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
09/29/25
Why did the church dedicate a day to St. Michael anyway? Who is he, and what does he do?
09/26/25
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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07/24/21
In His grace, Jesus promises that all who come to Him in faith will live abundantly and eternally.
07/24/21
The unity we have in the Church is a gift, a gracious creation of the triune God and not a work we accomplish or decide on.
07/22/21
Jesus did not need a single act of mercy to get him started on the road to mercy, his essence was by nature merciful.
07/21/21
Through the often abominable and lamentable and occasional commendable season, there is one who remains unmoved by it all.
07/17/21
The rainbow is a sign of the covenant God is making with “all flesh which is on the earth” and to the coming generations.
07/17/21
Prayers for the faith of the Church—prayed in love from a place of suffering—not only define much of Paul’s ministry, but are formed by the Christ they imitate.
07/17/21
When the One who created the world comes to you, there is reason for courage and never reason to fear.
07/15/21
Blessed are we, for we are filled by the cornucopia of Christ’s righteousness.
07/14/21
God’s love is axiomatic; it just is. It’s a truism without a logical explanation.
07/13/21
But Jesus didn’t see it that way. He saw his arrest not as the kingdom’s program being thwarted but as it being “fulfilled.”
07/12/21
The acquisition of salvation, the giving of salvation, and the keeping of salvation are entirely dependent upon the Savior himself.
07/10/21
The LORD promises He Himself will gather up the remnants and they will prosper under His shepherding.
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