Nothing good happens when you get ahead of God and take matters into your own hands.
09/11/25
To confess Christ crucified and risen as the only hope in a world that has lost its mind to wickedness and rage.
09/10/25
The following entries are excerpts from Chad Bird’s upcoming book, Untamed Prayers: 365 Daily Devotions on Christ in the Book of the Psalms (1517 Publishing, 2025), pgs. 191-192.
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10/25/17
I’ve always been a very passionate person. Adventure is my favorite thing.
10/20/17
So bondage meets freedom, and God becomes our Master through Christ.
10/17/17
We are forgiven for Christ’s sake. Losers set free to trust in God’s promises.
10/16/17
My parents will be the first to tell you, I can really put my foot in my mouth. I often don’t say the right thing.
10/16/17
When we are unsure of who God is, it’s to Christ that He tells us to look.
10/12/17
God created Israel to be the vessel into which he would place both his Law and his Son.
10/11/17
This book tells of my long and brutal journey. From married to divorced. From a seminary professor and pastor to a disgraced, bitter truck driver in the oil fields of Texas. From a man at war with God to a child redeemed by grace.
10/11/17
In the face of all the misunderstandings on the part of the world and all the errors which have arisen within Christendom, let us make this point absolutely clear: the task of the church in the world consists uniquely and alone in the preaching of the Word of God and in administering the Sacrament.
10/09/17
These teachings are the heart of the Reformation…If it is about you, it isn’t about Jesus.
10/06/17
The power and the purpose of the Reformation was to bring the full force of the Law and the Gospel to the ears of sinners.
10/05/17
Samson knew what he wanted when he saw it, and most of the time, living by sight, he walked like a blind man straight into an ambush.
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