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Chad Bird
Chad Bird

  1. We All Show up Late for Church

    book
    11/05/15
    7 mins
    Chad Bird
    When we begin singing the opening hymn, our voices blend with those of angels in heaven, who have been belting out hymns long before we rolled out of bed that morning.

  2. Attaching a Résumé to Our Prayers

    book
    11/02/15
    10 mins
    Chad Bird
    We are fond of attaching our own résumés to our spoken or unspoken prayers. “I thank you, Lord, that I am not like other men, such as that lying, pathetic, husband named Abraham.”

  3. Please God, Let There Be a Purgatory

    book
    10/29/15
    9 mins
    Chad Bird
    We harbor a clandestine doctrine in our hearts: we secretly hope there is a purgatory.

  4. Kicking God Out of Church

    book
    10/27/15
    7 mins
    Chad Bird
    Sometimes the only obstacle to the church accomplishing its goals is when God gets in the way. And he has an irritating habit of doing just that.

  5. Building Towers of Babel to the Glory of God

    book
    10/13/15
    8 mins
    Chad Bird
    Here’s what lurks beneath this seemingly righteous behavior: they wanted to make a name for themselves, these tower-builders.

  6. When Valleys of Trouble Become Doorways of Hope

    book
    09/30/15
    10 mins
    Chad Bird
    But in that quest for thou shalts and thou shalt nots, you’ll miss what really matters. You’ll trample the cross while racing for the tablets of stone. From the tale of Achan's theft, you’ll rob yourself of Jesus.

  7. Waking up with Leah: Learning to Love a Disappointing Church

    book
    09/29/15
    15 mins
    Chad Bird
    In the tiny Texas town where I grew up, sleeping in on Sunday morning was as inconceivable as rooting for someone besides the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday afternoon.

  8. The Saddest Words Ever Spoken to a Sinner

    book
    09/25/15
    13 mins
    Chad Bird
    Jesus said it would have been better for this man not to have been born. Shocking words, sad words. But they are not the saddest words in Scripture.

  9. Forgive Us Our Good Works

    book
    09/24/15
    11 mins
    Chad Bird
    Good people like fist-pounding on the pulpit about the bad things that bad people do in this bad world of ours. It makes them feel better about themselves.

  10. God Writes Straight With Crooked Lines

    book
    09/18/15
    6 mins
    Chad Bird
    I stumbled down labyrinthine paths, crawled in and out of cavernous pits, got lost a million times, and somehow ended up a little farther down the road to healing. Yet in all those crooked lines I see the hand of God writing straight.

  11. The Nameless Little Girl Who Changed a General's Life

    book
    09/10/15
    11 mins
    Chad Bird
    Ultimately, the lie we have believed is that God is like we are. He is not. Thank God that he is not. He is the Lord who reverses all our expectations.

  12. Meet the Righteous Man Who Couldn't Do Anything Right

    book
    09/03/15
    12 mins
    Chad Bird
    As it turns out, all finger-pointing amongst sinners is in vain. Every transgressor just happens to screw up a little differently than you do.
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