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TRUE Word, Faith for LIFE!
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You have sat through Bible teaching that never changed a thing. Opinions dressed up as truth. Depth that needed a seminary degree to follow, or shallowness that asked nothing of you at all. This is not that. True Word, Faith for LIFE! walks the whole Bible in a year, in order, the way the story was actually told. I take the Hebrew and the Ancient Near Eastern world Scripture was born in and make it plain, so you see what the first hearers saw, then walk out knowing what to do with it today. No watering down. No insider language. Every episode lands on Yeshua, and every episode lands on your real life. If you're tired of confusion and ready to actually live your faith instead of just studying it, you belong here. The Bible in a Year: Walking the Story of God Monday through Friday, 7:00 AM Eastern, live Sundays, 6:30 PM Eastern, live The Book Find it in the STORE at the top of the site. This book was written for the person tired of religious pieces, tired of confusion, and ready for God's Word to make sense in real life. Walk this journey with me. Faith for LIFE. That runs about a third the length and leads with the punch instead of the handshake. One real tradeoff to call: I stripped the decorative emojis because they're most of what makes the current page read as generic. If you want the page to stay scannable for mobile, adding one functional icon back on the schedule and book headers is defensible. Losing the đŸ”„ and ⭐ is not. © 2026 Dr. Shawn M. Greener. All Rights Reserved.
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April 21, 2026

Day 16: Why Did God Send Hagar Away?

Day 16: Why Did God Send Hagar Away?

Day 16: Why Did God Send Hagar Away? Why does fulfilled promise still feel painful? Genesis 21 gives us one of the most emotionally layered moments in Abraham’s story. Isaac is born, laughter fills the tent, and yet Hagar and Ishmael are sent into the wilderness. So what is God doing here? And what does this chapter say to people living with both gratitude and grief at the same time? In this episode of Through the Bible in a Year: Walking the Story of God, Dr. Shawn M. Greener walks thr...

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Day 16: Why Did God Send Hagar Away?

Why does fulfilled promise still feel painful?
Genesis 21 gives us one of the most emotionally layered moments in Abraham’s story. Isaac is born, laughter fills the tent, and yet Hagar and Ishmael are sent into the wilderness. So what is God doing here? And what does this chapter say to people living with both gratitude and grief at the same time?

In this episode of Through the Bible in a Year: Walking the Story of God, Dr. Shawn M. Greener walks through Genesis 21 with Hebraic and Ancient Near Eastern context, showing how this chapter reveals covenant clarity, the cost of fear-driven decisions, the mercy of God in the wilderness, and the faithfulness of El Olam, the Everlasting God.

If you have ever seen God answer prayer while still living with the consequences of past choices, this episode is for you.

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