1. Guest Post: It's the Love: On Conversion from Islam to Christianity

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    01/30/17
    14 mins
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    By Chad Bird
    But one key theme that kept surfacing again and again was love: Jesus loved people, the Church showed me genuine love, and above all, God’s love in Christianity is unconditional.
    Guest Post: It's the Love: On Conversion from Islam to Christianity

  2. Dancing With The Spirit

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    08/08/16
    12 mins
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    By Bruce Hillman
    Years ago I picked up a used copy of Thomas Á Kempis’ Imitation of Christ at a second-hand bookstore.
    Dancing With The Spirit

  3. God, You Lied to Me: A Pastor's Struggle

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    05/19/16
    13 mins
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    By Chad Bird
    He has wandered away into the darkness of his doubting, got lost in his grief, confused by the pains he’s suffered. It happens. Shepherds sometimes become lost sheep as well.
    God, You Lied to Me: A Pastor's Struggle

  4. The Cocktail of Worship and Doubt

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    04/19/16
    9 mins
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    By Chad Bird
    But on the mountain in Galilee, where we encounter a very different side of God, doubts overtake us. Why?
    The Cocktail of Worship and Doubt

  5. Thank God for the Man Who Doubted Easter

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    03/29/16
    11 mins
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    By Chad Bird
    That is the way of our Lord, the way of grace. He doesn’t abandon Thomas to drown in a sea of doubt.
    Thank God for the Man Who Doubted Easter

  6. God, Don't You Care That I'm Dying?

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    02/11/16
    16 mins
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    By Chad Bird
    Our faith is not a mountain but a grain of sand, not pure gold but gilded plaster. And all it takes is a few nicks and scratches to reveal its shallowness.
    God, Don't You Care That I'm Dying?

  7. Most Religions Do Lead to the Same God

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    12/30/15
    14 mins
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    By Chad Bird
    The biblical witness is clear: all the so-called gods and lords and idols who are the object of people’s devotion, to whom they offer their sacrifices, to whom they pray, whom they call God and Lord, are sadly nothing but a front for the father of lies.
    Most Religions Do Lead to the Same God

  8. The Christian Polytheist

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    12/09/15
    10 mins
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    By Chad Bird
    There is truly only one commandment and only one sin. That one commandment is “You shall have no other gods,” and that one sin is idolatry.
    The Christian Polytheist

  9. Tapping Snake Cages

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    03/11/15
    12 mins
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    By Chad Bird
    Premeditated or not, you and only you invited this venom into your body, this evil percolating in your soul, and now you don’t know where to turn.
    Tapping Snake Cages

  10. An Open Letter to George Perdikis

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    02/10/15
    16 mins
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    By Daniel Emery Price
    On January 21st, former Newsboys guitarist and co-founder George Perdikis wrote an article titled, “I Co-Founded One of the Most Popular Christian Rock Bands Ever… and I’m Now An Atheist” which gained quite a bit of buzz.
    An Open Letter to George Perdikis

  11. Losing that Holy Feeling

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    01/19/15
    18 mins
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    By Chad Bird
    It’s like I’m eavesdropping on the two friends and the stranger who walks with them. Something about the way they hang their heads, something about the desperation in their voices, and certainly something about the stranger, has me grasping hold of every word as if gold is spilling from their lips.
    Losing that Holy Feeling

  12. My Secret Struggle with Atheism: Seeking Answers to the Wrong Questions

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    01/03/15
    11 mins
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    By Chad Bird
    That’s what I mean when I say that I’ve struggled with atheism. And still do. The suffering me becomes the questioning me who becomes the doubting me who becoming the unbelieving me.
    My Secret Struggle with Atheism: Seeking Answers to the Wrong Questions
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