In every sermon in the book of Acts the resurrection is stressed and the cross is usually just assumed. Much of the preaching of the gospel in our churches today would reverse that emphasis, stressing the cross while assuming the resurrection. As we examine each of these sermons, both to confirm their emphasis on the resurrection and to identify specifically what the resurrection accomplished for us, we will discover just how Christ’s victory over death can impact our lives today Read more
Jesus’ death was not the end of the story, and so we have in the Gospels the culmination of all previous resurrection hopes. But the Gospels themselves talk about resurrection even before Jesus’ death. In this chapter let’s examine those references to resurrection. Read more
The Old Testament contains hints of resurrection. This article demonstrates that the future hope of life after death is anticipated in Jewish Bible. Read more
Christ is Risen! The cry of Easter Sunday brings with it hope for us as we face a World of death and pain. Life is itself a terminal condition, so we might be forgiven for arguing that resurrection is the most important theme in the Bible—at least practically for us. That is how this fifth chapter of my book Raised With Christ ends, I hope you will join me as I build towards that conclusion this Easter Sunday. For I... Read more
Our post Covid compassionless godless society just gets worse and worse. In yesterdays London Times, respected columnist Matthew Parry argued that sick and disabled people ought to be encouraged to relieve the financial burden they pose to society and opt to be put down like you would a pet. If we do not continue to prohibit assisted dying then people like me will feel obligued to have themselves killed to save society money and a burden. Yes I cost the... Read more
Even on Good Friday, when we remember the death of Jesus we must also remind ourselves that he rose again. Why do Christians today emphasise the cross and neglect the resurrection? Read more
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The most important question we will ever ask is "Did Jesus really rise from the dead?" The church did not create the resurrection stories; instead the resurrection stories created the church. Read more
The best place for us to begin our quest to discover whether Jesus rose from the dead is by examining what the Bible claims to have occurred. Even many non-Christian historians and scholars now accept that the Gospels were written down within at most a few decades of Jesus’ life and convey eyewitness testimony of what Christians claim happened on the first Easter Sunday. Read more
When considering if Christianity is true, it all boils down to whether Jesus rose from the dead. The lives of Christians today demonstrate that the resurrection is still changing people. The resurrection changes fear into love, despair into joy. It takes Jesus’ resurrection to raise the spiritually dead so they become alive to God. The resurrection wipes away guilty condemnation replacing it with a celebration of forgiveness and freedom. The resurrection can remove anxiety and replace it with a hope that goes beyond the grave. Resurrection power can change our sinful hearts so they want to follow the Lord Jesus. The power of the resurrection is relentlessly killing sin in every true Christian. Because we neglect to emphasize this truth, many Christians have a meager expectation of the extent to which we can today experience resurrection life and victory over sin. The resurrection is far from being something we only benefit from in the future! Read more
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