TOPIC INDEXChurch Seasons (77)

  1. Was Jesus in the Grave for Three Days and Three Nights? Avoiding Literalism by Accepting Hebrew Idiom

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    04/10/20
    11 mins
    By Chad Bird
    Was Jesus really in the tomb for a full three days and three nights? If so, how does this square with his death on Friday and resurrection on Sunday? Is there a contradiction here? In this article, Chad Bird explores the Hebrew understanding of this phrase to shed light on the words of Jesus.

  2. Lead Us into Temptation

    book
    02/27/20
    6 mins
    By Chad Bird
    There’s a delicious freedom to wrongdoing. It taps a primal desire within us for rebellion. We feel liberated, unshackled by demands to be this way, do this, avoid that. We become masters of our own destiny.

  3. The Hebrew Stories Swimming Beneath Jesus’s Baptism

    book
    01/07/20
    12 mins
    By Chad Bird
    Matthew’s account of Jesus's baptism is only 5 verses and about 100 Greek words long, but multiple Hebrew stories are swimming right below the surface.

  4. Let This Little Nine-Year-Old Preach Round the World

    book
    12/12/19
    9 mins
    By Chad Bird
    If you're blocking Jesus, then for the love of God, get out of the way. Let Jesus show.

  5. The Anti-Self-Help Prophet

    book
    12/10/19
    13 mins
    By Chad Bird
    In the wilderness, God reaches down to show us that the only life is in one place: where there is water.

  6. Does Christmas Pass the “Smell Test” for Paganism?

    book
    12/04/19
    14 mins
    By Chad Bird
    There is no evidence whatsoever that Christmas was or is, by some outlandish stretch of the imagination, a pagan holiday, or a semi-pagan holiday, or that it doesn’t pass the “smell test” for paganism.

  7. The Thieving Christ

    book
    11/30/19
    7 mins
    By Chad Bird
    Come, Lord Jesus, and steal our navel-gazing worship, and replace it with love for our adversaries, ears to listen and mouths to shut up, and hearts brimming with compassion for all.

  8. You Can’t Be Late to Church—Here’s Why

    book
    10/28/19
    10 mins
    By Chad Bird
    We show up to this crowded sacred shindig on Sundays, all wings and halos and blue jeans, and shimmy our way into the sanctuary, late to church but not late to church, for how can we be late to a service that never ends?

  9. Ascending Downward: When the Manger Becomes the Cosmos

    book
    05/30/19
    11 mins
    By Chad Bird
    Because of the ascension, the manger has become the cosmos.

  10. Easter is God's Great Yes to Earth

    book
    04/20/19
    7 mins
    By Chad Bird
    Jesus didn’t simply vacate the tomb to end death. He brought up from that grave the seeds of a brand new start at life. Genesis 1 all over again, with no chance of Genesis 3.

  11. What Kind Of God Washes Filthy Feet?

    book
    04/15/19
    8 mins
    By Chad Bird
    Since God is most high, He can only look down. Nothing is above Him. No one is more exalted than He is.

  12. What if God Were a Slob Like One of Us?

    book
    12/24/18
    7 mins
    By Chad Bird
    With her iPhone, Mary snapped a pic of Jesus in the manger, chose the Clarendon filter, and posted it to her Instagram account.
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