{"podcast":{"title":"Oaks Parish","slug":"oaks-parish-6397049","podcast_index_feed_id":6397049,"rss_url":"https://media.rss.com/oaksparish/feed.xml","website_url":"https://www.oaksparish.org/","image_url":"https://media.rss.com/oaksparish/20230522_100547_fb82f4a5462d4949c8c0952838eb86eb.jpg","author":"Oaks Parish","episode_count":281,"summary":"Abiding in Christ Jesus for the renewal of all things.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-16T06:20:39.693695+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/oaks-parish-6397049"},"episode":{"title":"Sermon: Death Swallowed Up in Glory (April 5, 2026)","slug":"sermon-death-swallowed-up-in-glory-april-5-2026","published_at":"2026-04-06T20:02:02+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/oaks-parish-6397049/sermon-death-swallowed-up-in-glory-april-5-2026","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/oaks-parish-6397049","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/oaksparish/2694435","audio_url":"https://content.rss.com/episodes/210861/2694435/oaksparish/2026_04_06_20_01_23_bdacba6c-2dab-4647-98b7-9e0a20991ca4.mp3","summary":"Scripture Text: Isaiah 25:6-9 and Matthew 28:1-10 Bryan Buck Quotes for Reflection John Calvin, The Gospel of Matthew We now come to the closing scene of our redemption. For the lively assurance of our reconciliation with God arises from Christ having come from hell as the conqueror of death, in order to show that he had the power of a new life at his disposal. Justly, therefore, does Paul say that there will be no gospel, and that the hope of salvation will be vain and fruitless, unless we believe that Christ is risen from the dead, (1 Corinthians 15:14.) For then did Christ obtain righteousness for us, and open up our entrance into heaven; and, in short, then was our adoption ratified, when Christ, by rising from the dead, exerted the power of his Spirit, and proved himself to be the Son of God. Ross Douthat, Believe: Why Everyone Should Be Religious Just taken individually, the possibility that someone might rise from the grave, or that our minds might survive our bodily deaths, or that the Something Out There might yield supernatural visions even to a New Jersey mobster, should each demand a serious response from any rational creature…If the door to immortality-real immortality, not the Silicon Valley aspiration to somehow undo cellular aging or merge our minds with AI-is possibly cracked open, you should probably think about making some kind of preparation for whatever might be waiting on the other side. If a vision of transcendent goodness and mercy appears to you, a sinner, and you don't understand what it means, the most obvious interpretation is that you gotta change your life. Dante Alighieri , The Divine Comedy, Paradisio Yet even as a coal engenders flame, but with intenser glow outshines it, so that in that flame the coal persists, it shows, so will the br…","meta_description":"Scripture Text: Isaiah 25:6-9 and Matthew 28:1-10 Bryan Buck Quotes for Reflection John Calvin, The Gospel of Matthew We now come to the closing scene of…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1425,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/oaks-parish-6397049/episodes/sermon-death-swallowed-up-in-glory-april-5-2026/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/oaks-parish-6397049/sermon-death-swallowed-up-in-glory-april-5-2026.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}