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Clearview Today with Dr. Abidan Shah

Dr. Abidan Shah

Engaging mind and heart for the gospel of Christ. If you like this content and want to support the show you can visit us at clearviewtodayshow.com. Don"t forget to rate and review our show! To learn more about us, visit us at clearviewbc.org. If you have any questions or would like to contact us, email us at contact@clearviewtodayshow.com or text us at 252-582-5028.

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31:01

Who Is the Parable of the Sower Really About?

Clearview Today with Dr. Abidan Shah ·

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....

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31:00

Which Character in Jesus's Parables Are You?

Clearview Today with Dr. Abidan Shah ·

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 St...

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30:56

Why Did Jesus Hid the Truth in Stories?

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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 ...

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30:57

What Does the Bible Really Say About Homosexuality?

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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" A...

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55:42

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

Clearview Today with Dr. Abidan Shah ·

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...

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31:00

Evangelism Is a Mindset, Not a Destination

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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 Liv...

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30:56

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

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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 ...

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29:56

Salvation in the Old Testament?

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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 hon...

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44:15

Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven — But How Do You Get...

Clearview Today with Dr. Abidan Shah ·

2026/09/28

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 ...

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30:02

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

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2026/09/24

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 3, Isaiah 2, and Matthew 25's sheep and the goats, and carefully unpack a hard teaching: that nations and generations will...

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30:00

Does God Judge His Own People Too?

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2026/09/22

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 ...

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30:44

Communion Started at the First Passover

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2026/09/22

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 p...

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29:54

Jesus Rewrote the Passover

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2026/09/21

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 ...

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29:59

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

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2026/09/18

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, ...

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29:57

Have You Committed the Unpardonable Sin?

Clearview Today with Dr. Abidan Shah ·

2026/09/17

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 a...

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29:54

Is All Sin the Same to God?

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2026/09/16

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 ...

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29:56

You Can Become the Chain Breaker in Your Family

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2026/09/15

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 ...

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29:53

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

Clearview Today with Dr. Abidan Shah ·

2026/09/14

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 rebel...

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29:58

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

Clearview Today with Dr. Abidan Shah ·

2026/09/11

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. Usin...

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29:54

Get Ready to Take a Look in the Mirror

Clearview Today with Dr. Abidan Shah ·

2026/09/10

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 ...

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