In a day & age where men are attempting to gather a following, to make a name for themselves many sorts of strange teachings crop up but perhaps one of the strangest yet is one where a man actually is teaching that Christians no longer should be ashamed of anything they do.  And in the long eisegetic tradition of "proof-texting", this teaching stems from quoting part of Romans 9:33 KJV:

First off, we must wonder when only a portion of a verse is quoted, especially when someone is trying to build a foreign doctrine from it.  But let's compare several translations of Romans 9:33 (Rom 10:11 is another place this phrase is used, but Rom 9:33 is the full context)

We see here the emphasis is much different than we were led to believe by the partial quoting of the KJV.  Is it different to "be ashamed" than to be "put to shame"?  One stems from an internal recognition & the other is an external factor.  But even allowing for that difference, does the Bible really say Christians should never be ashamed of anything?

Should we never be ashamed for instance of unChrist-like behavior? According to some teachers that is exactly the point of Romans 9:33 -- that Christians should never be ashamed of anything they do, because they have the freedom & license to do whatever they want.  They will often quote 1 Cor 10:23 in conjunction with Romans 9:33 in attempt to say the only reason Christians should avoid some "evil" behavior is because it may not be "profitable/edifying".  They will expand this reasoning by appealing to 1 Cor 8:9-13 wherein Paul talks about the liberty of eating meat offered to idols but if it causes a weaker brother to stumble then don't do it, at least not in the weaker brother's presence.

From these precepts, men -- men who fancy themselves "Bible teachers" have actually advocated that we can engage in almost any manner of debauchery & yet according to this teaching, FEEL NO SHAME for it.

A closer look at the full context of Romans 9:33 seems almost oxymoronic in that the Stone of Offense, which is equated with Christ also will not cause shame for those who believe.  Perhaps this is further unpacked by comparing it to this verse:

Luke 9:26
For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words, of him the Son of Man will be ashamed when He comes in His own glory, and in His Father’s, and of the holy angels.

Thus the Stone of Offense is ONLY a "shame" to those who are offended by Him (as many of the Jews of Christ's time were), but to those who believe there is no shame.

How a so-called "Bible teacher" could change this to mean we Christians can live willy-nilly is beyond me UNLESS he using his false teaching to cover for not being seen as shameful when he commits shameful acts.

On the contrary, the Bible speaks plenty about Christians needing to feel shame for things.

Here we see examples of 3 DIFFERENT types of shame Christians can experience:

1. Shame due to actions/behavior
2. Shame due to lack of actions/behavior
3. Shame due to lack of knowledge

I think the problem is that some people don't like to focus on "moral obedience" because they claim it is merely a form of "self-righteousness"  but in their attempt to avoid SELF-rigtheousness they avoid CHRIST-righteousness & end up instead with SELF-pious licentiousness.  Perhaps their intention was noble but the end result is disasterous to themselves & anyone that follows after that teaching.  Such people continue to behave like nothing changed at their regeneration. 

We must understand that phrases like "If you love me, keep my commandments" (John 14:15) DOESN'T mean when we keep His commandments we are suddenly SELF-righteous, but rather it is BECAUSE Christ is righteous & bestows that rigtheousness on us, that we can keep those commandments.

For more on this issue, see these other articles:

• Self-Righteousness or Righteousness?
• The Mark of a Christian Heart
• Total Depravity vs Utter Depravity