THE MIRACLE OF EASTER MORNING It's a lovely old legend that tells of the priest who found a branch of a thorn tree twisted around so that it resembled a crown of thorns. Thinking it…
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THE CENTRALITY OF THE RESURRECTION The resurrection is the outstanding event in the historic beginnings of Christianity. It is the cornerstone of the Christian faith; the Gibraltar of Christian hope, and the Waterloo of unbelief.…
RESURRECTED BUT SCARRED If God raised Jesus from the dead, why didn't God fix him up? Why scars? Why the print of nails that you could feel with your fingers? Can it be that the…
THE PROMISE Our Lord has written the promise of the resurrection, not in books alone, but in every leaf in springtime.
EASTER I am Easter! I am the anniversary of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. I am celebrated on the first Sunday after the full moon that occurs on the vernal Equinox of any of the…
THE WHOLE MESSAGE OF EASTER Historians tell us how the news of the battle of Waterloo came to England. There were no telegrams in those days, but everyone knew that Wellington was facing Napoleon in…
HE LIVES TODAY I remember the witness of Bishop Lajos Ordass of the Lutheran Church in Hungary to a small group gathered at the Lutheran World Federation Assembly in Minneapolis in 1957. As Bishop, he…
WHICH IS MORE DIFFICULT? What reason have atheists for saying that we cannot rise again? Which is more difficult, to be born, or to rise again? That what has never been, should be, or that…
THE PARABLE OF THE UNBORN BABY Before you came into this world, you were an unborn baby. We all were. As we contemplate going from this world into another, we are again unborn babies so…
IF EASTER MEANS ANYTHING If Easter means anything to modern man it means that eternal truth is eternal. You may nail it to the tree, wrap it up in grave clothes, and seal it in…
THE SUNDAY AFTER EASTER If you had gone to the Upper Room in Jerusalem on Good Friday night you would have found, we read, the door shut and barred 'for fear of the Jews.' Inside…
TRYING TO RESURRECT HAMLET The Manchester Guardian once ran a literacy contest which involved writing a new ending for Shakespeare's famed tragedy Hamlet. Contestants were to present a synopsis for "a better last act." All…
IMPLICATIONS OF THE EASTER MESSAGE A man named George was accustomed to driving his wife, Rosie, to church every Sunday. George and Rosie had been married for forty years and they loved each other deeply.…
NO MORE FEAR OF THEM The Easter message tells us that our enemies sin, the curse and death are beaten. Ultimately they can no longer start mischief. They still behave as though the game were…
EASTER FOR THE SORROWING Last Easter when my voice was lifted up To sing the praises of my Risen Lord, I had not tasted sorrow's bitter cup; The music held for me no minor chord.…
THAT IS THE DIFFERENCE A Christian missionary was being challenged by a very sincere Mohammedan inquirer. He insisted, "You know, when we Mohammedans go to Mecca, at least we can find the coffin of Mohammed,…
THE LAST WORD The simplest meaning of Easter is that we are living in a world in which God has the last word. On Friday night it appeared as if evil were the master of…
GOD'S MARVELOUS EASTER CHEMISTRY A workman of the great chemist Michael Faraday accidentally knocked a silver cup into a solution of acid. It was promptly dissolved, eaten up by the acid. The workman was terribly…
KINDERGARTENER'S QUESTION ABOUT EASTER The youngster came home from Sunday School on Easter Sunday and told his mother he could understand about Christ but not about the roses. So he asked his mom, "Why was…
PLAN AHEAD A man in his middle years was on a Caribbean cruise. On the first day out he noticed an attractive woman about his age who smiled at him in a friendly way as…
