When the angel appeared to the shepherds, he gave them five gold rings in the Christmas announcement. These five announcements ring true:
Fear Not

Good News
Great Joy
All People
A Savior

Celebrating Christmas with Isaiah: On the Fifth Day of Christmas (Audio)

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Do you believe in ghosts? The disciples may have. Upon seeing the resurrected Jesus, they wrongly assumed he was a ghost. This opens the door for Jesus to assure them(and us) that he has risen indeed. If Jesus has been raised, then death has been defeated, and we need not fear. Therefore, Jesus continues to ask "Why are you frightened?".

Why Are You Frightened?

A Doorway into a New Life

Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold. -W.B. Yeats, The Second Coming 
 In him all things hold together. He is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, The firstborn from the dead. -St. Paul, Colossians 1:17–18

The Wood Between the Worlds: The Center That Holds

Jesus Christ—the Logos made flesh—is the true icon of the living God. The world has at last truly seen God. And what is the climactic, definitive moment of God’s self-revelation in Christ? It’s the central event in the gospel story—the crucifixion. The cross is the pinnacle of divine self-disclosure.

The Wood Between the Worlds: God Revealed In Death

ABOUT THIS PODCAST Brian Zahnd, Cole Novak, and Jacob Taylor explore themes from the Lord of the Rings epic by J.R. Tolkien and more specifically how power should be handled by those who follow Christ. This episode continues conversation based on Brian's new book The Wood Between The Worlds: A Poetic Theology of the Cross. Follow for more episodes each Thursday in Lent. 
 GET THE BOOK - The Wood Between the Worlds by Brian Zahnd https://wolc.com/twbtw 
 


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Celebrating Christmas with Isaiah: On the Fifth Day of Christmas (Audio)

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