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Chad Bird
Chad Bird

  1. David vs. Goliath: We're Teaching the Story All Wrong

    book
    08/28/19
    11 mins
    Chad Bird
    As we do in daily life, so we have done in our reading of the Bible: we have placed ourselves at the center, and Christ at the periphery.

  2. Quentin Tarantino and Once Upon a Time in Israel

    book
    08/24/19
    14 mins
    Chad Bird
    Jesus and the New Testament—good. Yahweh and the Old Testament—not really so good. So goes the popular, but largely whispered, dichotomy.

  3. You’re Not Fine Just the Way You Are

    book
    08/13/19
    14 mins
    Chad Bird
    Contrary to what pop-psychology, social media memes, and your sweet grandmother told you, you are not fine just the way you are.

  4. What Can the Church Do in Times of Violence?

    book
    08/04/19
    7 mins
    Chad Bird
    It is a strange irony, but in a world drunk on violence, it is only on the cross of violence that there is hope for peace in our world.

  5. Three Hidden Hebrew Treasures in Psalm 23

    book
    07/27/19
    11 mins
    Chad Bird
    These treasures show us that, no matter how well we think we know this poem, there’s always more layers to uncover.

  6. The iChisel: Defaced Images and the Human-Faced God

    book
    07/24/19
    14 mins
    Chad Bird
    It’s no wonder we’re so attached to images; we are one. We are human hyphens between the celestial and the terrestrial.

  7. What Can Two Jewish Women Teach Us About Worship Today?

    book
    07/21/19
    11 mins
    Chad Bird
    In the church, the main actor in worship is not the Christian but Christ.

  8. The Escape from a Religious Sodom

    book
    07/18/19
    11 mins
    Chad Bird
    In this religious Sodom, we had a Jesus with the heart of Moses whose gospel was a new and improved law.

  9. “Train up” or "Dedicate"? The Hebrew Gem in Proverbs 22:6

    book
    07/16/19
    12 mins
    Chad Bird
    As important as the training of your children is, much more important is handing them over to God—from the very beginning, from infancy, and beyond.

  10. Can the Church Save Singing? Three Simple Recommendations

    book
    07/15/19
    11 mins
    Chad Bird
    Imagine yourself at an advanced age. What do you want to remember when you’ve forgotten virtually everything else? Sing that.

  11. When Blood Takes the Microphone

    book
    07/02/19
    12 mins
    Chad Bird
    Three of the most profound truths embedded in the fabric of the universe are that blood has a voice, blood cries out to God, and blood is heard by heaven.

  12. How Can a Blind Man Thank God for His Eyes?

    book
    06/19/19
    10 mins
    Chad Bird
    We’re messed up people with messed up bodies. All of us. Even Miss America gets hemorrhoids. The Fall mocks us in our own skin. We’re all walking sermons.
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