Guest Bio:

This week week we have the incredible Brian Zahnd. We cover a whole host of topics from Brian’s amazing new book, “When Everything's on Fire: Forging Faith from the Ashes.”

Brian is the founder and lead pastor of Word of Life Church, a non-denominational congregation in St. Joseph, Missouri. He is a passionate reader of theology and philosophy, an avid hiker, mountain climber, and authority on all things Bob Dylon.

(Selected) Published Works: Water to Wine: Some of my story; A Farewell to Mars: An Evangelical Pastor’s Journey Toward the Biblical Gospel of Peace; Beauty will save the world: Rediscovering the Allure and Mystery of Christianity; Unconditional?: The Call of Jesus to Radical Forgiveness; What To Do on the Worst Day of Your Life; and Sinner in the Hands of a Loving God: The Scandalous Truth of the Very Good News.

Special theme music by Forrest Clay. Songs heard on this episode were: "Does God" and "Recover" from the Recover EP.

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