“An empty tomb could be accomplished in so many different ways,” you say, “What proof do you have that Jesus rose from the dead?” Ah, but there’s more to the empty tomb than just a say-so. There are the Resurrection appearances of Christ that are more than just appearances. They provided eyewitnesses and evidence! 1 […]
So here I am writing a series on Resurrection and suddenly I find myself feeling rather devastated. Since 1999, I’ve been a volunteer answering Bible questions and questions regarding relationships from a biblical perspective on a site called AllExperts. I was a volunteer there prior to its sale to About.com (2000) and suddenly this week, there’s an […]
Had the Gospel been like that old-fashioned game of “telephone” in which each person whispers to the next a quick message with the final telling being nothing like the original message, Christianity would be nothing. It would be worse than nothing—it would be a lie. But the good news of the Resurrection is that what’s […]
On Easter morning, we call out “He is Risen! He is Risen Indeed!” But what does it mean to rise, to be Resurrected? Is a Resurrection really all that different from being resuscitated, reincarnated, revived, or recovered? You bet it is! It’s been a week since Easter. Is your life any different? Or nothing more […]
On Easter morning, we call out “He is Risen! He is Risen Indeed!” But what does it mean to rise, to be Resurrected? The Bible has some clear instruction about that topic in 1 Corinthians 15 which we will explore in detail over the coming days. It serves Christians well to consider What It Means […]
Why do Christians care about the empty tomb? Why was it important for Easter morning to acknowledge that He is Risen? Jesus wasn’t vaporized out of Pilate’s interrogation or away from the crowd’s shouts of “Crucify Him!” He didn’t disappear (poof!) off the Cross into heaven on Good Friday or get beamed up like a […]
It’s the final day of Lent, often called Holy Saturday, and our Lent devotional series Light: There’s Nothing Like It is drawing to a close. The true Light upon the earth was extinguished in Jesus’ death. There is nothing but darkness and silence almost as if people consider Saturday just a filler in Holy Week. […]
I always find myself wondering if anyone watching the events unfolding as Jesus was betrayed and scourged and crucified…”Didn’t anyone have a conscience to bother them about what was happening?” It was a black Friday for the conscience, a Good Friday for what Jesus did with it. He paid it all. In the world of […]
It’s Maundy Thursday. In the progression of the final week of Jesus’ life, it’s getting dark, really dark. He knows He’s nearing the end of His earthly ministry so He observes His final Passover with His beloved disciples, one of whom will betray Him. Jesus takes the bread and the cup and transforms the Passover […]
Parents hate it when their kids fight. Unless that parent is our Father in heaven and the fight is the good fight of the faith, embracing His cleansing Light. Fighting that fight is good because perseverance in our good confession brings glory to God. 1 Timothy 6:12 Fight the good fight of the faith. Take […]
