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Stan Mitchell

Progressive Christian pastor, LGBTQ+ advocate, and Pastor Emeritus of GracePointe Church in Nashville; founding pastor there 2003–2019 and now a Teaching Pastor at The Village (Atlanta) and Austin New Church.

Oct 29, 2026

Revolution Church

Revolution Church

Red Letters On a Purple Door - Stan Mitchell at Open Door Community Church's 30th Anniversary

Oct 29 · 52m

Stan MitchellGUEST
0:02
I was about to say good morning, everyone, but I forgot where I was.
Stan MitchellGUEST
0:05
But good afternoon, everyone.
Stan MitchellGUEST
0:12
Oh, man.
Stan MitchellGUEST
0:14
Open door, 30 years and counting.
Stan MitchellGUEST
0:22
Wow.
Stan MitchellGUEST
0:23
Jay, you gave me a thought.
The Natasha Helfer Podcast

The Natasha Helfer Podcast

139: LGBTQ Inclusivity at Church

May 20 · 1h 21m

Natasha HelferHOST
45:14
Can you speak to some of that?
Stan MitchellGUEST
45:16
Yeah, I mean, you're, you're nailing it, and I, I, I think the struggle here is there is a radical assumption, almost to the level of, of being what philosophers call a priori knowledge.
Stan MitchellGUEST
45:29
It's like there are these built-in assumptions, instincts in the human family that we necessarily have.
Stan MitchellGUEST
45:36
The reason wolves are born to howl is because there is a moon.
Stan MitchellGUEST
45:40
The reason babies are born hungry is that means there is a world where the body is repaired by food and food exists.
Stan MitchellGUEST
45:48
The reason babies are born craving oxygen is because oxygen exists.
Stan MitchellGUEST
45:53
And so a lot of religionists have said the reason that people long for the afterlife points to the reality that there must be one.

16 MINS LATER

Natasha HelferHOST
62:11
Yeah.
Bible, Bravery, & Bulls#!t: A No BS Guide to Deconstruction, Progressive Christianity, & Life After Evangelicalism with Dan Minor

Bible, Bravery, & Bulls#!t: A No BS Guide to Deconstruction, Progressive Christianity, & Life After Evangelicalism with Dan Minor

Guest Stan Mitchell: Hell, Fear, and the Business of Separation

Mar 17 · 36m

Dan MinorHOST
8:14
It's
Stan MitchellGUEST
8:16
the ultimate catastrophe.
Stan MitchellGUEST
8:17
Now, here's the deal.
Stan MitchellGUEST
8:19
This is the strength of high-demand fear-based religion.
Stan MitchellGUEST
8:23
It doesn't have to prove that that's going to happen.
Stan MitchellGUEST
8:27
It doesn't have to prove that.
Stan MitchellGUEST
8:29
Because it can't prove that.

22 MINS LATER

Dan MinorHOST
30:04
I mean, what do you tell people to walk?

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