TOPIC INDEXEaster (10)

  1. Shrug Not at the Burial of Jesus

    book
    03/30/24
    14 mins
    By Chad Bird
    The seemingly small, the particular, the previously overlooked, magnifies in importance.

  2. God’s Sabbath Sleep: How Christ Filled in the Gap in the Creation Story

    book
    04/03/21
    12 mins
    By Chad Bird
    Tomorrow Jesus will laugh his way out of the tomb, spit in the face of death, and kick the devil in the throat as he dances to the clapping glee of angelic masses. But today he just rests.

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

    book
    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.

  4. 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.

  5. Why Today Is the Funniest Sunday of the Year

    book
    03/24/18
    6 mins
    By Chad Bird
    God’s telling a joke. And after we’re done laughing at this silly divinity, we realize that the true joke is on us.

  6. Tonight Is the Night of Light: An Easter Vigil Meditation

    book
    04/15/17
    11 mins
    By Chad Bird
    This is the night from when all those nights receive their light. For this is the night when Christ, the Life arose from the dead.

  7. He Will Easter You

    book
    03/26/16
    11 mins
    By Chad Bird
    “Why do you seek the living One among the dead?” the angel asked the two women. The time for Jesus to die has passed.

  8. The Most Unusual Cemetery in America: New York City’s Hart Island and the Heart of Easter’s Lord

    book
    03/14/16
    9 mins
    By Chad Bird
    The Lord has a special place in his heart for those whom the world forgets. For the anonymous. For the rejected.

  9. What is That in My Casket?

    book
    04/09/14
    8 mins
    By Chad Bird
    What we confess concerning a corpse confesses much about how deep, or how shallow, is our understanding of the importance of the incarnation of Jesus, his death, and his (as well as our own) resurrection.

  10. This Is the Night: An Easter Vigil Sermon

    book
    03/30/13
    10 mins
    By Chad Bird
    This is the night when the earth is formless and void; and the darkness of blood is over the face of Thy Son. And the Spirit of God moves out of His body as He gives up the Ghost.