Surprised by Colossians
By Russ Lackey
02/27/26
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Surprised by Colossians

If the church is going to speak to people weary of religion, it will not be by offering better techniques or louder certainty, but by daring to say what Paul so plainly said: Christ is enough.
Getting Over Your Self-Offense
Erick Sorensen
Erick Sorensen
02/26/26

Getting Over Your Self-Offense

Surveying Scripture, it is an immense comfort to know we’re not alone in our sinfulness.
Why Christian Tradition: Why We Confess the Faith Together
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
02/25/26

Why Christian Tradition: Why We Confess the Faith Together

Christian faith is never a solitary possession. When the congregation confesses, the old speak for the young, the strong for the weak, and the clear-voiced for the trembling.

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Chad Bird
Chad Bird
06/28/17

Putting to Death Our Immortality Projects

The only recourse we have is to die before we die. To give up on a fake-life. To acknowledge that this stupid, selfish game we’re playing with our immortality projects has zero success.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
06/15/17

The World Doesn't Need Extraordinary Fathers

The world doesn’t need dads who are more stressed than they already are. It needs fathers who care for their families, not in heroic ways, but in common, everyday ways.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
06/10/17

You Don't Have a Personal Problem Because They Don't Exist

This rather unique human being is God grounded in our humanity. The man Jesus.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
06/01/17

The Shanty Christ Across the Tracks

This coming Sunday churches around the world will celebrate the big, splashy day of Pentecost. As well they should.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
05/21/17

God Daily Gives Us More Than We Can Handle

He has given you clothing and shoes, food and drink, house and home—as well as grocery stores, carpenters, and farmers to provide those goods.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
05/18/17

Singing "Stand Up, Stand Up, for Jesus" While Sitting Down: Disembodied Worship

The church’s worship should boldly and explicitly do two things: confess the incarnation and practice for the resurrection.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
05/15/17

The Faulty Foundation of The Benedict Option

Some form of the Rule of Benedict will not save or reinvigorate the church. The church already has what the church needs to do her work in the world: she has the Gospel.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
05/08/17

Christians, Thank God for Truth in Other Religions

He was providentially injecting streams of light into the darkness, that thereby he might lead them toward the true light of Christ.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
05/06/17

When Denominations Think They're God's Chosen Group

You may be surprised to discover that, rather than changing your theology, these other voices deepen and expand it in ways that never would have happened if you listened only to the “approved” voices.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
04/30/17

I Would Never Do That: Facing the Lie We Tell Ourselves

We pray for God to deliver us from ourselves. To forgive us, for Jesus’s sake, when we do evil.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
04/26/17

Christianity Is Not About a Personal Relationship with Jesus

Christianity is not a solo endeavor. Not a private relationship between Jesus and me.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
04/18/17

If Heaven's So Great Why Are Christians Delaying Their Departure?

Yes, when we die, we believe that we go to be with Jesus in a paradise called heaven. But that’s only a vacation destination, as it were.
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