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  1. Golgotha’s Bizarre Hebrew Backstory

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    04/08/20
    1 min read
    By Chad Bird
    One key to unlocking the significance of Golgotha is found all the way back in Joshua--in a "round" Hebrew word, a bizarre story about reproach, and five kings hiding in a cave.

  2. Three Hebrew Handholds in a Spinning Crisis

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    03/23/20
    1 min read
    By Chad Bird
    Long ago, the people of Israel began to sing words of encouragement to each other in times of distress. In their songs, the psalms, are three Hebrew words that provide stability for us. They are more than just words—each one encapsulates the way of God with his people. They serve as helpful handholds in times of stress and upheaval. The words are these: רָפָה (be still), קָוָה (wait), and שָׁמַר (watch).

  3. Marrying a Nun to Prepare for the End of the World

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    03/16/20
    1 min read
    By Chad Bird
    In the vortex of uncertainty and upheaval, what’s the best thing we can do? Seize the ordinary.

  4. I Can’t Wait to Get out of Heaven

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    03/03/20
    1 min read
    By Chad Bird
    When talking about God’s ultimate destination for us, we’ve grown sloppy in our language, nearsighted in our gaze, and un-Easter in our hope. We act and speak as if dying and going to heaven is what the faith is all about. It is most emphatically not.

  5. Lead Us into Temptation

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    02/27/20
    1 min read
    By Chad Bird
    There’s a delicious freedom to wrongdoing. It taps a primal desire within us for rebellion. We feel liberated, unshackled by demands to be this way, do this, avoid that. We become masters of our own destiny.
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