1. We All Show up Late for Church

    book
    11/25/17
    9 mins
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    By Chad Bird
    Our little congregation is part of a much larger church—the body of Christ, both here on earth as well as in heaven. And that church worships 24/7, never ceasing in its adoration of Jesus our Savior.
    We All Show up Late for Church

  2. How Churches Become Morality Clubs of Religion

    book
    11/19/17
    10 mins
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    By Chad Bird
    We strive, in short, to master the art of swatting mosquitoes. And all the while, we remain blind to the fact that in pulpit after pulpit, the Gospel of Jesus Christ is as rare as Merry Christmas inside a synagogue.
    How Churches Become Morality Clubs of Religion

  3. Postmodernism, Charlottesville and the Hope to Come….

    book
    08/16/17
    15 mins
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    By Bruce Hillman
    "Are you Republican or Democrat?” “Liberal or conservative?” “Yankees or Red Sox?” “Star Wars or Star Trek?”
    Postmodernism, Charlottesville and the Hope to Come….

  4. The Faulty Foundation of The Benedict Option

    book
    05/15/17
    9 mins
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    By Chad Bird
    Some form of the Rule of Benedict will not save or reinvigorate the church. The church already has what the church needs to do her work in the world: she has the Gospel.
    The Faulty Foundation of The Benedict Option

  5. When Denominations Think They're God's Chosen Group

    book
    05/06/17
    9 mins
    read
    By Chad Bird
    You may be surprised to discover that, rather than changing your theology, these other voices deepen and expand it in ways that never would have happened if you listened only to the “approved” voices.
    When Denominations Think They're God's Chosen Group

  6. Christianity Is Not About a Personal Relationship with Jesus

    book
    04/26/17
    9 mins
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    By Chad Bird
    Christianity is not a solo endeavor. Not a private relationship between Jesus and me.
    Christianity Is Not About a Personal Relationship with Jesus

  7. Tremors Of Grace

    book
    09/15/16
    13 mins
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    By Paul Dunk
    For those of you unfamiliar with the Richter scale, our friends over at Wikipedia define it as a 1930s invention that "is a base-10 logarithmic scale, which defines magnitude as the logarithm of the ratio of the amplitude of the seismic waves to an arbitrary, minor amplitude."
    Tremors Of Grace

  8. The Romance of Heresy and Christmas

    book
    12/13/15
    10 mins
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    By Chad Bird
    What every heresy does, in one way or another, is ungods God, unchristens Christ, uncrucifies the Crucified. It strikes through the good of Good News.
    The Romance of Heresy and Christmas

  9. Please Don’t Say These Six Things at My Funeral

    book
    07/11/14
    12 mins
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    By Chad Bird
    Because I do care now, and will care even after I’m with the Lord, here are some things I hope and pray are not said at my funeral. I care about those who will be there, about what they will hear.
    Please Don’t Say These Six Things at My Funeral

  10. Barefoot Before God: Holy Space for a Holy God

    book
    10/07/13
    13 mins
    read
    By Chad Bird
    The place where God appears or dwells ceases to be common ground; it becomes holy. Dust, rocks, vegetation, wood, metals, everything roundabout soaks in his sacredness.
    Barefoot Before God: Holy Space for a Holy God

  11. 'Your Church Is Too Sexy": the Sedlec Ossuary, Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church, and the Theology of Church Architecture

    book
    09/09/13
    11 mins
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    By Chad Bird
    In accordance with their views of what a church is, or what a church ought to be, they planned and executed each of these sanctuaries. In other words, theology designed architecture, and architecture signaled theology.
    'Your Church Is Too Sexy

  12. Why Christ Poured out the Spirit on Pentecost: The OT and Rabbinic Roots of Pentecost or the Feast of Weeks

    book
    05/14/13
    47 mins
    read
    By Chad Bird
    Though the theophanic elements at the Jerusalem Pentecost were not as diverse as those at Sinai, there is one prominent commonality between the two: divine speech out of divine fire.
    Why Christ Poured out the Spirit on Pentecost: The OT and Rabbinic Roots of Pentecost or the Feast of Weeks
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