There is a famous passage of scripture written by Paul in 2 Corinthians 3:5,6:
Not that we are adequate in ourselves to consider anything as coming from ourselves, but our adequacy is from God, who also made us adequate as...
Where do you put your confidence? Where do you feel strongest in prayer or worship? For many of us we fall into a trap of receiving the grace of God by faith in Christ but then try and build...
Judge not so that you are not judged. These words from the Sermon on the Mount and Jesus’ Manifesto of the Kingdom of God are so famous that even non-Christians quote them. They are often used as a standard...
How do we determine our priorities in life? What do we care about? What is most important? In this episode, we looked at the cares of this world. This message is at the core of the Manifesto. It is...
Today, we look at Matthew 6:6-24 as Jesus talks about the true treasure of the Kingdom of God. The world we live in longs for wealth, power, and fame. The true treasure of the Kingdom of God however is...
Last week, Warren Buffett's company, Berkshire Hathaway, rose above $1 trillion in value for the first time. It was an incredible achievement for a company that does not actually make a product. Berkshire Hathaway merely accumulates investment values in the assets under its...
The aim of God's life-giving grace in the Kingdom of God is for us to be perfect like God. That is what Jesus tells us in this passage from the Sermon on the Mount. It is here that He...
How did Jesus teach us to pray? Believe it or not, He actually gave us a template for prayer. In this episode of The Manifesto: Life Politics and Reality in the Kingdom of God we continue our walk through...
To find the politics of God involves a completely different approach to both scripture and politics than most of us are accustomed to today. God is not a Republican. He is not a Democrat. He has a value system...
The politics of God are probably not what you think they are. In this introductory episode of the new podcast series from JB Shreve & the End of History, we turn away from the traditional perspective of politics as...
