Episodes
Sola Scriptura, Part 9
Subjective Christianity emphasizes personal faith, love, and unity over rigid dogma. Erasmus critiqued formalism, advocating scripture and reasoned reform. Kierkegaard's existentialism supports personal interpretation and peace.
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Sola Scriptura, Part 8
Shawn McCraney critiques LDS views on Acts 2:5, stresses historical Bible context, challenges "sola Scriptura," and highlights Erasmus's role in Bible reform.
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Sola Scriptura, Part 7
Shawn McCraney critiques religious traditions, stresses love in Christianity, questions Sola Scriptura, and explores early church complexities and evolving doctrines.
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Comprehending the Paradox
Shawn McCraney's teaching highlights biblical paradoxes, encourages faith over dogma, and promotes personal interpretation and open dialogue among believers.
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A Case Using Baptism
Shawn McCraney highlights the subjective interpretation of the Bible, focusing on baptism's varied practices and beliefs, advocating for personal understanding over dogma.
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Is it Truly Good News?
Shawn McCraney's teachings focus on personal scripture interpretation, unity in faith, love over knowledge, and universal salvation through Jesus, rejecting rigid doctrines.
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Catching Our Breath
Shawn McCraney invites Calvary Chapel attendees to a September event with Don K. Preston to challenge futurist eschatology, promoting love, faith, and open theological dialogue.
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Perseverance of the Saints with Matt Slick, Part 5
Shawn challenges "Once Saved Always Saved," emphasizing salvation as a future promise dependent on continued faith. He critiques Calvinism, advocating for love over doctrine.
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Irresistible Grace with Matt Slick, Part 4
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Limited Atonement with Matt Slick, Part 3
Shawn teaches unlimited atonement, opposing Calvinist limited atonement. He uses scripture to argue Christ's sacrifice is for all, not just the elect, supporting universal salvation.
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Unconditional Election with Matt Slick, Part 2
Shawn McCraney critiques Calvinist predestination, promotes unity in Gospel, emphasizes salvation for all, and aids those leaving Mormonism with love and understanding.
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Total Depravity with Matt Slick, Part 1
The teaching critiques Calvinism's "Total Inability," arguing humans can choose good and respond to God, challenging the idea of inherent incapability without divine intervention.
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Preaching the Gospel – Teaching the Word
Shawn McCraney emphasizes grace, love, and faith in Jesus for salvation, focusing on the Gospel's simplicity. He contrasts essential beliefs with non-essential doctrines, urging unity.
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Father Jack Ashcraft Radio Interview with Shawn McCraney
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The Dating of Revelation
Shawn McCraney emphasizes understanding Christianity in historical context, advocating a pre-70 AD dating of Revelation, supporting a preterist view, and prioritizing spiritual experience over traditional interpretations.
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A Night of Principles
Shawn's teaching urges authentic truth-seeking in Christianity, challenging traditional methods, emphasizing spiritual growth, and highlighting unity in Christ beyond societal divisions.
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Sola Scriptura, Part 6
Shawn McCraney critiques Calvinism, "Blood Moons," and religious authority, advocating for subjective Christianity, preterist eschatology, and individual faith over structures.
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Sola Scriptura, Part 5
Shawn McCraney's teachings prioritize the Holy Spirit over scripture, advocating for love, unity, and spiritual discernment, challenging traditional "Sola Scriptura" views.
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Sola Scriptura, Part 4
Shawn's teaching emphasizes contextual scripture understanding, critiques Sola Scriptura, promotes Spirit-led guidance, and encourages diverse interpretations for unity.
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Sola Scriptura, Part 3
Shawn McCraney critiques Sola Scriptura, advocating for Spirit-led guidance over strict doctrines. He emphasizes spiritual unity, love, and subjective faith over physical manifestations and rigid church structures.
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Sola Scriptura, Part 2
Shawn McCraney emphasizes Spirit-led Christianity over Sola Scriptura, prioritizing the Holy Spirit and love. Critiques Faith Christian Church's control and abusive practices.
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Sola Scriptura, Part 1
Shawn McCraney advocates for scrutinizing Christian teachings against the Bible, prioritizing spiritual values, subjective faith, and universal reconciliation, while critiquing traditional church authority.
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The Bible, Part 6
Shawn McCraney's "Heart of the Matter" critiques Christian traditions, promotes unity, challenges authority claims, and emphasizes individual scripture engagement and critical examination.
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The Bible, Part 5
Shawn McCraney advocates for examining Christian truth-claims through the Bible's context, rejecting conflicting traditions, promoting unity, and emphasizing personal faith guided by the Holy Spirit.
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The Bible, Part 4
Shawn McCraney advocates for a subjective, love-centered Christianity, rejecting rigid orthodoxy and denominationalism. He emphasizes personal interpretation, foundational Gospel truths, and unity in diversity.
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Pastor Jason Wallace Confronts Shawn McCraney
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The Bible, Part 3
Shawn McCraney critiques misguided religious zeal, advocating for devotion rooted in love and knowledge. He emphasizes spiritual over physical faith, critiques rigid traditions, and highlights the dangers of extreme ideologies.
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The Bible, Part 2
Shawn McCraney critiques religious influence in politics, emphasizes Bible context, challenges end-times views, and controversially suggests "International Castration Day."
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The Bible, Part 1
Shawn McCraney critiques traditional Christian doctrines, emphasizing faith in Christ and love. He advocates for critical, open Bible interpretation, questioning the canon, and fostering unity.
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Introduction to 2015
Shawn McCraney's teaching critiques organized Christianity, advocating for a personal faith with Christ, questioning traditional doctrines, and addressing inconsistencies with scripture.
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Eternal Punishment, Part 7
Shawn McCraney critiques eternal punishment, focusing on biblical Christianity over personal views. He emphasizes God's justice as transformative, not infinite suffering, and promotes empathy and reconciliation.
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Eternal Punishment, Part 6
Religious show by Shawn McCraney questions eternal punishment, suggests finite torment, highlights translation issues, and emphasizes God's ultimate love and salvation.
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Eternal Punishment, Part 5
Shawn critiques polarized views on hell and the Lake of Fire, urging biblical study over tradition. He distinguishes hell as temporary, the Lake of Fire as final, and explores post-mortem reconciliation.
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Eternal Punishment, Part 4
Shawn McCraney critiques LDS doctrine, introduces "Total Reconciliation," emphasizing God's love and foreknowledge. God's will ensures eventual reconciliation, respecting free will.
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Eternal Punishment, Part 3
Shawn McCraney's teaching divides humanity into "saved" and "unsaved," emphasizes individual faith in Christ, challenges traditional views on damnation, and questions the Trinity.
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Eternal Punishment, Part 2
Shawn McCraney critiques Calvinism and Arminianism, questioning eternal punishment and advocating for total reconciliation, emphasizing God's love, omnipotence, and universal salvation.
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Interview with Mark Payzant
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Eternal Punishment, Part 1
Eternal punishment shapes views on God's nature. Mormons and Christians differ on afterlife. God is all-knowing, all-powerful, yet allows free will. Shawn critiques Calvinism, emphasizing God's love and desire for universal salvation.
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Has Jesus Returned?, Part 13
Shawn McCraney teaches that Paul believed Jesus' return was imminent in his lifetime, critiques modern prophecy interpretations, and advocates for a preterist view.
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Has Jesus Returned?, Part 12
Shawn McCraney challenges traditional views on Jesus' return, emphasizing early Christian beliefs in an imminent Second Coming. He critiques religious practices, highlights historical context, and advocates for re-examining scripture.
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Has Jesus Returned?, Part 11
Shawn McCraney teaches that pre-crucifixion, souls went to Sheol; post-crucifixion, Jesus preached to spirits, altering the afterlife. He critiques literal Millennium views, emphasizing metaphorical interpretations, and discusses prophecy, eschatology, and the universality of grace.
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Has Jesus Returned?, Part 10
Shawn McCraney's ministry critiques Mormonism and Evangelicalism, claiming Jesus' Second Coming and judgment occurred in 70 AD. He challenges traditional views, emphasizing historical prophecy fulfillment and immediate judgment relevance, urging personal spiritual readiness.
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Has Jesus Returned?, Part 9
Shawn critiques hysteria over Christ's return, urging focus on biblical truth over sensationalism, highlighting wasted resources on end-time predictions by all groups.
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Has Jesus Returned?, Part 8
Shawn teaches the "end of the world" is a mistranslation, meaning "end of the age," specifically the Jewish age ending around 70 AD, not Earth's end.
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Has Jesus Returned?, Part 7
The teaching asserts Jesus' judgment came in AD 70 with Jerusalem's fall, fulfilling prophecy. It challenges Trinitarian views, emphasizes vigilance, and suggests Jesus' return was imminent, not distant.
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Has Jesus Returned?, Part 6
Shawn McCraney critiques LDS teachings on the Gospel's global spread before Christ's return, emphasizing historical context of "last days" as Jesus' era, not ongoing.
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Has Jesus Returned?, Part 5
Shawn McCraney teaches a biblical Christianity focused on spiritual fulfillment over material success, interpreting Matthew 24 as historical, not futuristic, emphasizing personal readiness.
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Has Jesus Returned?, Part 4
Shawn McCraney critiques traditional and non-denominational churches for ritual emphasis and social focus, respectively. He links historical events to biblical prophecy, questioning grand structures and urging simpler faith. He interprets Jesus' return metaphorically, connecting Roman actions to divine judgment, and encourages deeper engagement with his teachings.
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Has Jesus Returned?, Part 3
Shawn McCraney interprets Matthew 24, focusing on the Greek term "mello" to argue that events like wars are imminent but not the end. He links prophecies to 70 AD, not future events, and critiques rigid end-times views. He emphasizes historical context, Hebrew hyperbole, and challenges futurist interpretations, using Josephus's accounts to describe Jerusalem's destruction.
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Has Jesus Returned?, Part 2
Christianity emphasizes a personal relationship with God through Jesus, free from organized religion's authority. It stresses historical context in scripture interpretation, focusing on Jesus' teachings and prophecies, particularly regarding Jerusalem's 70 AD destruction, challenging futurist views.
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