TOPIC INDEXThe Law (22)

  1. What Does the Bible Say About Tattoos?

    book
    04/24/21
    15 mins
    By Chad Bird
    There is one verse in the Bible that talks about tattoos. In this article, Chad Bird explores the original Hebrew of that verse to see what light it sheds, looks at the verse in context, and discusses what application--if any--this verse has for Christians today.

  2. 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.

  3. Episode 181 (Deuteronomy 33:1-34:12)

    book
    09/08/19
    1 min
    By Chad Bird Daniel Emery Price
    Chad and Daniel wrap up Deuteronomy and in doing so finish the Torah.

  4. Episode 174 (Deuteronomy 21:10-22:12)

    book
    07/18/19
    1 min
    By Chad Bird Daniel Emery Price
    Chad and Daniel have to deal with a bunch of odd things in this episode. What do we do with strange laws and how does a body hanging from a tree help us understand?

  5. Episode 171 (Deuteronomy 16:18-17:13)

    book
    06/27/19
    1 min
    By Chad Bird Daniel Emery Price
    God is concerned with justice so He puts rules in place for Judges. How does the belief in ONE God separate Israel from the rest of the world?

  6. Episode 169 (Deuteronomy 14:1-15:11)

    book
    06/13/19
    1 min
    By Chad Bird Daniel Emery Price
    God tells the people not to do certain things for the sake of the dead and to refrain from eating different animals. Why does God command these things?

  7. Is it OK for a Former Adult Film Producer to Serve Holy Communion?

    book
    01/17/19
    13 mins
    By Chad Bird
    Some things, once they are deemed disgusting or contaminated, permanently carry that quality with them. These things are even thought to be “contagious,” negatively affecting whatever they come into contact with.

  8. Seven Words for Us Meddling Christians

    book
    04/30/18
    8 mins
    By Chad Bird
    Following him will also mean keeping our eyes locked on him so unswervingly that we don’t have the time or energy to be standing on tiptoes, peeping over fences into other people’s troubles and struggles.

  9. Is Your Sunday School Training Good Little Pharisees?

    book
    11/12/17
    15 mins
    By Chad Bird
    What happens when our children are taught to read the Scriptures as evidence that God is a heavenly Santa Claus? When happens when they think God rewards or punishes them depending on whether they've been naughty or nice?

  10. Two Ways to Launch Your Career in the Self-Salvation Business

    book
    12/03/16
    9 mins
    By Chad Bird
    Sometimes we try be the bad god, sometimes the good god, oftentimes a freaky hybrid of both. The result is the same: Jesus the savior just gets in our way.

  11. 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.

  12. 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.
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