Episodes

Who discipled your mind today? Before prayer, before Scripture, before stillness, most of us reach for the same thing. Our "Smart" phone. But what if the greatest spiritual battle today is not happening in churches or politics? What if it is happening in our attention? In this episode of True Word, Faith for LIFE!, we explore how digital culture shapes identity, worship, and discernment and how followers of the Way can reclaim their attention for the King. Watch the full episode on The True W...

Can someone claim to love Jesus while speaking with contempt about Jews or Catholics? In this powerful finale, Rev. Dr. Shawn M. Greener examines Romans 11 and the covenant story of Israel to confront outrage culture inside modern Christianity. Discover what the Bible actually teaches about humility, truth, and the Jewish roots of the Christian faith. Join the conversation and learn how to defend truth without contempt. #BibleTeaching #ChristianPodcast #TrueWordFaithForLife #Romans11 https://r...

Stop scrolling. That “righteous fire” might not be the Holy Spirit. Tonight we expose the difference between conviction and condemnation, and we test the tone, the fruit, and the outcome of what you are hearing and sharing online. Conviction is specific and restorative. Condemnation is vague and crushing. If we confuse the two, we call rage holiness and gossip research. Bring your Bible, bring your honesty, and bring your comment. Engagement question: When you get fired up by a post, what comes ...

EPISODE 7: Stand Firm in the True Word Subtitle: A Benediction for Courageous Christianity Series: You Cannot Love Jesus and Slander Catholics and Jews The danger to the church right now is not that we will abandon truth. The danger is that we will defend truth in a way that denies it. Truth does not need permission. It does not need to soften its voice to survive. It does not need to apologize for confronting what does not align with the heart of God. But truth does not need cruelty to be st...

Truth needs to be told. It isn't optional for Believers. As it relates to the WAR on the deadly regime in Iran and Christians? Truth is The MOST important thing... But What DOES the Bible say? What is the TRUTH? Find the TRUTH Here! https://www.youtube.com/live/dd_wavUZJhM?si=v8uwa9YfG8-8vVsf Send Dr. Shawn a Message. Please leave your contact information if you’d like a reply! Support the show Thank you so much for listening! Please subscribe to the True Word, Faith for LIF...

A Friend Who Sticks Closer Than a Brother (Proverbs 18:24) is the first message in the Friendship series from Virginia Creek Campground Chapel. This sermon explores the difference between companions and covenant friends, how pressure reveals who truly stays, and three marks of faithful friendship: presence, loyalty, and honest love. With Ruth and Naomi as a living picture of covenant loyalty, the message ultimately points to Jesus as the truest Friend, the One who never abandons His own, and inv...

EPISODE 6 When Faithful People Push Back Series: You Cannot Love Jesus and Slander Catholics and Jews! If you’re exhausted by conflict, tired of Christian arguments, worn out by comment wars, and you’re trying to follow King Jesus without compromising truth, this episode is for you. You opened your phone for peace, and your feed handed you another fight. Most Christians think they defend truth. But what if sometimes we’re actually defending ourselves? If that stings a little, you’re not being...

Can defending truth ever become spiritually destructive? Sunday Night’s episode explores Mary, Israel, Catholic debates, and the biblical test Jesus gave: fruit. Not certainty. Fruit. If your faith is meant to heal, not harm, this one matters. https://www.youtube.com/live/RtzoEf_RMyE?si=guyNkUD0d-OKQtFF For More: TrueWordFaithforLife.com #BibleTeaching #ChristianPodcast #Discernment #TrueWordFaithForLife Watch and follow us on Faithia! https://share.faithia.com/share?parameters=in...

Episode 4: If This Hurt, Let’s Talk A Pastoral Word to the Wounded, the Confused, and the Teachable Series: You Cannot Love Jesus and Slander Catholics and Jews If this series stung, it might not be because you were attacked. It might be because you were convicted. And conviction is not condemnation. Conviction is the King repairing what our words damaged. In this Wednesday deep study, Dr. Shawn M. Greener walks you through the Bible’s covenant repair pattern, confession, correction, restitut...

Is This Compromise, or Obedience? People will call it compromise when you stop slandering Catholics and Jews. The Bible calls it obedience. In Episode 3, Dr. Shawn M. Greener defines compromise versus obedience, anchors truth telling in Ephesians 4:25, exposes the sin of cursing image bearers from James 3:9–10, and warns against arrogance toward Jews from Romans 11:18–20. You will get five non negotiables for clean, courageous Christianity, plus short replies to hostile objections so you can ...

How Does Theology Turn Into Violence? Mary, Jews, Catholics, and the Sin Underneath It https://youtu.be/LWbSAisc3XE?si=UW0xFeADARdTruNj Episode 2, New Series: You Cannot Love Jesus and Slander Catholics and Jews! How does theology turn into violence, biblically? In this episode, Dr. Shawn M. Greener, a Follower of the Way, shows how theology becomes dangerous when it disconnects from humility, truthful speech, and love of neighbor. Anchored in the Bible’s covenant ethics, with Hebra...

You Cannot Love Jesus and Slander Catholics and Jews. This is not a debate about doctrine. This is a call to covenant loyalty in how we speak, share, accuse, and represent people made in God’s image. You can disagree with Catholic doctrine. You can disagree with Jewish theology. But you cannot claim allegiance to King Jesus while spreading false witness, rumors, caricatures, and contempt. In the Bible’s world, false testimony was not “online drama.” It was community destruction. And the New Cov...

Armor was never magic. In this deep Wednesday teaching, Dr. Shawn M. Greener concludes the Spiritual Warfare series by dismantling ritualized armor theology and restoring the covenant meaning behind Paul’s words in Ephesians 6. This episode explains why the armor of God is not a protection spell, why spiritual warfare is moral and relational, and how believers are formed through loyalty rather than language. Rooted in the Hebraic worldview, Second Temple Jewish thought, and Ancient Near Easte...

“Armor Isn’t Magic: What Paul Really Taught.” If you’ve been told to “put on the full armor of God” as a ritual prayer, but felt confused/unsteady, this one’s for you! Paul wasn’t teaching superstition. He was teaching covenant character & how to stand firm when pressure hits. Shalom b’Shem Yeshua https://www.youtube.com/live/OerlPRvITN0?si=oSQkJVhDc-nPgziq&t=389 https://www.truewordfaithforlife.com/blog/ Send Dr. Shawn a Message. Please leave your contact information if you’d like a ...

Flaming arrows are not just a metaphor. They are the hot, urgent thoughts of accusation, FEAR, and resignation that try to set your inner life on fire so you drift from obedience. In this deep study episode of The Armor They Never Told You About, Dr. Shawn M. Greener equips followers of the Way to extinguish those arrows with the shield of faith, covenant trust under King Yeshua, using Ephesians 6 with LEB and CJSB side by side. Four step shield drill: Identify the arrow. Label it. Test it w...

What lies are you living by? The enemy does not always attack with spectacle. Often, he wins through quiet, believable stories that rename God, rename you, and rename suffering, until a lie feels normal and your life starts drifting one reasonable choice at a time. In this episode, we expose the lies we live by and replace them with calm covenant truth under King Yeshua. We ground this teaching in John 8, where Yeshua ties freedom to remaining and obeying His teaching, and where He names the ad...

Spiritual warfare is real, but the Bible does not teach fear, obsession, or fighting people as ultimate enemies. In Episode 1 of the Spiritual Warfare series, Dr. Shawn M. Greener steps into Ephesus and opens the Bible to explain Ephesians 6:10 to 12 side by side in the LEB and CJSB. You will see why Paul says our struggle is not against flesh and blood, why the enemy prefers deception over spectacle, and why Genesis 3 reveals the strategy: attack God’s word, distort God’s character, and invite...

Episode 6 Finale, What Do I Do Now? This is the episode where explanation ends and obedience begins. The Bible does not leave room for fence living. Neutral is not neutral. Delay is not harmless. In this finale, Dr. Shawn M. Greener opens the Bible with covenant clarity, showing what it means to choose life in Deuteronomy 30:19, choose today in Joshua 24:15, follow daily in Luke 9:23, and surrender in Matthew 16:25. This is not theory. This is your actual life. Engagement question: What is on...

Why is the Bible so hard to understand for so many sincere believers? In this episode of True Word, Faith for LIFE!, Dr. Shawn M. Greener explains why Scripture often feels confusing, even to people who deeply love God, and shows a simple, practical way to read the Bible with clarity, context, and confidence. This teaching is designed for real people who were never taught how to study the Bible, not just scholars or pastors. Bible study, How to study the Bible, Understanding the Bible, Bible r...

Faith & JOY Require Obedience! Are you actually confused, or are you standing at the threshold of obedience? This Sunday at 6:30 PM EST, we’re going to the Bible for an answer that changes your next 24 hours. Genesis 12 and James 1 show the same truth. Faith doesn’t wait for perfect clarity. It moves. I’ll give you a simple framework to break paralysis: name the next obedient step, put it on a 24 hour clock, and attach it to a witness. Join me LIVE for Episode 5, When Faith Requires Movem...

This video flips the script on waiting for divine intervention. What if God isn't delaying, but waiting for you to step forward? Maybe the hold-up isn't timing, but your own hesitation. A message many believers need to hear: “STOP Calling It Waiting on God.” Sometimes the delay isn’t spiritual. Sometimes God is waiting on US. If you’ve felt stuck, discouraged, or unsure of your next step, this one’s for you. WATCH and let’s walk this out together. https://www.youtube.com/live/aTGWqhXYSY...

TAKE THE FIRST STEP: Courage When You Don’t Feel Ready | What Do I Do Now? (Episode 3) What if the reason you feel stuck isn’t confusion… but fear? In this episode, we talk about the kind of courage the Bible calls us to live. Not hype. Not emotion. Real faith that obeys God even when the outcome isn’t clear yet. Ecclesiastes warns us: if you keep watching the wind, you never plant. At the Red Sea, God didn’t tell Israel to wait until they felt brave. He told them to go forward. Abraham moved...

Why God Moves When You Do | What Do I Do Now? Episode 2 Why does faith feel stuck… even when you truly love God? Episode Two of What Do I Do Now? goes straight to the root of spiritual stagnation. It isn’t usually rebellion. It’s hesitation. If you missed Episode One: https://www.youtube.com/live/4ih1_WoD... In The Next Faithful Step, Dr. Shawn M. Greener exposes one of the most misunderstood truths in the Bible: God rarely gives clarity before obedience. He gives clarity through obed...

What Do I Do Now? What do you do when the holidays are over, the noise is gone, and your faith feels strangely quiet? In Episode One of What Do I Do Now?, Dr. Shawn M. Greener addresses the spiritual drift many believers feel after emotional highs fade. Drawing from Romans 12 and the words of Yeshua, this episode explores how to re-center identity, mind, body, and relationships through a Hebraic and Ancient Near Eastern lens. If your faith feels off right now, this episode isn’t condem...