Leaving the Grandstand World
This podcast showcases the creative talents of Vic Zarley in which he shares original songs (many co-written with his wife, Eva), original poetry (suitably wrapped in selected instrumentals licensed Creative Commons with attribution) and prose from his many books published on Amazon (and as audio books on Audible.com).Leaving the Grandstand World is a choice to leave the stands where we're just observing and jumping onto the field where we can play and truly make a difference. This is his prayer for everyone who listens to this podcast!
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This episode includes the song, "Jesus Please Take Us from This Grandstand World" and poetry entitled, "A Prayer Can Change the World." Also included from my book, A Course in Christianity, are two chapters. They are "Jesus Removes the Blocks" and "I Want Faith."
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The song in this episode is, "Let's Ring the Bells for Jesus Christ" followed by a poem entitled, "He is Risen." I conclude the episode with two chapters from my book, A Holy Hodgepodge. These chapters are, "The Pedestrian Overpass," and "Was It Just a Fluke?"
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This podcast includes only a song, a poem and a chapter from my book, A Holy Hodgepodge. The song is "Jesus Please Adjust Me", the poem is "I Wear My Sin" and the chapter from the book is "Our Desires."
Please visit my Show Notes for this episode to read additional information and follow along with the words to the poem and the lyrics to the song.
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I start this podcast off with an original song, "Consider the Lilies." I then share my poem, "Beyond the Pages." I complete this podcast with a short piece entitled, "What About the Bible?"
Visit this episode's Show Notes to see the lyrics and words to the song and poem and other interesting things.
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Today's episode deals with those who have found belief in God not intellectually satisfying. The song is entitled, "Spinning Spinning." Next I present a poem entitled, "To the Evolutionists" I conclude the podcast with a selection from my book, The Atheist Delusion.
Enjoy the Show Notes for this podcast. Lots of good stuff including the words to the song and poem.
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This episode of Leaving the Grandstand World looks into love. God's pure love is often superseded by mankind's convoluted twisted love. The song is, "The Call for Love." The poetry today is entitled, "Sustaining Love" and the talk which is a chapter in A Holy Hodgepodge, is "The Mechanism of Carnal Love."
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In our continuing desire to leave the grandstand world and become a player on the field, I present more poetry, songs and teachings. Today your original song is "The Light Beyond." The poetry is "God Is a Poem" The teaching is from my book, A Course in Christianity and is the chapter entitled, "Could This Be Your Preview of Coming Attractions?"
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We are leaving the Grandstand World, the world of spectatorship, the world of victimhood, the world of fear and doubt. Next stop? The playing field!
The poetry begins with my poem, "The Dream." Next you'll hear our song, "Eternity." Then the teaching is from my spiritual autobiography, The Opening Window. The chapter is entitled, "Pedaling Backward."
I hop...
In this episode I share a song that came in a rather supernatural way. "Jesus Made a Whip of Cords" then another Biblically based creative effort comes your way. The poem is entitled, "Jonah" and I wrap it up with some teaching from my book, A Course in Christianity. The chapter is entitled, "Exploring the Truth on the Internet."
Enjoy the Show Notes.
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I'm happy to introduce to you in this episode, the very first song Eva and I wrote together. It is entitled, "Praise Ditty" and I believe it will uplift your spirits. The poem (which was initially created as a song) is entitled, "Give Praise to God." It was written by Eva and you will eventually hear these words in a song sometime in the future. The teaching is from my book, A Holy H...
Do you believe in Newspaper Dragons? I don't either but I used to deliver them when I was a kid and I see them on the bottom of parakeet cages and blowing in the wind sometimes. They are words we use to describe our fragmented worlds. Fragmented sentences depicting a fragmented world. We can do better than that. Our words can give us life or death. Let's not believe and make true all this fragmentat...
We are all rivers either flowing downstream filled with the muck and mire of the world or, going against the world's ways and supernaturally flowing upstream casting worldly cares aside, sharing Godly traits of love, peace, and forgiveness. Flowing upstream is hard because we're going against the status quo but, remember, with God all things are possible so it really isn't difficult, is it?
This was the 13th episode that I've prepared today so I thought I'd share some creativity that involved carnality and its place in this world. The poem is entitled, "We're Leaving Bodies Everywhere;" the song is entitled, "Who Would Think," and the teaching is from my book, The Traveler. It is chapter 17, "Halloween and Jesus."
I hope you'll take a lo...
Today's episode of Leaving the Grandstand World deals with fear. My song today features "Monarch Butterfly," a whimsical look at what happens when a gigantic butterfly invades the area. The poem is entitled, "Fear" and the teaching for today is, "Be Not Afraid," from my book, A Course in Christianity.
I'd love to hear from you! email: vic@zarley.net
This episode of Leaving the Grandstand World features a poem, "I Can Hear the Harmony," and a song, "Intimate Mystery." I include a short explanation from my wife, Eva, on the special Holy Spirit inspired way this song was birthed then I conclude with a teaching from my book, A Course in Christianity "Notifications." My new cycle of podcasts renews on the 24th so I am looking for...
A short bonus episode for your edification. This short teaching is part of an unpublished group of articles. It is entitled, "The HIGHway to Heaven." That highway is a narrow road. More traffic is needed in order to Leave the Grandstand World. Food for thought!
I'd love to hear from you! email: vic@zarley.net
The poem for today is entitled, "Vision," the song is, "I've Got the Smog in the Eye, Overcast Sky, Pollution Blues, Baby," and the teaching is from my book, Advanced Christianity from a chapter entitled, "How Satan Chides us to Make Wrong Choices."
I'd love to hear from you! email: vic@zarley.net
Our journey to Heaven is interrupted often as we attempt to fulfill Jesus's prayer that "God's Kingdom Come, His will be done ON EARTH as it is in Heaven." As we look around we notice that peace on earth just doesn't seem possible. Today we explore peace. Peace within, however, does seem obtainable if we focus properly on the Lord and submit to His will. The song today was written in ...
This episode of Leaving the Grandstand World speaks a little of the Holiness Movement that piqued in the early 20th century. Just before I found a wonderful batch of literature from that era, God inspired me with a song which I share with you today. That song is entitled, "Let My Glory Pass By," and because the lyrics are a little hard to understand, I share the lyrics with you now:
Moses s...
Dragons generally symbolize Satan, or demons, or even demonic activity. Today we somewhat lightly explore these symbols in all three of my creative works. The song was inspired by a dream I had and is entitled, "The Inflatable Dragon," the poem is "The Dragon," and, once again, from my book, 444 - Holiness Revisited, we visit "The Wall of Flesh." Blessings to all.
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