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The Gospel as Quest || Lord of the Story
"You seek a great fortune, you three who are now in chains. You will find a fortune-though it would not be the fortune you seek. But first, first you must travel-a long and difficult road, a road fraught with peril. You shall see things wonderful to tell. You shall see a cow on the roof of a cotton house, and oh, so many startlements. I cannot tell you how long this road shall be, but fear not the ob-stacles in your path, for fate has vouchsafed your reward. And though the road may wind, yea, your hearts grow weary, still shall ye foller the way, even unto your salvation."
-O Brother, Where Art Thou?
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Word of Life is located in St. Joseph, MO. We are seeking to be an authentic expression of the Kingdom of Jesus in the 21st Century. You can learn more at www.wolc.com
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The Gospel as Rags to Riches || Lord of the Story
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Rags to riches is the familiar story where we begin with an apparently ordinary, insignificant person, overlooked or even dismissed by everyone else, who suddenly takes center stage and is revealed to be someone quite extraordinary. And the greatest rags to riches story is the gospel story of Jesus of Nazareth. FIND US ON SOCIAL MEDIA Facebook: wordoflifechurch Instagram: instagram...
Overcoming the Monster || Lord of the Story
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The greatest stories, epics, and myths offer a profound insight into the deepest longings of the human heart, for as Ecclesiastes says, “God has placed eternity in their hearts.” In analyzing the great stories we discover that there are seven basic plots: Overcoming the Monster, Rags to Riches, The Quest, Voyage and Return, Comedy, Tragedy, and Rebirth. All of these plots point to the true stor...
Lord of the Story || Pastor Brian Zahnd
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The gospel is first and foremost a story-it’s the story of Israel, the story of Jesus, the story of God saving the world. And this story is what all the great stories in one way or another point to-because, indeed, Jesus Christ is Lord of the Story. FIND US ON SOCIAL MEDIA Facebook: wordoflifechurch Instagram: wordoflifechurch UA-cam: ua-cam.com/users/wolctv PASTOR BR...
The Circle of Divine Love || Pastor Derek Vreeland
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The unique way Christians talk about God is found in ancient language. We say God is a Holy Trinity. We believe the one true living God, the creator God, the God of Abraham, Issac, and Jacob has been revealed in three distinct persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. We believe in one God, one divine essence and substance in three persons. The doctrine of the Trinity is important and ...
The Very First Church || Pastor Brian Zahnd
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The Very First Church || Pastor Brian Zahnd
Christ of the Tanakh || Pastor Brian Zahnd
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Christ of the Tanakh || Pastor Brian Zahnd
The Uncontrollable Mystery || Pastor Brian Zahnd
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The Uncontrollable Mystery || Pastor Brian Zahnd
Pastures of Peace || Pastor Jacob Taylor
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Pastures of Peace || Pastor Jacob Taylor
Freed from the Chains of the Fear of Death || Peri Zahnd
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Freed from the Chains of the Fear of Death || Peri Zahnd
Why Are You Frightened? || Pastor Jacob Taylor
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Why Are You Frightened? || Pastor Jacob Taylor
A Doorway into a New Life || Pastor Derek Vreeland
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A Doorway into a New Life || Pastor Derek Vreeland
The Center That Holds || The Wood Between the Worlds
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The Center That Holds || The Wood Between the Worlds
God Revealed In Death || The Wood Between the Worlds
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God Revealed In Death || The Wood Between the Worlds
BZ Basement Tapes - Episode 8 - The Harrowing of Hell
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BZ Basement Tapes - Episode 8 - The Harrowing of Hell
BZ Basement Tapes - Episode 7 - One Ring to Rule Them All
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BZ Basement Tapes - Episode 7 - One Ring to Rule Them All
What Is Truth? || The Wood Between the Worlds
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What Is Truth? || The Wood Between the Worlds
BZ Basement Tapes - Episode 6 - The Lamb upon the Throne
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BZ Basement Tapes - Episode 6 - The Lamb upon the Throne
One Ring to Rule Them All || The Wood Between the Worlds
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One Ring to Rule Them All || The Wood Between the Worlds
BZ Basement Tapes - Episode 5 - Three Tress on the Low Sky
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BZ Basement Tapes - Episode 5 - Three Tress on the Low Sky
How Jesus Understood His Death || The Wood Between the Worlds
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How Jesus Understood His Death || The Wood Between the Worlds
BZ Basement Tapes - Episode 4 - A Grotesque Beauty
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BZ Basement Tapes - Episode 4 - A Grotesque Beauty
A Grotesque Beauty || The Wood Between the Worlds
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A Grotesque Beauty || The Wood Between the Worlds
BZ Basement Tapes - Episode 3 - God on the Gallows
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BZ Basement Tapes - Episode 3 - God on the Gallows
A Love Supreme || The Wood Between the Worlds
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A Love Supreme || The Wood Between the Worlds
BZ Basement Tapes - Episode 2 - God Revealed in Death
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BZ Basement Tapes - Episode 2 - God Revealed in Death
The Wood Between the Worlds || Pastor Brian Zahnd
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The Wood Between the Worlds || Pastor Brian Zahnd
BZ Basement Tapes - Episode 1 - The Wood Between The Worlds
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BZ Basement Tapes - Episode 1 - The Wood Between The Worlds
The Road of Discipleship || Pastor Brian Zahnd
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The Road of Discipleship || Pastor Brian Zahnd
The Telos of the Old Testament || Pastor Brian Zahnd
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The Telos of the Old Testament || Pastor Brian Zahnd

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @Turnover125
    @Turnover125 День тому

    Excellent

  • @2True2Blue71
    @2True2Blue71 5 днів тому

    reading D Allanders book to be told and this is so much like chapter 8 and around the whole book. really needed this for understanding in many levels . ty BZ

  • @christianuniversalist
    @christianuniversalist 6 днів тому

    wonderful sermon, thank you ♥️✝️

  • @kevinrombouts3027
    @kevinrombouts3027 6 днів тому

    Jesus didn't say " Follow me, I'll take you". He said " Follow me, I'll make you." I love it.

  • @FranStrege-p7s
    @FranStrege-p7s 6 днів тому

    Amen

  • @stephengorman1025
    @stephengorman1025 11 днів тому

    Thank again so good. Loved the Keith Green reference "Prophets don't grow up from little boys, do they from little boys'. Taken from I just want to see you there that man encouraged me so much in my early Christian walk - check him out. Thanks again BZ.

  • @2True2Blue71
    @2True2Blue71 12 днів тому

    thank you for the reminder of what Kingdom we should me mindful of.

  • @phylliselizahb1041
    @phylliselizahb1041 12 днів тому

    But please warn us! We, too, will be bullied & "crucified." Life will be anvil drops, rug pulls, & face pies!

  • @robertkeith263
    @robertkeith263 13 днів тому

    Would love to see it

  • @robertkeith263
    @robertkeith263 13 днів тому

    Awesome

  • @stephengorman1025
    @stephengorman1025 13 днів тому

    Thank you, this is the Gospel and holds out hope for all.

  • @christianuniversalist
    @christianuniversalist 13 днів тому

    I love WOL! Blessings from SW Florida!

  • @louiseeliza3495
    @louiseeliza3495 13 днів тому

    This is SO GOOD!

  • @christianuniversalist
    @christianuniversalist 14 днів тому

    loved this sermon!

  • @artross9836
    @artross9836 15 днів тому

    What in the world is he talking about? Nuts

  • @anastasiarogich7839
    @anastasiarogich7839 18 днів тому

    This is one of the most important 30 min I’ve ever witnessed.

  • @fredwilliams7172
    @fredwilliams7172 18 днів тому

    Pastor I heard about your ministry in a book I’m reading! I live in Ohio but just subscribed to your channel! Amen!

  • @sohulme
    @sohulme 19 днів тому

    WONDERFUL reflection on the life and writings of Julian. Thank you. Bless you.

  • @phylliselizahb1041
    @phylliselizahb1041 19 днів тому

    Blessed Be!

  • @phylliselizahb1041
    @phylliselizahb1041 19 днів тому

    It's a monster called addiction. There's never enough. We're in the addiction of greed.

  • @stephengorman1025
    @stephengorman1025 20 днів тому

    Bravo, encore thank you BZ. Jesus said 'If I be lifted up I will draw all people to myself' and in this way, through the Cross, God will make Mankind in his image. Believe the Gospel.

  • @susie2960
    @susie2960 20 днів тому

    My pastor (i am on line member ) BZ… he feels Every word he preaches ! BZ acts out his teaching ! It’s like I’m watching theater and I get it and I cheer with him. It’s amazing so cool and BZ adores rock ‘n’ roll ! And he sits with Jesus and is quiet as well. He teaches me how to pray and be better formed. That’s a new journey for me, but needed indeed ! BZ shares his 65 years ( ok… 50 yrs ) of loving Jesus since he was 15. He has deconstructed at one point in his life and he shares that with us ! I am so darn grateful to have found this pastor who ricocheted me closer to Jesus - it’s amazing. He has taught me not to spout out scripture to people you have or will encounter - but to show people that you know Jesus without words but with how you treat and love them ! You gotta try even if you don’t feel it at first ( CS Lewis taught me this ) try to be kind to people. It will do a lot of good … and with his church, I have other brethren that learn from BZ and connect with him like myself. He steers me to keep my eye on Jesus and drawn near to him… You gotta get quiet folks… oops I gotta go my … grandson’s calling 😊. 🕯️🕊️🕊️🕊️✨✨✨🍕🫶🏻👀🐍🦈🎤🎸🎯🛟🌝🌹

  • @donnabunce1639
    @donnabunce1639 20 днів тому

    Carl Jung and Joseph Campbell also wrote about the Hero's Journey into darkness- death and resurrection of the psyche is for us life's work. The wholeness of Christ is our journey, a new consciousness of wise mind and loving heart ❤️. Not of ego but of love. Transformation is the walk...

  • @arlenesollars804
    @arlenesollars804 20 днів тому

    Loved all the movie references.

  • @judygaleinchapelhill
    @judygaleinchapelhill 20 днів тому

    • @susie2960
      @susie2960 20 днів тому

      Amazing sermon ! BZ does it again ! 😅

  • @robertmichaud8313
    @robertmichaud8313 20 днів тому

    1:07:27 still waiting for a reference to the movie The Matix🤪😎

  • @robertmichaud8313
    @robertmichaud8313 20 днів тому

    Hey from Windsor, Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦

  • @aninfphilosophy
    @aninfphilosophy 20 днів тому

    I really am digging this waiting-for-church to start music 😅🎉❤😂

  • @BjarnBjarni
    @BjarnBjarni 20 днів тому

    Thank You so much! So so beautifully song and played

  • @JeanWatsonMusic
    @JeanWatsonMusic 21 день тому

    AMAZING TEACHING!!

  • @bettinahenkelmann6019
    @bettinahenkelmann6019 24 дні тому

    This wonderful worship service and great sermon touched my heart deeply. 💕

  • @louiseeliza3495
    @louiseeliza3495 25 днів тому

    This sermon is a blessing.

  • @ZGerard123
    @ZGerard123 26 днів тому

    What a beautiful, extraordinary, magnificent message. And to think that this is was only Chapter 1! 👏 🙌 🙏

  • @louettasumner3507
    @louettasumner3507 26 днів тому

    This is awesome! God is opening my understanding. Amen and Amen!!!

  • @scottmichaelcoleman1063
    @scottmichaelcoleman1063 27 днів тому

    What book is he reading from? That writing was spectacular

  • @parkerpruett4579
    @parkerpruett4579 27 днів тому

    That was GOOD!! Praise God 🙌🏼

  • @phylliselizahb1041
    @phylliselizahb1041 27 днів тому

    Ya gotta convince people that salvation is s'thing "real." People ridicule that idea, too.

  • @phylliselizahb1041
    @phylliselizahb1041 27 днів тому

    Too common that people fear believing in a'thing (or a'one) & congregate to reassure each other about their fears. Ya can read the heartless sarcasm in comments on YT.

  • @phylliselizahb1041
    @phylliselizahb1041 27 днів тому

    Too common that people fear believing in a'thing (or a'one) & congregate to reassure each other about their fears. Ya can read the heartless sarcasm in comments on YT.

  • @phylliselizahb1041
    @phylliselizahb1041 27 днів тому

    Gotta say that Pastor Zahnd's insights are a blessing. I worry about his safety in all his travels bc the demonic tries to silence such a voice. It's kinda good that there's been a lotta $ mentioned. The demonic uses the emphasis on $ to discredit "the Church."

  • @phylliselizahb1041
    @phylliselizahb1041 27 днів тому

    My life is a whole lotta rescue by a great Spirit who carries me through valleys & shadows.

  • @phylliselizahb1041
    @phylliselizahb1041 27 днів тому

    I do ❤️ the intelligence & educated base of Pastor Zahnd's sermons.

  • @phylliselizahb1041
    @phylliselizahb1041 27 днів тому

    Time & energy are treasures, too. Congregations outta disperse into neighborhoods & physically assist folks! Honesty in trades? Try to find a reliable contractor, car mechanic, etc. Oh, $ is always needed, but why is that, the easiest, the only acceptable "treasure."?

  • @ddobbey06
    @ddobbey06 27 днів тому

    Good morning

  • @CRN2412
    @CRN2412 27 днів тому

    I am German. I read Alexander Solschenizyn in my early twenties. I am 60 now. Because of your sermon I can understand that the motive of Putin and his followers is tribalism, too. Not that I hadn't seen it, but now I understand. This understanding takes away the alien, the foreign, the strange, the unfamiliar. Hope this will be noticed in the US in these days, too, to build bridges. Everytime I watch a sermon of yours I learn something for my life and it touches my mind, heart and soul. Thank you.

  • @phylliselizahb1041
    @phylliselizahb1041 29 днів тому

    Actually, it makes me depressed that people are so wrapped up in greed & envy. Sabotage & slander each other. Metaphoric murders.

  • @phylliselizahb1041
    @phylliselizahb1041 29 днів тому

    These are the sermons I enjoy, w/references to sciences (or literature based lectures). However, I'd like to believe that there is local assistance to the homeless & hungry. People hopeless. Lonely. Actual congregants inconvenience themselves to physically help s'one else.

  • @phylliselizahb1041
    @phylliselizahb1041 29 днів тому

    These are the sermons I enjoy, w/references to sciences (or literature based lectures). However, I'd like to believe that there is local assistance to the homeless & hungry. People hopeless. Lonely. Actual congregants inconvenience themselves to physically help s'one else.

  • @phylliselizahb1041
    @phylliselizahb1041 29 днів тому

    So Martha, just stop & sit, too. Maybe e'one could put a meal in order together? Not like attitudes have changed much. Gals are still service animals. It's still guys deciding & setting the rules.