The Yearning
Paul's great yearning is to know Christ. Of course, Paul knows Christ. He met him on the Damascus Road. He preached him for thirty years. Bu...
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Word of Life Church Podcast
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 k...
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Two Sons, Two Kingdoms
What does the story of Absalom have to do with Jesus and the cross? In this sermon we explore the striking parallels between two sons of Dav...
Jonah, Jesus, And The Belly Of The Whale
What happens when we receive God’s mercy but struggle to extend that same mercy to others? The story of Jonah shows how easily disappointmen...
No Man Is an Island
No Man Is an Island No man is an island, Entire of itself; Every man is a piece of the continent, A part of the main. Any man’s death dimini...
Love Alone Is Credible
"Love alone is credible; nothing else can be believed, and nothing else ought to be believed." –Hans Urs von Balthasar
COEXIST (I Will Bless The Lord At All Times?)
COEXIST (I Will Bless The Lord At All Times?) U2 "Am I the best or the worst or the worst of the best?" she sang Ice cream smile wide as a m...
Kansas City
Kansas City The New Basement Tapes I listen to you time and time again While you tell me just what's right And you tell me a thousand things...
Into the Mystic
Into The Mystic Van Morrison We were born before the wind Also, younger than the sun 'Ere the bonnie boat was won As we sailed into the myst...
Thrasher
Thrasher Neil Young They were hiding behind hay bales They were planting in the full moon They had given all they had for something new But...
I'm A Song
I'm A Song Stephen Wilson Jr. I'm the showman in San Antonio Middle of the rodeo Daddy's hand that you used to hold When you'd walk back to...
In the Company of Angels
As we travel the paths of unseen existences in our long pilgrimage through life, we do so in the company of angels.
Depart from Me
"Every one of us is shadowed by an illusory person: a false self. This is the man that I want myself to be but who cannot exist, because God...
The Tears of Jesus
Our pilgrim journey through life need not be one of constant sorrow, but from time to time our earthly sojourn will pass through a vale of t...
Dazzle Gradually
Tell all the truth but tell it slant— Success in Circuit lies Too bright for our infirm Delight The Truth’s superb surprise As Lightning to...
Under the Stars
"Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to...
Under the Fig Tree
Jesus is the ladder uniting heaven and earth. He is the Son of Man and the heavenly man who unites the seen and unseen. He is the incarnate...
Under the Oaks
The Old Testament reading for this Sunday is the enigmatic story of Abraham and his three mysterious guests while he was living in tents und...
Mercy, Not Religion
The single best way to evaluate the practice of religion is to ask these two questions: Does it prioritize mercy over judgment? Does it make...
The Forgotten God
We tend to forget about the Holy Spirit. It's helpful to understand the Holy Spirit in the context of the Trinity. To do so, often people re...
Between Pentecost and Parousia
In explaining the remarkable events of Pentecost, the apostle Peter said that this is what the prophet Joel foretold would happen in the las...