TOPIC INDEXProclamation (24)

  1. Church in Bed: Why Leave Home on Sunday Morning?

    book
    07/22/16
    9 mins
    By Chad Bird
    He lavishly pours out His rest in the waters of Baptism, in the spoken words of absolution from the pastor’s lips, in the preaching of the cross and resurrection, in the consumption of heavenly cuisine from the table at which He is host and meal.

  2. Funeral Songs I Wouldn’t Be Caught Dead Singing

    book
    07/18/16
    11 mins
    By Chad Bird
    There are many funeral songs I wouldn’t be caught dead singing. Why? Because my funeral will not be about me.

  3. Dear Church: The World Needs a Cross Not a Pacifier

    book
    06/30/16
    9 mins
    By Chad Bird
    Why was Jesus crucified? Not to save victims, but to save sinners.

  4. Joseph and St. Patrick: God’s Unexpected Missionaries

    book
    10/19/14
    6 mins
    By Chad Bird
    We may seem destitute of hope, but the hope of Christ is stronger than our weakness.

  5. Please Don’t Say These Six Things at My Funeral

    book
    07/11/14
    12 mins
    By Chad Bird
    Because I do care now, and will care even after I’m with the Lord, here are some things I hope and pray are not said at my funeral. I care about those who will be there, about what they will hear.

  6. When Angels Gathered Above a Kitchen Sink

    book
    06/23/14
    6 mins
    By Chad Bird
    Ingram Robinson was 91 years old and had seen it all—well, almost seen it all. For what his eyes were about to behold, as the sun rose on his ninth decade in this world, was something entirely, and radically, new.

  7. The Parable of Lazarus and the Poor Man

    book
    06/22/14
    7 mins
    By Chad Bird
    Seeing, we do not see. Our eyes are busy deceiving us 24/7, like two liars sunk into our faces, calling black white and white black. To see God's work in our world, our eyes must retire and our ears labor overtime.

  8. Punching the Vicar in the Face: One of the Best Years of His Ministry

    book
    02/06/14
    13 mins
    By Chad Bird
    Mr. Jones didn’t see fit to return the greeting. Or the smile. He stopped a few paces away and crossed his arms in front of his chest. “What do y’all want?”

  9. The Unjust Steward and the Just Savior: A Sermon on Luke 16

    book
    09/18/13
    12 mins
    By Chad Bird
    Yes, He knows all—not only the sins you remember and are ashamed of, but also those you have forgotten and even those you never knew you committed.

  10. 'Your Church Is Too Sexy": the Sedlec Ossuary, Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church, and the Theology of Church Architecture

    book
    09/09/13
    11 mins
    By Chad Bird
    In accordance with their views of what a church is, or what a church ought to be, they planned and executed each of these sanctuaries. In other words, theology designed architecture, and architecture signaled theology.

  11. The Spirit of the Old and New

    book
    05/14/13
    1 min
    By Chad Bird
    The Spirit, who endowed the tabernacle architects with wisdom from on high, overshadows Mary's womb, the new holy of holies, where Wisdom is incarnate below.

  12. A Ninety-One Year Old Newborn

    book
    11/13/12
    7 mins
    By Chad Bird
    Ingram Robinson was 91 years old and had seen it all—well, almost seen it all. For what his eyes were about to behold, as the sun rose on his ninth decade in this world, was something entirely, and radically, new.