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  1. The Birth of Childhood: How Jesus Revolutionized Our Understanding of Children

    book
    07/22/18
    1 min read
    By Chad Bird
    Jesus comes to pop our bubbles of pride, implode our towers of vanity, expose our arrogant adulting ways, and brings us down, down, down. Down to his level, which is the level of crucifixion.

  2. Getting Used to What Happened Tomorrow

    book
    07/15/18
    1 min read
    By Chad Bird
    In God’s eyes, the last day has already happened in Jesus. We’ve already been made alive in Jesus, raised with him, and seated with him at the Father’s right hand.

  3. Riding a Unicorn in the “Victorious Christian Life” Parade

    book
    07/08/18
    1 min read
    By Chad Bird
    When we imagine we’re living an evil-shunning, virtue-practicing, morally superior Christian life, the problem is not that our halos are too small, but that our heads are too big.

  4. How We Use Outrage to Mask Our Shame

    book
    06/30/18
    1 min read
    By Chad Bird
    The commonly accepted wisdom is that we feel guilt over what we’ve done and we experience shame over who we are. If guilt is the blemish on our face then shame is the cancer in our heart. It’s deeper, harder to dig out.

  5. False Guilt and the "What-If" Game We Parents Play

    book
    06/10/18
    1 min read
    By Chad Bird
    We need a God who can heal us of true guilt and false guilt. We need a Christ who not only removes the shame we feel for what we’ve done, but who washes away the shame that others have smeared upon us.
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