Acts 8:1 Bible Teaching
Shawn highlights Jesus’s universal mission beyond Jews. Paul explains Israel’s role in Gentile salvation, bridges Jewish-Gentile worlds, and spreads Christianity despite persecution.
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.
1 John 2:21-29 Bible Teaching
John’s teaching stresses truth, warns against antichrists, and emphasizes faith in Jesus for eternal life. Believers should remain in original teachings and avoid deception.
Acts 7:51-60 Bible Teaching
Stephen critiques temple reverence as idolatry, calls leaders “stiff-necked,” highlights rejection of prophets, and emphasizes spiritual over earthly lineage. Shawn stresses humility, Holy Spirit’s power, and Stephen’s prayer as legitimate, linking to Romans 10:12-14.
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.
1 John 2:18-25 Bible Teaching
John warns of many antichrists as signs of the last times, urging believers to remain in Christ’s teachings. Shawn interprets “last time” as the end of the Jewish age, not the world.
Acts 7:46-50 Bible Teaching
Stephen’s sermon highlights God’s transcendence beyond physical temples, emphasizing spiritual worship. David’s life foreshadows the Messiah, while Solomon builds the temple. Temples symbolize spiritual realities, with believers as living temples. True worship is in spirit and truth, not confined to physical structures.
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.
1 John 2:12-17 Bible Teaching
Shawn’s teaching on 1 John 2:12-17 highlights spiritual maturity levels: children (forgiveness), young men (strength, overcoming evil), fathers (deep understanding), and warns against worldly desires.
Acts 7:38-45 Bible Teaching
Stephen’s speech in Acts 7 emphasizes Moses receiving the Law, the Israelites’ idolatry, and the concept of “ekklesia” as a global gathering of believers.
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.
1 John 2:7-11 Bible Teaching
Believers must love one another, reflecting Christ’s light and truth. Love is both an old and new commandment, essential for spiritual growth and avoiding darkness.
Acts 7:35-37 Bible Teaching
Stephan emphasizes Moses as a prefigure of Christ, highlighting resistance to Christ. Shawn focuses on Jesus’ mission of spiritual liberation, paralleling Moses’ role.
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.
1 John 2:3-6 Bible Teaching
John emphasizes keeping God’s commandments as evidence of knowing Him, walking as Jesus did, and manifesting love, which signifies God’s presence and true Christian growth.
Acts 7:30-34 Bible Teaching
Moses’ journey, patience, and trust in God; Cities of Refuge as safe havens; burning bush as divine encounter; God’s majesty; human humility; Job’s enlightenment.
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.
Acts 7:15-22 Bible Teaching
Shawn’s teaching draws typological parallels between Joseph and Jesus, emphasizing themes of rejection, suffering, exaltation, and divine fulfillment, while contrasting oppressive religious systems with true faith.
1 John 2:1-2 Bible Teaching
Believers should avoid sin, love one another, and remain steadfast in faith. Jesus is our advocate and propitiation, ensuring reconciliation and salvation for all.
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.