1. Is it OK for a Former Adult Film Producer to Serve Holy Communion?

    book
    01/17/19
    13 mins
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    By Chad Bird
    Some things, once they are deemed disgusting or contaminated, permanently carry that quality with them. These things are even thought to be “contagious,” negatively affecting whatever they come into contact with.
    Is it OK for a Former Adult Film Producer to Serve Holy Communion?

  2. What's Love Got to Do with It?

    book
    10/04/18
    10 mins
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    By Donavon Riley
    Love is the sum of the law. Love God with all your heart, spirit, and mind, and love your neighbor as yourself. That means that if love can't be done when it needs to be done then get rid of the law, because it's not lawful.
    What's Love Got to Do with It?

  3. The Good News About the Bad News

    book
    07/05/18
    9 mins
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    By RJ Grunewald
    The Law gets a bad rap. There is certainly a negative component to the Law. The work of the Law is very different than the work of the Gospel.
    The Good News About the Bad News

  4. Seven Words for Us Meddling Christians

    book
    04/30/18
    8 mins
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    By Chad Bird
    Following him will also mean keeping our eyes locked on him so unswervingly that we don’t have the time or energy to be standing on tiptoes, peeping over fences into other people’s troubles and struggles.
    Seven Words for Us Meddling Christians

  5. No Other God Than The Crucified God

    book
    04/25/18
    12 mins
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    By Donavon Riley
    In Martin Luther's Small Catechism he borrows a line from St. Augustine about what defines a "god."
    No Other God Than The Crucified God

  6. God Commands the Impossible, and That’s Good

    book
    03/07/18
    13 mins
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    By Donavon Riley
    Some have built an entire theology on the false assumption that when God commands us to obey or believe, we have the ability to obey or believe.
    God Commands the Impossible, and That’s Good

  7. Is Your Sunday School Training Good Little Pharisees?

    book
    11/12/17
    15 mins
    read
    By Chad Bird
    What happens when our children are taught to read the Scriptures as evidence that God is a heavenly Santa Claus? When happens when they think God rewards or punishes them depending on whether they've been naughty or nice?
    Is Your Sunday School Training Good Little Pharisees?

  8. Two Ways to Launch Your Career in the Self-Salvation Business

    book
    12/03/16
    9 mins
    read
    By Chad Bird
    Sometimes we try be the bad god, sometimes the good god, oftentimes a freaky hybrid of both. The result is the same: Jesus the savior just gets in our way.
    Two Ways to Launch Your Career in the Self-Salvation Business

  9. My Favorite Dirty Word in Church

    book
    09/27/16
    11 mins
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    By Chad Bird
    You became, for a time, ritually unclean. Not sinful. Not immoral. To be unclean meant you bore in your own body the effects of a creation in bondage to decay.
    My Favorite Dirty Word in Church

  10. The Beast of "Should" at the Zoo

    book
    09/23/16
    11 mins
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    By Chad Bird
    All our little laws reveal that we are, by nature, trying to justify ourselves before others, and before God, based on what we do and who we are.
    The Beast of

  11. Will Believers Be Judged? Thoughts from the Weirdest Parable Jesus Told

    book
    09/15/16
    11 mins
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    By Chad Bird
    We fly away to the judgment seat of God. There we shall appear before the One who knows all, before whom nothing is hidden. Do you really think you can conceal anything from Him?
    Will Believers Be Judged? Thoughts from the Weirdest Parable Jesus Told

  12. Nice, France, and the Heart of the Human Problem

    book
    07/15/16
    11 mins
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    By Chad Bird
    Dear church, do not get sidetracked. This is about far more than terrorism, racism, gun ownership, and the like. This is about the evil of the human heart.
    Nice, France, and the Heart of the Human Problem
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