TOPIC INDEXComfort (32)

  1. Psalm 46 Colin Heinrich sings “There Is A River”

    book
    06/18/22
    2 mins
    By Chad Bird
    The stormy seas of life threaten us, but we need not fear, for God is with us. Our gaze is upon His face. We look to Him alone to rescue, defend, strengthen and uphold us.

  2. That's a Good Question: Once Saved, Always Saved?

    book
    07/12/21
    11 mins
    By Chad Bird
    The acquisition of salvation, the giving of salvation, and the keeping of salvation are entirely dependent upon the Savior himself.

  3. The Lord Is My Shepherd, But I Still Want

    book
    05/07/19
    11 mins
    By Chad Bird
    The Lord is your Shepherd, your Good Shepherd. And all He wants is you.

  4. When We're Mad at God, How Do We Pray?

    book
    10/22/18
    12 mins
    By Chad Bird
    It’s by no means an ivory-tower theological question. It’s as real as the weight we’ve lost from the stress of our divorce. As real as the bottle of antidepressants on our nightstand. We believe in him. We love him. But every voice inside us and every shred of evidence outside us points to his abandonment of us in our hour of deepest need.

  5. A Lament for Hurricane Victims

    book
    10/13/18
    7 mins
    By Chad Bird
    Here is a lament I’ve written especially for victims of hurricanes. May it be for you, for your family, or for your church, a way to put into prayer the anguish of your souls.

  6. False Guilt and the "What-If" Game We Parents Play

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    06/10/18
    9 mins
    By Chad Bird
    We need a God who can heal us of true guilt and false guilt. We need a Christ who not only removes the shame we feel for what we’ve done, but who washes away the shame that others have smeared upon us.

  7. "I'm Fully in Control of This Situation" and Three Other Delicious Lies

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    01/17/18
    11 mins
    By Chad Bird
    Jesus lives amidst the twisted metal and smoking ruins of lives gone bad. It’s where he does his best work. Christ is the ultimate first responder.

  8. The Woman Everyone Forgot One Christmas

    book
    12/15/17
    7 mins
    By Chad Bird
    She was the kind of woman in whom I see myself, in whom thousands of us see our own reflections. So often our lives seem pointless, a vain existence in a world that worships vanity.

  9. Burying the Calculator: God's Gift of the Big, Fat Zero

    book
    10/23/17
    23 mins
    By Chad Bird
    We’re by nature counters. So long as we can add, subtract, multiply and divide something, anything, we have some measure of control and comparison.

  10. God Daily Gives Us More Than We Can Handle

    book
    05/21/17
    9 mins
    By Chad Bird
    He has given you clothing and shoes, food and drink, house and home—as well as grocery stores, carpenters, and farmers to provide those goods.

  11. Christianity Is Not for Everyone

    book
    02/15/17
    8 mins
    By Chad Bird
    The God who calls us to love our neighbor as ourselves will seem hopelessly out of touch with your insulated life of self-sufficiency.

  12. The Hardest Thing to Believe

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    10/31/16
    9 mins
    By Chad Bird
    You matter so much to God that he would rather die than lose you. You matter so much to Jesus that no suffering was too much, no deprivation too burdensome, no punishment too severe for him to endure to have you as his own.
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