Best JB Shreve Podcasts (2024)

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153 – Full-Time with David Bahnsen 56:21

10d ago56:21

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David Bahnsen returns to the podcast to discuss his latest book: Full-Time: Work and the Meaning of Life. David holds a high view of work and, in an era where self-help gurus are teaching us how to work less to achieve a work/life balance, David wants to shift the paradigm to work/rest and celebrate the productive nature of our being. Also discusse…

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152 – Humanist Conservatives with Jeffery Tyler Syck 1:03:31

26d ago1:03:31

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Fusionism—the viewpoint advocated by the likes of William F. Buckley and Frank Meyer of order and liberty mutually reinforcing each other—has been the dominant form of conservatism in the United States for a generation. In the era of Trump and the rise of nationalist populism on the Right, however, fusionism has steadily lost influence. Should cons…

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Episode 3 - Manifesto: Life Politics and Reality in the Kingdom of God 24:49

1M ago24:49

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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 takes a deep dive into th…

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Episode 6 - Manifesto: Life Politics and Reality in the Kingdom of God 15:36

1M ago15:36

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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 takes a deep dive into th…

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Episode 5 - Manifesto: Life Politics and Reality in the Kingdom of God 17:57

1M ago17:57

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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 takes a deep dive into th…

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Episode 4 - Manifesto: Life Politics and Reality in the Kingdom of God 17:12

1M ago17:12

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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 takes a deep dive into th…

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Episode 2 - Manifesto: Life Politics and Reality in the Kingdom of God 24:56

1M ago24:56

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Learn more and follow along at https://jbshreve.com Instagram: / jb_shreve Facebook: / jbshrevedotcom Get the latest book from JB Shreve Politically Incorrect: Real Faith In An Era of Unreal Politics - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CNHD51WJ Learn more and follow along at https://jbshreve.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jb_shreve/ Facebook: h…

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Episode 1 - Manifesto: Life Politics and Reality in the Kingdom of God 11:54

1M ago11:54

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Learn more and follow along at https://jbshreve.com Instagram: / jb_shreve Facebook: / jbshrevedotcom Get the latest book from JB Shreve Politically Incorrect: Real Faith In An Era of Unreal Politics - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CNHD51WJ Learn more and follow along at https://jbshreve.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jb_shreve/ Facebook: h…

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151 – The God of This Lower World 55:32

1M ago55:32

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What is the single most important virtue for a leader to possess? What quality can make the run-of-the-mill politician into a statesman? Is it integrity, communication skills, resilience, courage, empathy, or wisdom? All of these things are important, of course, and if any are sufficiently lacking we wouldn’t call that a good leader. But what would…

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150 – We Don't Need No Indoctrination with Luke Sheahan 59:16

2M ago59:16

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What is the purpose of higher education? Is it primarily to prepare us for the jobs of the future? Is it to ensure the leaders of tomorrow hold the right opinions on important issues? Is it to provide a safe haven for the pursuit of Truth? Thinkers on the Right have held differing—sometimes incompatible—views on the purpose of higher education. Joi…

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149 – The Legacy of Roger Scruton with Fisher Derderian 1:17:44

2M ago1:17:44

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Having published more than forty books on an astoundingly wide range of topics and holding noteworthy positions at the British Academy and the Royal Society of Literature, the University of Oxford, the Ethics and Public Policy Center, and the University of Buckingham, Sir Roger Scruton was the quintessential British gentleman and scholar. He was al…

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148 – Conservatism in Practice with Gov Mitch Daniels 48:20

3M ago48:20

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The Saving Elephants podcast has welcomed a wide array of incredible guests who are on forefront of the conservative political movement. But most of the guests discuss conservatism from the perspective of a theory or set of principles or idea. Few have had the opportunity to enact political conservatism as a practice. And few ex-politicians have be…

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147 – Where the Religious Right Went Wrong with JB Shreve 59:53

3M ago59:53

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One of the strangest political developments over the past several decades has been the devolution of the Religious Right and large swaths of politically active Evangelicals as they morphed from character counts moralists of the 1990s to MAGA Trumplicans. Regardless of the merits of where the Religious Right stands today, one could be forgiven for b…

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146 – The Myth of Nationalism with Samuel Goldman 1:22:37

4M ago1:22:37

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What does is mean to be an American? And why do we Americans obsess so much over the question of what it means to be an American? This nagging question has plagued our nation since its birth and various national “myths” have been advanced to offer some form of national identity and cohesion. At times one myth has proven stronger than the others, on…

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145 – Smoking Yule Logs and Donning Gay Apparel 1:01:49

4M ago1:01:49

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In 2021, Saving Elephants host Josh Lewis joined three other veteran podcasters on a new podcast endeavor: Are We Right? Cal Davenport, Brooke Medina, and Calvin Moore, and Josh debated a wide range of topics from politics to religion to culture and invited the audience to weigh in on whether or not they’re right. While the show was tragically shor…

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144 – Conservative Historian Redux with AD Tippet 1:07:01

5M ago1:07:01

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Earlier this year Saving Elephants host Josh Lewis was on AD Tippet’s podcast, Conservative Historian. This episode is a re-podcast of that conversation that covered a wide variety of conservative topics from both the past and today. About AD Tippet AD Tippet (the podcast formerly known as Belisarius Aves) is the founder and publisher of the Conser…

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143 – The Conservative Mind at 70 with Michael Lucchese 1:11:35

5M ago1:11:35

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In 1953 a little-known political theorist Russell Kirk repurposed his doctoral dissertation as a book for publication. His book, The Conservative Mind, would quickly become a bestseller, give the nascent conservative movement its name and intellectual moorings, be reviewed and debated in respectable publications across the country, and launch its a…

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142 – Jiving with Jaffa with Seth Root 58:44

6M ago58:44

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While Leo Strauss was famous for influencing men and women who became intellectual heavyweights in the conservative movement—names like Allan Bloom, Irving Kristol, Harvey Mansfield, Thomas Pangle barely scratch the surface—few stand as tall as Harry Jaffa. A cantankerous and quarrelsome debater to some and a beloved architect of restoring conserva…

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141 – The Soul of Civility with Alexandra Hudson 55:23

7M ago55:23

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Everyone supports civility, in theory, when the “other side” is behaving themselves. But what is the role of civility in an era of growing political division? Is civility a weakness that can be exploited by our political opponents? Is it simply being well-mannered and exceedingly nice, or is there more to it? Those are the very questions Alexandra …

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140 – Back to Burke 1:17:13

7M ago1:17:13

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The name Edmund Burke is used quite liberally on the Saving Elephants podcast as host Josh Lewis makes no bones about being a “Burkean” conservative. But who was this Irish statesman, economist, and philosopher? What were his contributions to conservative thought? Why does Josh hold him in such high regard? And why do some conservatives argue there…

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139 – Perspectives from Across the Pond with Sarah Stook 1:09:37

7M ago1:09:37

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The United States and United Kingdom have enjoyed and, at times, endured a symbiotic history, culture, politics, and global relationship. Often understanding the quirks of one nation helps us better understand our own. Sarah Stook, journalist of American politics and history, joins Saving Elephants host Josh Lewis to discuss what Americans and Brit…

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138 – The Conservative Historian with Belisarius Aves 1:16:52

8M ago1:16:52

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“History offers not simply a chronicle of events but, more importantly, opportunities to gain insights about the human condition from the experience of other times and places,” writes Thomas Sowell in his provocatively titled book Black Rednecks and White Liberals. “That is, it offers not merely facts but explanations.” Yet history’s capacity to be…

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137 – Political Theology with Jonathan Cole – Part 2 1:09:17

9M ago1:09:17

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Christian or not, it’s undeniable that Western civilization, and the United States in particular, has deep historical roots in Judeo-Christian teachings. Scripture has shaped much of our culture, thought, values, and politics. But while plenty of Biblical passages appear to have political implications, there’s little consensus among the general pop…

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136 – Political Theology with Jonathan Cole – Part 1 1:05:09

9M ago1:05:09

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“I never discuss anything else except politics and religion,” English writer, philosopher, and Christian apologist G. K. Chesterton once quipped. “There is nothing else to discuss.” For some sensible, genteel Americans, politics and religion are precisely what you don’t discuss in public and—perhaps even—in private company. Others discuss both with…

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135 – Cool Ellul with Jason Thacker 53:16

10M ago53:16

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Modern views on how future technology is likely to change our lives range from bloviatingly aspirational visions of utopia to musings on whether the latest advancement in AI will destroy humankind in our lifetime or merely enslave us all in Matrix-style battery capillaries. Yet debates on whether technology is a neutral tool for our benefit or a ne…

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The Legacy of David – The Days of David Episode 13 (Finale) 1:02:46

10M ago1:02:46

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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 or Bathsheba's story that is recorded in scripture…

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134 – Gilding a Mess with Avi Woolf 58:02

10M ago58:02

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In the aftermath of the Civil War and prior to the first World War lies an often overlooked era in American history known as the Gilded Age. This was an extraordinarily “messy” period where it’s often difficult to identify the heroes to extol or villains to condemn. But it is also a period that has unusually similar parallels to our own times from …

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The Sins of David & His Degenerate Children – The Days of David Episode 12 1:05:05

10M ago1:05:05

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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 man after God's own heart. He gained forgiveness…

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The Tabernacle of David – The Days of David Episode 11 54:35

10M ago54:35

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Learn more and follow along at https://jbshreve.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/jb_shreve/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JBShrevedotcomGet the latest book from JB Shreve Politically Incorrect: Real Faith InAn Era of Unreal Politics - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CNHD51WJBy JB Shreve

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133 – Grappling with Hate Speech with Brooke Medina 48:05

10M ago48:05

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In this brave new digital world, opportunities for hate speech seem ubiquitous and increasingly dangerous. How should a conservative balance their values of limited-government and protection of the vulnerable in social media? How do we answer the charges of “silence is violence”, or that speech and equal violence from a legal, cultural, and moral f…

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The Kingdom of David – The Days of David Episode 10 52:17

11M ago52:17

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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 of the country …

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The Mighty Have Fallen – The Days of David Episode 9 38:10

11M ago38:10

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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 the great prince Jonathan. For those following alon…

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132 – Classical Period Non-Perverts with Jack Butler 1:08:27

11M ago1:08:27

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Among the very-online, relatively young, and mostly male cohorts of the Right is a movement growing in popularity and intensity that valorizes the very excesses the Left criticizes as toxic masculinity. This movement, promulgated by the likes of Bronze Age Pervert and Mencius Moldbug and defended or even praised by a surprising array of mainstream …

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David’s Mighty Men and Many Women – The Days of David Episode 8 45:43

11M ago45:43

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The action starts to heat up in our podcast series on the life of David. This week’s episode looks at the building of David’s army, the famous elite forces unit known as David's Mighty Men, and his many wives. For those following along in your Bible, today’s episode covers 1 Samuel 23-27, and 2 Samuel 21 & 23, and 1 Chronicles 3, & 11. If you enjoy…

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David's Outlaw Years – The Days of David Episode 7 42:19

11M ago42:19

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If you enjoyed this podcast episode, please consider sharing it with your friends on social media. Find links to the whole series at this page as we release a new episode in the Days of David, a podcast series epic, every week. Learn more and follow along at https://jbshreve.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jb_shreve/ Facebook: https://www.…

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131 – Witnessing Whittaker with Sam Tanenhaus 1:20:34

12M ago1:20:34

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In 1948 Whittaker Chambers shocked the nation when, while testifying before Congress, he gave the names of individuals he claimed were working within the United States government as Communist spies for the Soviet Union. Among those named was Alger Hiss, Chamber’s close friend and former Communist comrade. The ensuing trial quickly divided the natio…

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David and Jonathan – The Days of David Episode 6 51:38

12M ago51:38

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For those reading along with us in the Bible, this episode looks at 1 Samuel 18-19, and 2 Samuel 6. If you enjoyed this podcast episode, please consider sharing it with your friends on social media. Find links to the whole series at this page as we release a new episode in the Days of David, a podcast series epic, every week. Learn more and follow …

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David and Goliath – The Days of David Episode 5 46:59

12M ago46:59

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If you enjoyed this podcast episode, please consider sharing it with your friends on social media. Find links to the whole series at this page as we release a new episode in the Days of David, a podcast series epic, every week. Learn more and follow along at https://jbshreve.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jb_shreve/ Facebook: https://www.…

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130 – Cultivating Kirk with Jeff Nelson 1:06:30

12M ago1:06:30

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Perhaps no other individual (or person, for the benefit of the Kirkian insider) was more responsible for resuscitating intellectual conservatism back to life in the mid Twentieth century than Russell Kirk. Today, Kirk’s efforts to recover and conserve the “Permanent Things” lives on at the Russell Kirk Center for Cultural Renewal. Co-founder and Vi…

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The Philistines and the Fall of Saul - The Days of David Episode 4 41:22

1y ago41:22

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If you enjoyed this podcast episode, please consider sharing it with your friends on social media. Find links to the whole series at this page as we release a new episode in the Days of David, a podcast series epic, every week. Learn more and follow along at https://jbshreve.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jb_shreve/ Facebook: https://www.…

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The Rise of Saul – The Days of David Episode 3 36:18

1y ago36:18

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If you enjoyed this podcast episode, please consider sharing it with your friends on social media. Find links to the whole series at this pageas we release a new episode in the Days of David, a podcast series epic, every week. Learn more and follow along at https://jbshreve.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jb_shreve/ Facebook: https://www.f…

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129 – Epistemological Musings with Bonnie Kristian 54:31

1y ago54:31

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Our digital world is saturated in “facts” but there’s little agreement on what constitutes “truth”. If we can no longer agree on what sources of information can be reliable, is civil debate even possible? To what degree is the problem exacerbated by social media? To what degree is this simply a problem of human nature? Bonnie Kristian joins Saving …

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Samuel, the Last Judge of Israel - The Days of David Episode 2 41:19

1y ago41:19

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For those following along with our story, this episode covers events that occurred in 1 Samuel chapters 1-7. If you enjoyed this podcast episode, please consider sharing it with your friends on social media. Find links to the whole series at this page as we release a new episode in the Days of David, a podcast series epic, every week. Learn more an…

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128 – Reconciling Kirk and King with John Wood Jr 1:00:49

1y ago1:00:49

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What do Russell Kirk and Martin Luther King Jr. have in common? Though they’re traditionally depicted as coming from opposing political orientations, National Ambassador for Braver Angels John Wood Jr. believes a deeper understanding of their religious convictions and societal aspirations reveals an important commonality between these two men. And …

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The Origin Story - The Days of David Episode 1 18:12

1y ago18:12

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Our podcast series epic on the Days of David begins with a look at the times and heritage that David was born to. For those following along in your Bible, you’ll want to read the books of Judges and Ruth to track the story in episode 1 of this podcast series covering the life of King David.Learn more and follow along at https://jbshreve.comInstagra…

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127 – 40 Must-Read Conservative Books – Part 2 1:06:08

1y ago1:06:08

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The conservative tradition embodies centuries of accumulated wisdom from some of the brightest and most inspiring thinkers you’ll find. Yet for the young conservative eager to learn more about this tradition, choosing which books to read can be a daunting task. Most online lists of top conservative books contain familiar titles of classic tomes tha…

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126 – 40 Must-Read Conservative Books – Part 1 1:07:25

1y ago1:07:25

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The conservative tradition embodies centuries of accumulated wisdom from some of the brightest and most inspiring thinkers you’ll find. Yet for the young conservative eager to learn more about this tradition, choosing which books to read can be a daunting task. Most online lists of top conservative books contain familiar titles of classic tomes tha…

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125 – Braver Angels with Elizabeth Doll 1:12:19

1y ago1:12:19

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In response to America’s rapidly polarizing political divide a number of organizations have developed to try and turn down the heat. Braver Angels is the nation’s largest movement dedicated to bridging the partisan gap. Their website boasts that they are “equally balanced between conservatives and progressives at every level of leadership”. Back in…

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124 – The Unpopulists and the New Right with Shikha Dalmia 1:36:45

1y ago1:36:45

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Populism is on the rise today—or so we’re told. But what is populism? Is it something to be feared or should it only be concerning to those dastardly elites? Is populism a political movement of the Left or the Right? Is it only a phenomenon of the politics of today, or has populism existed in some form throughout our nation’s history? Does populism…

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Times of Deep Darkness 17:53

1y ago17:53

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We live in a time when a deep darkness is covering the earth, but we are called to see and recognize more, even amid the darkness. This podcast devotional looks at the idea of deep darkness described in scripture. It is a darkness so thick that, at times, it could even be felt. But within the darkness, there was God! That is the experiential realit…

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