Word of Life Church Podcast

"I had often wondered why God in his wisdom could not have prevented the origin of sin. For if he had, I thought, then all would have been well. But Jesus answered me with these words: 'Sin is necessary [inevitable], but all shall be well...

Beautiful (In Time) (Audio)

Seven Psalms: The Lord Paul Simon   I've been thinking about the great migrationNoon and night they leave the flockAnd I imagine their destinationMeadow grass, jagged rockThe Lord is my engineerThe Lord is the earth I ride onThe Lord is the...

Lux Æterna Metallica   AnticipationIn dominationA sea of hearts beat as one, unifiedMagnificationAll generationsApproaching thunder awaiting the lightFull speed or nothingFull speed or nothingLux ÆternaLux ÆternaExhilarationFrenzied...

Monsters Dave Matthews Band   Broke old toy soldiers lined up one, two, threeLittle kid and everything I did just to save my paper queen'Cause love won't let me goYeah, no army's gonna save my soul'Cause love won't let me...

Rescued Foo Fighters   It came in a flashIt came out of nowhereIt happened so fastAnd then it was overAre you thinking, what I'm thinking?Is this happening now?Are you feeling, what I'm feeling?This is happening nowWe're all free to...

The Walk Home Young the Giant   Is anyone out there listening?I've lost myselfDeep in the algorithm of someone elseAnd under new conditionsI might find that I was always perfectly aloneCan somebody walk me home?To pearly gatesThe universe...

Reading Ezra and Nehemiah side-by-side with the contemporaneous book of Ruth, and seeing their contrasting views regarding intermarriage with Moabites, highlights the inspired tension of Scripture, as opposed to an imagined univocality of Scripture.

In the fifth century bc, when Ezra and Nehemiah enacted a controversial policy based on a strict interpretation of the Torah that required Israelite men to divorce their Moabite wives and banish their children, a subversive romance was composed that...

In the year 455 bc, as Jewish exiles returned to Judah, Ezra and Nehemiah enacted an aggressive separation policy requiring Israelite men to divorce their Moabite wives and banish the children born of these marriages. This policy was a literal...

The book of Ruth was composed as a charming but subversive text; the story is an artistic protest, a quiet counter-narrative to the aggressive exclusionary policy toward foreign wives enforced by Ezra and Nehemiah.

Jesus taught and lived in a way to create a welcoming people who practice radical hospitality. Jesus told his disciples that if we welcome his apostles we are welcoming him. If we welcome a prophet, then we can expect to receive a prophet's...

Jesus says that we should not fear those who revile us or even those who can only kill the body. Jesus says that the Father's care for us is so deep that we need not fear. But Jesus also says we should fear the one who can destroy both body and...

We live in angry and mean-spirited age—a volatile age that perpetuates rage. The heroes of this inflammatory age are often those most skilled in rhetorical evisceration. Our angry age applauds those who can most viciously put down their opponents...

When he was criticized by the Pharisees for eating with sinners, Jesus in effect said, "I hang out with sinners because they're sick and I’m a doctor. If you're not sick, you don't need a doctor, so I guess you're free to...