Verse by Verse

Verse by Verse Teachings offers in-depth, live Bible studies every Sunday morning. Shawn McCraney unpacks scripture with historical, linguistic, and cultural context, helping individuals understand the Bible from the perspective of Subjective Christianity and fulfilled theology.

Hebrews 10:23-31 Bible Teaching

Shawn's teaching focuses on Christ's supremacy, unwavering faith, communal worship, and warns against apostasy, emphasizing active faith maintenance and mutual encouragement.

John 10:17 Bible Teaching

Jesus, the Good Shepherd, sacrifices His life for followers, earning the Father's love. This act highlights faith and love's interconnection, guiding Christian living.

Hebrews 10:15-22 Bible Teaching

Shawn's teaching contrasts the Old and New Covenants, highlighting Christ's ultimate sacrifice, faith-based salvation, and direct access to God, emphasizing spiritual completeness.

Hebrews 10:1-14 Bible Teaching

Shawn's teaching highlights Christ's supreme sacrifice over old laws, emphasizing faith in Christ for true fulfillment. The new covenant removes sin's remembrance, focusing on grace and transformation through faith, not law. Christ's single sacrifice perfects believers, contrasting old sacrifices, and signifies the transition to eternal salvation.

John 10:10-16 Bible Teaching

Jesus as the "Good Shepherd" sacrifices for His flock, unites believers beyond ethnic and denominational lines, offering perfect love and guidance unlike human leaders.

John 9:23-10:10 Bible Teaching

Jesus reveals spiritual states, offering enlightenment to the humble and exposing the blind arrogance of others. He is the sole path to salvation, contrasting true guidance with false leaders. True believers follow Him, the Good Shepherd, for abundant life, rejecting those seeking personal gain. Jesus frees from spiritual bondage, emphasizing faith over rituals.

Hebrews 9:23-28 Bible Teaching

Shawn's teaching highlights the transition from physical rituals to spiritual fulfillment through Christ's sacrifice, emphasizing personal faith, spiritual growth, and readiness for Christ's return.

John 9:24-38 Bible Teaching

Shawn's teaching uses John 9's blind man story to show God's grace initiates salvation. It contrasts views on human capacity to seek God, emphasizing divine invitation.

Hebrews 9:15-22 Bible Teaching

The teaching highlights Christ as the Mediator of the New Covenant, whose sacrificial death redeems sins, contrasting with Old Testament sacrifices, and emphasizes the necessity of shed blood for atonement and eternal inheritance.

John 9:8-23 Bible Teaching

Shawn's teaching emphasizes faith over ritual, societal pressures, and perception in recognizing Jesus' miracles, highlighting the transformative power of genuine belief.

Hebrews 9:8-14 Bible Teaching

Hebrews 9:14 highlights Jesus as the ultimate high priest, offering Himself to cleanse consciences, replacing old rituals with His perfect sacrifice for true redemption.

John 9:7 Bible Teaching

Shawn's teaching emphasizes prioritizing Jesus' teachings over traditions, highlights the blend of pagan and Christian practices, and stresses faith and divine grace in salvation.

Hebrews 9:1-7 Bible Teaching

Shawn contrasts the Old and New Covenants, emphasizing spiritual over physical sanctuaries. He highlights the shift from material symbols to spiritual worship through Christ.

Hebrews 8:End Part 3 Bible Teaching

The teaching highlights the symbolic nature of the Old Covenant, advocates for contextual interpretation of scripture, warns against legalism, and emphasizes living by the Spirit.

John 9:1-7 Bible Teaching

Shawn's teaching on John 9:1-7 highlights Jesus as the "light of the world," addressing spiritual blindness, the misconception of sin causing suffering, and the need for faith and compassion.

John 8:54-59 Bible Teaching

Communion symbolizes Christ's sacrifice; belief in Jesus grants eternal life. Jesus' divinity, pre-existence, and role as Messiah are affirmed, facing skepticism.

Hebrews 8:End Part 2 Bible Teaching

The teaching emphasizes communion's symbolic nature, the New Covenant's personal relationship with God, Jesus' fulfillment of prophecy, and the Holy Spirit's guidance over rigid adherence to scripture.

John 8:46-53 Bible Teaching

Jesus teaches that all are born sinful but possess Christ's light. Embracing it leads to freedom; rejecting it leads to darkness. True believers avoid spiritual death.

Hebrews 8:End Part 1 Bible Teaching

Shawn's teaching highlights Jesus as High Priest of a New Covenant for all believers, emphasizing grace, internal faith, and God's promises over old laws and rituals.

John 8:33-45 Bible Teaching

Jesus emphasizes true freedom through His teachings, not lineage. He contrasts spiritual bondage to sin with liberation through faith, highlighting genuine discipleship and love for God.

Hebrews 8:9 Bible Teaching

Shawn's teaching highlights Christ's superior priesthood, emphasizing His eternal role as High Priest in heaven, surpassing the Levitical system, and negating earthly priesthoods.

John 8:21-32 Bible Teaching

Jesus contrasts His divine origin with the Pharisees, emphasizing spiritual freedom through truth. He reveals His eternal nature as "I AM," highlighting His mission, crucifixion, resurrection, and the importance of love and discipleship for true freedom.