Word of Life Church Podcast

A well respected, established pharisee and religious leader comes to Jesus under the cloak of darkness. Why? What is his fear? What does he want with Jesus? Can we begin to understand the life giving work of God through the story of Nicodemus? Jesus comes to bring long awaited changes to a weary and wounded world. His work to transform the world is accomplished through transforming people. Stories of transformation like the story of Nicodemus, reveal a God who cannot be tamed or controlled. Like the wind - the Spirit of God is blowing in new life, new seasons, and new perspective. Are we willing to open up and receive it?

Q&A Session from the message "What About the Book of Revelation?"

What is the book of Revelation? It's basically four things:1. Revelation is a prophetic interpretation of the cataclysmic events of the AD 60s/70s.2. Revelation is a prophetic critique of the Roman Empire.3. Revelation is a prophetic exposé of the idolatry of empire and civil religion.4. Revelation is a prophetic portrayal of the eventual triumph of Christ.

Q&A Session from the message "What About Hell?"

Jesus’ teaching on hell is basically this: If you refuse to love, you cannot enter the kingdom of God and will end up a lonely, tormented soul. But hell in its popular and pagan misconceptions has been a blight upon the beauty of the Christian gospel.

Q&A Session from the message "What About the Violence of the Cross?"

The sacrifice of Jesus was not a payment offered to an offended deity bound to an economy of appeasement. That is a pagan and ugly distortion of who God is—the God whom Jesus called Father. The ugly violence of the cross is entirely attributable to human structures of sin, while the beautiful forgiveness of the cross is entirely attributable to God’s extravagant love and mercy.

Q&A session from the message "What About Old Testament Violence?"

In responding to the the troubling question of genocidal violence in the Old Testament and its alleged divine endorsement, we really only have three options:1. We can question the morality of God.2. We can question the immutability of God.3. We can question how we read Scripture.

Q&A from the message "What about the Wrath of God?"