Is It Time to Rethink SinMissing the mark of faith and love—no punishment, just lost growth or peace., Law, and Leadership?
This week’s Talk with Shawn McCraneyTGNN’s open-format show where Shawn responds to real questions about faith and fulfillment. call-in show covered a wide range of foundational issues about faith, sin, leadership, and how to read Scripture today. Delaney, Shawn, and guest Grady Ryley fielded questions about the Ten Commandments, Old Testament violence, and whether Jesus ever spoke God’s name.
A key theme throughout the discussion: true faith isn’t about following laws or leaders — it’s about direct, personal trust in God. Shawn and Grady explain that when we focus on sin and law, we take our eyes off what Christ already accomplished. They emphasized that the law was fulfilled in Christ, freeing individuals to seek God directly through faith and love — without fear, religious guilt, or institutional control.
Grady powerfully compared the true walk of faith to the trust of a small child: not needing to know everything, but simply living and trusting in a Father who provides. Meanwhile, Shawn addressed questions about the problems with mainstream religious teachings on hell, the Second ComingChrist’s return, fulfilled in 70 A.D., ending the old covenant—not the world., and legalistic evangelism, explaining how deeply ingrained tradition and institution often block honest reading of Scripture.
The discussion also tackled how leadership without authorityLeading through example, not control. True leadership in the fulfilled age has no authority over others. works: true leaders walk alongside others, encouraging love and mind renewal, not by calling out sin but by pointing people back to God’s grace.
Throughout, listeners were encouraged not to despair over struggles with doubt — but to see doubt as part of authentic faith formation, driving us closer to personal trust in God.
