TOPIC INDEXRedemption (30)

  1. The Hardest Thing to Believe

    book
    10/31/16
    9 mins
    By Chad Bird
    You matter so much to God that he would rather die than lose you. You matter so much to Jesus that no suffering was too much, no deprivation too burdensome, no punishment too severe for him to endure to have you as his own.

  2. The Beast of "Should" at the Zoo

    book
    09/23/16
    11 mins
    By Chad Bird
    All our little laws reveal that we are, by nature, trying to justify ourselves before others, and before God, based on what we do and who we are.

  3. Putting a Gag Order on the Gospel

    book
    03/22/16
    9 mins
    By Chad Bird
    The first person who attempted to stop people from talking about Jesus was not a tyrant, a secular government, or a bully religious mob.

  4. Cobwebbed Beauty

    book
    01/25/16
    8 mins
    By Chad Bird
    She’s clad only in a white, wet, silk blouse, as if just caught in a downpour. Her back is slightly turned toward the camera, the curves of hip and breast beckoning the onlooker.

  5. When God Changes Wine into Water

    book
    01/15/16
    7 mins
    By Chad Bird
    It may seem easy to believe in the God who changes water into wine, but it is not. For when man is at his happiest, he thinks the least of the true source of his joy.

  6. Two Pregnancies, One Hope

    book
    12/18/15
    9 mins
    By Chad Bird
    The mother of this prophet is visited by the Mother of God. In the coming together of these two pregnant women, we see the coming together of the old and the new.

  7. From Hitler’s Wolves to Christ’s Lambs: The Chaplain to Nazi War Criminals

    book
    11/17/15
    14 mins
    By Chad Bird
    What makes this story remarkable is that this man, along with others hanged that day, was among the most hated men in human history. He was guilty of atrocities so horrific only words forged in hell could adequately describe them.

  8. ISIS and Potiphar’s Wife: The Foundational Reason for Christian Persecution

    book
    11/16/15
    14 mins
    By Chad Bird
    Whether she realized it or not, this Egyptian woman was at war with the Lord of Israel. Her will was pitted against His will. Her desires were battling God’s desires. Joseph was caught in the crossfire.

  9. On Mount Moriah You Can See the Whole Bible

    book
    07/08/15
    9 mins
    By Chad Bird
    Jesus was not killed in Bethlehem as a baby, or in Galilee or Samaria as an adult. He couldn’t be, for it was necessary for him to die in Jerusalem, where Moriah is.

  10. Graffiti and Grace

    book
    04/22/15
    6 mins
    By Chad Bird
    When I’ve dipped my brush in the midnight black of lust or greed and smeared those sable sins all over the walls of my life, he’s come along with a bucket of paint and covered over that black with a white so bright it blinds the eyes.

  11. The Bible Story That Goes All Wrong

    book
    02/24/15
    9 mins
    By Chad Bird
    His reaction was totally wrong. It wasn’t supposed to happen this way. When I’d finished confessing, he didn’t start yelling. Out of his mouth came words like forgiveness, grace, Christ, clean slate. He was saying all the wrong things.

  12. How Delilah's Razor Carved a Cross

    book
    02/16/15
    14 mins
    By Chad Bird
    Poor Samson, he always seems to make the list of bad role models in the Bible. He’s put out there as the ripped hippie who whacked Philistines, chased skirts, got his head shaved, and eventually got himself killed.
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