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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 kingdom of Jesus in the twenty-first century. Additional sermon audio and other resources are available on our church website at wolc.com.

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Finding God In The Music | 2023: Monsters Aug 20, 2023

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Monsters

Dave Matthews Band

Broke old toy soldiers lined up one, two, three

Little kid and everything I did just to save my paper queen

'Cause love won't let me go

Yeah, no army's gonna save my soul

'Cause love won't let me go

Nothing in the closet

Nothing underneath the bed

Just the monsters in your head

I hear strange voices at every step I take

No, you can't cross the ocean if you can't get past the break

Even if fear don't put you down

Won't you lean on me while I'm around

Oh, no rope to hang the dead

No line to save the drowning man

Just the monsters in your head

Nothing in the closet

Nothing underneath the bed

Just the monsters in your head

See killer's eyes and painted faces

The Devil wants your soul, but Jesus saves

Traffic jam is an angry maze

The Devil wants your soul, but Jesus saves

Chutes and ladders, pick-up sticks

Counting cars and counting bricks

Driving past the ol' five-and-dime

Can't get nothin' for a nickel since a long, long time

I won't let you down

Nothing in the closet

Nothing underneath your bed

Just the monsters in your head

No rope to hang the dead

No line to save the drowning man

Just the monsters in your head

Love won't let you go

Eastertide 2023: Help From The Sanctuary May 14, 2023

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The Holy Trinity is a sanctuary of perfect love where there is never any fear, discord, or sorrow. It is from this sanctuary that the the Holy Spirit is sent as the Paraclete—the one who comes alongside to help us.

Eastertide 2023: A Lovely Coda Apr 23, 2023

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John the Evangelist originally concluded his Gospel with chapter twenty. But sometime later, perhaps to affirm the leadership of Peter and to dispel a rumor about himself, John wrote and additional chapter -- a chapter that can be described as a lovely coda.

Lent 2023: The Third Temptation Feb 26, 2023

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On the first Sunday in Lent the lectionary takes us to the wilderness temptation of Christ. As Jesus prayed and fasted forty days in preparation to launch his ministry—a ministry that would announce and enact the arrival of the kingdom of God— he was beset with three satanic temptations. The first two temptations involved misuse of miraculous powers. But it was the final temptation that was the most insidious of all: the temptation to receive political dominion over the kingdoms of the world in exchange for bowing down to the devil. The third temptation deserves special attention, not only because it was the most sinister, but because it is the temptation that has beguiled and beleaguered the church for seventeen centuries.

Epiphany 2023: Anger Issues Feb 12, 2023

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Jesus knows that all forms of spirituality built on legalistic, rule-based religion focused on behavior modification is a dead-end road. It cannot produce life. Inward transformation, a change of the heart and the formation of character, becomes the foundation for real life in the kingdom of God. Jesus warns us of the judgment that is to come if we allow anger to become angry words that seek to hurt and destroy. It is ok to get angry, but there is a massive difference between being a person who feels angry and being an angry person. One is Christlike and one is not. If we are to be made new, renewed in the likeness of God, we have to deal with our anger issues. To do so we need to answer at least three questions: How do I respond to the anger I feel? How do I resolve the anger that seems to linger? What about righteous anger?

The Anticipated Christ: Here Is Your God Dec 04, 2022

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When Isaiah penned his “Rivers In the Desert” poem, Judah was in a bad way—internally Judah was corrupt and externally it was under threat of foreign invasion. But the poet of audacious hope does not despair; instead he proclaims that God will come, and in that day it will be said, “Here is your God!”

The Abolition of Death Oct 02, 2022

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Paul says that Christ has abolished death and brought immortality to light, and he says this is the gospel. And it is! But it’s not the gospel we’re accustomed to hearing. Over time the gospel has been reduced to be almost exclusively about forgiveness. Of course forgiveness is a beautiful component of the gospel, but that’s not all there is. The gospel in its fullest and most grand presentation is about the abolition of death.

Where There Is No War Sep 25, 2022

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Where there is no war, is in heaven above, where Christ reigns supreme. In the world above, the world to come, the war is already won. The devil has been cast down and no longer has any place in heaven above. Heaven is the place where there is no war, so keep your head in heaven above.

Beloved But Hard To Believe It Sep 18, 2022

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This sermon is an exploration of the fundamental truth that many of us know, but most of us find hard to believe. 1 John 4 lays out the extraordinary claim that God is love. The implications for our lives and the world we live in are profound and unlimited in the light of this reality - if only we can come to know and believe that it is true. May we let go of our false self and let our true self be known and loved by the God who is love.

Memorial Stones Sep 11, 2022

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After the ancient people of God crossed the Jordan River and entered into the Promised Land, they stacked 12 stones to serve as a memorial that God indeed had remained faithful to God’s people. The resurrection of Jesus is our memorial stone as the renewed people of God. Jesus’ resurrection was not a collection of stones stacked by human beings, but a single stone that God rolled away when life triumphed over death. Resurrection as a memorial stone is a way of seeing. Our painful past is often recorded in our memories in black and white, but resurrection colors everything with hope and life. The resurrection as a memorial stone changes how we look at our suffering personally and collectively because the resurrection of Jesus is a signpost pointing us to a future resurrection of our own.

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