# Life After Death is Conquered | Bill Dogterom Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/garden-church-podcast-6461574/life-after-death-is-conquered-bill-dogterom Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/garden-church-podcast-6461574/life-after-death-is-conquered-bill-dogterom.md Podcast: [GARDEN CHURCH Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/garden-church-podcast-6461574) Published: 2026-04-12T21:48:18+00:00 Episode link: https://share.transistor.fm/s/33ee20f4 Audio file: https://media.transistor.fm/33ee20f4/8328bc32.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/garden-church-podcast-6461574/episodes/life-after-death-is-conquered-bill-dogterom Duration seconds: 1467 ## Resource This message explores the tension many of us feel after Easter. If Jesus really rose from the dead, why does life still feel the same? Why are we still dealing with anxiety, uncertainty, and unanswered questions? Looking at the life of Thomas, we’re reminded that resurrection doesn’t force change on us. It invites us into it. Faith isn’t inherited from someone else’s experience. It’s personal. It’s a choice to trust, even in the places where we still have doubts. This teaching walks through what it means to engage resurrection in everyday life. Not as a one-time moment, but as a daily decision to follow Jesus through uncertainty, wounds, and real life circumstances. It’s an invitation to move from observation to participation, to say with your own life, “My Lord and my God.” ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/garden-church-podcast-6461574/episodes/life-after-death-is-conquered-bill-dogterom/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/garden-church-podcast-6461574/life-after-death-is-conquered-bill-dogterom.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.