Podcast Summary: REVIVAL TODAY WITH JONATHAN SHUTTLESWORTH

Date: October 12, 2025
Podcast: Real America’s Voice
Host: Jonathan Shuttlesworth
Network: iHeartPodcasts

Episode Overview

This episode of "Revival Today with Jonathan Shuttlesworth" focuses on foundational teachings about faith, salvation, divine healing, and living a victorious Christian life. Shuttlesworth passionately challenges widely held religious beliefs that keep believers bound, emphasizing the transformative power of faith and the tangible presence of God. The episode features powerful personal testimonies of healing and deliverance, underscoring the message that a relationship with God brings practical, real-world transformation.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Testimonies of Transformation and Power

[02:11 – 04:21, 16:46 – 17:26]

• Addiction Broken by Faith:
  Isaac Fair shares how attending Shuttlesworth's winter revival led to his complete and lasting deliverance from a lifelong cigarette addiction. He attributes this to the "power of the Holy Spirit" and Jonathan's bold declaration that he would "never touch another cigarette again."

  • “When I got up, I was like... And Jonathan said, you'll never smoke another cigarette... And after that day, I have never touched another cigarette again.” — Isaac Fair [03:15]

• Physical Healing Testimony:
  A church member describes being healed of cataracts after Shuttlesworth called it out during a service. The individual realized the healing over lunch, exclaiming, "I can see perfectly clear. Like, it's amazing." [16:56]

2. Foundational Doctrines Challenged

[04:21 – 16:46]

Jonathan systematically confronts and reinterprets traditional Christian sayings that he believes limit believers' faith:

• "We're all just sinners saved by grace"

  • Jonathan teaches that believers should stop identifying as "sinners" post-salvation, referencing Romans 8:30 and 2 Corinthians 5:17.
    • “If you got acquitted of a felony... would you say, ‘Yes, I guess I am’? ...Why do you claim to be a sinner when the Bible says that Jesus acquitted and expunged your record?” — Jonathan Shuttlesworth [05:07]

• On Suffering and Life’s Hardship

  • He criticizes the attitude that “life is hard” or “serving God is hard,” particularly pervasive in Pittsburgh’s self-deprecating culture. Instead, he advocates expecting blessing and ease via faith, referencing Matthew 11:28-30 and challenging religious fatalism.
    • “The Bible says the expectation of the righteous will not be cut off. You start throwing that kind of thing out of your spirit, it'll start magnetizing the bad things.” — Jonathan Shuttlesworth [09:42]
    • “My blessing is not connected to the earth’s economy. My blessing is connected to Heaven…” [11:15]

• Faith Makes Things Possible—Not Just 'Hard'

  • Questions colloquial religious sayings like, “Faith doesn’t make things easy, makes it possible,” citing biblical miracles as examples of faith making formerly impossible things easy by God’s intervention.
    • “Do you know an easier way to part a Red Sea than to hold a stick over it?” [13:26]

3. Biblical Teaching on Sickness, Persecution, and Healing

[17:26 – 30:35]

• Paul’s Thorn in the Flesh

  • Shuttlesworth argues, with scriptural backing, that Paul’s "thorn" was not a physical illness but persecution from a “messenger of Satan.” He emphasizes the distinction between persecution and sickness.
    • “You have to have a deficiency in your brain to read the ministry of Paul and think he was a weak suffering with sickness…” [19:55]

• God's Will to Heal

  • Building on Isaiah 53:5 and Matthew 8:16-17, Jonathan insists that Jesus healed “all who came to Him” and that there’s no biblical case for God refusing healing to those who seek it in faith.
    • “If you can find me somebody that said, ‘Jesus, I want to see,’ and he said, ‘too bad,’ then you got a case.” [27:46]
    • “The cross purchased my salvation and the stripes purchased my healing.” [30:20]

• Persistence, Attitude, and Receiving Miracles

  • Jonathan encourages believers to thank God for incremental progress (e.g., a prodigal child coming to church) instead of complaining about perceived incompleteness.
    • “How about thanking God for the five loaves and two fish before enough comes to feed the multitude.” [27:02]

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Righteousness:
  “I'm in right standing with God.” — Jonathan Shuttlesworth [06:35]

• On Expectation:
  “Life’s hard… So then there’s a resistance to the faith message when some guy’s going to get up… and tells you that life, that God has good things for you… But it’s different for me. But no, everybody say the word of God works for everybody.” — Jonathan Shuttlesworth [10:23]

• Challenging Defeatism:
  “Greater is He that lives in you than he that's in the world.” — Jonathan Shuttlesworth [14:53]

• On Miracles and Ease:
  “Does life have challenges? Yes. But… when the challenges come, the greater is he that lives in you…” [14:56]
  “Jesus is not a wicked master. He's a good shepherd. A good shepherd lays his life down for the sheep.” [15:47]

• On Healing and God’s Character:
  “Say it out loud. I'm not religiously brainwashed, I'm New Testament taught.” — Jonathan Shuttlesworth [28:58]

Timestamps for Important Segments

| Timestamp | Segment / Focus | |-----------|-------------------------------------------------------------| | 02:11 | Isaac Fair's testimony of deliverance from cigarettes | | 04:21 | Jonathan starts doctrinal segment: “We’re raising up a family…”| | 05:07 | On being acquitted and righteous, not just “a sinner” | | 09:00 | Confronting “life is hard” attitude, especially culturally | | 11:15 | Blessings not tied to earthly economy | | 13:26 | “Faith makes things easy…” illustration | | 14:53 | Relying on “he that’s in you” for overcoming challenges | | 16:46 | Testimony: cataracts healed | | 17:26 | “What about Paul’s thorn in the flesh?” | | 19:55 | Paul’s ministry was not marked by weakness or illness | | 27:02 | Thanking God for small progress in miracles | | 27:46 | Jesus healed “all who came to Him” | | 28:58 | “I’m not religiously brainwashed, I’m New Testament taught.”| | 30:20 | “The cross purchased my salvation and the stripes my healing”|

Episode Tone and Delivery

Jonathan Shuttlesworth brings high energy, humor, and an engaging, conversational tone. He employs personal stories, regional humor (especially references to Pittsburgh culture), and a bold, sometimes confrontational style to drive home his teachings. Testimonies from guests add authenticity and emotional impact, while a recurring theme is found in his insistence that faith brings tangible change—not just theory or religious jargon.

Takeaways

• Christianity, according to Shuttlesworth, is not a religion of defeat, but of victory, deliverance, and radical life change.
• Faith and identity are central: Believers should not claim a sinner or victim identity but walk in the righteousness and newness Christ provides.
• God’s will is healing, restoration, and blessing, and scripture should guide expectations rather than religious tradition or fatalism.
• Testimonies of healing and deliverance are used to reinforce the practical application of these biblical truths.

This episode is recommended for listeners interested in charismatic, faith-focused Christian teaching, particularly those seeking motivation to overcome obstacles and walk in their faith with renewed confidence.