JB Shreve
This is the first post in an ongoing blog devotional series on Gratitude. New posts in the series will be published each Monday for the next few weeks. What do you imagine when you think of the word “gratitude”? What concepts spring to mind? What postures? Where does your mind go? Many of us say
So much of our spiritual journey comes down to this right here. He must increase, but I must decrease. It is the focus of our lifestyle and the point of true contentment in our lifestyle.
It is camping and backpacking season in the Ozarks where I live. There is a hidden jewel of a campsite I found on a spur of a backpacking trail in near the Mulberry River Valley amid the Arkansas Ozarks. It is at the edge of a cliff overlooking the valley. At night, that campsite, known
This is one of my all time favorite verses. Consider when these words were first inscribed into the Psalms, most people still believed the world was flat, sea monsters sat in the far off waters. Those who go down to the sea in ships, the ones who live at the edge of what is known
Our story of the Days of David concludes in this final episode (part 13). This episode is called The Legacy of David. In the finale of our podcast series we look at the final events of David’s life and some of the unfinished business that his son Solomon concluded. We also look at the final chapter
The sins of David need little introduction. His adultery with Bathsheba and his murder of her husband Uriah are nearly as famous as his defeat of Goliath. This episode looks at how this critical event in the Days of David unfolded and how it forever changed the way the king operated. He was still the
We’ve covered a lot of the big and famous events in the story of King David’s life. If we were to track down the one thing that made David more important than so many others in scripture, it would be this story. This is the story of the Tabernacle of David. This is the story
The Kingdom of David is finally established as we turn to episode 10 in our podcast series. In this episode, we meet several interesting characters, including the sons of Zeruiah, Abner, Mephibosheth, and more. We walk through David’s coronation as king over Judah, the civil war with the tribes of Israel, and finally the unification
Today’s episode in our Days of David podcast series tells the dramatic and tragic story that inspired the Song of the Bow. This song of mourning includes the timeless phrase “How the mighty have fallen!” Today we look at the end of the house of Saul, his death and the deaths of his sons, including
