Word of Life Church Podcast

The Wood Between the Worlds: The Center That Holds

Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold. -W.B. Yeats, The Second Coming In him all things hold together. He is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, The firstborn from the dead. -St. Paul, Colossians 1:17–18

The Wood Between the Worlds: God Revealed In Death

Jesus Christ—the Logos made flesh—is the true icon of the living God. The world has at last truly seen God. And what is the climactic, definitive moment of God’s self-revelation in Christ? It’s the central event in the gospel story—the crucifixion. The cross is the pinnacle of divine self-disclosure.

BZ Basement Tapes - Episode 7 - One Ring to Rule Them All

ABOUT THIS PODCAST Brian Zahnd, Cole Novak, and Jacob Taylor explore themes from the Lord of the Rings epic by J.R. Tolkien and more specifically how power should be handled by those who follow Christ. This episode continues conversation based on Brian's new book The Wood Between The Worlds: A Poetic Theology of the Cross. Follow for more episodes each Thursday in Lent. GET THE BOOK - The Wood Between the Worlds by Brian Zahnd https://wolc.com/twbtw

BZ Basement Tapes - Episode 6 - The Lamb upon the Throne (Audio)

The Wood Between the Worlds: One Ring to Rule Them All (Audio)

BZ Basement Tapes - Episode 5 - Three Tress on the Low Sky (Audio)

BZ Basement Tapes - Episode 5 - Three Tress on the Low Sky

ABOUT THIS PODCAST Brian Zahnd, Cole Novak, and Derek Vreeland explore topics ranging from the betrayal by Judas to the Protestant presumption that there can be no salvific work after the moment of death. This episode continues conversation based on Brian's new book The Wood Between The Worlds: A Poetic Theology of the Cross. Follow for more episodes each Thursday in Lent. GET THE BOOK - The Wood Between the Worlds by Brian Zahnd https://wolc.com/twbtw FIND US ON SOCIAL MEDIA Facebook: ...

The Wood Between the Worlds: How Jesus Understood His Death (Audio)

The Wood Between the Worlds: A Grotesque Beauty (Audio)

BZ Basement Tapes - Episode 4 - A Grotesque Beauty (Audio)

The Wood Between the Worlds: A Grotesque Beauty

"Beauty demands to be noticed; it speaks to us directly like the voice of an intimate friend. If there are people who are indifferent to beauty, then it surely because they do not perceive it." - Roger Scruton, Beauty

BZ Basement Tapes - Episode 3 - God on the Gallows (Audio)

BZ Basement Tapes - Episode 3 - God on the Gallows

ABOUT THIS PODCAST - Brian Zahnd, Cole Novak, and Jacob Taylor sit down for a conversation about theodicy and centered on the idea that only the suffering God can help. This conversation continues to explore themes from Brian's new book The Wood Between The Worlds: A Poetic Theology of the Cross. Follow for more episodes each Thursday in Lent.  GET THE BOOK - The Wood Between the Worlds by Brian Zahnd https://wolc.com/twbtw

The Wood Between the Worlds: A Love Supreme (Audio)

The Wood Between the Worlds: A Love Supreme

Once a symbol of imperial terror, the cross has become the eternal symbol of divine love. When we look upon the cross today, we don’t see an instrument of torture and death; we see the supreme demonstration of God’s love. We see the lengths to which God will go to save the world.

BZ Basement Tapes - Episode 2 - God Revealed in Death (Audio)

BZ Basement Tapes - Episode 2 - God Revealed in Death

Brian Zahnd, Cole Novak, and Derek Vreeland explore the paradox of God revealed in the crucifixion of Christ on the cross. This conversation continues to explore themes from Brian's new book The Wood Between The Worlds: A Poetic Theology of the Cross. Follow for more episodes each Thursday in Lent.

The Wood Between the Worlds: The Wood Between the Worlds (Audio)

The Wood Between the Worlds

The cross of Christ is the wood between the worlds. There is the world that was and the world to come, and in between those two worlds, is the wood upon which the Son of God was hung.

BZ Basement Tapes - Episode 1 - The Wood Between The Worlds (Audio)

BZ Basement Tapes - Episode 1 - The Wood Between The Worlds

Ash Wednesday: The Road of Discipleship (Audio)

Ash Wednesday: The Road of Discipleship

It's nearly impossible to comprehend how shocking Jesus' call to "take up your cross and follow me" was to a first century audience. It would not have been heard as a call to a pious spirituality. It could only be understood as a call to martyrdom. And what could be more shocking than that?

The Telos of the Old Testament

Everyone Is Searching (Audio)

The Fame of Jesus (Audio)

The Fame of Jesus

The fame of Jesus spread throughout Galilee, then Judea, then the Roman Empire, and then throughout the whole world, so that Jesus of Nazareth is far and away the most famous person in history. Fame is connected with fascination. We're fascinated by famous people—we want to know more about them. And fascination with Jesus Christ is the essential thing. But wherein lies the fame of Jesus? What is Jesus famous for?

The Risk of Becoming (Audio)

Heaven Opened (Audio)

Epiphany: By Another Road (Audio)

Christmastide: The Sword-Pierced Soul of Mary (Audio)

Christmas Eve Homily (Audio)

Christmas Eve Homily

The Greatest Wonder of All: Children of God (Audio)

The Greatest Wonder of All: A New Humanity (Audio)

The Greatest Wonder of All: The Word Became Flesh (Audio)

The Kingdom Imagination (Audio)

Divine Encounters (Audio)

The Hidden Chamber (Audio)

42nd Anniversary Sunday: An Authentic Expression of the Kingdom of Jesus in the 21st Century (Audio)

The Jesus Prayer (Audio)

A Feast For All (Audio)

The Lamb at the Center (Audio)

Paths of Unseen Existences

Ours is an age of acute empirical perception that affords spectacular scientific and technological developments, but our age is also an epoch of dire spiritual dullness leading to a deep poverty of the soul. This lack of spiritual perceptivity engenders a profound sense of emptiness and meaninglessness. To recover meaning we need to rediscover the paths of unseen existences.

Paths of Unseen Existences (Audio)

Re-Enchanting the Christian Soul (Audio)

All Shall Be Well: The Life and Revelations of Julian of Norwich (Audio)

Beautiful (In Time) (Audio)

Beautiful (In Time)

Finding God In The Music | 2023: Seven Psalms: The Lord (Audio)