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  1. The High and Holy Day of Black Friday

    book
    11/22/17
    1 min read
    By Chad Bird
    The empty space in our hearts that we try to fill with stuff is filled only by the Maker of all things. An iPhone won’t fill that gap. Only a crucified and resurrected God fits in there.

  2. How Churches Become Morality Clubs of Religion

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    11/19/17
    1 min read
    By Chad Bird
    We strive, in short, to master the art of swatting mosquitoes. And all the while, we remain blind to the fact that in pulpit after pulpit, the Gospel of Jesus Christ is as rare as Merry Christmas inside a synagogue.

  3. Is Your Sunday School Training Good Little Pharisees?

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    11/12/17
    1 min read
    By Chad Bird
    What happens when our children are taught to read the Scriptures as evidence that God is a heavenly Santa Claus? When happens when they think God rewards or punishes them depending on whether they've been naughty or nice?

  4. Out of the Depths: When Churches Become Crime Scenes

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    11/06/17
    1 min read
    By Chad Bird
    For since it was not enough that the Lord of heaven and earth hung on our every word, the Word came down from heaven and hung upon the cross.

  5. Facebook and the Edited Me

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    10/27/17
    1 min read
    By Chad Bird
    Whether we realize it or not, all these online, self-editing actions are nothing more than our admission that we believe that we are so deeply flawed that no one will love us just as we are.
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