TOPIC INDEXIncarnation (27)

  1. Christmas in Psalm 8: The Lord of the Rings and Christmas

    book
    12/21/22
    18 mins
    By Chad Bird
    Psalm 8 is a trailer for the entire biblical movie, and the entire biblical movie centers on Christ.

  2. Tomorrow, March 25, We Celebrate God Becoming a Baby

    book
    03/24/22
    7 mins
    By Chad Bird
    If there were ever any doubt about God's commitment to humanity, the incarnation removed that doubt. God became a man forever. And thus he is our brother, our kinsman redeemer, the God who would move heaven and earth to save us.

  3. A Two-Faced Look at the Coming New Year

    book
    12/30/21
    13 mins
    By Chad Bird
    Buried deep in our human psyche, there seems to be more than a need—almost a necessity—to celebrate the arrival of a new year. It’s like an unspoken, unlegislated cultural demand, as instinctual as moving to music or smiling at a newborn. Why? What deep human need is at work here?

  4. Implications of the Incarnation: Christmas in the Garden of Eden

    book
    11/26/21
    11 mins
    By Chad Bird
    In Genesis 1-2, the Lord reveals—or, at a bare minimum, starts dropping some big hints—that he will be quite comfortable becoming a human being himself someday.

  5. Are Images of Jesus a Violation of the Commandments?

    book
    02/20/21
    10 mins
    By Chad Bird
    Different groups within Christianity disagree as to whether Jesus should be depicted in icons, crucifixes, paintings, or other visual media. In this article, Chad Bird approaches the question from the angle of both the commandments and the incarnation.

  6. O Emmanuel: Christmas in the Garden of Eden

    book
    12/23/20
    13 mins
    By Chad Bird
    On each of the seven days leading up to Christmas Eve (December 17-23), Chad Bird will provide a meditation that focuses on the ancient “O Antiphons,” each of which addresses Christ by a different Old Testament name. Today’s reflection, the last of this series, is on “O Emmanuel.”

  7. The Implications of the Incarnation

    book
    12/21/20
    1 min read
    By Chad Bird Daniel Emery Price Erick Sorensen
    Chad and Daniel are joined by Erick Sorensen as well as the hosts of Theocast (Jon Moffitt, Jimmy Buehler & Justin Perdue) to discuss the implications of God becoming flesh.

  8. The Implications of the Incarnation

    book
    12/21/20
    1 min read
    By Chad Bird Daniel Emery Price Erick Sorensen
    Erick and Daniel are joined by Chad Bird as well as the hosts of Theocast (Jon Moffitt, Jimmy Buehler & Justin Perdue) to discuss the implications of God becoming flesh.

  9. People Aren’t Downgraded to Angels When They Die

    book
    04/22/20
    11 mins
    By Chad Bird
    When Christians die, heaven does not “get another angel.” We cannot become angels any more than we can become giraffes or ocean waves or stars. We are people and will remain so after this present life. God did not make a mistake when he made us human.

  10. 2019 Christmas Podcast

    book
    12/22/19
    1 min read
    By Chad Bird Daniel Emery Price Erick Sorensen
    Daniel Emery Price and Erick Sorensen talk with Chad Bird about his Christmas/Communion hymn, The Infant Priest Was Holy Born.

  11. Celebrate Your Birthday at Christmas

    book
    12/19/19
    10 mins
    By Chad Bird
    Jesus has not put on human nature like a shirt and pair of pants, easily stripped off to be a naked God again. No, from the moment of his conception onward, into the everlasting future, God is also human.

  12. Ascending Downward: When the Manger Becomes the Cosmos

    book
    05/30/19
    11 mins
    By Chad Bird
    Because of the ascension, the manger has become the cosmos.
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