Word of Life Church Podcast

Pastor Brian Zahnd concludes his two-month series on climbing the Mountains of God with the “Mount Everest of the Gospels”, the Mount of Beatitudes. The Beatitudes are not commands, but portals to a new way of thinking. They are not platitudes, but paradoxes. The Beatitudes are the Preamble to the Constitution of the Government of [...] The post The Mount of Beatitudes appeared first on Word of Life Church.

In Muslim countries, it is common to hear the adhan, the Islamic call to prayer. A priest will make this call loudly five times a day to signify that it is time to stop what you are doing and kneel to pray. What the adhan is in Islam the church bell is in Christianity; it [...] The post Ring Them Bells appeared first on Word of Life Church.

One of the most fascinating stories in the Gospels is the account of Jesus on the Mount of Transfiguration. Along with his birth and his crucifixion and resurrection, the Transfiguration is one of the most important events in the life of Jesus. It is packed with mystery and meaning. In the Transfiguration, we are able [...] The post The Mount of Transfiguration appeared first on Word of Life Church.

God does indeed desire to raise the poor from the dust. This kind of prosperity is a part of God’s work, because poverty is evil. There are those in modern times who have turned this prosperity for the poor into a prosperity for the rich, stirring up a desire for wealth and riches among Christians, [...] The post Wealth, Prosperity, and the Gospel appeared first on Word of Life Church.

The Bible never hides the humanity of its heroes. Noah, Abraham, David all have incredible failures recorded in the Bible. Even the prophet Elijah, known best for praying fire down from heaven, is shown curled up and a tree praying to die. Elijah believed it was up to him to save all of Israel, and [...] The post With Elijah On Mount Horeb appeared first on Word of Life Church.

There are many things that shape us into the people we become: family, gender, ethnicity, education, etc. But in the realm of the religious, nothing shapes us more than fear or faith. Which is to say, you can have a faith-based spirituality or a fear-based spirituality. The odd thing is, on the surface faith and [...] The post Twisted by Fear or Formed by Faith? appeared first on Word of Life Church.

On the 31st anniversary of Word of Life Church, Pastor Brian Zahnd tells the story of back-to-back days standing atop Mount Sinai in Egypt and Mars Hill in Greece. To do so is not easy, and would not have even been possible in the days before jet travel. But it was an experience filled with [...] The post With Moses On Mount Sinai appeared first on Word of Life Church.

The Pharisees were sure of themselves, confident in what they knew, but Jesus called them blind. They were blind because they were so eager to judge, and failed to realize that in reality they only say a single, limited, biased, self-serving perspective. The more they claimed to see and know, the more they were blind [...] The post I Can See Clearly Now appeared first on Word of Life Church.