Here is a late edition of the Early Bird, sometimes my weekends help me get ahead, sometimes they put me behind. Some good reads though.

This Is Not Your Grandparents’ Church

After all, it’s gray hair, not a man bun, that God declares a crown of glory.

A Few Creeds Plus the Bible: How to Shepherd a Church toward the Use of Confessions

But how does a pastor cast a confessional vision of church for a church that has never been confessional?

What Are Those Old Testament Sacrifices About?

So often we talk about sacrifice for sin, but what about praise?