Ontology of God
Episode Description:
In this month’s Heart of the Matter Radicalized, Shawn McCraney launches a three-part series on a new ontology of God, beginning with a critique of religious idolatry—including how even well-meaning movements like the Protestant Reformation replaced one idol (the Church) with another (the Bible). Drawing from Scripture, he argues that while the Bible is a precious gift, it is not “the Word of God” in the ultimate sense—that title belongs only to Yeshua. Shawn shows how idolatry arises when we elevate tools, symbols, or institutions above God’s Spirit and Son, and he urges believers to return to worshiping God in spirit and truth, not through systems of men.
The second half of the episode tackles the history and formation of the doctrine of the Trinity, tracing its institutional roots to the Council of Nicaea. Shawn critiques the doctrine as a man-made attempt to codify and control the divine mystery and proposes a more biblically grounded alternative view: God as one perfect, seamless plural being—expressed through masculine and feminine aspects. He argues that Jesus, as the incarnate Word, reveals the feminine mercy, grace, and love of God that fulfills the masculine wrath and judgment of the Law. This teaching re-centers the faith not in creeds, councils, or texts, but in the living person of Yeshua, God with us.