A Review of 'Single Ever After: A Biblical Vision for the Significance of Singleness'
By Amy Mantravadi
09/04/25
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A Review of 'Single Ever After: A Biblical Vision for the Significance of Singleness'" by Danielle Treweek

Treweek points us to the happy ending to come in eternity, when the entire church will be married to her Redeemer.
From Christ-Adjacent to Christ-Abiding
1517 Staff
1517 Staff
09/03/25

From Christ-Adjacent to Christ-Abiding

I realized I had long and drastically underestimated the depth and vitality of the Christian intellectual tradition.
Christ-centered' Isn’t Good Enough
John Bombaro
John Bombaro
09/02/25

Christ-centered' Isn’t Good Enough

While ambiguous “Christ-centeredness” by its very nature fragments Christianity by way of its subjectivism, Christological commitments beget unity or, at least, move strongly in that direction.

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Chad Bird
Chad Bird
09/16/22

John 3:1-12: Doppelgangers of Jesus

Hope is found precisely while we’re dead.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
08/25/22

The Day We Buried Our Son

We did not say “Goodbye” to our son on the day of his burial. We said, “Luke, we’ll see you soon.”
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
08/04/22

Reflections on the Death of Our Son

On Saturday, July 16, Luke Gabriel Bird died in a hiking accident in Chile. He was a midshipman in the United States Naval Academy. He is our son. Here are some reflections on his life, his faith, and his Lord.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
07/25/22

Church Fathers: St. Irenaeus of Lyon, Champion of the Incarnation

You will not be disappointed in this Champion of the Incarnation.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
07/01/22

An Excerpt from Limping with God

Following Jesus, we gimp our way down the dark and slippery paths of life. As we do, we discover, ironically, that the longer we follow him, the weaker we become, and the more we lean on our Lord.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
06/06/22

Fading into Ordinary, Ragtag Christianity after Pentecost

After the big, splashy, exciting day of Pentecost in Acts 2, church life faded into the ordinary life of ragtag sinners encountering the God of the cross coming to them in seemingly unawesome ways. What can we learn from this?
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
05/04/22

Getting the “Still Small Voice” All Wrong

Is the "still small voice" of God a murmuring in your heart, a whisper of conscience, the Universe whispering to you? When we explore 1 Kings 19, that "voice" turns out to be very much like the Messenger and Word of the Lord.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
04/21/22

Please Don’t Say These Six Things at My Funeral

I want the beginning of my funeral to be focused on Jesus, as well as the middle, the end, and every point in between.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
04/20/22

A Review of the Psalms Commentary by James M. Hamilton, Jr.

Hamilton writes lucidly. He has that rare gift of walking the tightrope between the academy and the church, being able to communicate to both groups in the same book.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
04/15/22

My God, My God, Why Have You ______ Me? Rethinking Psalm 22:1

The Messiah is exiled from God on the cross as Israel was. Forsaken as Israel was forsaken. Cast away from Yahweh as Israel was. Why?
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
04/14/22

What Kind of God Washes Feet?

How fitting that we have our feet washed by the very God from whom we once ran in terror and shame.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
04/06/22

4 1/2 Hebrew Words To Know For Holy Week

The Lord sees the blood of the Lamb upon us, but does not merely pass over us in mercy. He passes into us by grace.
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