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Clearview Today

Abidan Shah

October 12, 2026

Who Is the Parable of the Sower Really About?

Who is the parable of the sower really about We pick up the parables with Nathan's story that caught King David and see why Jesus held up a mirror instead of offering an explanation Then let's walk through Matthew and its four soils from the hardened wayside to the stony and thorny ground to the good soil and ask which one is ours Nathan's Parable and Thou Art the Man Why Parables Work Like a Mirror Ryan's Story and the Parable of the Sower Understanding vs Receiving The Hard Path Stony Thorny or Good Which Soil Are You If You [... more]

A New Beginning

Greg Laurie

October 10, 2026

What Really Happened on October 7th? | Johnnie Moore Interview

Three years after the October th attacks in Israel Pastor Greg Laurie sits down with his friend Johnnie Moore an advisor to presidents humanitarian and one of the most connected evangelical voices on the global stage Johnnie explains the events that led up to and unfolded on October th They talk about why protests broke out in support of Hamas how Israeli intelligence was caught off guard whether there was a genocide in Gaza and the global information war shaping how the world sees Israel Get the full episode here Become a Harvest Partner today and join us in knowing [... more]

Clearview Today

Abidan Shah

October 09, 2026

Which Character in Jesus's Parables Are You?

Every time we hear one of Jesus's stories we're supposed to look inward and ask which character we are Make no mistake we're in that story somewhere Let's look at why Jesus told parables what most of us miss in the prodigal son and who the Pharisees scribes and Sadducees really were Then we ask which of their hearts looks most like ours Why Jesus Told Parables Revealing and Concealing the Kingdom What the Prodigal Son Is Really About Seeing Yourself in the Story The Mirror and the Holy Spirit Who the Pharisees Really Were Scribes Sadducees and Jesus's Own [... more]

Clearview Today

Abidan Shah

October 08, 2026

Why Did Jesus Hid the Truth in Stories?

Why did Jesus tell stories that some people were never meant to understand The answer runs through one word in the Bible mystery Let's trace mystery from the parables in Matthew back to the word raz in Daniel and walk through Nebuchadnezzar's dream of the statue and the stone cut without hands Then we ask what God's covert operation means for how we live Wired for Story Why Jesus Spoke in Parables Matthew What Mystery Really Means and Doesn't Raz God's Secret Plan and Nebuchadnezzar's Dream The Statue the Stone and the Kingdoms of the World God's Covert Operation and [... more]

Faith And Finance

Rob West

October 08, 2026

Preparing the Next Steward

Jonathan Edwards once said True legacy consists not of what we leave behind but of what we instill in others That's an important reminder especially when we think about money and inheritance All of us have a natural desire to provide for the people we love Whether it's our children grandchildren or others God has entrusted to our care we want to leave them in a better position than we were That's a good desire Proverbs says A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children But Scripture encourages us to think about inheritance as more than simply transferring [... more]

Clearview Today

Abidan Shah

October 07, 2026

What Does the Bible Really Say About Homosexuality?

Over the past few decades our culture has made its position on sexual issues very clear But what does God think about all this Let's walk through Sodom and Gomorrah Jesus and the woman caught in adultery and Paul's words in Romans and Corinthians and ask whether the God of the New Testament is any different Then we look at what it would take for America to turn back to God What Does God Think About All This Sodom the Law and the Old Testament vs New Testament Argument Brave Becomes Brash and Corinthians Such Were Some of You Was [... more]

Clearview Today

Abidan Shah

October 02, 2026

Who Owns the Copyright on Human Life? | TRUTH TALK LIVE

Who decides when a human life becomes valuable That question sits behind nearly every major headline right now Supreme Court shield-law fights over abortion pills crossing state lines and a case out of the Netherlands where a two-year-old child was euthanized In this special extended episode we host Truth Talk Live on the Truth Network for a full hour on the sanctity of human life Dr Abidan Shah makes the case that the real issue underneath abortion and euthanasia debates is ownership does God hold the copyright on life or do we We work through Psalm and what it means [... more]

Clearview Today

Abidan Shah

October 01, 2026

Evangelism Is a Mindset, Not a Destination

We tend to think of evangelism as a destination a finish line called conversion But what if it's not a goal you're working toward it's a mindset you live inside of every day In this episode Dr Abidan Shah makes the case that the people who actually share their faith aren't doing it out of guilt Somewhere along the way something shifted in how they think We talk about why it's the nature of a fire to go out and what it takes to keep that passion alive using the example of David Livingstone and his famous line about the [... more]

Clearview Today

Abidan Shah

September 30, 2026

Christians, Evangelize. You're a Witness, Not a Lawyer.

Jesus commanded us to make disciples of all nations which means every Christian has an obligation to evangelize But is that really so different from what other religions do In this episode we compare Christianity's evangelism to the spread of Buddhism and Islam and make the case that only one of them comes without coercion Islam spread largely by the sword and a tax on those who refused to convert while Christianity has always come with an invitation not a threat We trace the roots of evangelism all the way back to Genesis and Abraham being a light unto the [... more]

Clearview Today

Abidan Shah

September 29, 2026

Salvation in the Old Testament?

Our salvation is by grace through faith alone just believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved But surely it can't be that simple In this episode we continue the conversation from yesterday's Truth Talk Live and trace one unbroken thread through the whole Bible from Adam and Eve's covering in the Garden to Cain and Abel's offerings to Abraham and Isaac on Mount Moriah to the Passover lamb all the way to the cross Somebody's blood was always going to be shed We talk honestly about why that idea feels so foreign to a modern mostly [... more]

Clearview Today

Abidan Shah

September 28, 2026

Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven — But How Do You Get There? | TRUTH TALK LIVE

Everybody wants to go to heaven but how do you actually get there In this special extended episode we host Truth Talk Live on the Truth Network for a full hour on salvation assurance and what heaven will really be like Dr Abidan Shah walks through several popular theories of what Jesus accomplished on the cross that He defeated Satan paid Satan a ransom set an example or undid Adam's failure showing that each holds some truth but none is the heart of it Jesus satisfied God's wrath by paying for our sins Along the way callers share their childhood [... more]

Our American Stories

Lee Habeeb

September 25, 2026

How the USPS Stamped Itself onto American History

On this episode of Our American Stories The Founders knew firsthand that a postal system could be used as a tool of government surveillance Before the Revolution British officials had opened and inspected colonial mail giving Americans good reason to distrust putting their letters in government hands But the new nation faced a different problem Its people were scattered across vast distances and a republic could hardly function if they couldn't remain connected Daniel Piazza of the Smithsonian's National Postal Museum shares how the American postal system helped solve that problem allowing Americans to truly settle their new nation Support [... more]

Clearview Today

Abidan Shah

September 24, 2026

Our Judgment Is Sealed — So What's Left to Talk About?

As believers our judgment is sealed It is finished It is done So why are we still talking about judgment In this episode we continue our series on eternity by working through the judgments that are still coming not for your salvation which is already settled but for nations and for how believers actually lived We trace the judgment of the nations through Joel Isaiah and Matthew 's sheep and the goats and carefully unpack a hard teaching that nations and generations will answer for how they treated God's people without that changing the truth that salvation is by grace [... more]

Clearview Today

Abidan Shah

September 23, 2026

Does God Judge His Own People Too?

We are mortal creatures created for eternity and that should shape how we live But there's one uncomfortable truth we have to reckon with first everybody wants to go to heaven just not right now In this episode we launch a new mini-series on eternity starting with the one place theology has to begin God as judge We work through why holiness not love or mercy alone is the hub that everything else about God's character flows from and why judgment isn't in tension with love but a natural outflow of it We dig into a real theological disagreement over [... more]

Clearview Today

Abidan Shah

September 22, 2026

Communion Started at the First Passover

We know what communion is but why the bread why the cup why this specifically In this episode we go deeper into yesterday's conversation and trace communion all the way back to its origins the very first Passover when God told the Hebrews to eat standing up belts fastened ready to run for their lives We work through why God commanded that same meal to be repeated every single generation not just to remember what happened but so that each person would see themselves as if they personally were there that night Dr Abidan Shah connects that idea to his [... more]

Clearview Today

Abidan Shah

September 21, 2026

Jesus Rewrote the Passover

Believers have disagreed on the form and function of the Lord's Supper for centuries some churches don't even practice it anymore In this episode we pick up right where yesterday's conversation on baptism left off comparing our own very different memories of communion growing up and then digging into what it actually is a symbolic act of remembrance looking back around and forward not a magical transformation of bread and juice We trace it all the way back to the Last Supper and the four cups of the traditional Passover meal and land on one of the most striking details [... more]

Clearview Today

Abidan Shah

September 18, 2026

Baptism Doesn't Save You — So Why Do It?

Believer's baptism should be the one Christian practice we can all agree on Jesus himself modeled it for us And yet a sermon clip about baptism went viral for all the wrong reasons with hundreds of comments and even accusations of heresy In this episode we tell that story and then walk through what the Bible actually says about baptism complete immersion always after salvation with no saving power of its own We take a quick historical survey through Qumran's purification washings John the Baptist's call to repentance and Jesus's own baptism and land on Romans and what it means [... more]

Clearview Today

Abidan Shah

September 17, 2026

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 and Mark and why blasphemy against the Holy Spirit is a matter of willful deliberate rejection not a moment [... more]

Focus on the Family

Jim Daly

September 17, 2026

Grieving the Loss of a Beloved Family Member

Grief is a powerful and often overwhelming process that no one voluntarily wants to experience But it's a normal and inevitable part of life Jane Daly and Geremy Keeton share their personal stories of loss and insights they've learned in the journey They describe how grief can draw us closer to the Lord if we are willing to go through it stay connected with others and trust God for the results Receive a copy of Hole in My Family Portrait and an audio download of Grieving the Loss of a Beloved Family Member for your donation of any amount Plus [... more]

Clearview Today

Abidan Shah

September 16, 2026

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 [... more]