Wrestling with God (with Chad Bird)

We asked Chad Bird about what it means to wrestle with God. Later this summer, he's coming out with his book on Jacob: "Limping with God." Our discussion went from Jacob being renamed to "Israel" which means "wrestles with God" and how wrestling with God was a keyhole to the crucifixion.

We asked Chad Bird about what it means to wrestle with God. Later this summer, he's coming out with his book on Jacob: "Limping with God." Our discussion went from Jacob being renamed to "Israel" which means "wrestles with God" and how wrestling with God was a keyhole to the crucifixion.

We pivot a bit to the Psalms, where God actually puts bold words in our mouths that we are allowed to say to him, and then move onto Job, who asked God the hard questions, and what God has to say about that.

Join us in Arkansas for the Regional Here We Still Stand Conference

Chad Bird's books can be found HERE.

You can also find him in the podcasts: 40 Minutes in the Old Testament

Hidden Streams, devotions on the Psalms.

Chad's academy course on "Christ in the Old Testament" (free)

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