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.
10/01/25
This article is the first part of a two-part series. The second part will take a look at when pastors abuse their congregations.
09/30/25
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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01/10/21
What does being free from sin, which is obviously a good thing, have to do with being free from the Law, which sounds dangerous?
01/10/21
Samuel plays a very important role in preserving the line of Judah by anointing and instructing the first kings of the united monarchy—especially King David.
01/07/21
Epiphany celebrates that we have not been left in our hearts’ cold darkness and this spoiled creation.
01/04/21
The church does well to remind the world that God is unmasked, indeed, that God has unmasked himself in the person of Jesus.
01/03/21
Rituals resist domestication and confront us with a world and worldview brought forth from the Bible and through twenty centuries of Christianity for the purpose of arresting our contemporary worldview through its self-sameness.
01/03/21
John has been preaching a radical vision of God, where God holds people accountable for their sin and calls them to repent. What will Jesus do?
01/03/21
In Scripture, to be "in Christ" is nothing but living in the light and reality of one’s baptism.
01/03/21
Christ has come to make all things new, and water and the Spirit are used for His new creation just as it was for the original.
01/01/21
Perhaps this past year has prompted the recognition that God is not the tame projection of our highest hopes and dreams. Instead, he is the one who uses even his foes to make a point.
01/01/21
Any good work we perform among you; any doctrine we write upon your heart – that is God’s own work.
12/31/20
Christ has accomplished for us that which we could not do for ourselves – he has made us into his image by cleansing us of our sins and making us alive for eternity.
12/30/20
Fred Rogers did not teach children how to live through a pandemic, but he had many profound things to say about loving our neighbors and finding our identity in that calling.
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