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Are You Praying Like You Really Need God?
2026/10/22
Most of us pray like everything is under control, as if we're just dropping in to say hi to a buddy. But what if God is looking for a little desperation from us?
We walk through Jesus' two parables on prayer, the friend at midnight in Luke 11 and the unjust judge in Luke 18. Then we ask what "how much more" means for the way we pray, and how we can come to God with real need.
0:00 Is Your Prayer Life Too Casual?
4:49 Are We Ready for What We Ask For?
10:06 Two Parables, One Question: How Much More?
15:37 God Is Not the Sleeping Friend or the Unjust Judge
22:27 A Prayer for Anyone Who Doesn't Know Jesus
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Would You Have Done Better Than Adam and Eve?
2026/10/21
Most of us think of sin as a mistake, but what if it's actually a debt we can never repay? And what does Jesus' parable of the two debtors say about the One who paid it for us?
We walk through Luke 7 and the woman who washed Jesus' feet with her tears. Then we look at why Simon the Pharisee missed the point, and how we can avoid missing it too.
0:00 Death, Taxes, and Debt
4:08 Why Good Works Can't Pay the Debt
8:13 Would You Have Done Better Than Adam and Eve?
12:46 Why Did Jesus Teach in Parables?
17:35 One Woman, Two Anointings?
21:36 Hair, Tears, and Oil: Why Simon Was Shocked
26:36 What Do We Do With This Parable?
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You Already Have Blessings You Haven't Noticed
2026/10/20
God has already given us blessings that can't be bought, can't be earned, and can't be taken away, and many of us have never noticed them. What are these spiritual blessings, and what do they have to do with why we worship?
We walk through Ephesians 1 and what Paul says we have in Christ, hear a clip from our Ephesians series, and take your calls. Then we look at a scene from heaven that can change how we worship on Sunday.
0:00 What If You Already Have the Greatest Blessings?
3:58 God Is Good Even to People Who Ignore Him
8:32 Redemption Is Present Tense
16:00 Can Worship Quiet the Noise in Your Head?
20:00 Worship Is Surrender
23:50 Nobody in Heaven Asks If the Music Is Too Loud
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Is Worship Just the Warm-Up Before the Sermon?
2026/10/19
Why does everyone stand up and sing together before the sermon? Is worship really about the music, or is something much bigger happening when God's people gather?
We head into Ephesians 1, hear Psalm 148 in a clip from our Ephesians series, and take your calls on what worship means to you.
0:00 What Is Worship, Really?
4:34 Why Does Church Singing Seem So Odd?
8:43 If You Don't Like Singing, What About Heaven?
13:44 Worship Together Is Not Optional
18:28 Why We Gather: Callers and Hebrews 10
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The Part of the Prodigal Son Story Everyone Forgets
2026/10/16
You may have wandered away from God, but the story of the prodigal son shows us how God sees us when we come back. It's one of the best-known parables Jesus told, but is it really about the younger son?
We walk through why Jesus told this parable and who he was speaking to in Luke 15. Then we look at the Pharisees, the lost sheep, the lost coin, and the brother who stayed home.
0:00 The Kind of Lost No GPS Can Fix
5:04 The Parable Everyone Misunderstands
9:06 Why the Pharisees Cared Who Jesus Ate With
14:56 The Dinner Where Jesus Called Them Out
20:23 Three Lost Things: Sheep, Coin, Son
26:34 The Brother Everyone Forgets
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What the Parable of the Wheat and the Tares Really Means
2026/10/15
There's a real place called hell, and a lot of churches won't even preach on it. But Jesus spoke about it often, so why have we gone quiet?
We walk through what salvation really rescues us from and why the stakes matter. Then we look at the parable of the wheat and the tares in Matthew 13 and what it says about the end of the age.
0:00 Why Churches Won't Preach on Hell
4:19 Why Jesus Told Parables and Why Hell Matters
10:41 The Most Misunderstood Parable
17:36 The Message That Saved My Wife
21:27 Why Hasn't Judgment Begun?
25:23 When Judgment Comes and What to Do Now
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Should Christians Be Involved in Politics?
2026/10/14
Everybody has an opinion on where America is headed, but a lot of Christians plan to stay home on election day. We take your calls live and ask why, and what the Bible says about it.
We walk through why we vote biblical values, why we look at a candidate's platform instead of their offers, and what pastors can say from the pulpit. Then we look at 1 Timothy 2, the lesser of two evils, and what to do if you're thinking of running for office.
0:00 Why Christians Are Talking Politics
4:20 Vote the Platform, Not the Offer
12:58 What Pastors Can Say From the Pulpit
19:18 Our Hope Isn't in a Politician
25:57 How Few People Actually Show Up
30:02 Two Lies Christians Believe About Voting
34:03 Is Staying Home Passive Complicity?
43:13 Is This a Big Deal? The Lesser-of-Two-Evils Question
47:23 Should Christians Run for Office?
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Who Is the Parable of the Sower Really About?
2026/10/12
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 13 and its four soils, from the hardened wayside to the stony and thorny ground to the good soil, and ask which one is ours.
0:00 Nathan's Parable and "Thou Art the Man"
5:26 Why Parables Work Like a Mirror
11:15 Ryan's Story and the Parable of the Sower
15:25 Understanding vs. Receiving: The Hard Path
19:50 Stony, Thorny, or Good: Which Soil Are You?
25:33 If You Want to Change, You're Good Soil
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Which Character in Jesus's Parables Are You?
2026/10/09
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.
0:00 – Why Jesus Told Parables: Revealing and Concealing the Kingdom
4:49 – What the Prodigal Son Is Really About
9:26 – Seeing Yourself in the Story: The Mirror and the Holy Spirit
14:54 – Who the Pharisees Really Were
20:55 – Scribes, Sadducees, and Jesus's Own Family
24:53 – Four Hearts to Avoid, and the Open Heart
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Why Did Jesus Hid the Truth in Stories?
2026/10/08
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 13 back to the word raz in Daniel 2, 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.
0:00 – Wired for Story
2:45 – Why Jesus Spoke in Parables (Matthew 13)
6:30 – What "Mystery" Really Means (and Doesn't)
9:45 – Raz: God's Secret Plan, and Nebuchadnezzar's Dream
15:19 – The Statue, the Stone, and the Kingdoms of the World
18:48 – God's Covert Operation, and Why You Have Nothing to Fear
24:36 – Why Knowing the Mystery Isn't Enough
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What Does the Bible Really Say About Homosexuality?
2026/10/07
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 1 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.
0:00 – What Does God Think About All This?
1:33 – Sodom, the Law, and the "Old Testament vs. New Testament" Argument
8:52 – "Brave Becomes Brash" and 1 Corinthians 6: "Such Were Some of You"
14:05 – Was Sodom's Sin Really About Hospitality? (Jude 7 and Ezekiel 16)
18:59 – Romans 1 and What Removing God Costs a Nation
24:26 – Are We Due for Revival? What It Will Take
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Who Owns the Copyright on Human Life? | TRUTH TALK LIVE
2026/10/02
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 139 and what it means that every person is fearfully and wonderfully made, and take calls from a high school teacher navigating these questions with students, a man asking how to speak up without coming across as harsh, a disability advocate on why quality of life was never meant to be measured by ease, and a retired pain management physician with a sobering look at how hospice and opioids are handled at the end of life.
0:00 – The Sanctity of Human Life: Who Decides?
7:34 – God Holds the Copyright on Life
14:34 – Defining the Sanctity of Human Life (Psalm 139 and the Netherlands Case)
18:00 – Caller: How Did We Get Here? (David)
21:00 – Caller: Turning Back to God (Samantha)
25:30 – Psalm 139, Read in Full
29:00 – Caller: How to Speak Up Without Being Abrasive (Adam)
31:00 – Caller: Teaching Teenagers About Life in the Womb (Beth)
36:00 – Caller: Life Without God Is Meaningless (Jamal)
41:30 – Caller: Advocating for the Disabled Community (Caroline)
47:30 – Caller: A Physician's View on Hospice and Opioids (Glenda)
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Evangelism Is a Mindset, Not a Destination
2026/10/01
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 smoke of a thousand villages calling him. Dr. Shah also shares a deeply personal story: why his father never changed the family's last name, Shah, after becoming a Christian, and how that one decision became a lifelong opening to tell people about Jesus. The episode closes with a line worth remembering: it's not a goal, it's a soul, along with practical, everyday ways to start living that out.
0:00 – Evangelism Is Not a Destination. It's a Mindset.
3:27 – Why People Actually Share the Gospel (It's Not Guilt)
7:52 – It's the Nature of a Fire to Go Out (David Livingstone's Example)
15:22 – A Family Legacy of Evangelism (Why Dr. Shah's Father Never Changed His Last Name)
21:15 – It's Not a Goal. It's a Soul.
26:52 – Practical Ways to Start Today
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Christians, Evangelize! You're a Witness, Not a Lawyer.
2026/09/30
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 12 and Abraham being "a light unto the Gentiles," through Jonah's reluctant mission to Nineveh, to Acts 1:8 and the book of Acts, where "witness" appears again and again. Dr. Abidan Shah tackles the real fear a lot of Christians carry about sharing their faith, with a simple reframe: you're not the lead defense attorney responsible for someone's eternity, you're a witness. Just tell what you've seen. The episode closes with a direct response to skeptical scholars like Bart Ehrman, and the historical case that something happened two thousand years ago that changed the entire trajectory of the world.
0:00 – Does Any Other Religion Evangelize Like Christianity?
3:19 – How Islam Spread by the Sword (And Why That's Not Evangelism)
9:05 – Evangelism Goes All the Way Back to Abraham (And Jonah)
12:05 – "You Shall Be My Witnesses" (Acts 1:8, and the Ethiopian Eunuch)
16:53 – The Untold History of Missions (India and Beyond)
18:38 – Nervous About Evangelism? You're a Witness, Not a Lawyer
24:03 – Faith Witnesses, Not Eyewitnesses. Answering Bart Ehrman.
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Salvation in the Old Testament?
2026/09/29
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 disconnected-from-farm-life audience, and why ancient peoples who lived close to sacrifice understood exactly what was being pointed to. From there we take on a harder question: is God really a God of wrath? Dr. Abidan Shah makes the case that His wrath isn't random anger, but the natural extension of His holiness — and that real mercy is never the same thing as simply avoiding the problem. The episode closes with a clear, practical distinction between justification (a one-time declaration) and sanctification (a lifelong process), and an invitation for anyone who has never truly been saved.
0:00 – Was Salvation Ever Really That Simple?
4:32 – From the Garden of Eden to the Cross: The Same Sacrifice (Abraham, Isaac, and the Passover Lamb)
9:27 – The Sacrificial System, Isaiah 53, and Why This Feels So Foreign Today
16:07 – Barbaric, But Not Foolish (Hebrews 9:13–14)
18:19 – Is God Really a God of Wrath?
23:18 – Justification vs. Sanctification, Explained
27:21 – How to Actually Be Saved
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Missyinthepark 2026/04/09
I so enjoy his podcast
I really enjoy his speaking ability and what he says. Clear, easy listening and supports my beliefs. Thank you for taking the time to put these out....
Devan Wilkins 2023/01/20
Amazing!
I am so thankful for Dr. Shah, John, Ryan, David, and the rest of the team who make Clearview Today possible! Sundays are my favorite day of the week ...
HNOwen 2023/01/17
Grateful
I am forever grateful for an awesome church family and leader. Sundays being in church is the most comforting day for me and sets The week as well as ...
KWade23 2022/12/02
Terrific Content!
This podcast is a blessing & impactful. The content is biblically focused & geared toward practical action. I appreciate the focus & effort of sharing...
JAGregory631 2022/11/16
Clearview Today with Dr. Shah
“In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.” Thomas Jefferson
I am grateful to be able to listen to a n...
lizj1001 2022/11/16
Grateful!
So awesome to have Dr. Shah’s wisdom shared on a daily basis. So excited to see what God does next with Clearview!
PDCoach 2022/11/16
Great Show
Enjoy listening on my commutes. Great topics and discussion!
Haven Harmony 2022/11/16
Fantastic!
Wonderful content addressing issues and questions important to living Biblically and victoriously. So thankful to hear these pastor speaking truth wit...
iamlorie82 2022/11/16
Thankful
Dr. Shahs knowledge and way of explaining the Bible has taught me so much. I’m excited to have another format to listen and learn from.
SaraKusan 2022/11/16
Incredible and God glorifying!
Outstanding way to hear from Dr. Shah as he continues to boldly share the gospel of Jesus Christ. You must tune in! Thank you Dr. Shah and Clearview s...
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