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.
Acts 2:12-21 Bible Teaching
Peter explains Pentecost’s events as Joel’s prophecy fulfillment, urging discernment through scripture. Shawn highlights Holy Spirit’s role, contrasting spiritual ecstasy with drunkenness.
1 Peter 2:17-25 Bible Teaching
Peter and Shawn teach honoring all, loving unconditionally, submitting to authority, enduring suffering with patience, and emulating Christ’s example of righteousness and forgiveness.
Deconstruction
Shawn McCraney advocates for a subjective, spiritual approach to Christianity, emphasizing unity, love, and deconstructing institutionalized religion, focusing on personal faith and understanding.
Acts 2:5-11 Bible Teaching
The New Testament Church began at Pentecost, marked by the Holy Spirit’s filling, emphasizing a spiritual foundation over physical institutions. Early Christians focused on spiritual devotion post-70 AD. Terms like Hebrew, Israelite, and Jew have distinct meanings but are used interchangeably in the New Testament. Pentecost saw diverse Jews hear the Gospel in their languages, spreading Christianity globally. Regions like Cappadocia and Egypt played key roles in early Christianity’s spread, highlighting the Gospel’s universal reach.
1 Peter 2:13-18 Bible Teaching
Peter and Shawn emphasize virtuous living, submission to authorities, and aligning actions with divine principles. Disobedience is justified if human laws conflict with God’s will.
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.
1 Peter 2:9-12 Bible Teaching
Shawn teaches predestination based on God’s foreknowledge, emphasizing believers as a “chosen generation” and “royal priesthood,” highlighting spiritual identity and mission.
Acts 2:2-4 Bible Teaching
Pentecost: Holy Spirit fills apostles, enabling diverse tongues, symbolizing divine unity. Contrasts Babel’s confusion. Discusses spiritual gifts’ relevance, glossolalia vs. xenolalia.
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.
Acts 2:1-4 Bible Teaching
Acts 2: Pentecost, Holy Spirit descends, apostles speak in tongues. Symbolism: wind, fire. Aligns with Jewish festivals. Emphasizes free will, spiritual rebirth.
1 Peter 2:4-8 Bible Teaching
Jesus as “living stone” and “chief cornerstone” unites believers, forming a spiritual house. Believers, as spiritual priests, offer non-material sacrifices, embodying love and service.
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.
Acts 1:26 Bible Teaching
Attending church for God’s Word is vital. Biblical apostles were unique, foundational witnesses of Christ. Modern apostles aren’t needed; spiritual discernment is key.
1 Peter 2:1-3 Bible Teaching
Peter’s teaching uses “if/then” to stress spiritual growth, shedding sinful ways, embracing virtues, and nurturing faith through foundational scripture, “Milk of the Word.”
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.
1 Peter 1:23-25 Bible Teaching
Peter emphasizes agapao love, spiritual rebirth from God’s Word, and contrasts human life’s temporality with God’s eternal Word. Shawn highlights Logos as Jesus, God’s creative power, and believers’ transformation through Christ.
Acts 1:16-26 Bible Teaching
Peter’s address to 120 disciples highlights communal decision-making in selecting Matthias as the twelfth apostle, reflecting early church practices and emphasizing shared responsibility.