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

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    09/09/13
    1 min read
    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.

  2. The Truth About Cemeteries

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    09/05/13
    1 min read
    By Chad Bird
    For out of the mouths of these opposition forces, gathered on enemy turf, comes the defiant declaration of death’s undoing: “Christ is risen! He is risen, indeed!” An audacious act it is, to march smack dab into the middle of a place that screams, “Dead!” and to sing, “Alive!”

  3. "All of Scripture, Everywhere, Deals Only with Christ"

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    09/04/13
    1 min read
    By Chad Bird
    Jesus is thus not only the fulfillment of the Scriptures of Israel; He is their fullness. He fills them with words, people, actions, and institutions that testify of Him.

  4. The Divine Overachiever: What Happens When God Mans Up

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    08/24/13
    1 min read
    By Chad Bird
    Here is the truth: we have gained more in Jesus than we lost in Adam. We lost human perfection in the first man's fall. We gained perfect flesh-and-blood unity with God in his Son's incarnation.

  5. "Born of the Virgin Mary, Suffered under Pontius Pilate": The Fourth Commandment and the Creed

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    08/14/13
    1 min read
    By Chad Bird
    When the angel told Mary she had become a mother, she replied simply, ''Let it be to me according to your word.'' Therein is a grateful acknowledgment that the Creator had formed life in her womb.
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