Chad Bird Knihy

Exploring the theme of divine mercy, this book reveals connections throughout the Old Testament, starting from the first Hebrew word to the final chapter of Malachi. Over the course of a year, readers will discover 365 new insights, gaining fresh perspectives on familiar verses. The narrative emphasizes the richness of Hebrew language, illustrating how it serves as a bridge between the earthly and the divine, inviting readers to deepen their understanding of Scripture.

Jacob's complex character serves as a compelling model for messy discipleship, highlighting the struggles and imperfections we all face. Known for his trickery and ambition, he also embodies the grace and love of God, illustrating that even flawed individuals can be chosen and blessed. The narrative follows Jacob's life, revealing our own struggles and the constant presence of God. The author emphasizes that true discipleship often involves limping through life's challenges, ultimately realizing that our journey is supported by Christ.

Blogger, speaker, and Bible teacher invites readers to embrace the upside-down teachings of Jesus, where failure is success, endings are beginnings, and freedom is found only as we learn to fully submit.

Most of us are regular people who have good days and bad days. Our lives are radically ordinary and unexciting. That means they're the kind of lives God gets excited about. While the world worships beauty and power and wealth, God hides his glory in the simple, the mundane, the foolish, working in unawesome people, things, and places. In our day of celebrity worship and online posturing, this is a refreshing, even transformative way of understanding God and our place in his creation. It urges us to treasure a life of simplicity, to love those whom the world passes by, to work for God's glory rather than our own. And it demonstrates that God has always been the Lord of the cross--a Savior who hides his grace in unattractive, inglorious places. Your God Is Too Glorious reminds readers that while a quiet life may look unimpressive to the world, it's the regular, everyday people that God tends to use to do his most important work.

Journeys that begin in brokenness rarely follow a straight road to healing. There are twists and turns--and setbacks--on the path of repentance. Night Driving tells the story of a pastor and seminary professor whose moral failures destroyed his marriage and career, left his life in ruins, and sent him spiraling into a decade-long struggle against God. Forced to fight the demons of his past in the cab of the semi-truck he drove at night through the Texas oil fields, Chad Bird slowly began to limp toward grace and healing. Drawing on his expertise as an Old Testament scholar, Bird weaves together his own story, the biblical story, and the stories of fellow prodigals as he peels back the layers of denial, anger, addiction, and grief to help readers come face-to-face both with their own identities and with the God who alone can heal them

An introduction to, and summary of, the Old Testament, written especially for those new to the faith or those unfamiliar with the Old Testament. Instead of a conventional book-by-book summary, this is more a "Bird's eye" view of the key themes of the salvation story (such as Seed, Exodus, Tabernacle, King, Land, etc.) as they arise in the history of God's people.--Publisher.