A newsletter about Christian faith, biblical scholarship, and contemporary issues.
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The Power of Wind and Fire: When the Holy Spirit Moves
We read in the Gospel of Luke:
We read in the Gospel of Luke:
Raising Up the Next Generation of Church Leaders
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I keep asking: Where have all the ministry apprentices gone? Where are the mentors and their mentees? Where are the Timothys and Phoebes who will lead the church into the twenty-first century? Or as one...
The Cruel Legalisms of Christian Patriarchy
Look, I don’t want to lecture anyone on how to run their denomination, even though I feel compelled sometimes to offer a bit of “Have you thought this through?” commentary.
Look, I don’t want to lecture anyone on how to run their denominat...
The Pope Drops Spiritual Knowledge on AI
Like many of you, I was excited to read Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical Magnifica Humanitas on AI, humanity, and Christian witness in a digital age.
As someone who is wrestling with AI as a theologian and educator, this topic has been much on m...
This Week in Word from the Bird
Okay, this week at Word from the Bird, we gonna get controversial.
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Friends, while you are here, I’m trying to build my YouTube channels. So if you haven’t already subscribed to Early Christian H...
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Michael F. Bird is an Australian biblical scholar and priest who writes about the history of early Christianity, theology, and contemporary issues.
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