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9-Week Study Guide
Theme, scripture, and discussion questions for every track — built for youth groups and small groups.
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Eminence is the gospel rap project of Paul DeShield — a Bermudian-born, San Francisco-based theologian and artist. De Shield of Faith, his debut, maps the full armor of God across 9 tracks and 55 scripture references from 24 books of the Bible, anchored by a Bermudian cultural identity no other project in the genre is claiming.
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De Shield of Faith
Kingdom Come
Flood Gates
Cover Me
Coincidence
Job
Jesus Wept
Moments that Matter
For De Kingdom
Key Quotes
“Keep your composure, even while decomposing.”
— Jesus Wept
“You were proud of me? I never told you I was proud of you.”
— Moments that Matter
“They want you be the man of Steel / But keeping it real — I might call Jordan Peele.”
— Job
“He came in like a flood, a tsunami — but now he getting folded, origami.”
— De Shield of Faith
“It ain't no coincidence — I guess I'm highly blessed with purpose.”
— Coincidence
9-Week Listening & Discussion Guide
One track per week. Listen together, read the key scripture, discuss.
Read: Ephesians 6:10–18
Key Lyric: “I missed a loop / But truth’s around my waist”
Discussion: What does it mean to put on the armor of God as identity rather than equipment? How does admitting imperfection (“I missed a loop”) actually strengthen the claim rather than weaken it? What is the difference between performing faith and living in it?
Read: Matthew 6:9–13
Key Lyric: “Give my life today cause I ain’t promised tomorrow”
Discussion: What does it look like to actually mean the words of the Lord’s Prayer rather than recite them? What are you holding onto that you need to hand back? What does “daily bread” mean when you’re anxious about tomorrow?
Read: Revelation 12:3–9, Genesis 3:15, Isaiah 54:17
Key Lyric: “Keep your composure, even while decomposing”
Discussion: What does it mean that one-third of heaven’s angels fell — and two-thirds stayed? How does the enemy try to normalize spiritual death? Where in your life has the enemy tried to get you to “keep your composure” when you should have been crying out for help?
Read: Psalm 91:1–4, Psalm 17:8
Key Lyric: “When I lost my Father I was crying out to the Father”
Discussion: When is the last time you stopped trying to protect yourself and asked God to cover you? How does the testimony of a near-death experience change the way you understand Psalm 91? Who in your life prayed for you before you knew you needed it?
Read: Jeremiah 29:11, Psalm 139:13–16, Ephesians 2:10
Key Lyric: “It ain't no coincidence — I guess I'm highly blessed with purpose”
Discussion: Do you believe your existence is intentional? What specific details about your life only make sense if you were made on purpose? What is the difference between knowing God has a plan and believing it applies to you specifically?
Read: Job 1:1–22, Job 3:1–26
Key Lyric: “You ever try to call for help with a Strep throat?”
Discussion: Have you ever suffered in a way that was invisible to the people around you? What does it mean to maintain faith when everything has been taken? What does “God is so good” mean when it follows genuine despair rather than easy gratitude?
Read: John 11:1–44
Key Lyric: “But what do I know beyond the simple recital”
Discussion: What does it mean that Jesus wept for Lazarus even though He knew He was about to raise him? Have you ever felt like the delay was the hardest part? How does the song’s hook transformation mirror what God does with our own stories?
Read: Matthew 25:14–30, Proverbs 22:6, 2 Timothy 1:5
Key Lyric: “You were proud of me? / I never told you I was proud of you”
Discussion: Who invested in you before you understood what they were giving you? Is there something you never said to someone you lost? How do you honor someone’s legacy through how you live rather than just what you say?
Read: Ephesians 6:10–18, Daniel 3:16–18, Psalm 23:4
Key Lyric: “It’s OK to be nervous, but remember you got a purpose.”
Discussion: The album opens with putting on the armor and closes with kneeling in it. What changed between those two postures? What would you do for the kingdom — not hypothetically, but this week?