This season of Easter is a special time for Christians to celebrate the ultimate reason for our hope: Christ is risen, and invites us to rise with him to new life.
Easter is an invitation to try again with God’s help to break that addiction we had given up all hope of ever breaking. There’s something [...]
Read full post...Full and empty—empty and empty—empty and full. That’s the story of Easter.
We start with a full tomb and empty hearts. Jesus was dead and buried on Friday. His body lies in the tomb. Jesus’ followers, His disciples, had empty hearts. They were distraught. Their Lord and Master was dead.
They didn’t know what to do. They [...]
Some 2008 Easter thoughts
Fearful! That’s how Jesus’ followers Easter Sunday began. In a closed, locked upper room out of fear of the Jewish religious authorities. Are they after us now? Do they want to crucify us, too?
By that evening everything had changed. They were no longer afraid. Why? One by one they had experienced a [...]
One of the most significant statements the early Christians used was “Jesus Christ, God’s Son, Savior.”
Because Greek was the universal language then (the New Testament books were written in Greek), Christians often said and wrote, “Jesus Christ, God’s Son, Savior” in Greek.
That phrase, if printed as an acrostic (using the first letter of each word), [...]
On the first Easter morning, three women found an empty tomb. The discovery left them trembling and afraid. They didn’t know there was more — a resurrected Lord.
Later that day, the risen Jesus appeared. As happy as the disciples were about this miracle, they didn’t yet know there was more — a gift of the [...]
