TOPIC INDEXChristian History (18)

  1. Christianity Is Not About a Personal Relationship with Jesus

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

  2. The Romance of Heresy and Christmas

    book
    12/13/15
    10 mins
    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.

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

    book
    07/11/14
    12 mins
    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.

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

    book
    10/07/13
    13 mins
    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.

  5. '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
    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.

  6. 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
    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.