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Christ in the Old Testament

Why read the Old Testament now that we have the New Testament? When we're reading the Old Testament, we're reading a book that is all about Christ. When Christ talked about himself, and when his earliest believers talked about who he was and what he was accomplishing through his acts of salvation, they referred to the Old Testament. Enroll in…

05/29/19

456 Entries

Please Don’t Say These Six Things at My Funeral

By Chad Bird 08/02/19

I want the beginning of my funeral to be focused on Jesus, as well as the middle, as well as the end, as well as every point in between.

Three Hidden Hebrew Treasures in Psalm 23

By Chad Bird 07/27/19

These treasures show us that, no matter how well we think we know this poem, there’s always more layers to uncover.

The iChisel: Defaced Images and the Human-Faced God

By Chad Bird 07/24/19

It’s no wonder we’re so attached to images; we are one. We are human hyphens between the celestial and the terrestrial.

What Can Two Jewish Women Teach Us About Worship Today?

By Chad Bird 07/21/19

In the church, the main actor in worship is not the Christian but Christ.

The Escape from a Religious Sodom

By Chad Bird 07/18/19

In this religious Sodom, we had a Jesus with the heart of Moses whose gospel was a new and improved law.