Word of Life Church Podcast

By Pastor Brian Zahnd

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Word of Life Church in St. Joseph, Missouri is a thriving non-denominational church led by Pastor Brian & Peri Zahnd. We are followers of Jesus seeking to be an authentic expression of the kingdom of Jesus in the twenty-first century. Additional sermon audio and other resources are available on our church website.

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In The Beginning: Finding J...

10.18.2020

Jacob is the patriarch whom God later named Israel. It's through Jacob that “Israel” enters the Bible story. Jacob’s life embodies the story of Israel that reaches its fulfillment in Jesus Christ. As Jacob became Israel, so Jesus became Israel ...

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10.18.2020 In The Beginning: Finding Jesus In Genesis: Jacob (Audio) Jacob is the patriarch whom God later named Israel. It's through Jacob that “Israel” enters the Bible story. Jacob’s life embodies the story of Israel that reaches its fulfillment in Jesus Christ. As Jacob became Israel, so Jesus became Israel ...
10.11.2020 In The Beginning: Finding Jesus In Genesis: Isaac (Audio) We look for Jesus in the story of Isaac, because as Christians that is how we read the Bible. Issac is the son of promise. Jesus is the fulfillment of all the promises of God. Isaac is the son of ...
10.04.2020 In The Beginning: Finding Jesus In Genesis: Abraham (Audio) In his many adventures Abraham constantly encountered Christ in some way. Abraham encountered Christ in the Voice that called him out Ur of the Chaldees and into the land of Canaan. In the foreshadowing of Melchizedek king of Salem who ...
09.27.2020 In The Beginning: Finding Jesus In Genesis: Noah (Audio) Jesus is the Ark that carries the Cosmos away from corruption and into God’s new creation. Just as there was a door placed in the side of the Ark for access to salvation, so the side of Jesus was pierced ...
09.20.2020 In The Beginning: Finding Jesus In Genesis: Adam (Audio) Where do we find Jesus in Genesis in relation to Adam? We find Jesus as a new Adam who gives humanity a new original ancestor. We find Jesus in the Seed of the Woman who crushes the head of the ...
09.13.2020 In The Beginning: Finding Jesus In Genesis: Creation (Audio) If we read the Old Testament as only predating Christ instead of deeply anticipating and foreseeing Christ, we have failed to read it in a Christian manner. But when we see Christ as the Creator, as the New Adam, as ...
09.06.2020 Finding God In the Music: John Brown (Audio) John Brown went off to war to fight on a foreign shoreHis mama sure was proud of him!He stood so straight and tall in his uniform and allHis mama’s face broke out into a grin“Oh son, you look so fine, ...
08.30.2020 Finding God In The Music: Call Me Rose (Audio) My name was Richard Nixon only now I'm a girlYou wouldn't know it but I used to be the king of the worldCompared to last time I look like I've hit the skidsLiving in the project with my two little ...
08.23.2020 Finding God in The Music: Wooden Heart (Audio) We're all born to broken people on their most honest day of livingAnd since that first breath we'll need grace that we've never givenI've been haunted by standard red devils and white ghostsAnd it's not only when these eyes...
08.16.2020 Finding God In The Music: Woodstock (Audio) Well, I came upon a child of GodHe was walking along the roadAnd I asked him, tell me, where are you goingThis he told meSaid, I'm going down to Yasgur's FarmGonna join in a rock and roll bandGot to get ...
08.09.2020 Finding God In The Music: You Were There (Audio) Saw a man's home, a box made of cardboardFrozen to the bone, can't take much moreHe says Lord I need help here, send me a strong handTo lift me from the street, help me to standI've been forgotten, been forsakenPoisoned ...
08.02.2020 Finding God In The Music: The Logical Song - Supertramp (Audio) When I was young, it seemed that life was so wonderfulA miracle, oh it was beautiful, magicalAnd all the birds in the trees, well they'd be singing so happilyJoyfully, playfully watching meBut then they send me away to teach me ...
07.26.2020 No Ordinary Time: A New Hope (Audio) When things become unsettled, we typically look for some kind of change, something new, but what we need right now is not a new car, a new job, a new spouse, a new church, or a new country. What we ...
07.19.2020 No Ordinary Time: What To Do On the Worst Day of Your Life (Audio) When David returned to his home in Ziklag, he encountered disaster -- he had lost everything. His house had burned down, his possessions had all been stolen, his family had been kidnapped. What do you do on a day like ...
07.12.2020 No Ordinary Time: The God Who Speaks (Audio) The living God is the God who speaks. This God who knows you, loves you, and calls you by name, will speak to you. You can learn to discern the voice of God. And this is a wonderful thing, because ...
07.05.2020 No Ordinary Time: For the Weary and Worn (Audio) We live in a moment when almost everyone feels weary and worn. Too much has come at us too fast. We are facing no less than four crises at once: A public health crisis; an economic crisis; a political crisis; ...
06.28.2020 No Ordinary Time: The Word From Heaven (Audio) When I begin to feel pessimistic about the way things are in the world, I remember that the world will be saved, because God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the ...
06.21.2020 No Ordinary Time: Scandalous Joy (Audio) To cultivate joy that is not dependent upon acquisition or events is deeply Christian.‬ It also subverts the powers who want to control everything, including our joy. The powers want to dictate when and why we can rejoice, and then ...
06.14.2020 No Ordinary Time: Return of the Exiles (Audio) One of the most important stories in the history of Israel is the story of their exile in Babylon. Israel's experience with exile informs so much of the Bible that its importance cannot not be overemphasized. The story of exile ...
06.07.2020 No Ordinary Time: No Ordinary Time (Audio) The life of discipleship (which is to say the Christian life) is a life of obedience to Jesus. When the church lets decisions replace discipleship, we drift into nominal Christianity.
05.31.2020 The Eternal Church (Audio) This church and that church may come and go with the tides of time, but the Church, built upon the foundation of the revelation that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God, will outlast the gates of ...
05.24.2020 The Only Foundation (Audio) The foundation for Christian faith is the revelation of Jesus Christ; not the Church, not the Bible. The revelation of Jesus is where our faith begins and it cannot begin anywhere else. The Church and the Bible are essential, but ...
05.17.2020 A Tale of Two Psalms (Audio) “The Psalms are not for those whose life is one of uninterrupted equilibrium. Such people should stay safely in the book of Proverbs.” –Walter Brueggemann In the world of the king, in the safe confines of the palace, just reward ...
05.10.2020 The Quarantine Sermons: The Way To The Father's House (Audio) When Jesus says he’s the way, he means he’s the way to Father’s House. And what is the Father’s House? It’s the House of Love. We constantly have to choose between the House of Fear and the House of Love.
05.03.2020 The Quarantine Sermons: Living the 23rd Psalm A Conversation with Brian & Peri Zahnd (Audio) On their 40th wedding anniversary Brian and Peri Zahnd talk about a life of following Jesus together.
04.26.2020 New Eyes and Burning Hearts (Audio) Have you ever said goodbye to a hero?Have you ever had to lay away your dreams?Have you ever been so lonely that a stranger is your best friend?Then you'll know what I mean So this is our highway to heavenOur ...
04.19.2020 Not Abandoned To Hades (Audio) When Jesus died his soul descended to hell, Hades, Sheol, the realm of the dead. But Jesus did not enter Hades as a captive, Jesus invaded Hades as a conqueror. Because Jesus is fully human, he could die and descend ...
04.12.2020 The Resurrection of the Dead Ones (Audio) The resurrection of Jesus Christ is not just a one-off personal victory for Jesus. The resurrection of Jesus Christ has cosmic implications -- new heavens and new earth! The resurrection of Jesus Christ is the event that guarantees the resurrection ...
04.05.2020 The Lenten Journey: A Palm Sunday Promise (Audio) Coming from the Mount of Olives, Jesus not only entered Jerusalem from the opposite direction than the Roman governor, but in the opposite manner. Instead of riding a warhorse like Pilate and all the warhorse riders throughout history, Jesus rides ...
03.29.2020 The Lenten Journey: "Now Is My Soul Troubled" (Audio) On three occasions in Galilee, Jesus foretold his death by crucifixion. But in Jerusalem, a few days before his death, Jesus talked about the meaning of his crucifixion. We cannot attempt to understand the meaning of the crucifixion without paying...
03.22.2020 The Lenten Journey: Love In the Time of Coronavirus (Audio) In the time of coronavirus the question isn't who can we blame, the question is how we can love and who can we help. We don't know what's going to happen, but we know we're not abandoned. We can't control ...
03.15.2020 The Lenten Journey: At the Well... Again (Audio) We find ourselves here again at the the well in Samaria. This sermon invites us into the story of the woman at the well with a fresh perspective and a daunting challenge. Are we willing to see this woman as ...
03.08.2020 The Lenten Journey: The Brightness of Jesus (Audio) At the Transfiguration the disciples had a powerful encounter with the brightness of Jesus in his divine glory. During the season of Lent we can let the brightness of Jesus shine into some of the dark places of our hearts. ...
03.01.2020 The Lenten Journey: Suddenly Angels (Audio) In speaking of the devil I mean something, though not precisely, like this: Experiences of evil and pressure toward evil that become disturbingly present in our lived experience. We all have these experiences with evil from time to time, and ...
02.23.2020 The Lenten Journey: Journey To The Center of Salvation (Audio) During Lent we follow Jesus from Galilee to Good Friday in Jerusalem. It’s a journey to the center of salvation. That the cross is the center of salvation is a confession all Christians can agree on, but precisely how the ...
02.16.2020 From Secret Place To Public Space (Audio)
02.09.2020 Salt & Light (Audio) Jesus who is the light of the world says that we are salt and light. As salt, Jesus is sprinkling us throughout the earth that we might provide moral flavor and preserve society from collapsing in on itself due to ...
02.02.2020 MONEY: The Apostles and Money (Audio) Moses says if Israel is going truly be the people of God they must have a different economy.The Prophets say worship is meaningless if it doesn't affect how we make and spend our money.Jesus says love of money is the ...
01.26.2020 MONEY: Jesus and Money (Audio) The interesting thing about Jesus and money is that he really doesn't say anything other than what Moses had already said. What Jesus does is call his followers to take seriously what Moses said about money and to live according ...
01.19.2020 MONEY: The Prophets and Money (Audio) “True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar; it is not haphazard and superficial. It comes to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring. A true revolution of values will soon look uneasily on the ...
01.12.2020 MONEY: Moses and Money (Audio) Other than God himself, the Bible talks more about money than any other topic. We cannot separate our relationship with God from how we think about, how we make, and how we spend our money!
01.05.2020 Celebrating Christmas with Isaiah: The Portent of the Magi (Audio) A portent is a sign that anticipates a momentous event. Isaiah’s Arise, Shine song is a portent of the three kings who came from the East bearing gifts to pay homage to the Christ child. But the event itself — ...
12.29.2019 Celebrating Christmas with Isaiah: On the Fifth Day of Christmas (Audio) 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
12.22.2019 Waiting for Christmas with Isaiah: Deep as Hell, High as Heaven (Audio) It’s only by reading the Scriptures in the light of Christ that we get their full meaning. No one could have “predicted” that Messiah would be born of virgin from Isaiah 7. But once we are told that Messiah was ...
12.15.2019 Waiting on Christmas with Isaiah: Here is Your God (Audio) Advent is for waiting. As we tell the story of redemption through the church calendar we begin our telling of the sacred story, not with doing, not with celebrating, but with waiting — waiting for God to act.
12.08.2019 Waiting on Christmas with Isaiah: When the Lion Lays Down with the Lamb (Audio) Isaiah envisions a day when a Messianic king will rule in righteousness, causing the beastly to be converted and to live humanely with the most vulnerable in society. It's the glorious day when the lion lays down with the lamb.
12.01.2019 Waiting For Christmas With Isaiah: In the Light of Christ (Audio) Jesus Christ is the light that enlightens every person. In the light of Christ we know that narcissism is a deformity of the soul because in the life of Jesus we see self-sacrifice. In the light of Christ we know ...
11.24.2019 Job: A Blameless Victim Part 3 (Audio) When you are grieving and in great pain, pour out your lamentation to God, but hold on to your ticket. Remember that life is a precious gift, affirm the goodness of creation, love every leaf and every grain of sand, ...
11.17.2019 Job: A Blameless Victim Part 2 (Audio) When we encounter tragedy, the question is not, Who can we blame? The question is, How can we help? If the framing question in tragedy is, Who can we blame?, then we end up doing the work of the devil. ...
11.10.2019 Job: A Blameless Victim Part 1 (Audio) The Book of Job exposes the satanic practice of blame. The book presents a test to the reader: Can the reader hold onto what God says about Job — that Job was blameless. Most readers cannot. Eventually they are seduced ...

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