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  • March 26, 2024By JB Shreve

    Episode 7: The Values – Part 3 Manifesto: Life, Politics, and Reality in the Kingdom of God In this episode, we continue our look at the beatitudes from the Sermon on the Mount with an overview of the value statement (beatitudes) Matthew 5:5 – Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth. What

  • March 19, 2024By JB Shreve

    Manifesto: Life, Politics, and Reality in the Kingdom of God In episode 6 of this podcast and video series, we continue our look at the Values of the Kingdom Manifesto and the revolutionary new way of life Jesus proclaimed here.   What we traditionally refer to as the “Sermon on the Mount” was actually a

  • March 14, 2024By JB Shreve

    Episode 5: The Values – Part 1 Manifesto: Life, Politics, and Reality in the Kingdom of God In this episode, we begin our examination of the Kingdom of God’s value statements. These are normally referred to as “the beatitudes,” but we call them the value statements here. What we traditionally refer to as the “Sermon

  • March 12, 2024By JB Shreve

    Episode 4: The Government of the Kingdom Manifesto: Life, Politics, and Reality in the Kingdom of God In episode 4 we look at the design and architecture of the Kingdom of God that Jesus proclaimed as he presented the Manifesto. What we traditionally refer to as the “Sermon on the Mount” was actually a revolutionary

  • March 7, 2024By JB Shreve

    Episode 3: The Heart of the Revolution Manifesto: Life, Politics, and Reality in the Kingdom of God In episode 3 we look at the core of the revolutionary message Jesus presented as the Kingdom of God – the heart!   What we traditionally refer to as the “Sermon on the Mount” was actually a revolutionary

  • March 6, 2024By JB Shreve

    In episode 2 of our series “The Manifesto: Life, Politics, and Reality in the Kingdom of God,” we look at the setting and cast of characters in first-century Palestine when Jesus presented the foundational teaching of His Sermon on the Mount. You might be surprised how relevant those times were to our own today. We

  • February 29, 2024By JB Shreve

    What we traditionally refer to as the “Sermon on the Mount” was actually a revolutionary manifesto for a new way of life in the Kingdom of God. In today’s unsettling and polarized age, the teachings of this Kingdom Manifesto are as relevant and vital as ever. In this multi-part series, JB Shreve and Faithful Considerations

  • January 22, 2024By JB Shreve

    Throughout this devotional series, we have looked at the power of gratitude toward God to activate change, stability, endurance, and strength in our lives. Gratitude operates as a transformational agent. Imagine a glass full of water and bleach. We stir it and stir, but no matter how much activity we apply to the mixture, nothing

  • January 15, 2024By JB Shreve

    Several times in the gospels, Jesus referenced the sign of Jonah. But He answered and said to them, “An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of

  • January 14, 2024By JB Shreve

    The 2024 US Presidential election season will kick off tomorrow with the first caucuses in Iowa. This week’s current events brief looks at how we can expect 2024 to be unlike any other election, full of confusion at first, then comes the chaos. Amid the confusion and chaos, people of faith must stand strong. Our

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