TOPIC INDEXGod's Word (24)

  1. Standing at the Foot of the Cross with Church Fathers

    book
    04/07/17
    15 mins
    By Chad Bird
    If he was not flesh, who was hung on the cross? And if he was not God, who shook the earth from its foundations?

  2. What a Madman Taught Me About Prayer in Life's Chaotic Times

    book
    03/26/17
    9 mins
    By Chad Bird
    There’s some wild and untamed prayers in the psalms. But they’re fenced in by order, symmetry, predictability. They organize chaos. And they bring order and hope and stability to our chaotic lives.

  3. The Devil's Copy of the Bible

    book
    03/06/17
    10 mins
    By Chad Bird
    But that’s the way he rolls, isn't it? By misquoting, manipulating, and ripping God’s word out of context, the devil wields it as a weapon to drive us to doubt and pride.

  4. Is There Any Hope for Me? Can These Bones Live?

    book
    05/09/16
    10 mins
    By Chad Bird
    O dry bones, hear the word of the Lord. Thus he says to these bones. Behold, I will cause breath to enter you, and you shall live.

  5. The Gospel in Hebrew: How Ten Hebrew Words Preach Christ and His Work

    book
    01/11/16
    19 mins
    By Chad Bird
    These words sum up the whole person and work of our Messiah. Here is the Gospel in Hebrew.

  6. The Plastic Jesus: Reshaping Christ to Meet Our Expectations

    book
    12/28/15
    13 mins
    By Chad Bird
    Isn’t it strange how the Jesus we end up with bears such a striking resemblance to ourselves? Our Jesus thinks as we do, acts as we act, speaks as we speak.

  7. God Doesn't Look for the Right Kind of People to Believe

    book
    07/08/14
    10 mins
    By Chad Bird
    You think the sower sowed his seed in you because he saw such good soil, such a good, generous, noble person.

  8. A Catechism on Sacrifice: A Resource for Understanding OT Worship

    book
    04/24/14
    39 mins
    By Chad Bird
    Leviticus, far from being an esoteric relic from Israel's past, is a Gospel book of the church. It teaches of God's holiness, His love, His sacraments, His worship. It is a book we desperately need to recover. But, yes, it is hard to understand, especially why there is all this focus on sacrifice.

  9. Look Who I Found in the Grave

    book
    02/21/14
    5 mins
    By Chad Bird
    God must kill me. He’s got to slay me, put me six feet under, and shovel dirt atop my corpse. Then, it’s like, “Hey, I finally understand! You’re God and I’m not.

  10. Chewing on the Bible

    book
    01/09/14
    6 mins
    By Chad Bird
    But unlike fish, there was actual pleasure in the prolonged chewing of this food. For the longer it remained in my mouth, the better it tasted, the more pronounced became its flavor, the more nourishment I received from each bite. This food is the bread on which Jesus survived during his forty days of temptation in the wilderness.

  11. The Angels Carry a Concealed Weapon: A Sermon on St. Michael and All Angels

    book
    09/24/13
    11 mins
    By Chad Bird
    Their tongue is our shield, for the weapon of angels is the word of their Lord. Revelation 12 says Michael and his angels fought against the Dragon and his angels. And how did they overcome him? By the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony.

  12. "All of Scripture, Everywhere, Deals Only with Christ"

    book
    09/04/13
    7 mins
    By Chad Bird
    Jesus is thus not only the fulfillment of the Scriptures of Israel; He is their fullness. He fills them with words, people, actions, and institutions that testify of Him.