TOPIC INDEXSin (87)

  1. Showing Mercy to Former Ministers

    book
    11/16/16
    8 mins
    By Chad Bird
    I don’t care why you left the ministry—moral failure, congregational politics, burnout, whatever—the Christ whom you proclaimed has not left you.

  2. The Sex Worker Who Teaches Us the Fear of the Lord

    book
    11/14/16
    8 mins
    By Chad Bird
    Hear that confession of saving faith? Rahab may have been a prostitute in Jericho, but she was secretly a virgin daughter of Yahweh.

  3. My Favorite Dirty Word in Church

    book
    09/27/16
    11 mins
    By Chad Bird
    You became, for a time, ritually unclean. Not sinful. Not immoral. To be unclean meant you bore in your own body the effects of a creation in bondage to decay.

  4. 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.

  5. The Wicked Tenants

    book
    09/22/16
    1 min read
    By Chad Bird

  6. The Wrinkling Clock: The Irony of Calendar Girls

    book
    08/23/16
    6 mins
    By Chad Bird
    The flower of youth, as lovely as it is, cannot withstand the hot winds of time. There is a beauty, however, that remains.

  7. The Danger and Delight of Happiness

    book
    08/17/16
    7 mins
    By Chad Bird
    In happiness, we dare never forget that it is Christ, and Christ alone, who has restored our joy.

  8. The Beginner's Guide to Giving Your Sin a Holy Name

    book
    08/16/16
    12 mins
    By Chad Bird
    Although I was too young to have mastered the skill of lying, I also knew that I couldn’t tell this woman the truth.

  9. Nice, France, and the Heart of the Human Problem

    book
    07/15/16
    11 mins
    By Chad Bird
    Dear church, do not get sidetracked. This is about far more than terrorism, racism, gun ownership, and the like. This is about the evil of the human heart.

  10. Church and the Toilet Flush

    book
    04/19/16
    6 mins
    By Chad Bird
    Burdened within and without, we cross the threshold into church. We don't leave behind our earthiness, our tragedies, our white-knuckled grip on the last vestige of dignity in our sad lives.

  11. 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.

  12. Dirty Little Secrets

    book
    03/03/16
    16 mins
    By Chad Bird
    Your sins do not exist because He who called heaven and earth into existence, has called your sins out of existence. He who made everything from nothing unmakes your sins into nothing.
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