Twisting the Truth: How Church Uses Scripture to Silence Women - Part Two (109)
In this episode we continue talking about the topic of how the institutional box church misrepresents and misinterprets passages of scripture that mention women in the body of Christ. We take a look at the historical and cultural context of Paul's first letter to Timothy and specifically, 1…
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Twisting the Truth: How Church Uses Scripture to Silence Women - Part One (108)
This is part one of four episodes I'm bringing over from the Grace Cafe podcast on the topic of women in the church and how institutional Christianity uses scripture out of context to silent women. Here's a breakdown of the episodes I'm bringing over: Twisting the Truth: How Church Uses Scripture...
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What Happens When You Stop Going To Church? (107)
Let's talk about what happens when we stop going to church. This is from the livestream that I did on May 4th, 2025 on YouTube. Here's the link in case you want to watch the video: https://www.youtube.com/live/CHWejf9tjwk?si=tQtWdw1Jzf3VubJe You can follow the UnSunday Show on YouTube at:...
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Stuck in Moses (106)
The video version of this episode is on my YouTube channel at https://youtu.be/H89bdlfkwHg In this episode I share a quote from Michael C. Kapler's book, Clash of the Covenants: Escaping Religious Bondage Through the Grace Guarantee. This is an excellent book that I recommend without hesitation....
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Grace Alone: The Freedom of Bringing Nothing to the Table (105)
The gospel isn't a group project. If grace is free, why do we try so hard to add to it? In this episode, I talk about how bringing nothing to the table isn't a burden but is ultimate freedom. Grace apart from works is a death sentence for institutional religion that can't be tolerated there.…
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Sweating for Jesus? Why Sanctification Isn't About Working Harder (104)
Holiness Isn't a Hustle. We don't become more holy or sanctified over time. We're either holy or we're not. Many believers feel trapped in a cycle of performance, thinking sanctification is about sweating for Jesus. Too often, we're taught that sanctification, or holiness, is about working…
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Breaking the Pulpit Barrier: Freeing the Body of Christ (103)
"The moment the church of God shall despise the pulpit, God will despise her." -Charles Spurgeon The pulpit is in the way. Pulpits have a long history of being an obstacle that is in the way of the Body of Christ functioning as God intends for it to function. When the Body of Christ is gathered...
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Why Can't I Read My Bible Anymore? (102)
"I don't want to read my Bible anymore. Is there something wrong with me? I need to fix this!" This is a common theme that happens when we leave the institutional box church. Many times, any desire to read the Bible disappears and we start to think there's something wrong with us that needs…
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The Lie of a Deceitful and Desperately Wicked Heart (101)
Let's talk about Jeremiah 17:9 and his statement that the heart is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked. Is it true? Are our hearts deceitful and wicked and not to be trusted or is there more to that description that needs clarification? Let's talk. -------------- Other Places You’ll...
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Tradition Gave Us The Word Pastor (100)
Welcome to episode 100 of The UnSunday Show! I was so focused in this episode on what I wanted to say that I forgot to mention this is episode 100. Triple digits! Yay!!! This is the final episode on the subject of pastors, elders, and shepherds. In this episode I talked about how the word…
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Are Elders Pastors? Yes and No (99)
This episode is a continuation of last week's as we turn our attention to the topic of elders in the body of Christ. Elders, overseers, shepherds, bishops, and pastors. How are these terms used in the New Covenant scriptures and are they related in some way? Let's sort these out in this episode....
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The UnSunday Show asks honest questions about the origin and validity of institutional church rules, traditions, and practices. These religious rules and practices lead us away from the simplicity of the gospel and into an exhausting performance-based experience that is designed to perpetuate itself by placing ever increasing demands on its people and are of no value in Christ. If you're exhausted from trying to keep all the religious rules that have been placed on you, listen in to these conversations as we rediscover the freedom we've been given, apart from religion and empty religious obligation.
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