Day 17: Why Would God Test Abraham Like This?

Genesis 22 is one of the most unsettling chapters in the Bible. God asks Abraham to surrender the very son He promised. So what is this chapter really about? Is it cruelty? Is it a test of blind obedience? Or is something far deeper happening on Mount Moriah?

In this episode of Through the Bible in a Year: Walking the Story of God, Dr. Shawn M. Greener walks through the Akedah with Hebraic and Ancient Near Eastern context, showing how Genesis 22 exposes idolatry, confronts false ideas about God, and reveals the Lord as the One who provides.

This is a powerful Bible teaching on surrender, costly obedience, covenant maturity, and what happens when God touches the thing you have built your future around.

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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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THE INESCAPABLE CONVERSATION

If your life went on trial today, would there be enough evidence to prove you belong to Yeshua?

In this powerful episode, Dr. Shawn M. Greener confronts one of the hardest questions a follower of The Way can face. Not, “Do you claim Jesus?” but, “Does your real life show allegiance to Him?” This message cuts through labels, appearances, shame, and religious noise to expose what true witness actually looks like.

If you’ve ever felt disqualified by your past, compromised in your walk, or convicted that your faith has become too private, this episode is for you. God doesn’t build His Kingdom with flawless people. He builds it with surrendered people.

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Why do we break what God is building? In this Sunday Summary and Deepening episode of Through the Bible in a Year: Walking the Story of God, Dr. Shawn M. Greener brings Genesis 16 through 21 together and shows how pressure exposes fear, compromise, wounded laughter, old patterns, and the human heart. From Hagar in the wilderness, to Abraham and Sarah’s name change, to Sarah’s laughter, to Sodom’s warning, to Abraham lying again, this episode brings the Bible back into its Hebraic and Ancient Near Eastern context and then drives it straight into real life for real people. If you’ve ever forced what God never told you to force, laughed at hope because disappointment hurt too much, drifted too close to compromise, or repeated a fear you thought God had already healed, this episode is for you. God still sees. God still speaks. God still restrains. God still remembers. And God still keeps His word.

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Why would Abraham repeat the same fear-driven compromise after everything God had already promised?
In this episode, Dr. Shawn M. Greener teaches Genesis 20 and shows how old fear can bring back old patterns, even in the lives of people who truly know God. This passage is honest, humbling, and deeply hopeful. It shows that fear often disguises itself as wisdom, that half-truths used to manipulate are still lies, and that God’s covenant faithfulness is stronger than our cracked obedience.
With Ancient Near Eastern insight, Hebraic context, and direct modern application, this message helps listeners identify repeating fear patterns and return to trust in the God who confronts, protects, humbles, and restores.

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This is one of the three Bibles Melissa of MooseWorks Bible restored for me, beautifully rebound with a rugged new cover and exceptional attention to detail.
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If you have a treasured Bible that deserves to be preserved with excellence, I am honored to recommend Melissa of MooseWorks Bible.
Her work is marked by beautiful craftsmanship, thoughtful detail, and genuine kindness. She does not simply repair Bibles. She helps preserve the story they carry.
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ARE WE SODOM?!

Why did God judge Sodom?
Was it really about one sin, or had the city become something far darker?
In this episode, Dr. Shawn M. Greener takes listeners into Genesis 19 and shows that Sodom was a culture marked by violent corruption, predatory power, humiliation, social cruelty, and open rebellion against God. With Ancient Near Eastern context, Hebraic insight, and strong modern application, this teaching exposes how cultures normalize evil, how compromise reshapes the soul, and why God’s judgment is never random.

If you’re trying to understand what the Bible really says about Sodom, holiness, mercy, judgment, and the modern world, this episode will help you think clearly and stand firmly.

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This is one of the three Bibles Melissa of MooseWorks Bible restored for me, beautifully rebound with a rugged new cover and exceptional attention to detail.
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Her work is marked by beautiful craftsmanship, thoughtful detail, and genuine kindness. She does not simply repair Bibles. She helps preserve the story they carry.

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What WAS YOUR Name?

• Why did God change Abram’s name to Abraham?
• Why did Sarai become Sarah?
• And why did God do it before the promise was visible?

In this episode of Through the Bible in a Year: Walking the Story of God, Dr. Shawn M. Greener teaches Genesis 17 with sharp biblical clarity, Hebraic worldview, Ancient Near Eastern context, and real life application. This is not a small detail in Abraham’s story. This is a covenant identity moment.

God appears as El Shaddai, calls Abram to walk before Him and be blameless, renames Abram and Sarai, gives the sign of circumcision, and speaks future identity before circumstances catch up. This episode shows why names carried weight in the ancient world, why covenant signs mattered, and why so many people today are still letting pain, delay, fear, shame, and appearances speak louder than the word of God.

If you’ve ever felt like your life’s been named by disappointment instead of promise, this episode will meet you right there.

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This is one of the three Bibles Melissa of MooseWorks Bible restored for me, beautifully rebound with a rugged new cover and exceptional attention to detail.

A Bible is more than a book. It is often a treasury of prayers, notes, promises, memories, and the record of a life spent seeking God.

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Her work is marked by beautiful craftsmanship, thoughtful detail, and genuine kindness. She does not simply repair Bibles. She helps preserve the story they carry.

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