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If you have done any amount of Bible study or training, you probably came across the term “the centrality of Christ.” This is a dominant theme in the book of Ephesians, but unfortunately, it is often stripped of its significance when we convert Christ into a mere intellectual concept or historical figure. While neither of
What is the plan of God for my life? How can I mess it up? What is included within that plan? Do difficulties suggest I have missed the plan of God for my life? This podcast devotional kicks off a new series where we are looking at the book of Ephesians throughout the months of
What does it mean to be a man? When did you become a man? In this corrupt generation, what is a boy to do? In many cultures, they mark manhood by unique rites of passage. The ancient Spartans called upon a boy to become a soldier. If he enlisted, he became a man. Deep in
Things are heating up in chapter 6 of the Gospel of John. Jesus performs several significant miracles including walking on water and feeding the 5,000 but that does not mean all is well. Jesus sees the wrong motives of many of the people who Him. He begins to challenge them. In fact, this chapter contains
In chapter 5 of the Gospel of John, we found some differences of perspective among us as we studied through. JB and Casie Shreve are joined by James, Damien, and Liv as we continue our study through the Gospel of John. This chapter includes the healing of the lame man at the pool of Bethesda
In this podcast devotional, JB and Casie Shreve continue the look at the heart that we have been focusing on here at the website. The heart is complex, it is deep, it is unique to each of us, and it is central to our personal walk with God. As human beings, life teaches us to
JB and Casie Shreve sit down to discuss the legitimate dangers of listening to the wrong sources, frequencies, and values in this day and age. In a time when social media and the world around us encourages us to argue, be outraged, and push our own perspectives more assertively than the perspective of our neighbors,
What is spiritual strength? Over the course of the last few podcast devotionals, JB and Casie Shreve have discussed the idea of building spiritual strength. What exactly is spiritual strength though? That is the question we discuss in today’s podcast devotional. Strength is not about freedom from hardship, bad times, or even failure. Strength is
In this podcast devotional, JB and Casie Shreve continue to look at how to build internal strength by thinking strong. We start in Joshua 1 where the new leader of Israel is encouraged “be strong” AT LEAST THREE TIMES in the course of three verses. The implication is clear, he was not feeling very strong at
In the Monday Morning Devotional this week we looked at the reality of the wise and foolish builders. The foolish builder is the guy who builds on the foundation of sand. It is a foundation of easier decisions, comfort, and an easy fit for the world we live in today. But what about the wise
