On the Journey, you will be guided through a sequence of Destinations that contain a collection of teaching aids for you to explore and deploy. Aids come in the form of recorded teachings, publications, music, podcasts, art and much more. Each Destination varies in complexity in order to meet you where you are.
Destination A
Destination A collects several video series, publications, and goods to teach sojourners about fundamental principles needed to understand the Bible. We evaluate concerns like Sola Scriptura, eschatology, and other tenants of Christian Liberty.
The Itinerary
To begin the journey, we want to give you a basic understanding of our views on fundamental doctrinal tenants of Christianity. Learn our position on God, Jesus, Holy Spirit, Creation, Temptation and the Fall, The Houses of God, Salvation and Sin, New Testament, The Bride and The Body, and the Subjective Christian Relationship.
A critical cause for division in Christianity today is the concern with preparing believers for “end times”… But what if that is an irrelevant effort? This Stop takes a sincere look at the question “Has Jesus Returned?”, because if He already has, it could alter the course of faith today.
Sola Scriptura is Latin for “by scripture alone”, and describes a theological doctrine held by many protestant denominations. This stop takes a look at what this position is, the arguments for and against it, and evaluates the validity for it in our lives today.
In the face of the various doctrinal positions we’ve unpacked thus far, Christian Liberty is a principle that we find to be a sustainable solution to issues in the church today. This Stop looks at what Christian Liberty actually is, how it can be justified, and how it might be an optimal solution to strengthening the modern body.
Now… we’ve thought through some basic doctrinal tenants. We’ve questioned the notion of Liberty in Christianity today. What do we do now? How can we live in the face of the things we’ve learned thus far? How does unconditional love play a vital role in faith today?
Let us describe seven “L” words that you, as a believer, can use as guiding principles as you grow in your faith. At this final stop in Destination 1, we will unpack how Law, the Lord, Life, Light, Learning, Love, and Liberty can be tools for your growth in Him.
Take a Day Trip.
He has been maligned, abused, used and misunderstood not only by the world-at-large but especially by those who look to Him in faith. Jesus. Yeshua. The Lord, Savior and King. This short Day Trip gets right to the heart of how He and His message have been misappropriated for nearly two millennia and how people today (especially our young and alienated) are in a position to change the course of errant Christian tradition.
Visit the Library.
This PDF provides you with a non-exhaustive overview of the foundation we lay our claims upon, and gives you the resources to further research yourself to challenge us.
The End of Material Religion is a workbook which uses the Bible to prove that “brick and mortar” religion should have died a long time ago.
This publication is a collection of an “over-the-pulpit” sermon series conducted by Shawn McCraney which looks at the frightening prospect of burning in hell for all eternity, and presents biblical considerations the contrary for your consideration.
In a few short hours, Don’t F**k with Jesus will give you a concise understanding of how organized religion has truly obscured the reality that was Jesus.
This book is a believer’s refusal to join popular Christian culture. 1 John says “All that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life.” Yet in the face of this, true Christians also know from the Word of God that our response to such darkness is to be spiritual, and we are to wage against it with the weapons of spiritual warfare and not carnal conflagrations.
The King’s Colt takes some artistic liberties to tell the tale of a biblical tale about the donkeys Jesus rode into Jerusalem. The King’s Colt personifies the animals in the story as a means to teach an important lesson to willful children about their loving Master.
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Original music and playlists intended to enrich your knowledge of the Bible.
Various studies to sustain your Journey.
Destination B
Destination B also collects several video series, publications, and goods to teach sojourners about spiritual growth. We unpack concepts like exanastasis, pride and humility, leadership and more.
The Itinerary
Scripture posits seven witnesses coming from several different places that witness to the existence of God. This series unpacks and explains each of those seven witnesses.
The Kingdom of God, the Kingdom of heaven? What is it, where is it, how does it operate and has it always been the same or has it changed? Join us as we explore how the Bible describes the Kingdom of God as it stands today.
Paul knew all people would be resurrected (anastasis) but he strived to attain exanastasis, or “an out-resurrection.” At this Stop, we evaluate what could the Out-Resurrection mean to Paul who hoped “by any means” that he may attain or receive it?
At this Stop, we will take a look at what scripture says about pride and humility, two critical factors for our success or failure in spiritual growth today.
While spiritual growth is commonly the road less traveled, this Stop contains teachings that question why this might be the case. What is the cost of spiritual growth? What is sacrificed? What is required?
The goal of cult.love is to develop leaders who are equipped with the spiritual capacity to enact agape love in the world as best as possible. This Stop gives a small teaser for our leadership program, unpacking how we might demonstrate love in our world today.
After all we’ve learned thus far, this final Stop in Destination B looks at the scripture on the whole and identifies key factors for comprehending scripture holistically and contextually.
Take a Day Trip.
In His Image is a short trip teaching how we interpret what God means in Genesis when He says He created man “in His image”.
Visit the Library.
It’s Not the End of the World uses the Bible to disprove the man-made, end-of-the-world, second-coming hype. Shawn writes it specifically for those who sincerely believe in God’s supreme longsuffering, rather than hope for a firey, wrathful judgement to fall upon their enemies.
Don’t read this book if you want to please mom and dad. Put it down if you want to be religiously manipulated for the rest of your life. But if you want to be free from men and their religious imaginations, if you want the truth no matter what the cost, if you really want to know what Christianity is all about from a biblical perspective, read on – and be free – because all you think you know about Christianity is probably wrong.
Ever wonder why there are so many different interpretations of the Bible? A book that apparently has all the answers but winds up being understood in a thousand different ways? Could it be that it was never meant to provide objective solutions to the world but to instead serve individual believers as a map for their respective walk? Have we misinterpreted the purpose and place of the New Testament today? This book suggests that yes, we have – and it’s high time to see the Bible for what it is – a gift from God to bless individuals and not a knife to kill one another.
Stop by the Playhouse.
We branch out into a number of other mediums that are to be released in cult’s future. For now, we have a play for you to read, enjoy, and perhaps even put on! Sorrow is a two act play for the stage. An overworked and overwhelmed Pastor of a downtown church prepares for a funeral amidst an onslaught of demands from both the congregation and the community at large.
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Original music and playlists intended to enrich your knowledge of the Bible.
Various studies to sustain your Journey.
Destination C
Destination C, we teach through the Book of Revelation. A contentious and difficult book to understand, we bring you a robust amount of resources to study and learn about it yourself.
The Itinerary
Study verse by verse through the first two chapters of the Book of Revelation. Read corresponding annotations and commentaries on the text.
Continue the in-depth verse by verse exegesis of the third through sixth chapters of the Book of Revelation.
Build upon Stops 1 and 2 and proceed through chapters seven through twelve of the Book of Revelation.
Learn the details and implications of chapters thirteen through nineteen of the Book of Revelation. Compare and contrast our commentaries with historical and secular commentaries.
Complete the exegesis of the entire Book of Revelation by studying chapters twenty through twenty-two.
Visit the Library.
Author Shawn McCraney has footnoted the entire Book of Revelation with intra and extra biblical references to give you historical and exegetical context. We find that these details overly-prove that that church is over!
To accompany Revelations on Revelation, Shawn has expanded on each book of Revelation in a 22-volume set of commentaries. This collection ties together to the many references found in his footnotes on the Apostolic Record with narrative to help depict a clearer and more comprehensive picture.
Browse the Museum.
This museum features an original collection of art representing the events that take place in the Book of Revelation. These pieces are intended to be learning aids for the historical grounding of fulfillment, and offer associated posters and t-shirts for purchase.
Take a Workshop.
Below are lessons which teach about tools and devices that you can take with you to explain fundamental principles of fulfillment, growth and love applicable to our modern faith.
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Original music and playlists intended to enrich your knowledge of the Bible.
Various studies to sustain your Journey.