Episodes
Pre-Mortal Existence, Part 3
Salvation is entering God's pool through faith; being a Christian is staying in it with faith-driven love. LDS beliefs on pre-mortal existence lack biblical support.
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Pre-Existence, Part 2
Shawn McCraney contrasts Objective Religion with Subjective Relationships, critiques Mormonism and Evangelicalism, and promotes personal faith exploration without rigid structures.
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Pre-Existence, Part 1
Shawn McCraney's teaching contrasts LDS pre-mortal existence beliefs with traditional views, emphasizing individual scripture interpretation and the impact of pre-mortal choices on mortal life.
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Emails from Around the World
Shawn McCraney's "Heart of the Matter" celebrates 500 episodes, focusing on truth, love (1 Corinthians 13), Jesus' sacrifice, patience, open dialogue, and unity in faith.
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Satan, Part 3
Jesus' death as necessary for redemption, critiques Sola Scriptura, emphasizes self-sacrifice, explores Satan's evolution, and urges focus on God over evil.
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A Necessary Look Backward
Shawn McCraney questions the hypostatic union, urging love over doctrine. He critiques faith's commercialization, advocating for genuine spiritual transformation and love.
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Shawn McCraney and Matt Slick
Shawn McCraney emphasizes love over doctrine, prioritizes the Spirit over the Bible, questions traditional interpretations, and promotes unity and open-mindedness in Christianity.
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Satan, Part 2
Shawn McCraney's teaching highlights spiritual growth through the Holy Spirit, contrasts LDS and Christian views on Satan, and explores evolving interpretations of Satan's role.
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Satan, Part 1
Shawn critiques Sola Scriptura, emphasizes the Holy Spirit over tradition, explores Genesis 3's allegory, and challenges traditional views, advocating subjective Christianity.
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The Holy Spirit, Part 4
Shawn McCraney critiques Mormonism and Calvinism, highlighting their theological inconsistencies. He emphasizes living by the Spirit, exploring the Holy Spirit's role, and reassures believers of their standing with God through the Spirit, not courtroom advocacy. He addresses doctrinal concerns and offers guidance for those leaving LDS beliefs.
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The Holy Spirit, Part 3
Shawn McCraney advocates for a personal, heart-based faith over traditional institutions, redefines hell as absence of God's light, emphasizes the Holy Spirit's role, and encourages spiritual warfare against dark forces, focusing on personal salvation and transformation outside LDS doctrine.
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The Holy Spirit, Part 2
Shawn McCraney's teachings focus on love as a doctrine test, critique Trinitarian dogma, explore LDS Holy Spirit evolution, and advocate for critical faith analysis and non-violence.
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The Holy Spirit, Part 1
Shawn McCraney critiques organized religion's dogmatism, advocates personal faith over institutions, and explores the evolving understanding of the Holy Spirit's nature.
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Jesus Christ, Part 8
Shawn McCraney teaches believers to embody Christ-like attributes, endure suffering, and live sacrificially, following Jesus' example, emphasizing spiritual growth and freedom from sin.
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Jesus Christ, Part 7
Shawn McCraney emphasizes financial transparency, patience in suffering, and honoring all people. He critiques LDS doctrines, promotes personal faith, and values scriptural guidance.
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Jesus Christ, Part 6
Shawn McCraney emphasizes agape love over structured church roles, critiques LDS views on Jesus' origins, and promotes unity through diverse expressions of faith.
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Jesus Christ, Part 5
Shawn McCraney's teaching critiques LDS views on "Only Begotten," emphasizing Jesus' unique divine nature and eternal relationship with God, not physical birth.
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Jesus Christ, Part 4
Shawn McCraney's teachings focus on faith in Jesus' sacrifice freeing believers from fear, sin, and death, emphasizing spiritual rebirth at resurrection, challenging traditional views.
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Jesus Christ, Part 3
Shawn McCraney advocates for mature, open-minded Christianity, critiques traditional interpretations, and emphasizes Jesus' role as appointed at resurrection, challenging entrenched beliefs.
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Jesus Christ, Part 2
Shawn McCraney critiques Mormon doctrines, praises Joseph Smith's questioning of biblical texts, and argues for authentic spirituality over institutional religion. He highlights societal progress, critiques religious capitalism, and emphasizes understanding biblical context to avoid disillusionment. A personal narrative of loss and resilience underscores the emotional struggles and search for clarity in faith.
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Jesus Christ, Part 1
Proficient Christianity is shown by love, not just faith or knowledge. Shawn McCraney highlights love's importance over doctrine. LDS teachings link Jesus to Old Testament prophecies, differing from traditional views.
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The End of Material Religion, Part 4
Shawn McCraney promotes a shift from organized religion to personal spiritual faith, advocating unity, individual liberty, and compassion, rejecting institutional control and traditional demands.
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Signs, Miracles, and Wonders – Follow Up
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Signs, Miracles, and Wonders
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The End of Material Religion, Part 3
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Beginning of the Year 2016
Shawn McCraney teaches that post-70 AD, Christianity shifted from material to spiritual, emphasizing personal faith, spiritual growth, and direct relationship with God, challenging traditional church structures.
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End of the Year 2015
Shawn McCraney critiques institutional religion, advocating for spiritual worship over material structures. He emphasizes a direct relationship with God, citing biblical patterns where the physical precedes the spiritual, fulfilled by Jesus. Jesus' life marked the end of material religion, transitioning to a spiritual era post-70 AD.
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Ontology of God, Part 7
Shawn McCraney critiques modern Christianity's misplaced hopes, contrasts views of God, emphasizes Jesus' unity with God, and challenges traditional religious frameworks.
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Ontology of God, Part 6
Shawn McCraney teaches a personal relationship with God, love over doctrine, angels' role in creation, and faith in Christ's grace over legalism, challenging Trinitarian views.
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Ontology of God, Part 5
Shawn McCraney advocates for a personal connection with God, critiques institutional religion, emphasizes mercy over judgment, and encourages independent Bible study.
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Understanding the Heart of Mormonism, Part 4
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Understanding the Heart of Mormonism, Part 3
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Understanding the Heart of Mormonism, Part 2
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Understanding the Heart of Mormonism, Part 1
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Ontology of God, Part 4
Shawn McCraney advocates moving from rigid dogma to embodying love through Christ, inspired by Sundar Singh's transformative journey, emphasizing unity and reconciliation.
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Ontology of God, Part 3
Shawn McCraney critiques religious practices, focusing on LDS culture's demand for obedience, contrasts with subjective Christianity, and discusses Joseph Smith's evolving theology.
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Ontology of God, Part 2
Shawn emphasizes sincere worship, adaptation to evidence-based changes, and core Christian principles of faith and love. He critiques traditional views, encourages personal spiritual exploration, and questions LDS doctrines. Sundar Singh advocates for a universal Christian perspective, valuing personal spirituality over formal structures.
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Ontology of God, Part 1
Focus on Jesus, critique of church bureaucracy, grassroots change needed, salvation through faith, critique of divisions, Joseph Smith's theological context, LDS history evolution.
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Perhaps a Wrong Approach
Shawn McCraney critiques failed 2015 prophecies, promotes Preterism, and advocates for personal spirituality over organized religion, focusing on love, critical thinking, and a personal relationship with Christ.
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Back to the LDS
Shawn McCraney's ministry critiques religious institutions, promotes non-authoritarian Christianity, emphasizes personal faith in Jesus, and challenges traditional doctrines.
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Full Circle
Shawn McCraney's event emphasized open dialogue over debate on Jesus' return, supporting preterism, unity in faith, and critiquing Evangelical and Mormon doctrines.
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Don K. Preston Presents Preterism, Part 2
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Don K. Preston Presents Preterism, Part 1
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The Keystone
Shawn McCraney's teaching emphasizes unity in faith, worshiping in Spirit and Truth, personal responsibility in faith, and love over doctrinal divisions, challenging rigid doctrines.
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Deconstruction
Shawn McCraney advocates for a subjective, spiritual approach to Christianity, emphasizing unity, love, and deconstructing institutionalized religion, focusing on personal faith and understanding.
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Potpourri
Shawn McCraney encourages ex-LDS to explore biblical context, emphasizes love over doctrine, unity in diversity, spiritual solutions for conflicts, and personal faith over rigid systems.
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Freedom, Part 1
The teaching highlights the paradox of freedom, urging personal responsibility in choosing liberation from self-imposed chains, emphasizing serving God through Christ for true freedom.
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Refuting the Insanity
Shawn McCraney teaches that true Christian faith is personal, independent of church authority, emphasizing faith in Christ alone. He refutes the need for a Third Temple, asserting Jesus fulfills all temple roles, advocating for spiritual growth through the Spirit, and dismissing legalistic constraints.
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Sola Scriptura, Part 11
Shawn McCraney discusses Preterism, subjective Christianity, and freedom in Christ, critiquing rigid doctrines. He emphasizes love, unity, and historical shifts in Christianity.
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Sola Scriptura, Part 10
Subjective Christianity promotes unity by accepting all faith professions, emphasizing love over doctrine. It critiques Sola Scriptura, advocating personal spiritual guidance.
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