She was told she wasn't qualified. She didn't have the PhD. The university press said no.
But God had already started writing a different story.
In this episode of Coincidence or God?, Mick Wienholt sits down with Shama Stock — founder of Revelation for Kids, author, and cyber missionary — whose journey proves that God doesn't call the qualified; He qualifies the called.
Shama grew up on the mission field (Korea, Singapore, Zimbabwe), became a dietician, and settled into life as a stay-at-home mom in Colorado. Then came an impression she couldn't shake: study the book of Revelation. What started as a small Bible study with four women in her living room became a manuscript, a rejection letter, and eventually a ministry reaching over 250,000 people worldwide — all without the credentials the world said she needed.
🔑 IN THIS EPISODE:
• Growing up as a missionary kid across three continents
• The "impression" that wouldn't leave her alone — and what she did about it
• Getting rejected by a university press for not having a PhD
• How 10,000 people found five blog posts she'd nearly forgotten about
• The job she never applied for that taught her to run a nonprofit
• Why her house wouldn't sell for two years — and what God was protecting her from
• Sitting at dinner in Turkey, surrounded by PhDs who had her credentials — and realizing God's timing is perfect
• Why studying Revelation doesn't have to be scary — for kids or adults
• The biblical holidays shift that changed her family's entire faith walk
Shama's story is about closed doors that were actually protection, open doors that made no sense, and a God who takes "not qualified" and writes a better chapter than you ever could.
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🔗 Learn more about Shama's ministry: https://revelationforkids.com
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Chapters
0:40 - Meet Shama Stock
4:09 - Back Into the Word
8:34 - Resistance to Studying Revelation
10:36 - Rejection
13:12 - Impressed to Blog
18:00 - Non-Profit Work
22:48 - Selling the House
27:10 - Translation
29:05 - Turkey & Global Smyrna Conference
32:53 - Dinner with Ph. D.s & Scholars
35:25 - Bible Comes Alive
42:24 - 2027 Trip to Turkey
43:30 - Impressions
46:39 - Intensity of Revelation
52:56 - How to Study the Bible
56:18 - Mark of the Beast
1:00:41 - Book of Daniel
1:02:47 - Where They Moved
1:04:32 - Coincidence or God?
1:06:16 - How Has Your Life Changed?
1:08:37 - Shama's Contact Info