JB Shreve & the End of History

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 and philosophy far above the bickering polarization of this world. And what is most important is that He wants us to find it! 

This second part of JB Shreve & the End of History’s introduction to the politics of God contrasts the life and death politics of God’s Word against those of this world. In this episode, JB Shreve builds the framework that we will use for the rest of the podcast series when exploring different modern-day political issues and finding what the Word of God really says about them. 

Episode 2: Life and Death Politics – Show Notes

American Theocracy by Kevin Phillips 

The Dark and Dangerous Reality of Christian Nationalism(Free Video Series)

Politically Incorrect: Real Faith in an Era of Unreal Politics

Key Scripture from this episode

• Revelation 21:3-5
• Genesis 3:6
• Luke 4:5-8
• Exodus 19:3-6
• Exodus 20:1-2
• Deuteronomy 6:20-25
• 1 John 4:19
• John 15:12
• Hosea 6:6
• Leviticus 19:2
• Matthew 5:48

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The politics of this world, no matter the party, no matter the governing system, always turn to corruption and death. That is what scripture teaches us. The politics of God are something very different though, because they come from a different source. 

Listeners are invited to join us in this podcast series for an intriguing journey that will help you see scripture in a completely new light. Not only is the Word of God relevant to our political issues today, but God is also extremely interested in His people engaging with the world around them on the basis of His Truth. The Politics of God is neither Republican nor Democrat. It is the principles and ethics of a Kingdom that knows no end and never compromises with this fallen world. 

Episode 1 – The Politics of God - Show Notes 

History of the Christian Right Podcast Series

Politically Incorrect: Real Faith in an Era of Unreal Politics

The Faithful Spy: Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Key Scriptures from this Episode

• Daniel 1:17-21
• Matthew 5:21-24
• John 3:6-8
• John 6:63
• Romans 8:5-7
• Hebrews 12:25-29

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In our Six Years That Made the Modern Middle East podcast series, we come to 2003, the year of the US invasion of Iraq. This would be a game changer for the region, sending it over the edge and into the abyss of chaos. This episode looks at the Israel-Palestinian conflict, the intifada, and the peace process. We look at the rise of the mujahideen in Afghanistan and their spread to different conflicts throughout the world. Then we turn to the Iran-Iraq War in the 1980s and finally the cataclysmic US invasion of Iraq.

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In our next episode of the Six Years that Made the Middle East, we look at 1979. In the aftermath of the Six Days War, the 1970s saw the rise of a new element to the chaos we know today – extremist Islam. Far from common before 1979, most resistance and protest in the early decades of the modern Middle East  was performed through the framework of politics and political resistance. That changed in 1979.

This episode looks at the rise of Khomeini in Iran and the Islamic Revolution there. We see the rise of Arafat among the Palestinians, the war in Lebanon, the rise and fall of Sadat in Egypt, and more. This is part 4 in our series, The Six Years that Made the Middle East.

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In this episode, we look at the interwar period in the Middle East, the beginning of independent states, and the deliberate intentions of some European powers to foster dysfunctionality in these new nations that they previously ruled.

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In this episode you will encounter famous characters of history like Woodrow Wilson, TE Lawrence, Feisal Hussein, Lord Balfour, and more as we begin our journey through the six years that made the modern Middle East. 

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This final episode in our series looks at how the religious and Christian right lost its influence in America. Picking up with the culture wars in the 1990s and continuing through to today we look at how the years of greatest strength for the religious right ended up exposing massive vulnerabilities. This is where the religious right ends.

The end of the religious right was not about losing political struggles and battles. It was about political priorities overcoming the original values and principles that the members of the religious right believed in.

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