TOPIC INDEXForgiveness (54)

  1. Grace for the Disgraced: Showing Forgiving Mercy to Former Ministers

    book
    08/17/18
    4 mins
    By Chad Bird
    Allegations (and in some cases, admissions) of adultery, addiction, and various forms of abuse have rocked worlds, shattered lives, broken hearts, ended marriages, and split churches. Each case is distinct, but all of them are tragic, scandalous, and destructive in one way, shape, or form.

  2. How to Make Grace Unamazing

    book
    07/12/18
    9 mins
    By Chad Bird
    Nothing is easier than making grace unamazing. Just do what comes naturally.

  3. Christianity Isn’t for Everyone

    book
    07/03/18
    8 mins
    By Chad Bird
    Let's face it, Christianity is not for everyone.

  4. Bring Your Internet History to Church

    book
    04/20/18
    6 mins
    By Chad Bird
    Bring your black eyes and bruised hearts. Bring your criminal records and soiled pasts. Bring your same sex attraction and internet history. Jesus isn't afraid of your sin or your righteousness.

  5. The Unsexy Church

    book
    01/26/18
    10 mins
    By Chad Bird
    The following is an excerpt from Chad Bird’s new book, Your God Is Too Glorious: Finding God in the Most Unexpected Places (Baker Book, 2018).

  6. Grace Is Karma's Worst Nightmare

    book
    08/09/17
    8 mins
    By Chad Bird
    We get the exact opposite of what we deserve.

  7. The World Doesn't Need Extraordinary Fathers

    book
    06/15/17
    8 mins
    By Chad Bird
    The world doesn’t need dads who are more stressed than they already are. It needs fathers who care for their families, not in heroic ways, but in common, everyday ways.

  8. Why Is God Punishing Me?

    book
    11/23/16
    9 mins
    By Chad Bird
    It was Jesus who appeared to Hagar, comforted her, and gave her the promise of future blessings. It was Jesus who came to her when it seemed everything and everyone else had let her down.

  9. Showing Mercy to Former Ministers

    book
    11/16/16
    8 mins
    By Chad Bird
    I don’t care why you left the ministry—moral failure, congregational politics, burnout, whatever—the Christ whom you proclaimed has not left you.

  10. Reading Life Backward: Why Hebrew is the Language of the Cross

    book
    10/07/16
    8 mins
    By Chad Bird
    Read your life like a Hebrew, from the end to the beginning, and you will see that the last is first. The dead are alive, the cursed are blessed, the humble are exalted.

  11. The Secret Weapon Angels (and Pastors) Carry to Protect Us

    book
    09/29/16
    11 mins
    By Chad Bird
    We need pastors who carry that same concealed weapon in their mouths, who are outfitted with the same word the angels have: the word steeped in divine blood, shed for you. That is all we need, for the word does it all.

  12. The One Hebrew Word You Don't Want to Forget

    book
    08/20/16
    13 mins
    By Chad Bird
    To forget ourselves is to remember another, that is, to act in such a way that benefits them. That’s the problem: we don’t.
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