TOPIC INDEXSanctification (11)

  1. Psalm 68 1-18 Jonathan and Amanda Noel sing "You are the Door".

    book
    10/07/22
    2 mins
    By Chad Bird
    Paul reminds us in Eph. 6, that evil is real and present on earth.

  2. What is Sanctification? Revisiting the Old Testament for the Answer

    book
    02/28/21
    16 mins
    By Chad Bird
    The words “sanctify” and “sanctification” have deep roots in the Old Testament. There, holiness is about nearness to the presence of God. He is the holy-maker. Sanctification is his gift. The Old Testament helps us to avoid the common misunderstanding today that sanctification is all about our life of good works.

  3. Unchristianity: Putting Jesus on the Unemployment Line

    book
    05/13/20
    10 mins
    By Chad Bird
    Far from being a Savior, the god of Unchristianity is a coach who whips us into moral shape, inspires us to be better people, serves as our example. The unspoken goal is to be so virtuous and free of sin that we don’t need Jesus anymore. The transaction is complete. Jesus is unemployed.

  4. The Bible and Your Blessedly Fat Waistline

    book
    06/01/19
    11 mins
    By Chad Bird
    In the biblical world, having a few extra inches on your waistline was not a reason for dieting but dancing.

  5. The Most Frightening Question God Can Ask Us

    book
    11/14/18
    11 mins
    By Chad Bird
    But I can’t evade the question. And neither can you. Because every day God puts it to us. We don’t hear his voice, but nevertheless his voice echoes within us. Asking, prying, confronting us: What do you want me to do for you?

  6. Riding a Unicorn in the “Victorious Christian Life” Parade

    book
    07/08/18
    10 mins
    By Chad Bird
    When we imagine we’re living an evil-shunning, virtue-practicing, morally superior Christian life, the problem is not that our halos are too small, but that our heads are too big.

  7. God’s Grand Exit: Rethinking Why the Temple Veil Was Torn

    book
    04/18/18
    10 mins
    By Chad Bird
    The veil was not torn to let us in but to let God out.

  8. Building Towers of Babel to the Glory of God

    book
    10/13/15
    8 mins
    By Chad Bird
    Here’s what lurks beneath this seemingly righteous behavior: they wanted to make a name for themselves, these tower-builders.

  9. Forgive Us Our Good Works

    book
    09/24/15
    11 mins
    By Chad Bird
    Good people like fist-pounding on the pulpit about the bad things that bad people do in this bad world of ours. It makes them feel better about themselves.

  10. I'm One of those Lukewarm Christians

    book
    03/26/15
    15 mins
    By Chad Bird
    On Sunday mornings, when I confess my sins, I say that “I am heartily sorry for them and sincerely repent of them.” But those adverbs are like two accusing fingers pointed at my less-than-heartily-sorry, less-than-sincerely-repentant heart.

  11. Episode 3

    book
    02/03/15
    1 min read
    By Chad Bird Daniel Emery Price
    Chad and Daniel discuss Sabbath and Sanctification.