EXPERIENCE

Below is a condensed list of the relevant experience that has informed Shawn’s body of work.  It ranges from formal to professional to personal. Refer to the organizations page to link to more information about each of Shawn’s experiences.

Christian Ultra Libertarians for Truth

Founder, Teacher

2021 - Present

Christian Ultra Libertarians for Truth is an online learning center presenting a holistic, contextual perspective on the Bible in order to incite spiritual liberty. cult.love offers a self-guided Learning Journey to provide a structured series of videos, publications, artworks, and other teaching aids, aimed at introducing an often overlooked and highly valuable perspective on the Bible. Shawn conducted all research and produced all content available at Christian Ultra Libertarians for Truth.

Bjorn Books

Author

2006 - Present

Shawn is the author of dozens of publications about organized religion and spirituality. His work is entirely derived from a robust body of research around the manipulation of liberty in modern religion; each work ranges in depth, complexity, and abstractness. Most notable of his publications are Born-Again Mormon, Where Mormonism Meets Biblical Christianity Face to Face: An A to Z Doctrinal Comparative between Mormonism and Biblical Christianity, Knife to a Gun Fight, Don’t F**k With Jesus, and Revelations on Revelation: Footnotes on the Book of Revelation.

Heart of the Matter

Writer, Producer, On Air Host

2006 - 2021

Heart of the Matter was a weekly hour-long live call-in broadcast comparing and contrasting Mormonism with tenants of biblical Christianity. This show was hosted on full-power television station KTMW (TV20) from 2006-2013, and then across independent channels from 2013-2021.

Alathea Ministries

Founder, Teacher

2006 - 2021

Alathea Ministries teaches the biblical gospel of Jesus Christ through media, including but not limited to television, publications, art and events.

C.A.M.P.U.S.

Founder, Teacher

2006 - 2021

C.A.M.P.U.S. stands for Christian Anarchists Meeting Prayerfully To Understand Scripture. Meeting weekly for live-broadcasted teachings, members met weekly to listen to Shawn's research through each verse of biblical text taught in a verse-by-verse manner. The teachings unpacked linguistic, exegetical and contextual information about the text, and were followed with Q&A discussion.

Calvary Chapel School of Ministry

Licensing

2004 - 2006

Shawn pursued full-time school of ministry where he and his cohort were personally trained in exegesis and biblical languages by Pastor Chuck Smith.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Missionary - Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

1982 - 1984

From 1982 – 1984, Shawn served a 24-month volunteer service where LDS Church members devote themselves to full-time proselytizing and humanitarian assistance or service with the intent to convert individuals to Mormonism. In this short time, Shawn excelled in the calling, rising to levels of leadership among his peers.