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.
This article is the first part of a two-part series. The second part will take a look at when pastors abuse their congregations.
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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Wisdom speaks in proverbs, parables and riddles. And the simple continue to wander right past her words of life.
There is no Psalm as well known as Psalm 23
God spoke into the black depth. “Let there be light."
He finds the woman and the man in the Garden and fought back for the identity of His people.
Can the chain of cause and effect extend infinitely?
It was Jesus who appeared to Hagar, comforted her, and gave her the promise of future blessings. It was Jesus who came to her when it seemed everything and everyone else had let her down.
The church is God’s flock. Jesus is both a lion and a lamb. The zoo turns out to be as packed with theology as a seminary, if not more.
In our time Christ has not left us bereft of unbroken signs of His promised return.
We can leave all the stuff of life behind, because our great treasure God flaunts before the world on Calvary.
We treat the Scriptures as if they’re our literary property to toy with as we please.
A promise was made to my older brother roughly 50 years ago. He was just an infant and had no idea that this promise was being set upon him.
What we see in the face of this God is not a loathing expression. We find the face of a compassionate man who knew all about shame himself.