You’re permitted to call on “Our Father, who art in heaven” at all hours of the day and night with whatever you like.
08/27/25
Here is the true story, the one worth remembering: You are a gift.
08/26/25
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. 32, 52.
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05/25/17
People have often tended, quite wrongly, to view me as saintly. I attribute that undeserved reputation to the fact I have always had a very strong sense of the kind of person I should be.
05/24/17
The common knock against “grace people” (or to put it another way, “Christians”) is that preaching too much grace will encourage licentious living.
05/23/17
My experience as a Christian did not revolve around Christ. It revolved around asking, “What is God’s will for my life?” Hunting the answer to this question was my god, and I paid homage to it every day.
05/23/17
Jesus is faithful even when we are faithless. He is our Strength, and Song, and Salvation. He's all this for us because He is God, and God is love.
05/21/17
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.
05/18/17
As a pastor I am often asked if pets go to heaven? The question may sound childish, or even sentimental, but it is extremely important for those who ask it.
05/17/17
Even in our principled disagreements, we continue to pray for the unity of all, and invite the world to taste and see that the Lord is good.
05/09/17
Every Christian face-plants. It doesn’t matter how long we’ve been saved by grace, we still face-plant.
05/08/17
Beware the lament, dear readers, that is not soothed with the good-goods of Jesus.
05/06/17
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.
05/05/17
Jesus didn’t lie. He was called to preach to Israel. He would send His disciples out into the world. But that didn’t mean His message wasn’t for all.
05/03/17
Even a sinner who is crushed by the weight of her offenses, who feels in her bones the weight of judgment, shame, and doubt can expect to receive God's good word.
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