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2018 by Chad Bird
Published by Baker Books
a division of Baker Publishing Group
PO Box 6287, Grand Rapids, MI 49516-6287
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Ebook edition created 2018
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ISBN 978-1-4934-1281-5
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There are certain authors worth reading simply because their words paint masterpieces that, though they are limited to black ink on a white page, simply glow with color and beauty. And, if Your God Is Too Glorious was merely a beautiful portrait of wordsmithing, it would be a worthwhile and deeply satisfying read. But thats not all it is. It is a portrayal of the love and humility of a God, our God, who is near to the least of these. In other words, hes near to us. Hes a God whom, sadly, many in the modern church have replaced with an idol of power and haughtiness. As I read it I found myself weeping for joy and repenting with gratitude. Im sure you will too.
Elyse M. Fitzpatrick, author of Home: How Heaven and the New Earth Satisfy Our Deepest Longings
If it didnt feel too obviously ironic, I would call this book glorious. This is probably not how you had the Bible stories told to you. Especially in a culture where strength is the number one qualification of its gods, this is the book I wish my Sunday school teacher had read.
Michael Horton, Westminster Seminary, California, author of Core Christianity
In a landscape of a million preachers, teachers, bloggers, and podcasters all extolling the glorious plans God has for you, why would anyone read a book by a Texas truck driver telling them that their God is too glorious? Because Chad Bird has lived the dark fall from respected theological scholar to defrocked cast-out, and has found in and through his descent and redemption that the theology of the cross is not just an abstract notion but the one true gift, one that has led him from death to new life. From the ashes has emerged a prolific and original new voice, complete with battle scars and weathered humility, a voice as true and wise as any we could ever hope for, pointing us all to the Risen Lord in the least of these, where Bird is now delighted to have found a home. As we read we suspect that this is where we all belong and can only pray that God may someday lead us.
Heather Choate Davis, author, speaker, and theologian
There are few books that combine literary genius, biblical truth, and gospel goodness. This is one of those books. With the backward message of the gospel, Chad skillfully and beautifully tells us that we are free to be ordinary, that God is hidden in the ordinary. This book will change you. This book will make you rest. Read and rejoice.
Jessica Thompson, author, speaker, and podcaster
To Stacy, my beloved wife
Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Endorsements
Dedication
Preface
1. God Hiding in Plain Sight
2. Friends in Low Places
3. Godforsaken Hangouts
4. Unorthodox Headhunter
5. Bringing a Knife to a Gunfight
6. Saints John and Jane Doe
7. Unsexy Church
8. Learning about God in the Devils Classroom
9. Life in the Blood
10. Doing Nothing to the Glory of God
Notes
About the Author
Back Ads
Back Cover
We face a major handicap in our efforts to see where God is at work. Its a congenital defect. We are accompanied by two liars everywhere we go. They are sunk, side-by-side, into our faces. Some are blue, some are hazel or brown, but they all wear the colors of the enemy. You cant hide your lying eyes, the Eagles sang, but they werent talking about this kind of lying. For the victims of this deceit are ourselves.
Our vision has been handicapped by the flashes of glory that have blistered our eyes. Preach, God told Isaiah; say to this people, Keep on hearing, but do not understand; keep on seeing, but do not perceive (Isa. 6:9). Seeing, we do not see.
For instance, in the parable Jesus told in Luke 16:1931, we think we see the manifestation of Gods good graces in the rich man. After all, this fine fellow is all decked out in purple and fine linen. His table overflows with mouthwatering cuisine. Look at his mansion, his VIP list of friends, how glamorous and carefree his life is. Our eyes tell us how obvious it is that this man is heavens poster boy for success.
Likewise, we think we see in Lazarus the revelation of what happens to a man who lives a bad life, who is far from God. Our eyes see that impoverished street dweller, his skin crowded with oozing sores, whose mouth waters at the thought of eating even the crumbs that tumble from the rich mans table. His only friends are the flea-infested mongrels who lounge about him to lick his sores. Look at how lonely he is, how penniless, how depressing his life is. Our eyes tell us how obvious it is that this man is heavens reject.
We see the rich man as blessed, Lazarus as cursed. The rich man as Gods son, Lazarus as the devils dog. Yet when the veil is pulled back by the hand of death, the truth is revealed: Lazarus reclines at Abrahams bosom in celestial paradise while the rich man anguishes in the flames.
Seeing we do not see, for we look through eyes that are blinded by the blazes of glory instead of opened by the Spirits hand. We fail to see the unseen.
Together, lets learn how to see the works of God in a different way: through our ears. Our vision must be held captive by the Word of God. That Word comes through our ears; it defines divine reality, and through it we are able to see as God sees. Put your eyes into your ears and you will behold the ways and works of God. Leave your eyes in their place, assume that what you see is what really is, and no glasses, no contacts, no LASIK surgery will ever transform your eyesight into Godsight.
Chapter 1 God Hiding in Plain Sight
. In his excellent book Ordinary: Sustainable Faith in a Radical, Restless World , Michael Horton devotes chapter 5 to discussing how ambition went from being a vice to a virtue (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2014), 87103.
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