He doesn’t consume us, even though that is what we deserve. Instead, Jesus comes down to us and consumes all our sin by taking it on himself.
This article is the first part of a two-part series. The second part will take a look at when pastors abuse their congregations.
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

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Jesus is making it crystal clear that the master, the king, God Himself decides who is and who is not welcome in His Kingdom.
Contrary to common American Christian thinking, you would emphasize the individual is not the center of the biblical narrative. Christianity is not primarily about me and my relationship with Jesus.
What does it mean that holding to Jesus’ teaching will set us free? Which teaching? What will we be set free from?
We vote because we are citizens, and it is our duty. We serve our neighbors in love because it is our Christian calling.
Jesus invites us to practice a faith that is bold. He invites us to trust in Him, without calculations.
Solomon did not write Ecclesiastes to bum you out. He wrote it to set you free.
Viewing the Bible as literature is an essential and natural way of engaging the text. But there are also ways in which this practice can get lost.
Imagine a world where love is given to the least. That is what Jesus is inviting His disciples to do in His parable this morning.
In this parable, notice how Jesus invites us to consider that forgiveness is something more than a moment. It is a way of grace that extends throughout an entire kingdom.
The gospel fires up within us the gratitude, joy, and love to pull off what the law never could get us to do.
Little do we know the ancient and everlasting healing powers of God’s beloved tender shoot.
We forget that Christians need the Gospel. Not as a side note, but as the front-page headline.