TOPIC INDEXFaith (40)

  1. The Wrinkling Clock: The Irony of Calendar Girls

    book
    08/23/16
    6 mins
    By Chad Bird
    The flower of youth, as lovely as it is, cannot withstand the hot winds of time. There is a beauty, however, that remains.

  2. Don't Tell Hurting People That God's in Control

    book
    08/12/16
    11 mins
    By Chad Bird
    We want to know how God rules this world, how he is present in all things, how he exerts his control over the course of world events. We want to know why some get cancer and some don’t, why terrible things happen to the best of people, why volcanoes erupt and hurricanes strike and fires consume.

  3. We Expect Too Little from God

    book
    08/03/16
    13 mins
    By Chad Bird
    We shrink away from God’s godness and almightiness, and so shrink down our prayers. Perhaps it is a lack of faith. We don’t trust God to give what He himself has promised to give.

  4. Jesus Is Not a Life Coach

    book
    06/05/16
    10 mins
    By Chad Bird
    We're of little faith. Or rather, we have big faith, but it’s in something else. Our faith is in our ability to control situations, manipulate them to our advantage.

  5. Everything I Know About Worship I Learned from a Prostitute

    book
    05/24/16
    12 mins
    By Chad Bird
    When Simon the Pharisee got his holier-than-thou panties in a wad over what this woman was doing, Jesus insulted him by pointing out how much a better host this prostitute was than he was.

  6. Heaven for Atheists

    book
    05/10/16
    11 mins
    By Chad Bird
    The reason that anyone would choose a heaven without Jesus, or happiness without Jesus, or healing without Jesus, is because he doesn’t mean that much to them to begin with.

  7. Thank God for the Man Who Doubted Easter

    book
    03/29/16
    11 mins
    By Chad Bird
    That is the way of our Lord, the way of grace. He doesn’t abandon Thomas to drown in a sea of doubt.

  8. Graveyard Lullaby: O Bloody Town of Bethlehem

    book
    12/28/15
    2 mins
    By Chad Bird
    O bloody town of Bethlehem, How shrill we hear thee cry. Your mothers shriek while fathers weep The graveyard lullaby.

  9. 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.

  10. The Christian Polytheist

    book
    12/09/15
    10 mins
    By Chad Bird
    There is truly only one commandment and only one sin. That one commandment is “You shall have no other gods,” and that one sin is idolatry.

  11. Preaching from a Wheelchair: Dan Chambers and the Unhandicapped Gospel

    book
    11/29/15
    12 mins
    By Chad Bird
    Dan reminded me—in his words, in his patient suffering, through his unwavering faith in Christ, by his confidence in his baptism—that Jesus Christ does not abandon his own. No matter where they are, no matter what they’re going through, He is there.

  12. How Do I Know My Name Is Written in the Book of Life?

    book
    11/05/15
    10 mins
    By Chad Bird
    Our Father does not bid us to turn inward, but outward, to the Son who is himself our unending Sabbath rest.
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