What happens when we dust off our Bibles?

Mary Cassian points us to the story of King Josiah for the answer.

The king stands and he reads the word of God aloud.

It was time to pull it out of the dusty corner and place it back center stage.

Josiah led the entire nation in renewing their covenant with God.

And then he launched one of the most sweeping religious reforms in the nation's history.

This is the Reviver Hearts podcast with Nancy DeMas Walgamuth, author of Holiness, The Heart God Purifies.

For November 10, 2025, I'm Dana Gresh.

One of our younger team members told me about a song that came out recently by a singer and songwriter named Josiah Queen.

The song is called Dusty Bibles.

Hmm. I want to read to you some of the lyrics from the chorus.

He sings, We've Got Dust on our Bibles, brand new iPhones.

No wonder why we feel this way. We walk with our eyes closed, blind,

leading blind folks, and I'm done with those idols and dusty Bibles. Well, we don't want to be

women with dusty Bibles, do we? This young man, I think, is on to something. I also think his name, Josiah, is particularly

fitting today. Last month at the True Woman conference, my good friend Mary Cassian, gave a message

about another Josiah, or as Mary, our Canadian friend calls him, Josiah. Josiah, or Josiah,

is a king we read about in Second Chronicles 34. He was the king who

recovered God's word, who brought it back to the center of life in Judah, and the result was powerful.

Mary is a longtime friend of Revive Our Hearts.

In fact, she has spoken at every True Woman conference since the very first one in 2008.

She's written many books and Bible studies.

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