JB Shreve & the End of History
320 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 66 ratings...helping believers understand the chaos of the world around us.
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A Troubling Weekend – Daily Update
July 27, 2020 12:21JB Shreve & the End of History - truth based Christian insight on today’s global issues This is your July 27, 2020, Daily Update. The big things happening today you need to pay attention to. Follow the daily updates here. US Pandemic – July 27, 2020, Daily Update Across the country, eighteen states set single-day records in the last week. Thirteen states saw new highs on their seven-day average of confirmed coronavirus […] The post A Troubling Weekend – Daily Update appeared first on JB Sh...
Federal Forces in Portland – Intelligence Brief
July 24, 2020 11:59JB Shreve & the End of History - truth based Christian insight on today’s global issues This week’s Intelligence Brief looks at the facts, history, and reality of President Trump’s decision to deploy federal forces in Portland. Each week JB Shreve & the End of History provides an Intelligence Brief related to a hot topic (or something that should be a hot topic) in the news. These Intelligence Briefs include the […] The post Federal Forces in Portland – Intelligence Brief appeared first on...
4.1 Million American Cases
July 24, 2020 11:58JB Shreve & the End of History - truth based Christian insight on today’s global issues This is your July 24, 2020, Daily Update. The big things happening today you need to pay attention to. Follow the daily updates here. US Pandemic – July 24, 2020, Daily Update The US total confirmed case count has surpassed 4 million, doubling from 2 million only six weeks ago. The outbreak in the US is […] The post 4.1 Million American Cases appeared first on JB Shreve & the End of History.
Russian Interference the New Normal – Daily Update
July 22, 2020 12:46JB Shreve & the End of History - truth based Christian insight on today’s global issues This is your July 22, 2020, Daily Update. The big things happening today you need to pay attention to. Follow the daily updates here. Russian Interference A long-awaited report on Russian interference in the EU Referendum showed the UK badly underestimated the Russian threat. The report also suggests Russian interference is the new normal. US Pandemic […] The post Russian Interference the New Normal – D...
In Search of a Just World
July 21, 2020 12:04 - 16 minutes - 23.7 MBJB Shreve & the End of History - truth based Christian insight on today’s global issues The Just World phenomenon is a trick of the mind, which we all fall victim to. It helps us to explain the world around us in a way that is more comfortable, pleasing, and just than it really is. It is an illusion that we rely upon to make life more conducive to our sense […] The post In Search of a Just World appeared first on JB Shreve & the End of History.
UK and China – Daily Upate
July 21, 2020 11:02JB Shreve & the End of History - truth based Christian insight on today’s global issues This is your July 21, 2020, Daily Update. The big things happening today you need to pay attention to. Follow the daily updates here. UK and China The UK suspended its extradition treaty with Hong Kong in a move to signal disapproval of the new National Security Law recently passed by China there. The step was […] The post UK and China – Daily Upate appeared first on JB Shreve & the End of History.
Portland – Daily Update
July 20, 2020 12:12JB Shreve & the End of History - truth based Christian insight on today’s global issues This is your July 20, 2020, Daily Update. The big things happening today you need to pay attention to. Follow the daily updates here. Portland A widely circulated video last week showed uniformed men taking a man in all black into custody. Over the weekend, federal customs officials identified the agents as customs officials. The mayor […] The post Portland – Daily Update appeared first on JB Shreve & t...
Eradicating Disease
July 17, 2020 16:38JB Shreve & the End of History - truth based Christian insight on today’s global issues Plagued: Humanity’s History with Disease, Outbreaks, and Pandemics – Podcast Series – Part 7 We take for granted the giant leap humanity took over the course of the 20th century when it comes to healthcare and quality of life. In 1900 the average life expectancy was 48 years. Thirty percent of all deaths were children under the […] The post Eradicating Disease appeared first on JB Shreve & the End of Hi...
Timeline of the World Health Organization
July 17, 2020 16:12JB Shreve & the End of History - truth based Christian insight on today’s global issues This timeline of the World Health Organization and its history helps shine a light on the organization’s purpose and achievements. I referenced this timeline in the recent podcast episode Eradicating Disease part of our ongoing podcast series Plagued: Humanity’s History with Disease, Outbreaks, and Pandemics. 1851 – The first International Sanitary Conference convenes in Paris in response […] The post T...
Death Rate Climbs – Daily Update
July 17, 2020 11:40JB Shreve & the End of History - truth based Christian insight on today’s global issues This is your July 17, 2020, Daily Update. The big things happening today you need to pay attention to. Follow the daily updates here. US Pandemic Arkansas and Colorado issued statewide mandates to wear masks indoors. The governor of Georgia sued Atlanta for over the city’s facemask mandate. Florida’s center for emergency operations briefly shut down […] The post Death Rate Climbs – Daily Update appeare...
To Mask or Not to Mask – Daily Update
July 16, 2020 13:04JB Shreve & the End of History - truth based Christian insight on today’s global issues This is your July 16, 2020, Daily Update. The big things happening today you need to pay attention to. Follow the daily updates here. US Pandemic – July 16, 2020, Daily Update The Trump administration ordered American hospitals to bypass the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and send all COVID19 patient-related information to a […] The post To Mask or Not to Mask – Daily Update appeared f...
The Growing Darkness
July 15, 2020 12:50 - 11 minutes - 15.7 MBJB Shreve & the End of History - truth based Christian insight on today’s global issues All around us is evidence of growing darkness. Darkness is not just sin and wickedness. Darkness also means a lack of sight. A lack of clarity. It’s confusion. Disorientation. It’s great deception. It’s a place and time of fear. It’s yelling to be heard because you can’t tell if anyone is listening. It’s a decline […] The post The Growing Darkness appeared first on JB Shreve & the End of History.
3,000 Healthcare Workers – Daily Updates
July 15, 2020 11:08JB Shreve & the End of History - truth based Christian insight on today’s global issues This is your July 15, 2020, Daily Update. The big things happening today you need to pay attention to. Follow the daily updates here. US Pandemic Updates The US reported more than 900 COVID19 deaths yesterday. Alabama, Florida, and Utah reported single day records in their respective death counts. Overall the national trend suggests a […] The post 3,000 Healthcare Workers – Daily Updates appeared firs...
Re-closing – Daily Update
July 14, 2020 12:17JB Shreve & the End of History - truth based Christian insight on today’s global issues This is your July 14, 2020, Daily Update. The big things happening today you need to pay attention to. Follow the daily updates here. US Pandemic – July 14, 2020, Daily Update Nationwide the US reported more than 57,000 new cases yesterday. The nation’s coronavirus death toll climbed to more than 132,000. California rolled back the […] The post Re-closing – Daily Update appeared first on JB Shreve & the...
States of Emergency – Daily Update
July 13, 2020 09:30JB Shreve & the End of History - truth based Christian insight on today’s global issues This is your July 13, 2020, Daily Update. The big things happening today you need to pay attention to. Follow the daily updates here. US Pandemic – July 13, 2020, Daily Update For the first time since April, COVID19 deaths are rising nationally in the US. The US set a record for newly diagnosed cases for […] The post States of Emergency – Daily Update appeared first on JB Shreve & the End of History.
3.1 Million US Cases – Daily Updates
July 09, 2020 05:54JB Shreve & the End of History - truth based Christian insight on today’s global issues This is your July 9, 2020, Daily Update. The big things happening today you need to pay attention to. Follow the daily updates here. US Pandemic – July 9, 2020, Daily Update Total US cases passed 3 million yesterday. The US also has more than 134,000 deaths and easily ranks as the hardest hit point of […] The post 3.1 Million US Cases – Daily Updates appeared first on JB Shreve & the End of History.
Bolsonaro Positive – Daily Update
July 08, 2020 12:55JB Shreve & the End of History - truth based Christian insight on today’s global issues This is your July 8, 2020, Daily Update. The big things happening today you need to pay attention to. Follow the daily updates here. Global Pandemic – July 8, 2020, Daily Update President Bolsonaro of Brazil tested positive for the coronavirus on Tuesday. Bolsonaro previously dismissed the virus as a “little cold.” He also refused to […] The post Bolsonaro Positive – Daily Update appeared first on JB Sh...
COVID19 Growing in Africa – Daily Update
July 07, 2020 12:52JB Shreve & the End of History - truth based Christian insight on today’s global issues This is your July 7, 2020, Daily Update. The big things happening today you need to pay attention to. Follow the daily updates here. Global Pandemic – July 7, 2020, Daily Update Compared to nations leading the way in new coronavirus case counts, the continent of Africa hosts a proportionally small amount of the world’s total. […] The post COVID19 Growing in Africa – Daily Update appeared first on JB Shr...
American Concerns – Daily Update
July 06, 2020 12:19JB Shreve & the End of History - truth based Christian insight on today’s global issues This is your July 6, 2020, Daily Update. The big things happening today you need to pay attention to. Follow the daily updates here. US Pandemic – July 6, 2020, Daily Update The US total coronavirus case count will cross 3 million today. Meanwhile, the surge in new cases hits two weeks this week. To date, […] The post American Concerns – Daily Update appeared first on JB Shreve & the End of History.
Freedom, Face Masks, and Lawlessness
July 03, 2020 13:45 - 20 minutes - 28.7 MBJB Shreve & the End of History - truth based Christian insight on today’s global issues In today’s podcast devotional JB Shreve looks at the themes of freedom inherent to our July 4th weekend and traditions and a biblical perspective of freedom. Most of our notions about freedom and liberty are not actually related to freedom at all. They are lawlessness. The Bible speaks clearly about God’s will for freedom in […] The post Freedom, Face Masks, and Lawlessness appeared first on JB Shreve &...
Breaking Records – Daily Update
July 03, 2020 13:07JB Shreve & the End of History - truth based Christian insight on today’s global issues This is your July 3, 2020, Daily Update. The big things happening today you need to pay attention to. Follow the daily updates here. US Pandemic For the third day in a row, the US set a new reporting record with more than 53,000 coronavirus cases yesterday. Thirteen states broke their new case records since Sunday. […] The post Breaking Records – Daily Update appeared first on JB Shreve & the End of His...
50,000 In One Day – Daily Update
July 02, 2020 13:10JB Shreve & the End of History - truth based Christian insight on today’s global issues This is your July 2, 2020, Daily Update. The big things happening today you need to pay attention to. Follow the daily updates here. US Pandemic The US set a single-day record for new cases for the fifth time in a week on Wednesday. More than 50,000 new cases reported across the country yesterday. Increasingly, governments […] The post 50,000 In One Day – Daily Update appeared first on JB Shreve & the E...
Wrong Direction – Daily Update
July 01, 2020 13:28JB Shreve & the End of History - truth based Christian insight on today’s global issues This is your July 1, 2020, Daily Update. The big things happening today you need to pay attention to. Follow the daily updates here. US Pandemic – July 1, 2020, Daily Update Eight states reported single day reporting records for new cases: Alaska, Arizona, California, Georgia, Idaho, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Texas. The states of California […] The post Wrong Direction – Daily Update appeared first...
The Journey and the Name
June 30, 2020 13:08 - 22 minutes - 30.7 MBJB Shreve & the End of History - truth based Christian insight on today’s global issues The world is getting darker, more perplexing, more frustrating, more anxious. In the midst of all of that, there is hope. There is a design for how believers should live their life. There is a course for us to follow. In today’s podcast devotional we look at the Journey and the Name, the fundamental components […] The post The Journey and the Name appeared first on JB Shreve & the End of History.
Moves in China – Daily Update
June 30, 2020 11:10JB Shreve & the End of History - truth based Christian insight on today’s global issues This is your June 30, 2020, Daily Update. The big things happening today you need to pay attention to. Follow the daily updates here. China and Hong Kong China passed a sweeping security law regarding Hong Kong that many believe will drastically alter Hong Kong’s freedoms and way of life. The new law criminalizes secession, […] The post Moves in China – Daily Update appeared first on JB Shreve & the E...
500,000 Deaths – Daily Update
June 29, 2020 10:42JB Shreve & the End of History - truth based Christian insight on today’s global issues This is your June 29, 2020, Daily Update. The things happening today you need to pay attention to. Follow the daily updates here. Pakistan Gunmen stormed the Pakistani Stock Exchange in Karachi, Monday morning. The attackers used grenades to break through the gate and shot several people. The exact number of victims is not yet known. […] The post 500,000 Deaths – Daily Update appeared first on JB Shreve...
Biggest Week Yet – Daily Update
June 26, 2020 13:30JB Shreve & the End of History - truth based Christian insight on today’s global issues This is your June 26, 2020, Daily Update. Follow the daily updates here. Pandemic – June 26, 2020, Daily Update Health officials in the US say the country reached its biggest weak of new cases since the start of the pandemic this week. Cases are rising in 29 US states. For the second day in a […] The post Biggest Week Yet – Daily Update appeared first on JB Shreve & the End of History.
Practicing the Presence of God
June 25, 2020 13:08 - 23 minutes - 32.9 MBJB Shreve & the End of History - truth based Christian insight on today’s global issues In the course of life, many of us take different approaches to our faith and pursuit of God. In today’s podcast devotional JB Shreve looks at three of those approaches and the one he considers the better way. It is called practicing the presence of God. Life is a journey and if our destination brings […] The post Practicing the Presence of God appeared first on JB Shreve & the End of History.
Back to the Peak – Daily Update
June 25, 2020 10:52JB Shreve & the End of History - truth based Christian insight on today’s global issues This is your June 25, 2020, Daily Update. Follow the daily updates here. US Pandemic Twenty-six states reported increases in average daily cases yesterday. It was the largest day of newly reported cases since April in the United States at more than 38,000. Seven states have now surpassed 100,000 confirmed cases each – New York, New […] The post Back to the Peak – Daily Update appeared first on JB Shreve...
Texas Size Outbreak – Daily Update
June 24, 2020 10:51JB Shreve & the End of History - truth based Christian insight on today’s global issues This is your June 24, 2020, Daily Update. Follow the daily updates here. US Pandemic Arizona, Arkansas, California, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas reported record high coronavirus hospitalizations on Tuesday. As new cases continue to surge in the US, Texas is approaching a 9% positive test rate. Much of the state’s surge in new […] The post Texas Size Outbreak – Daily Update appear...
When Everything Is Shaken
June 23, 2020 12:36 - 16 minutes - 22.7 MBJB Shreve & the End of History - truth based Christian insight on today’s global issues Growing unrest, division, chaos, and crisis surrounds us. In the midst of these moments, we are reminded we were made to live in these times. God promised that everything that can be shaken will be shaken. In today’s podcast devotional JB Shreve looks at God’s Biblical promise and purpose to shake the earth and the […] The post When Everything Is Shaken appeared first on JB Shreve & the End of History.
Not Well – Daily Update
June 23, 2020 10:39JB Shreve & the End of History - truth based Christian insight on today’s global issues This is your June 23, 2020, Daily Update. Follow the daily updates here. Pandemic As the world recorded 183,000 new coronavirus cases on Sunday, the US held 20% of these. The US holds only 4.3% of the world’s population. Yesterday the US surpassed all European nations combined in total confirmed cases. Leaders and officials at state […] The post Not Well – Daily Update appeared first on JB Shreve & the ...
183,000 New Cases – Daily Update
June 22, 2020 10:53JB Shreve & the End of History - truth based Christian insight on today’s global issues This is your June 22, 2020, Daily Update. Follow the daily updates here. More than 30,000 new coronavirus cases reported across the US Friday. It was the highest day for new cases in the US since May 1. The state of Florida is nearing 100,000 coronavirus cases. Florida is the location of several popular culture and […] The post 183,000 New Cases – Daily Update appeared first on JB Shreve & the End of Hi...
Which Lives Matter – Podcast Devotional
June 19, 2020 12:37 - 17 minutes - 24.7 MBJB Shreve & the End of History - truth based Christian insight on today’s global issues Which lives matter? This is the question JB Shreve looks at in today’s podcast devotional as he examines the origins of our focus on self and individualism came from. This is the basis for the nation-state system and countless systems of injustice in the world today. It is not the design of God. Now the […] The post Which Lives Matter – Podcast Devotional appeared first on JB Shreve & the End of History.
Juneteenth – Daily Update
June 19, 2020 11:58JB Shreve & the End of History - truth based Christian insight on today’s global issues This is your June 19, 2020, Daily Update. Follow the daily updates here. Today is Juneteenth, a holiday that marks the end of African American slavery in the US. Activists have planned protests, speeches, and events across the country. Al Sharpton will attend an event in Tulsa, Oklahoma, one day before President Trump’s campaign event in […] The post Juneteenth – Daily Update appeared first on JB Shreve...
Human Rights Appeal – Daily Update
June 18, 2020 11:48JB Shreve & the End of History - truth based Christian insight on today’s global issues This is your June 18, 2020, Daily Update. Follow the daily updates here. The brother of Floyd George spoke before the United Nations Human Rights Council on Wednesday. He asked the United Nations to investigate the killing of black people by police in the United States. The testimony represented a historic appeal before the international body […] The post Human Rights Appeal – Daily Update appeared firs...
New Records – Daily Update
June 17, 2020 13:46JB Shreve & the End of History - truth based Christian insight on today’s global issues This is your June 17, 2020, Daily Update. Follow the daily updates here. US Pandemic Florida recorded a new daily high yesterday with over 2,700 newly confirmed coronavirus cases. Texas (2,622) and Arizona (2,392) also set new records with daily confirmed coronavirus cases. A total of nine states saw either single-day record highs in their newly […] The post New Records – Daily Update appeared first on ...
The Search for Meaning – Podcast Devotional
June 16, 2020 12:15 - 26 minutes - 36.7 MBJB Shreve & the End of History - truth based Christian insight on today’s global issues In the face of the growing chaos and crisis in the earth, we have choices before us regarding how we respond and who we become. The search for meaning is the search to find where we fit into the chaos and how we rise above it. We know that we have passed from death to […] The post The Search for Meaning – Podcast Devotional appeared first on JB Shreve & the End of History.
Tensions in Asia – Daily Update
June 16, 2020 09:38JB Shreve & the End of History - truth based Christian insight on today’s global issues This is your June 16, 2020, Daily Update. Follow the daily updates here. Asia Tensions between North and South Korea have escalated for weeks. As North Korea’s leader Kim Jung-un disappeared from the public once again, his sister Kim Yo-Jung has increased both the rhetoric and the tensions. When defector groups in the south sent messages […] The post Tensions in Asia – Daily Update appeared first on JB ...
Deep Internal Crisis – Daily Update
June 15, 2020 10:44JB Shreve & the End of History - truth based Christian insight on today’s global issues This is your June 15, 2020, Daily Update. Follow the daily updates here. Pandemic in the US A prominent epidemiologist said on Fox News Sunday, “The virus is not going to rest until it infects 60 to 70 percent of the country’s population.” Health experts say the virus will be a concern in the country for […] The post Deep Internal Crisis – Daily Update appeared first on JB Shreve & the End of History.
Back to the Garden
June 12, 2020 12:52 - 22 minutes - 31.7 MBJB Shreve & the End of History - truth based Christian insight on today’s global issues We are taught to understand the protests and rising unrest throughout the country through a political or cultural framework. The reality is far more fundamental to what it means to be human. Each of us has an internal sense that we were meant for more than this, that we have greater value. The world around […] The post Back to the Garden appeared first on JB Shreve & the End of History.
Autonomous Zone – Daily Update
June 12, 2020 11:48JB Shreve & the End of History - truth based Christian insight on today’s global issues This is your June 12, 2020, Daily Update. Follow the daily updates here. Global Pandemic June 12, 2020, Daily Update The number of cases in Africa doubled in the last 18 days to more than 200,000, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Concern remains that these numbers, like the reported numbers in countries throughout the […] The post Autonomous Zone – Daily Update appeared first on JB Shre...
We Are Broken
June 10, 2020 11:53 - 21 minutes - 29.3 MBJB Shreve & the End of History - truth based Christian insight on today’s global issues Whole people are not racist. Whole people are not fearful. Whole people do not hate. The system of life we live in today thrives off the brokenness of fearful human beings. This is not the way God meant for us to live. In today’s podcast devotional JB Shreve looks at the reality that life pushes […] The post We Are Broken appeared first on JB Shreve & the End of History.
Skyrocketing Cases in India – Daily Update
June 10, 2020 09:55JB Shreve & the End of History - truth based Christian insight on today’s global issues This is your June 10, 2020, Daily Update. Follow the daily updates here. Global Pandemic June 10, 2020, Daily Update Cases continue to grow in India. Mumbai, the financial capital of the country, is setting itself apart as the worst-hit area of India. Mumbai surpassed 51,000 confirmed cases that take it beyond Wuhan, the center of […] The post Skyrocketing Cases in India – Daily Update appeared first on...
Recession – Daily Update
June 09, 2020 10:47JB Shreve & the End of History - truth based Christian insight on today’s global issues This is your June 9, 2020, Daily Update. Follow the daily updates here. The National Bureau of Economic Research announced the US economy officially entered a recession beginning in February. No one was surprised by that announcement in light of the unprecedented economic shutdown to protect the country from the pandemic. The real question is, how […] The post Recession – Daily Update appeared first on...
Beware the Mob
June 08, 2020 12:00 - 17 minutes - 24.8 MBJB Shreve & the End of History - truth based Christian insight on today’s global issues In today’s podcast devotional, Beware the Mob, JB Shreve looks at the growth of protests across the country in the last two weeks. Is this really the solution to injustice? Is this really the path to finding light in the midst of darkness? We live in times of extremism. All around us are extreme crises, extreme […] The post Beware the Mob appeared first on JB Shreve & the End of History.
Further Apart – Daily Update
June 08, 2020 10:26JB Shreve & the End of History - truth based Christian insight on today’s global issues This is your June 8, 2020, Daily Update. Follow the daily updates here. Protests in the US Around the country, cities began lifting curfews over the weekend. National Guard troops continued to withdraw. The protests continue, but the drama of the first ten days since the death of George Floyd appears to be subsiding. Even while […] The post Further Apart – Daily Update appeared first on JB Shreve & the...
A Righteous Nation
June 04, 2020 12:24 - 16 minutes - 22.7 MBJB Shreve & the End of History - truth based Christian insight on today’s global issues In today’s podcast devotional JB Shreve looks at the idea of a “righteous nation.” He examines what scripture says about a nation that is walking in line to God’s will for comparison to many of our assumptions. For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me […] The post A Righteous Nation appeared first on JB Shreve & the End of History.
Winding Down – Daily Update
June 04, 2020 11:38JB Shreve & the End of History - truth based Christian insight on today’s global issues This is your June 4, 2020, Daily Update. Follow the daily updates here. Protests across the country continued to trend toward a more peaceful tone than experienced at the beginning of the week. Conflict and violence continued in New Orleans, Los Angeles, and other major cities. Three police officers serving on the anti-looting patrol in New […] The post Winding Down – Daily Update appeared first on JB ...
Posse Comitatus – Daily Update
June 02, 2020 12:09JB Shreve & the End of History - truth based Christian insight on today’s global issues This is your June 2, 2020, Daily Update. Follow the daily updates here. A sense of “meltdown” continues across the United States. Protests, often violent, and looting persists in major cities. The Federal Bureau of Prisons instituted a temporary national lockdown in response to the protests. The pattern of the protests has developed a level of […] The post Posse Comitatus – Daily Update appeared first ...