An Excerpt from Untamed Prayers: Psalm 123 and Psalm 136
By Chad Bird
09/30/25
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An Excerpt from Untamed Prayers: Psalm 123 and Psalm 136

The following entries are excerpts from Chad Bird’s new book, Untamed Prayers: 365 Daily Devotions on Christ in the Book of the Psalms (1517 Publishing, 2025), pgs. 311 and 335
St. Michael, Defender of God’s People
Amy Mantravadi
Amy Mantravadi
09/29/25

St. Michael, Defender of God’s People

Why did the church dedicate a day to St. Michael anyway? Who is he, and what does he do?
Yardwork and the Antichrist
1517 Guest Contributor
1517 Guest Contributor
09/26/25

Yardwork and the Antichrist

The Antichrist offers another continual presence. It is every whisper that tempts us toward autonomy, that tells us to carry it alone, that insists suffering is meaningless.

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Philip Bartelt
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The Ascension of Our Lord

We confess the ascension of Christ every Sunday in the words of the both the Apostles’ and the Nicene Creed.
Ken Sundet Jones
Ken Sundet Jones
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Luther, Jesus’ Body, and a Troubled Conscience

Luther saw that God demands not that we become perfectly righteous like God but that we simply receive the gift of righteousness; a gift that actually makes us worthy.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
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Fed and Nourished

Jesus rejects what we believe is most necessary and instead points us to his pain, suffering, death, and self-sacrifice.
Kyle G. Jones
Kyle G. Jones
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Psalm 23 and the Apostles' Creed

The Holy Spirit does what his name implies. He makes us holy. We believe in Jesus Christ, our Lord, and come to him only by the Holy Spirit who calls us with the gospel.
Bradley Gray
Bradley Gray
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The Receiver of Wrecks

Jesus’s touch of this leper is the touchstone of the gospel itself. It’s a living parable of his entire ministry.
Luke Kjolhaug
Luke Kjolhaug
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My Bookshelf Is Bigger Than Yours

All of my theological endeavoring will not squeeze one more ounce of grace from God.
Pete Lange
Pete Lange
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Lord of All

Ultimately, there is only one Lord of the Universe, and he does not share power. If Jesus is Lord, Caesar is not.
Haroldo Camacho
Haroldo Camacho
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The Sixth Petition: Lead Us Not into Temptation

The petition not to be led into temptation is found in just the right place within the seven petitions.
Tyler Cronkright
Tyler Cronkright
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Lord Help Me Get One More

When you walk into church on Sunday, you may not notice, but there are wounded soldiers sitting in every single pew.
Blake Flattley
Blake Flattley
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A Review of Flame's "Christ for You"

When it comes to the Book of Concord, there are really two types of people: those who read the contents and see a series of rap albums, and those who aren’t Flame.
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Cotton Mather's Quest for Assurance

The paradoxical Puritan doctrines of an inability to convert oneself and the command to work out one’s salvation with fear and trembling placed would-be converts like Mather in quite a bind.
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