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Dr. Abidan Shah

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  • Yesterday · 29 min

    Have You Committed the Unpardonable Sin?

    We have full confidence that the blood of Jesus has cleansed us of our sins. But there's still that one dark figure on the horizon that quietly terrifies a lot of Christians: the unpardonable sin. In this episode, we close out our ten-day series on sin by tackling it directly. We start by correcting a myth that's caused real pain for real families — no, suicide is not the unforgivable sin. From there we walk through what Jesus actually said in Matthew 12:31 and Mark 3:28, and why blasphemy against the Holy Spirit is a matter of willful, deliberate rejection — not a moment of doubt, a hard question, or an intrusive thought. We also address Hebrews 6:4, a passage many people misread as proof you can lose your salvation, and show why its real context points somewhere else entirely. The episode closes with a story Dr. Abidan Shah's father carried with him for years — a dying man, abandoned by his family in a shed, who heard the gospel clearly and still could not bring himself to receive it. It's a sobering picture of what real hardness of heart looks like. And if you've ever quietly worried that you've crossed that line yourself, the episode ends with sixty seconds of real, direct hope. 0:00 – Is Suicide the Unforgivable Sin? (No — Here's Why) 5:40 – What Jesus Actually Said (Matthew 12:31, Mark 3:28) — And Why It's Willful Rejection, Not Doubt 10:45 – Does Hebrews 6:4 Mean You Can Lose Your Salvation? 18:58 – Different Views on Who Can Commit This Sin (And the Full Story in Matthew 12) 21:48 – The Man in the Shed 27:25 – What the Unpardonable Sin Actually Is (And 60 Seconds of Hope) Support the show Dr. Shah writes a personal letter every week — reflections on Scripture, faith, and living it out with clarity and purpose. GET THE LETTER If you enjoyed the show, please like and follow our Facebook and Instagram pages, and also subscribe to our YouTube channel. This is an excellent way to stay connected to the Clearview team and ensure you don't miss a thing. PRE-ORDER BYZANTINE TEXTFORM: https://subsplash.com/u/-MPJ586/forms/d/1090d08a-49c0-498a-ad97-5c0fd575fa9e SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS: MIGHTY MUSCADINE SUPPLEMENTS LEBLEU ULTRA-PURE WATER KEEP YOUR KIDS PROTECTED ONLINE --- >> DR SHAH'S BOOKS >> SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE >> CHECK OUT ALL OUR SHOWS

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  • Wednesday · 29 min

    Is All Sin the Same to God?

    We know that every sin makes us equally guilty in the eyes of God. But come on — some sins have to be worse than others, right? In this episode, we tackle degrees of sin: legally, there's no difference between a white lie and murder. In consequences, the difference is enormous. We work through Adam and Eve's single act of disobedience and why one sin carried such catastrophic weight — using the picture of a single speck of gravy ruining an otherwise spotless white tablecloth, because it's a matter of God's holiness, not human proportionality. We look at Jesus's own words in John 19:11, where He tells Pilate that the one who betrayed Him "has the greater sin," and we dig into Dr. Abidan Shah's honest take on why he refuses to plant his flag as either Calvinist or Arminian. The episode closes with a hard, necessary question for believers: are you presuming on God's grace, treating a few sins as harmless because you're already saved? 0:00 – Are There Really Degrees of Sin? 4:17 – Adam and Eve's One Sin — And Why It Was So Costly 8:09 – The Holiness of God and the Tablecloth Illustration 12:54 – Judas Has "The Greater Sin" — And Why Dr. Shah Refuses to Pick a Theological Camp 17:25 – Imagining Judas's Day of Judgment (And a Stricter One for Teachers) 21:45 – Are You Presuming on God's Grace? (And What's Happening in Europe) Dr. Shah writes a personal letter every week — reflections on Scripture, faith, and living it out with clarity and purpose. Join the family: https://abidanshah.com/join If you enjoyed the show, please like and follow our Facebook and Instagram pages, and also subscribe to our YouTube channel. This is an excellent way to stay connected to the Clearview team and ensure you don't miss a thing. Another great way to support the show is to use promo code TODAY when checking out at mightymuscadine.com. To learn more about Clearview Church, visit us at clearviewbc.org. If you have any questions or want to contact us, email us at contact@clearviewtodayshow.com or text us at 252-429-6069. Check out the links below for more content from Dr. Shah and the Clearview team! Read - https://abidanshah.com/books/ Watch - https://www.youtube.com/@abidanshahphd Listen - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sermons-by-abidan-shah-ph-d/id619888508 Clearview Worship - https://open.spotify.com/artist/2m3OQUdBsucUTj6AFHg81S?si=a16NTbdLTs224kcXjfsvYA Donate - abidanshah.com/give Support the show Dr. Shah writes a personal letter every week — reflections on Scripture, faith, and living it out with clarity and purpose. GET THE LETTER If you enjoyed the show, please like and follow our Facebook and Instagram pages, and also subscribe to our YouTube channel. This is an excellent way to stay connected to the Clearview team and ensure you don't miss a thing. PRE-ORDER BYZANTINE TEXTFORM: https://subsplash.com/u/-MPJ586/forms/d/1090d08a-49c0-498a-ad97-5c0fd575fa9e SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS: MIGHTY MUSCADINE SUPPLEMENTS LEBLEU ULTRA-PURE WATER KEEP YOUR KIDS PROTECTED ONLINE --- >> DR SHAH'S BOOKS >> SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE >> CHECK OUT ALL OUR SHOWS

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  • Tuesday · 29 min

    You Can Become the Chain Breaker in Your Family

    Yesterday we talked about sin. Today we're answering the harder follow-up questions you've been sending in — are all people really sinful, even the good ones? What happens to babies who die? And can generations of unbelief in a family ever really be broken? We work through Psalm 14 and Romans 3:23 on why every single person stands guilty before God — including history's most admired "good" unbelievers — and why no other world religion makes that same claim about itself. We dig into when sin nature actually takes hold (Psalm 51:5 says at conception, contrasted with John the Baptist being filled with the Holy Spirit from the womb), and Dr. Abidan Shah's honest, careful answer on what happens to children who die before they can choose Christ. The episode closes with a deeply personal story — the grandfather-in-law Dr. Shah never met, whose faithfulness set off a chain that led to his own family — and a challenge for anyone listening who could be the first in their own family line to break that chain. 0:00 – Are All People Really Sinful? (Even the "Good" Ones) 6:59 – No Other Faith Says We're All Equally Guilty 12:36 – When Does Sin Nature Actually Take Hold? 17:27 – Does God Show Special Favor to Believers' Children? 23:01 – David's Son, and Becoming the Chain Breaker in Your Family Support the show Dr. Shah writes a personal letter every week — reflections on Scripture, faith, and living it out with clarity and purpose. GET THE LETTER If you enjoyed the show, please like and follow our Facebook and Instagram pages, and also subscribe to our YouTube channel. This is an excellent way to stay connected to the Clearview team and ensure you don't miss a thing. PRE-ORDER BYZANTINE TEXTFORM: https://subsplash.com/u/-MPJ586/forms/d/1090d08a-49c0-498a-ad97-5c0fd575fa9e SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS: MIGHTY MUSCADINE SUPPLEMENTS LEBLEU ULTRA-PURE WATER KEEP YOUR KIDS PROTECTED ONLINE --- >> DR SHAH'S BOOKS >> SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE >> CHECK OUT ALL OUR SHOWS

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  • Monday · 29 min

    Stop Calling Sin a "Struggle." Call It What It Is.

    If you're a Christian, you probably do have a genuine desire to worship and obey God. But there's one three-letter word that keeps getting in the way. In this episode, we continue our Systematic Theology series by tackling sin head-on — starting with the ways we all try to rebrand it as a "struggle" or a "character opportunity" rather than call it what it is. We define sin biblically (any failure to conform to the moral law of God, in act, attitude, or nature), trace it back to Satan's rebellion before it ever reached the Garden, and work through Romans 5 on why Adam's sin became ours. We also walk through four ways Scripture pictures sin — a burden, a stain, slavery, and a debt — and land on one of the most important corrections in the whole episode: forgiveness doesn't mean God erased the debt. It means the debt was paid in full. We close with Joseph and his brothers, and why God often leads us through a real process toward repentance rather than an instant clean slate. 0:00 – Rebranding Sin as a "Struggle" (And Why We Do It) 6:15 – Adam and Eve: The Original Blame Game (And What Sin Actually Is) 11:35 – Original Sin: Why Adam's Sin Became Ours (Romans 5) 14:44 – Four Pictures of Sin: Burden, Stain, Slavery, Debt 20:18 – The Debt Was Paid, Not Erased 24:08 – Joseph and His Brothers: Led to Real Repentance Support the show Dr. Shah writes a personal letter every week — reflections on Scripture, faith, and living it out with clarity and purpose. GET THE LETTER If you enjoyed the show, please like and follow our Facebook and Instagram pages, and also subscribe to our YouTube channel. This is an excellent way to stay connected to the Clearview team and ensure you don't miss a thing. PRE-ORDER BYZANTINE TEXTFORM: https://subsplash.com/u/-MPJ586/forms/d/1090d08a-49c0-498a-ad97-5c0fd575fa9e SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS: MIGHTY MUSCADINE SUPPLEMENTS LEBLEU ULTRA-PURE WATER KEEP YOUR KIDS PROTECTED ONLINE --- >> DR SHAH'S BOOKS >> SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE >> CHECK OUT ALL OUR SHOWS

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  • September 11 · 29 min

    Jesus Didn't Just Save You. He Came to Fix Your Reflection.

    We talked yesterday about being made in God's image. But sin distorted that image in every one of us — so what happens now? In this episode, we continue our Systematic Theology series by looking at how Jesus came not just to save us from punishment, but to recover the very image of God that sin warped. We work through Colossians 3, putting off the old man and putting on the new, and 2 Corinthians 3:18's picture of an unveiled mirror — daily being transformed into the likeness of Christ. Using a long, honest illustration about falling out of a workout routine and having to start again, we talk about why sanctification isn't always a straight climb upward, why real setbacks don't mean you were never truly saved, and why coming back to God isn't the exception in the Christian life — it's most of life. We close by looking ahead to what full restoration looks like when Christ returns, and the astonishing promise of 1 John 3:2: we shall be like Him. 0:00 – Jesus Came to Recover God's Image, Not Just Save You From Hell 4:22 – Put Off the Old Man, Put On the New (Colossians 3:8) 8:26 – The Mirror With No More Fog (2 Corinthians 3:18) 11:57 – The Gym Illustration: Why Falling Off Doesn't Mean You're Not Saved 18:16 – Big Sins Have Bigger Consequences (But You Can Still Come Back) 21:54 – Coming Back to God Is Most of Life — And Full Restoration Is Coming 25:35 – We Shall Be Like Him (1 John 3:2) Support the show Dr. Shah writes a personal letter every week — reflections on Scripture, faith, and living it out with clarity and purpose. GET THE LETTER If you enjoyed the show, please like and follow our Facebook and Instagram pages, and also subscribe to our YouTube channel. This is an excellent way to stay connected to the Clearview team and ensure you don't miss a thing. PRE-ORDER BYZANTINE TEXTFORM: https://subsplash.com/u/-MPJ586/forms/d/1090d08a-49c0-498a-ad97-5c0fd575fa9e SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS: MIGHTY MUSCADINE SUPPLEMENTS LEBLEU ULTRA-PURE WATER KEEP YOUR KIDS PROTECTED ONLINE --- >> DR SHAH'S BOOKS >> SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE >> CHECK OUT ALL OUR SHOWS

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  • September 10 · 29 min

    Get Ready to Take a Look in the Mirror

    We've spent weeks getting to know God — His holiness, His unchanging nature, all of it. But how does that help us get along with people? In this episode, we launch a new stretch of our Systematic Theology series with the doctrine of humanity, starting with two foundational truths: we were created for God's glory, and we were created in His image. We use the picture of Michael Jordan at the peak of a dunk — hand raised, tongue out, at his absolute max — to talk about what it means to display God's glory, and the sobering account of Herod in Acts 12, struck down for accepting worship that belonged to God alone. Then we dig into what it actually means to be made in God's image: not some "royal we" from an ancient king, but the Triune God speaking within Himself. We close with the weight that truth carries for how we treat one another — why murder is ultimately an assault on God Himself, and why even cursing someone is something God takes personally. 0:00 – Why Would God Even Bring Us Into This World? 4:06 – The Michael Jordan Illustration of God's Glory 9:10 – The Herod Warning: Don't Take God's Glory for Yourself 13:26 – Made in God's Image, Not Just a Royal "We" 19:43 – Why Murder Is an Assault on God Himself 22:00 – Take a Look in the Mirror: Every Person Has God's Patent on Them Support the show Dr. Shah writes a personal letter every week — reflections on Scripture, faith, and living it out with clarity and purpose. GET THE LETTER If you enjoyed the show, please like and follow our Facebook and Instagram pages, and also subscribe to our YouTube channel. This is an excellent way to stay connected to the Clearview team and ensure you don't miss a thing. PRE-ORDER BYZANTINE TEXTFORM: https://subsplash.com/u/-MPJ586/forms/d/1090d08a-49c0-498a-ad97-5c0fd575fa9e SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS: MIGHTY MUSCADINE SUPPLEMENTS LEBLEU ULTRA-PURE WATER KEEP YOUR KIDS PROTECTED ONLINE --- >> DR SHAH'S BOOKS >> SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE >> CHECK OUT ALL OUR SHOWS

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  • September 9 · 29 min

    "I Know What the Bible Says — I'm Just Not Going to Obey It"

    "I know exactly what the Bible says. I've heard preachers preach about it. I've heard it read to me my entire life. I'm just not gonna obey it." In this episode, we continue our Systematic Theology series by picking up where yesterday left off — the doctrine of Scripture — and turning to authority, clarity, necessity, and sufficiency. We talk about why treating the Bible like an owner's manual you consult occasionally, rather than the very breath you live on, quietly strips it of its authority in your life. Using the picture of a doctor who names the cure but won't force you to take it, we explore why disobeying Scripture always carries natural consequences rather than arbitrary punishment. We also dig into how to spot a false teacher, why the Bible's clarity means the parts that trouble us most are usually the ones we understand perfectly well, and practical steps for anyone who wants to move from owning a Bible to actually studying it. The episode closes with a real conversation about a young man who invented a "back door" path to God outside Scripture — and why there isn't one. 0:00 – "I Know What the Bible Says — I'm Just Not Going to Obey It" 4:02 – These Are the Words of God, Not Suggestions 8:36 – Has God Indeed Said? Losing Biblical Authority 12:29 – The Bible's Clarity: It's Not the Parts You Don't Understand 14:46 – How to Actually Start Studying the Bible 19:14 – What About Those Who Never Heard the Gospel? 23:58 – No Secrets, No Premium Packages: The Free Gospel Support the show Dr. Shah writes a personal letter every week — reflections on Scripture, faith, and living it out with clarity and purpose. GET THE LETTER If you enjoyed the show, please like and follow our Facebook and Instagram pages, and also subscribe to our YouTube channel. This is an excellent way to stay connected to the Clearview team and ensure you don't miss a thing. PRE-ORDER BYZANTINE TEXTFORM: https://subsplash.com/u/-MPJ586/forms/d/1090d08a-49c0-498a-ad97-5c0fd575fa9e SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS: MIGHTY MUSCADINE SUPPLEMENTS LEBLEU ULTRA-PURE WATER KEEP YOUR KIDS PROTECTED ONLINE --- >> DR SHAH'S BOOKS >> SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE >> CHECK OUT ALL OUR SHOWS

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  • September 8 · 29 min

    Inspiration and Inerrancy — What They Actually Mean (It's Not What You Think)

    The Bible is the inspired, infallible, unchanging Word of God — but what does that actually mean? In this episode, we continue our Systematic Theology series by turning to the doctrine of Scripture itself: where it came from, why it's trustworthy, and how to answer some of the hardest questions people raise about it. We tackle a common objection head-on — that the Bible was written by so many different people over so many centuries that it can't really be one unified message — and show why that's actually strong evidence for Scripture rather than against it. We define inspiration (the very words of the Bible breathed out by God through human authors) and inerrancy (that Scripture, in its original writings, is wholly true), and walk through a real example from Dr. Abidan Shah's own textual criticism work — a verse that likely wasn't part of the original text. We close with a personal look at why falling in love with God's Word starts with simply opening it. 0:00 – Why We Go to Scripture, Not Just Nature, to Know God 2:11 – The "Many Authors" Objection Is Actually Evidence for Scripture 6:26 – General Revelation vs. Specific Revelation 10:35 – What Inspiration Means (And Why Manuscript Errors Don't Undermine It) 14:53 – Different Authors, Different Backgrounds, Same Message 16:35 – What Inerrancy Actually Means (And What It Doesn't) 18:26 – The Acts 8:37 Example: A Real Textual Variant 26:07 – Falling in Love With the Word of God Support the show Dr. Shah writes a personal letter every week — reflections on Scripture, faith, and living it out with clarity and purpose. GET THE LETTER If you enjoyed the show, please like and follow our Facebook and Instagram pages, and also subscribe to our YouTube channel. This is an excellent way to stay connected to the Clearview team and ensure you don't miss a thing. PRE-ORDER BYZANTINE TEXTFORM: https://subsplash.com/u/-MPJ586/forms/d/1090d08a-49c0-498a-ad97-5c0fd575fa9e SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS: MIGHTY MUSCADINE SUPPLEMENTS LEBLEU ULTRA-PURE WATER KEEP YOUR KIDS PROTECTED ONLINE --- >> DR SHAH'S BOOKS >> SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE >> CHECK OUT ALL OUR SHOWS

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  • September 7 · 29 min

    The Holy Spirit and the Unforgivable Sin

    We've talked about who the Holy Spirit is — now it's time to dig into what He actually does. In this episode, we continue our Systematic Theology series with the work of the Holy Spirit, including one of the most sobering things Jesus ever said: that blasphemy against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven. We work through what that unforgivable sin actually means, why functional submission within the Trinity never means anyone is "less than," and why you can't get to the Father except through the Son. Using Paul's conversion on the road to Damascus and a personal family story, we talk about how the Holy Spirit can turn a person's life 180 degrees — and close with a common misunderstanding: "more of the Holy Spirit" isn't really what you need. You already have Him in full. What you need is to submit. 0:00 – Why Doctrine About the Holy Spirit Actually Matters 4:44 – How You Live Now Shapes Eternity 8:32 – Is the Holy Spirit "Less" Than the Father and Son? 9:41 – The Unforgivable Sin: Blasphemy Against the Holy Spirit 11:38 – Why You Can't Bypass Jesus to Get to the Father 14:51 – The Holy Spirit as Purifier 17:27 – Paul's Damascus Road: A 180-Degree Change 20:02 – What "Being Filled" With the Holy Spirit Really Means 26:58 – Connected to God Through the Humanity of Jesus Support the show Dr. Shah writes a personal letter every week — reflections on Scripture, faith, and living it out with clarity and purpose. GET THE LETTER If you enjoyed the show, please like and follow our Facebook and Instagram pages, and also subscribe to our YouTube channel. This is an excellent way to stay connected to the Clearview team and ensure you don't miss a thing. PRE-ORDER BYZANTINE TEXTFORM: https://subsplash.com/u/-MPJ586/forms/d/1090d08a-49c0-498a-ad97-5c0fd575fa9e SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS: MIGHTY MUSCADINE SUPPLEMENTS LEBLEU ULTRA-PURE WATER KEEP YOUR KIDS PROTECTED ONLINE --- >> DR SHAH'S BOOKS >> SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE >> CHECK OUT ALL OUR SHOWS

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  • September 4 · 30 min

    The Holy Spirit Is Fully God, Not God's Assistant

    We've talked about God the Father and God the Son — now it's time for God the Holy Spirit, the person of the Trinity we think we understand but usually don't. In this episode, we continue our Systematic Theology series with a deep dive into who the Holy Spirit actually is. We start by clearing up a common misunderstanding: the Holy Spirit is not a force, an energy field, or a symbol like a dove — He is a full person, fully God, on the very same level as the Father and the Son. We walk through the Great Commission and a stack of New Testament passages that place all three persons of the Trinity side by side, then look at Ananias and Sapphira in Acts 5 to see just how seriously Scripture treats lying to the Spirit. From there we explore His work — giving life, empowering believers for service, and drawing people to Christ — and why His ultimate goal was never to make you successful, but to equip you to share the gospel. 0:00 – The Holy Spirit Is Not "The Force" 3:49 – What the Holy Spirit Actually Does 4:58 – Fully God: The Great Commission and the Trinity 9:04 – More Proof Texts: The Three Persons Together 13:53 – Lying to the Holy Spirit Is Lying to God 15:14 – Omnipresent and Omniscient 19:21 – How the Holy Spirit Works in Salvation 23:09 – The Work of the Holy Spirit: Giving Life 24:33 – Power for Service, Not for Self 27:04 – The Real Purpose: Empowering the Gospel Support the show Dr. Shah writes a personal letter every week — reflections on Scripture, faith, and living it out with clarity and purpose. GET THE LETTER If you enjoyed the show, please like and follow our Facebook and Instagram pages, and also subscribe to our YouTube channel. This is an excellent way to stay connected to the Clearview team and ensure you don't miss a thing. PRE-ORDER BYZANTINE TEXTFORM: https://subsplash.com/u/-MPJ586/forms/d/1090d08a-49c0-498a-ad97-5c0fd575fa9e SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS: MIGHTY MUSCADINE SUPPLEMENTS LEBLEU ULTRA-PURE WATER KEEP YOUR KIDS PROTECTED ONLINE --- >> DR SHAH'S BOOKS >> SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE >> CHECK OUT ALL OUR SHOWS

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  • September 3 · 30 min

    How Jesus's Two Natures Actually Work Together

    Could Jesus have actually sinned, or was real temptation even possible for someone who is fully God? In this episode, we continue our Systematic Theology series by digging deeper into the two natures of Christ — human and divine, united in one person, yet never merging into some new hybrid nature. We talk through how Jesus's divine and human natures "gained" from each other, why His humanity means He truly understands our struggles even though He never had our sin nature, and the difference between being commonly human (like us, born with a sin nature) and essentially human (like Adam before the fall, and like Jesus). We also dig into a subtle but important distinction: the difference between Jesus being in us, and us being in Jesus — and why that changes how we think about temptation, addiction, and what it actually means to surrender to Christ. 0:00 – Recap: Who Jesus Is (The Council of Chalcedon) 3:20 – Two Wills and the Question of Temptation 6:09 – Did God Change at the Incarnation? 9:37 – Two Natures, Not a Hybrid 12:36 – A 2D Cube and the Limits of Our Understanding 14:11 – Essentially Human, Just Like Adam 18:02 – Could Jesus Actually Have Sinned? 20:40 – Commonly Human vs. Essentially Human 22:24 – Jesus in Us vs. We in Him 24:44 – Why Jesus Lived 33 Years Instead of Dropping From the Sky Support the show Dr. Shah writes a personal letter every week — reflections on Scripture, faith, and living it out with clarity and purpose. GET THE LETTER If you enjoyed the show, please like and follow our Facebook and Instagram pages, and also subscribe to our YouTube channel. This is an excellent way to stay connected to the Clearview team and ensure you don't miss a thing. PRE-ORDER BYZANTINE TEXTFORM: https://subsplash.com/u/-MPJ586/forms/d/1090d08a-49c0-498a-ad97-5c0fd575fa9e SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS: MIGHTY MUSCADINE SUPPLEMENTS LEBLEU ULTRA-PURE WATER KEEP YOUR KIDS PROTECTED ONLINE --- >> DR SHAH'S BOOKS >> SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE >> CHECK OUT ALL OUR SHOWS

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  • September 2 · 29 min

    How Would You Explain That Jesus Is Both God and Man?

    Have you ever tried to explain to a kid that Jesus isn't just God's Son, but God Himself? In this episode, we continue our Systematic Theology series with one of the most important and most misunderstood truths in Christianity: the person of Christ. We start with the full definition — Jesus, eternally co-equal with the Father, became man at the incarnation, lived a sinless life, died, rose, and will return as King. From there we dig into the Father-Son relationship within the Trinity (without procreation), why the Holy Spirit is a real person and not just a force, and three ancient heresies the church firmly rejected: that Jesus only had a divine mind in a human body, that He was two separate persons instead of one, and that His two natures blended into some third, new kind of being. We close with the actual historic, biblical position held by Catholics, Protestants, and Orthodox alike, hammered out at the Council of Chalcedon in 451 AD. 0:00 – Have You Ever Tried to Explain Who Jesus Is to a Kid? 3:26 – Father and Son Without Procreation 8:46 – The Holy Spirit Is a Person, Not a Force 10:11 – Three Ancient Heresies About Who Jesus Is 17:21 – Why This Isn't Nitpicking 18:57 – The Council of Chalcedon 21:39 – Who Jesus Actually Is Support the show Dr. Shah writes a personal letter every week — reflections on Scripture, faith, and living it out with clarity and purpose. GET THE LETTER If you enjoyed the show, please like and follow our Facebook and Instagram pages, and also subscribe to our YouTube channel. This is an excellent way to stay connected to the Clearview team and ensure you don't miss a thing. PRE-ORDER BYZANTINE TEXTFORM: https://subsplash.com/u/-MPJ586/forms/d/1090d08a-49c0-498a-ad97-5c0fd575fa9e SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS: MIGHTY MUSCADINE SUPPLEMENTS LEBLEU ULTRA-PURE WATER KEEP YOUR KIDS PROTECTED ONLINE --- >> DR SHAH'S BOOKS >> SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE >> CHECK OUT ALL OUR SHOWS

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  • August 31 · 43 min

    Learn to Respond to Your Mistakes the Way Peter Did | TRUTH TALK LIVE

    Everybody makes mistakes — the question is what you do with them. In this special extended episode, we host Truth Talk Live on the Truth Network for a full hour on mistakes, infractions, and how to actually recover from both. Dr. Abidan Shah walks through the crucial difference between a mistake (something you can rectify) and an infraction (something that genuinely offends or hurts someone), using the biblical example of Peter and Judas — two disciples who both failed Jesus badly, but responded in completely opposite ways. We also dig into a famous ministry blunder from Billy Graham's life, why mistakes in ministry carry longer-lasting weight than most, and how to stop replaying your failures on a loop in your head. 0:00 – What's the Biggest Mistake You've Ever Made? 10:50 – The Mentor Who Modeled How to Handle Mistakes 12:11 – Peter and Judas: Two Men, Two Very Different Responses 13:38 – Stuck on Replay: How to Stop Reliving Your Mistakes 24:25 – Billy Graham's Infraction With President Truman 35:07 – When Paul Publicly Confronted Peter 36:10 – God's Grace Is Bigger Than Your Worst Mistake Support the show Dr. Shah writes a personal letter every week — reflections on Scripture, faith, and living it out with clarity and purpose. GET THE LETTER If you enjoyed the show, please like and follow our Facebook and Instagram pages, and also subscribe to our YouTube channel. This is an excellent way to stay connected to the Clearview team and ensure you don't miss a thing. PRE-ORDER BYZANTINE TEXTFORM: https://subsplash.com/u/-MPJ586/forms/d/1090d08a-49c0-498a-ad97-5c0fd575fa9e SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS: MIGHTY MUSCADINE SUPPLEMENTS LEBLEU ULTRA-PURE WATER KEEP YOUR KIDS PROTECTED ONLINE --- >> DR SHAH'S BOOKS >> SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE >> CHECK OUT ALL OUR SHOWS

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  • August 28 · 29 min

    Why Some Mistakes Are Too Costly to Learn the Hard Way (ft. Dr. John Check)

    We all make mistakes — a lot of us make the same ones over and over. In this episode, we welcome back our friend Dr. John Check, pastor and author, to talk about his new book, Experience Is What You Get Right After You Need It, and what real mistake recovery actually looks like. We dig into the difference between a mistake and an infraction, why Type A personalities have such a hard time processing failure, and why it matters to understand your own wiring and the wiring of the people you lead. Dr. Check shares practical tools he's used for decades — asking trusted "spotters" to call out his blind spots, leaning on a small accountability group, and building real friendships outside the church walls. The conversation lands on something bigger than avoiding mistakes: learning to be thankful in the middle of them, because that's often where real spiritual maturity is found. 0:00 – Learning from a Lifetime of Mistakes 4:26 – Owning Your Role Before You Can Heal from a Mistake 9:30 – A Baptism Question and a Mentor's Advice That Saved the Day 12:50 – The Difference Between a Mistake and an Infraction 14:02 – Type A Personalities and the Fear of Imperfection 18:57 – Why Internalizing Mistakes Builds Walls, Not Bridges 23:38 – Spotters and Accountability: Building Guardrails 24:33 – The Golf Course Story That Saved the Church Support the show Dr. Shah writes a personal letter every week — reflections on Scripture, faith, and living it out with clarity and purpose. GET THE LETTER If you enjoyed the show, please like and follow our Facebook and Instagram pages, and also subscribe to our YouTube channel. This is an excellent way to stay connected to the Clearview team and ensure you don't miss a thing. PRE-ORDER BYZANTINE TEXTFORM: https://subsplash.com/u/-MPJ586/forms/d/1090d08a-49c0-498a-ad97-5c0fd575fa9e SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS: MIGHTY MUSCADINE SUPPLEMENTS LEBLEU ULTRA-PURE WATER KEEP YOUR KIDS PROTECTED ONLINE --- >> DR SHAH'S BOOKS >> SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE >> CHECK OUT ALL OUR SHOWS

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  • August 27 · 29 min

    Why the Trinity Is the Pattern Behind Every Family

    The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are three in one, perfect unity in the Godhead — and yet each has very different roles. In this episode, we wrap up our conversation on the Trinity by looking at two important distinctions: the economic Trinity, how the Father, Son, and Spirit act differently as they relate to creation and redemption, and the immanent Trinity, who each person simply is, eternally, apart from us. We also dig into one of the most surprising ideas in the whole series: that the family unit isn't just a nice metaphor for the Trinity, it's modeled after it. Fatherhood, sonship, obedience, and love within the home all flow from the relationship within the Godhead itself — which is exactly why Satan has always targeted the family, from Cain and Abel to his temptation of Jesus in the wilderness. We close with a few classic models people have used to picture the Trinity, and four essentials from Wayne Grudem to keep straight as you keep wrestling with this beautiful, mysterious doctrine. 0:00 – Three in One, Perfect Unity, Different Roles 4:26 – Why Fake Trinities Prove the Real One Is True 4:54 – The Economic Trinity: Creation and Redemption 9:48 – The Immanent Trinity: Who God Simply Is 12:38 – Why the Family Is Modeled After the Trinity 15:26 – Satan's Attack on the Family, From Eden to the Wilderness 20:04 – Models for Understanding the Trinity (And Grudem's Four Points) Support the show Dr. Shah writes a personal letter every week — reflections on Scripture, faith, and living it out with clarity and purpose. GET THE LETTER If you enjoyed the show, please like and follow our Facebook and Instagram pages, and also subscribe to our YouTube channel. This is an excellent way to stay connected to the Clearview team and ensure you don't miss a thing. PRE-ORDER BYZANTINE TEXTFORM: https://subsplash.com/u/-MPJ586/forms/d/1090d08a-49c0-498a-ad97-5c0fd575fa9e SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS: MIGHTY MUSCADINE SUPPLEMENTS LEBLEU ULTRA-PURE WATER KEEP YOUR KIDS PROTECTED ONLINE --- >> DR SHAH'S BOOKS >> SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE >> CHECK OUT ALL OUR SHOWS

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  • August 26 · 29 min

    Why the Son Submits to the Father Without Being Less God

    The Trinity is three distinct persons and yet one Godhead — but we still can't help but ask, who's really in charge? In this episode, we continue our conversation on the Trinity by naming a few more historic heresies, including Arianism (the belief that the Son was created) and subordinationism (the belief that the Son, while not created, is still less than fully God). From there we dig into a doctrine that's often misunderstood even by Christians: the eternal functional subordination of the Son. The Son submits to the Father — not because He is lesser in being, but because He chooses to, in His role. Dr. Abidan Shah connects that distinction directly to something surprisingly practical: why the Bible calls men to servant leadership in the church and the home, and how that relationship between the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit is actually reflected in the relationship between husband and wife. 0:00 – Who's Really in Charge? Continuing the Trinity Conversation 4:20 – Illeism: The Rhetorical Trick That Isn't What Some Scholars Claim 9:03 – Splinter Groups and the Councils That Drew the Line 10:54 – Meeting Harold O.J. Brown, the Man Who Wrote the Book on Heresy 13:00 – Arianism and Subordinationism Explained 14:37 – Function, Not Essence: What Eternal Functional Subordination Means 16:45 – Why This Debate Became a Battleground Over Church Leadership 27:20 – How the Trinity Is Reflected in Marriage Support the show Dr. Shah writes a personal letter every week — reflections on Scripture, faith, and living it out with clarity and purpose. GET THE LETTER If you enjoyed the show, please like and follow our Facebook and Instagram pages, and also subscribe to our YouTube channel. This is an excellent way to stay connected to the Clearview team and ensure you don't miss a thing. PRE-ORDER BYZANTINE TEXTFORM: https://subsplash.com/u/-MPJ586/forms/d/1090d08a-49c0-498a-ad97-5c0fd575fa9e SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS: MIGHTY MUSCADINE SUPPLEMENTS LEBLEU ULTRA-PURE WATER KEEP YOUR KIDS PROTECTED ONLINE --- >> DR SHAH'S BOOKS >> SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE >> CHECK OUT ALL OUR SHOWS

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  • August 25 · 29 min

    The Biblical Case for the Trinity, From Genesis to Revelation

    Every illustration people reach for to explain the Trinity — ice, water, and steam, a three-leaf clover, even "one times one times one" — ends up breaking down somewhere. In this episode, we take on one of the most difficult and most argued-over doctrines in church history: three persons, one Godhead. We walk through the biblical evidence, starting in the Old Testament with "let us make man in our image," the tower of Babel, and Isaiah's "who will go for us," through the New Testament's baptism of Jesus and the explicit naming of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. We talk about why first-century Jewish believers weren't blindsided by the doctrine of the Trinity the way we might assume, why doctrine actually matters for everyday faith, and how a misunderstanding of the Trinity helped shape a religion that's endured for fifteen hundred years. We close by naming a few of the classic heresies — modalism, Arianism, and Oneness Pentecostalism — so you can course-correct if you've picked up a wrong idea along the way. 0:00 – Why Every Trinity Analogy Breaks Down 5:03 – Old Testament Evidence: "Let Us Make Man" 10:26 – The New Testament Makes It Explicit 15:30 – Why This Wasn't a Shock to First-Century Jews 20:41 – One Substance, Three Persons: The Actual Definition 25:00 – Why Doctrine Matters (And How Islam Distorted the Trinity) 30:00 – Common Heresies: Modalism, Arianism, and Oneness Pentecostalism Support the show Dr. Shah writes a personal letter every week — reflections on Scripture, faith, and living it out with clarity and purpose. GET THE LETTER If you enjoyed the show, please like and follow our Facebook and Instagram pages, and also subscribe to our YouTube channel. This is an excellent way to stay connected to the Clearview team and ensure you don't miss a thing. PRE-ORDER BYZANTINE TEXTFORM: https://subsplash.com/u/-MPJ586/forms/d/1090d08a-49c0-498a-ad97-5c0fd575fa9e SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS: MIGHTY MUSCADINE SUPPLEMENTS LEBLEU ULTRA-PURE WATER KEEP YOUR KIDS PROTECTED ONLINE --- >> DR SHAH'S BOOKS >> SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE >> CHECK OUT ALL OUR SHOWS

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  • August 24 · 29 min

    Why Jesus Created the World From Nothing

    In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth from nothing, and that detail matters more than it might seem. If God had used pre-existing material, the real question would just shift to who made that material. Creation ex nihilo points to a Creator who needs nothing outside Himself. In this episode, we continue our Systematic Theology series by digging into the doctrine of creation: why Scripture points to Jesus, not just "God" in the abstract, as the one who created everything, why God created us at all when He didn't need to, and how even Adam's brief loneliness before Eve was created points back to something true about God Himself. 0:00 – God Made the Heavens and the Earth From Nothing 5:00 – Did Moses Once Hold a Throne in Egypt? 10:24 – Why Creation Ex Nihilo Matters 14:26 – Jesus: The Creative Agent Behind Everything 19:56 – Sin, the Fall, and Why Jesus Had to Die and Rise 22:43 – Why Did God Create Us If He Doesn't Need Us? 27:48 – Adam's Loneliness and the Creation of Eve Support the show Dr. Shah writes a personal letter every week — reflections on Scripture, faith, and living it out with clarity and purpose. GET THE LETTER If you enjoyed the show, please like and follow our Facebook and Instagram pages, and also subscribe to our YouTube channel. This is an excellent way to stay connected to the Clearview team and ensure you don't miss a thing. PRE-ORDER BYZANTINE TEXTFORM: https://subsplash.com/u/-MPJ586/forms/d/1090d08a-49c0-498a-ad97-5c0fd575fa9e SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS: MIGHTY MUSCADINE SUPPLEMENTS LEBLEU ULTRA-PURE WATER KEEP YOUR KIDS PROTECTED ONLINE --- >> DR SHAH'S BOOKS >> SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE >> CHECK OUT ALL OUR SHOWS

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  • August 21 · 29 min

    The Robinson-Pierpont 2026 Byzantine Textform Is Finally Here (ft. Dr. Maurice Robinson)

    Every episode of Clearview Today is special, but not every day do we get to hold in our hands the culmination of fifty years of scholarship. In this episode, Dr. Abidan Shah welcomes back his mentor and professor, Dr. Maurice Robinson, to celebrate the release of the Robinson-Pierpont 2026 Byzantine Textform — the Jubilee Edition, marking fifty years since Dr. Robinson and the late William Pierpont first began this work together in 1976. Dr. Robinson walks through what makes this edition different: a hardback, library-quality volume that lies flat and can withstand real study, an updated preface, English subtitles running through the Greek text to help readers navigate, and a full apparatus comparing the Byzantine text against the modern critical editions, down to the smallest variant. He explains why, even as the critical text continues to shift under newer computational methods, the Byzantine text has remained remarkably stable — only six changes since the 2018 edition — because it reflects a consensus preserved by scribes across sixteen centuries of transmission. Dr. Shah also shares the story of how this all began for him: a scheduling conflict in his first year of seminary in 1996, and a professor who walked him straight to the registrar's office to make sure he got into the class. Thirty years later, that student is holding a Greek New Testament he helped bring into print. The two also address a question many Christians quietly carry — do textual variants mean the Bible has been corrupted? — and make the case, clearly and pastorally, for why the answer is no, and why every believer, Greek student or not, should own a copy of God's Word in its original language. Support the show Dr. Shah writes a personal letter every week — reflections on Scripture, faith, and living it out with clarity and purpose. GET THE LETTER If you enjoyed the show, please like and follow our Facebook and Instagram pages, and also subscribe to our YouTube channel. This is an excellent way to stay connected to the Clearview team and ensure you don't miss a thing. PRE-ORDER BYZANTINE TEXTFORM: https://subsplash.com/u/-MPJ586/forms/d/1090d08a-49c0-498a-ad97-5c0fd575fa9e SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS: MIGHTY MUSCADINE SUPPLEMENTS LEBLEU ULTRA-PURE WATER KEEP YOUR KIDS PROTECTED ONLINE --- >> DR SHAH'S BOOKS >> SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE >> CHECK OUT ALL OUR SHOWS

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  • August 20 · 29 min

    Nature Tells You There's a God — Only Scripture Tells You Who He Is

    How do we dig into who God actually is? In this episode of Clearview Today, we continue our Systematic Theology series by moving from yesterday's question — does God exist — to today's: who is He? Our inner sense tells us there's a God out there. It doesn't tell us His name, His character, or what He wants from us. For that, Scripture is essential. We walk through why the Bible simply assumes God's existence from its very first four words — "In the beginning, God" — and why nature itself, according to Romans 1:20 and Acts 14:17, testifies to a Creator without ever naming Him. Then we take on one of the hardest questions people ask: what about those who've never heard the gospel? Dr. Abidan Shah reframes the whole question — humanity does not seek God; God seeks humanity, knocking on every heart since Eden, and His plan for reaching the person searching in one century was often set in motion generations earlier. The episode closes with a story Dr. Shah has never fully told on the show before: his own father's search, growing up Muslim, watching his devout great-grandfather weep because Islam offers no assurance of salvation, wandering through Hinduism and Buddhism looking for answers, and finally opening a secondhand Bible to John 3:16 — where, as a student of mathematics, he saw the cross as a plus sign, the place where fallen humanity is attached to a holy God. Support the show Dr. Shah writes a personal letter every week — reflections on Scripture, faith, and living it out with clarity and purpose. GET THE LETTER If you enjoyed the show, please like and follow our Facebook and Instagram pages, and also subscribe to our YouTube channel. This is an excellent way to stay connected to the Clearview team and ensure you don't miss a thing. PRE-ORDER BYZANTINE TEXTFORM: https://subsplash.com/u/-MPJ586/forms/d/1090d08a-49c0-498a-ad97-5c0fd575fa9e SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS: MIGHTY MUSCADINE SUPPLEMENTS LEBLEU ULTRA-PURE WATER KEEP YOUR KIDS PROTECTED ONLINE --- >> DR SHAH'S BOOKS >> SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE >> CHECK OUT ALL OUR SHOWS

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