1. The Nameless Little Girl Who Changed a General's Life

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    09/10/15
    11 mins
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    By Chad Bird
    Ultimately, the lie we have believed is that God is like we are. He is not. Thank God that he is not. He is the Lord who reverses all our expectations.
    The Nameless Little Girl Who Changed a General's Life

  2. What Is the Theology of the Cross?

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    06/09/15
    10 mins
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    By Chad Bird
    His glory is made known precisely in the cross, His strength in weakness, His wisdom in folly, His exaltation in humiliation.
    What Is the Theology of the Cross?

  3. The "Matrix" Moment

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    02/09/15
    8 mins
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    By Brandon Hanson
    Have you ever watched The Matrix? Crazy movie, right? The thing that continually keeps reminding me of that movie is the last thing you’d probably think of, even though the movie is rife with motifs, themes, and analogies of it.
    The

  4. Preachers with Soiled Resumes

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    01/20/15
    11 mins
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    By Chad Bird
    Case in point: Jonah. Calling this man to be a prophet makes about as much as sense as hiring an executioner to be the CEO of a hospital.
    Preachers with Soiled Resumes

  5. You’ll Never Hear the Opening Words of the Bible the Same Again

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    01/17/15
    12 mins
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    By Chad Bird
    The task—the joyful task!—of the interpreter is to go around the house, trying various keys in various doors, until they are all opened. This is one way to picture our reading of the Bible.
    You’ll Never Hear the Opening Words of the Bible the Same Again

  6. Out of the Depths

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    05/21/13
    4 mins
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    By Chad Bird
    For since it was not enough that the Lord of heaven and earth hung on your every word, his Word was made flesh and prayed among us, a priest in the order of Melchizedek, “offering up prayers and supplications with loud cries and tears, to him who was able to save Him from death,” (Heb 5:7).
    Out of the Depths
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