TOPIC INDEXCultural Exegesis (7)

  1. A Review of Low Anthropology: The Unlikely Key to a Gracious View of Others (and Yourself)

    book
    12/05/22
    14 mins
    By Chad Bird
    The more awareness we have that we are weak and low and frail and incapable of doing this thing called life, the more perfectly we are positioned to meet the God of grace.

  2. Rainbows as the Color and Shape of Salvation

    book
    06/09/21
    15 mins
    By Chad Bird
    That a celestial phenomenon should be appropriated worldwide for iconic value or to illustrate a mythological legend makes perfect sense. One cannot copyright the rainbow.

  3. Hashtag Preaching and Whack-a-Mole Worship

    book
    06/15/20
    14 mins
    By Chad Bird
    When the direction of preaching is dictated by the hashtag issues of the day, the pulpit becomes the perpetual servant of CNN and Fox News. The news and social media cycle, with its chameleonic alterations from this all-important issue (this week) to that next-all-important issue (next week), does not create a rhythmic dance for the church but a sort of frenzied whack-a-mole worship. Now smack your homiletical hand down on this…now that…now this…now that. We need something better.

  4. The Bible and Your Blessedly Fat Waistline

    book
    06/01/19
    11 mins
    By Chad Bird
    In the biblical world, having a few extra inches on your waistline was not a reason for dieting but dancing.

  5. Prayer Won't Stop School Shootings

    book
    02/17/18
    7 mins
    By Chad Bird
    A good place to start is to work hard at loving those no one else seems to love. I can’t think of a more Christ-like action.

  6. The High and Holy Day of Black Friday

    book
    11/22/17
    11 mins
    By Chad Bird
    The empty space in our hearts that we try to fill with stuff is filled only by the Maker of all things. An iPhone won’t fill that gap. Only a crucified and resurrected God fits in there.

  7. Facebook and the Edited Me

    book
    10/27/17
    11 mins
    By Chad Bird
    Whether we realize it or not, all these online, self-editing actions are nothing more than our admission that we believe that we are so deeply flawed that no one will love us just as we are.